2025-04-03T13:20:59-05:00 2024-06-30 390859910 BAKER TILLY ADVISORY GROUP LP 1500 RXR PLAZA WEST TOWER UNIONDALE NY 11556 990 2023-07-01 111667767 THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART HISTORY & CARRIAGES LONG 6317510066 1200 ROUTE 25A STONY BROOK NY 11790 SARAH ABRUZZI CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 6317510066 2025-04-02 1 1 ELLEN M LABITA CPA P00140777 5167472000 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z SARAH ABRUZZI 1200 ROUTE 25A STONY BROOK NY 11790 6989146 0 X WWW.LONGISLANDMUSEUM.ORG X 1942 NY TO PRESERVE COLLECTIONS OF 19TH CENTURY LONG ISLAND AND AMERICAN ART, HISTORY AND HORSE-DRAWN TRANSPORTATION HISTORY AND OFFER INTERPRETATION OF THESE COLLECTIONS AND RELATED HISTORICAL TOPICS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 15 15 44 73 0 0 504479 878127 62654 70043 1712755 1951589 130617 240214 2410505 3139973 0 0 0 0 1939879 1989510 0 0 574187 1248430 1246447 3188309 3235957 -777804 -95984 21415205 21767728 428019 362383 20987186 21405345 X THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM IS DEDICATED TO INSPIRING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH AN UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYMENT OF AMERICAN ART, HISTORY AND CARRIAGES AS EXPRESSED THROUGH THE HERITAGE OF LONG ISLAND AND ITS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. 0 0 1262875 CHANGING EXHIBITIONS JULY 1, 2023 - JUNE 30, 2024CREATIVE HAVEN: BLACK ARTISTS OF SAG HARBOR - FEBRUARY 17 - AUGUST 27, 2023: A COMMUNITY WITH RICH AFRICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORIES, SAG HARBOR BECAME HOME TO AN OUTSTANDING, EMERGENT, AND WELL-CONNECTED COMMUNITY OF BLACK ARTISTS BY THE EARLY 1960S. DRAWN TO THE AREA BY ITS HISTORIC FOUNDATIONS AS A HOME TO WHALERS IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES AND BLACK SUMMER RESIDENTS IN THE 20TH CENTURY, ARTISTS BROUGHT A MODERN SENSIBILITY AND CAMARADERIE TO THEIR WORK AND EXPERIENCES ROOTED IN THIS COMMUNITY. CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O 526187 37898 EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT BY A STAFF OF MUSEUM EDUCATORS, WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAMS SUPPORT NEW YORK STATE AND NATIONAL LEARNING STANDARDS IN SOCIAL STUDIES, ART AND LANGUAGE ARTS. DURING 2023/2024, STUDENTS FROM 37 SCHOOLS REPRESENTING 24 PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND 13 PRIVATE SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES WERE SERVED. THE MUSEUM'S APPROACH IS TO TEACH LEARNING THROUGH OBJECTS; TRAINING STUDENTS IN THE PROCESSES OF INQUIRY AND THINKING RATHER THAN IN THE ACCUMULATION OF PARTICULAR SKILLS. STUDENTS EXAMINE DOCUMENTS, ARTWORK, VEHICLES, COSTUMES AND RELATED OBJECTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE TIME IN WHICH THEY WERE CREATED AND THE PEOPLE WHO MADE AND USED THEM. THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES OF CLASSES FROM THE SCHOOL PROGRAM. ALL CLASSES ARE BASED ON REAL OBJECTS FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTIONS. - SCHOOL DAYS LETS STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL DAY IN THE MUSEUM'S NASSAKEAG ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE. THIS 'TIME TRAVEL' PROGRAM IS A STUDENT FAVORITE DUE TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO REENACT A TYPICAL 1800S SCHOOL DAY. - WAGONS WEST ENABLES STUDENTS IN GRADES 4-6 TO FOLLOW A FICTIONAL FAMILY AS THEY PREPARE TO PACK THEIR WAGON, AND LEAVE FOR A JOURNEY WEST ON THE OREGON TRAIL. THEY WILL VISIT AUTHENTIC VEHICLES, LEARN ABOUT OVERLAND TRAVEL, AND MEET A BLACKSMITH TO LEARN ABOUT WAGONS, WHEELS, AND EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR THE SIX MONTH JOURNEY TRAVELING WEST. - VEHICLES FOR CHANGE: ELIZABETH JENNINGS AND THE FIGHT FOR EQUALITY ON NYC'S STREETCARS, ALLOWS STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT 19TH CENTURY STREETCARS, CARRIAGES, AND WAGONS. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE TRANSPORTATION SEGREGATION OF THE TIME, AND ELIZABETH'S EFFORTS AND SUCCESS IN ENDING THIS INJUSTICE.- MEET THE MUSEUM PROVIDES OUR YOUNGEST VISITORS IN GRADES PRE-K-2 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSEUM THROUGH ROLE-PLAY, ART PROJECTS AND STORIES AS THEY EXPLORE OUR CARRIAGES AND PAINTINGS.- STREETS OF NEW YORK ALLOWS PARTICIPANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER THE TOOLS AND ORIGINAL VEHICLES THAT HELPED SHAPE THE LIVES OF 19TH-CENTURY NEW YORKERS.- THROUGH THE USE OF PROPS, HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND GUIDED DISCUSSION IN THE CARRIAGE MUSEUM GALLERIES, STUDENTS WILL NOTE DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES TO OUR 21ST-CENTURY WORLD. 250214 32145 THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION AND PUBLIC PROGRAM SERVES A REGIONAL/LOCAL AUDIENCE, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. THE MUSEUM'S EDUCATION PROGRAM IS A CORE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. DURING 2023/2024, 3,012 IN PERSON SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES PARTICIPATED IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND 398 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED VIRTUALLY FROM SUFFOLK AND NASSAU COUNTIES. THE SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES HANDS-ON, FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTERS WITH ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS, ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE IN A WAY NOT AVAILABLE IN THE CLASSROOM SETTING. 900 PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ENJOY OUR IN-PERSON SUMMER AND HALLOWEEN FAMILY FUN EVENTS IN 2023. 93743 9347 MUSEUM GIFT AND BOOK SHOP WHICH SELLS BOOKS, AND EXHIBIT AND COLLECTION RELATED ITEMS ABOUT AMERICAN ART, HISTORY AND CARRIAGES. 93743 9347 2133019 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 X LAURIE CURIALE 6317510066 1200 ROUTE 25A STONY BROOK NY 11790 THOMAS M SULLIVAN CHAIRMAN 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BARBARA H GOTTFRIED SECRETARY 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 THERESA KELLY TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 SANDI BREWSTER-WALKER TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL A BUTLER TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK M CHAMBERS PHD TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RAFFAELA FERRO TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CATHLEEN HANSEN TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RON HOFFMAN TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELIZABETH KAHN KAPLAN TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL PERCENT TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUGLAS REINA TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT SANDERS TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KRISTEN SIMMONS TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SUE KIESEL WAGNER TRUSTEE 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH ABRUZZI CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 35.00 0.00 X 146151 0 8569 JOSHUA RUFF CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 35.00 0.00 X 127476 0 3926 LAURIE CURIALE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 35.00 0.00 X 78851 0 12264 352478 0 24759 2 0 1 0 0 38803 45646 50314 743364 47630 878127 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 611600 37898 37898 ADMISSIONS 611600 32145 32145 70043 1512033 1512033 550 550 6250 0 6250 6250 6250 4148005 3708449 439556 439556 439556 238862 45646 129546 109316 109316 14260 0 14260 14260 20525 11178 9347 9347 DEACCESSIONS 900099 97436 97436 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 3055 3055 100491 3139973 79390 0 2182456 424121 185541 126601 111979 1288545 821173 170093 297279 37245 20618 8964 7663 109876 66481 20468 22927 129723 81308 18553 29862 119071 118142 929 1000 1000 65310 65310 20245 20245 16232 13997 2235 209524 135543 48244 25737 218132 197277 7219 13636 8300 5967 1848 485 192424 182491 3450 6483 137029 118887 16681 1461 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 158048 135402 21694 952 GIFTS IN KIND 47630 47630 MISCELLANEOUS 36448 16969 17401 2078 REFERENCE MATERIALS 10478 6402 1225 2851 6576 6576 3235957 2133019 528751 574187 310056 285109 226274 251349 249394 212226 23367 29359 97013 109335 13760673 11869787 1951717 1890886 5081369 4995817 343399 313436 13132616 13680211 21415205 21767728 323152 354661 104867 7722 428019 362383 X 5004713 4440653 15982473 16964692 20987186 21405345 21415205 21767728 X -95984 -33452 547595 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 396492 697276 784832 504479 1019309 3402388 396492 697276 784832 504479 1019309 3402388 397282 3005106 1313608 1612070 1766534 1621954 1518833 7832999 72324 13324 4265 206972 353615 650500 11885887 334673 0.25280 0.28610 X THE ORGANIZATION MEETS THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES TEST IN TEMPORARY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.170A-9T(F)(3) THROUGH THE FOLLOWING SUPPORT. 1) THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINS A CONTINUOUS AND BONA FIDE PROGRAM FOR SOLICITATION FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH MEMBERSHIP DUES, CONTRIBUTIONS, ADMISSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.2) THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES SUPPORT THROUGH MEMBERSHIP DUES, CONTRIBUTIONS, ADMISSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WHICH IS OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: DEACCESSIONS - 2019 AMOUNT: $ 3,355. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 9,336. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 1,463. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 54,610. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 97,436. GAMING INCOME - 2019 AMOUNT: $ 3,350. FUNDRASING INCOME - 2019 AMOUNT: $ 63,456. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 80,437. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 253,122. MISCELLANEOUS - 2019 AMOUNT: $ 2,163. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 3,988. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 2,802. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 5,073. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 3,057. INSURANCE PROCEEDS - 2022 AMOUNT: $ 66,852. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X X COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 0 1808810 -173529 -173529 1808810 1808810 -189597 -189597 1808810 2387690 -455318 123562 1808810 2387690 54719 54719 2387690 2387690 94138 94138 2387690 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0 0 12861119 11270975 1590144 133688 97993 35695 765866 500819 265047 1890886 BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN PERPETUAL TRUST 13051325 HISTORICAL STRUCTURES 628886 13680211 X 3547613 -33452 527350 493898 3053715 86258 86258 3139973 3129454 -86258 -86258 3215712 20245 20245 3235957 PART III, LINE 4: THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM HAS MORE THAN 60,000 OBJECTS IN THREE DISTINCT COLLECTIONS: THE ART COLLECTION, THE HISTORY COLLECTION, AND THE CARRIAGE COLLECTION. ADDITIONALLY, EACH COLLECTION CONTAINS SUPPORTING ARCHIVES. THE ART COLLECTION CONSISTS OF THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND ARCHIVES BY SETAUKET-BORN PORTRAIT AND GENRE PAINTER WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT (18071868) AND THE MOUNT FAMILY PAINTERS. THERE ARE ALSO STRONG EXAMPLES OF 19TH- AND 20TH-CENTURY LONG ISLAND LANDSCAPE, ABSTRACT, AND FIGURATIVE PAINTING, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE EAST END ARTIST COLONIES AT SOUTHAMPTON, PECONIC, AND HAMPTON BAYS. THE MUSEUM ALSO HAS LARGE AND COMPLETE HOLDINGS OF WORK BY THE ARTISTS GEORGE CONSTANT (18921978), LUMEN MARTIN WINTER (19081982), AND ARNOLD HOFFMANN JR. (1915-1991). THE HISTORY COLLECTION CONTAINS CLOTHING AND TEXTILES FROM THE 1820S TO 1950S, OVER 200 EXAMPLES OF BIRD DECOYS BY AMERICAN CARVERS AND MANUFACTURERS FROM THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, HOUSEHOLD AND WORK-RELATED OBJECTS, GLASS AND STONEWARE, AND FURNITURE. THE CARRIAGE COLLECTION, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST COLLECTIONS OF HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLES AND RELATED TRANSPORTATION ARTIFACTS IN THE COUNTRY, INCLUDES NEARLY 200 EXAMPLES OF HORSE-DRAWN CONVEYANCES, MOSTLY AMERICAN: PLEASURE DRIVING VEHICLES, COACHMEN-DRIVEN VEHICLES, SLEIGHS, FREIGHT AND TRADE WAGONS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND FIRE-FIGHTING CARRIAGES. THE LIM'S COLLECTING POLICY IS TO PRESERVE HISTORICAL ART, OBJECTS, AND ARCHIVES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, TO ACT AS A REPOSITORY OF LONG ISLAND HISTORY, ART HISTORY, AND HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE HISTORY FOR SCHOLARS AND RESEARCHERS, AND TO HAVE OBJECTS TO DRAW FROM TO PRESENT ENLIGHTENING AND ENGAGING EXHIBITIONS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. AS WE STEWARD THE COLLECTION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND BEYOND, WE MUST EXPAND THE REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES, RACES, GENDERS, SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS, AND AGES WHO HAVE AND CONTINUE TO BUILD AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES OF LONG ISLAND. THE LIM'S COLLECTING PLAN INCLUDES A 2021 BOARD-APPROVED PERMANENT COLLECTION INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE LIM'S COLLECTIONS DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY PART V, LINE 4: TO PROVIDE A PREDICTABLE STREAM OF FUNDING TO PROGRAMS WHILE SEEKING TO MAINTAIN THE PURCHASING POWER OF THE ENDOWMENT ASSETS. PART X, LINE 2: MANAGEMENT EVALUATED THE MUSEUM'S TAX POSITIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT THE MUSEUM HAD TAKEN NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF FASB ASC NO. 740, INCOME TAXES. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: INVESTMENT FEES -20,245. CHANGE IN VALUE OF PERPETUAL TRUST 547,595. PART XI, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD ON SALE OF MERCHANDISE -11,178. DEACCESSIONS 97,436. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF GOODS SOLD ON SALE OF MERCHANDISE 11,178. DEACCESSIONS -97,436. PART XII, LINE 4B - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: INVESTMENT FEES 20,245. JULY 2023 GOLF TOURNAMENT 99530 10701 88829 33202 6415 2023 WINTER GALA 66475 10200 56275 30650 2800 10815 2 118503 24745 93758 33640 350 11674 284508 45646 238862 66842 30650 3150 28904 129546 109316 X 0 0 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SARAH ABRUZZI CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 146151 0 0 0 0 0 4385 0 4184 0 154720 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 1A ONE OF THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS RESIDES IN THE HOUSE PROVIDED BY THE MUSEUM (THE "RESIDENT CO-ED"). THIS IS STATED IN THE HOUSING SECTION OF THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT WHEN THE CO-ED IS HIRED. THIS ARRANGEMENT IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MUSEUM. THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT THE RIGHT TO USE THE HOUSE IS CO-TERMINUS WITH THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MUSEUM. THE CONTRACT STATES THAT ALL REASONABLE AND NECESSARY REPAIRS, ETC., WILL BE AT THE MUSEUM'S EXPENSE. THE ONLY COST TO THE CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE UTILITIES. THIS ARRANGEMENT IS MADE BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT. X RAFFLE/AUCTION ITEMS 66 29673 FMV X VARIOUS ITEMS 15 13525 FMV X WINE 2 4432 FMV 0 0 0 0 PART I, COLUMN (B): THE NUMBER IN COLUMN B REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS. FORM 990, PART III, QUESTION 4A CONTINUED THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED THE WORK OF A TOTAL OF 12 ARTISTS, INCLUDING FRANK WIMBERLEY (B. 1926), AN OUTSTANDING ABSTRACT PAINTER WHO VACATIONED IN SAG HARBOR BEGINNING IN 1960 AND BUILT A HOME THERE IN 1965; ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST AND COLLAGIST AL LOVING (1935-2005); THE TALENTED COUPLE REYNOLD RUFFINS (1930-2021), A FAMED ILLUSTRATOR WHO WAS ALSO A PAINTER OF ENERGETIC ACRYLIC COMPOSITIONS, AND HIS WIFE, JOAN RUFFINS (1932-2013), AN IMPRESSIONIST ARTIST WHO TRAINED AT COOPER UNION IN THE 1950S; AND NANETTE CARTER (B. 1954), AN ABSTRACT COLLAGIST WHO WAS PROFOUNDLY IMPACTED BY HER FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS WIMBERLEY AND LOVING. A RICH EXPLORATION OF CREATIVE WORK AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ARTISTS, THE EXHIBITION FEATURED 12 ARTISTS IN ALL, INCLUDING WORK BY CLAUDE LAWRENCE (B. 1944), HARLAN JACKSON (1918-1993), AND MICHAEL BUTLER (B. 1955), WHO WAS ALSO SERVING AS A GUEST CO-CURATOR OF THIS EXHIBITION. ROMARE BEARDEN: ARTIST AS ACTIVIST & VISIONARY - FEBRUARY 17 - MAY 29, 2023: THIS EXHIBITION OF NEARLY 50 PAINTINGS, SCREENPRINTS, AND COLLAGES EXPLORED THE WORK OF ONE OF THE 20TH CENTURY'S MOST IMPORTANT VISUAL ARTISTS. BORN ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1911, IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, ROMARE HOWARD BEARDEN STUDIED AT LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, BOSTON UNIVERSITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, AND NYU, FROM WHICH HE GRADUATED IN 1935. AFTER COLLEGE, BEARDEN IMMEDIATELY JOINED THE HARLEM ARTISTS GUILD. BECOMING A CASE-WORKER WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES IN 1938, BEARDEN'S CAREER AS AN ARTIST TOOK RISE IN THE 1940S, WITH EXHIBITIONS IN HARLEM AND WASHINGTON, DC. HE CONTINUED HIS ARTS EDUCATION AT THE SORBONNE IN PARIS, IN 1950. COMMITTED TO SUPPORT OF EMERGING BLACK PAINTERS AND TO THE CAUSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, BEARDEN FOUNDED THE "SPIRAL GROUP" IN 1962, WITH OTHER BLACK ARTISTS CHARLES ALSTON, NORMAN LEWIS, AND OTHERS. BEARDEN'S WORK IS IN MANY SIGNIFICANT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS AROUND THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, AND THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM. AWARDED THE NATIONAL MEDAL OF ARTS IN 1987, HE DIED IN NEW YORK CITY THE NEXT YEAR, ON MARCH 12, 1988. THE EXHIBITION WAS ORGANIZED BY THE ROMARE BEARDEN FOUNDATION, NEW YORK. EXHIBITION TOUR MANAGEMENT WAS HANDLED BY LANDAU TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS, LOS ANGELES, CA. PICTURING AMERICA'S PASTIME: A SNAPSHOT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME - MAY 18 - OCTOBER 15, 2023: "THE GREATEST OF ALL, THE GAME WHICH SEEMS TO BREATHE THE RESTLESS SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LIFE, THAT CALLS FOR QUICK ACTION AND QUICKER THINKING, THAT SEEMS CHARACTERISTIC OF A GREAT NATION ITSELF, IS BASEBALL." - PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLES M. CONLON, 1913 SINCE THE 19TH CENTURY, BASEBALL AND PHOTOGRAPHY HAVE GROWN UP TOGETHER. FROM THE GRANDEUR OF THE EARLY GAME TO THE VIBRANCY OF TODAY'S SPORT, EVERY FACET OF OUR NATIONAL PASTIME HAS BEEN CAPTURED IN SEPIA, COLOR AND BLACK-AND-WHITE. THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM'S COLLECTION OF OVER A QUARTER MILLION IMAGES IS THE WORLD'S PREMIERE REPOSITORY OF BASEBALL PHOTOGRAPHS, SPANNING SOME 150 YEARS OF THE SPORT'S HISTORY. PICTURING AMERICA'S PASTIME, AN EXHIBIT AT THE HALL OF FAME, FEATURES A SELECTION OF THESE TIMELESS PHOTOGRAPHS, EACH ACCOMPANIED BY THE WORDS OF THOSE WHO WERE THERE AND THOSE WHO ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS OF PHOTOGRAPHER CHARLES CONLON. PICTURING AMERICA'S PASTIME WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE HARRY M. STEVENS FAMILY FOUNDATION. HOME FIELDS: BASEBALL STADIUM OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY - MAY 18 - OCTOBER 15, 2023: UTILIZING OBJECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM REGIONAL PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, HOME FIELDS EXPLORED THE HISTORY OF AREA BASEBALL STADIUMS THAT INCLUDE THE OLD POLO GROUNDS, EBBETS FIELD, SHEA STADIUM, AND THE OLD YANKEE STADIUM, AS WELL AS NEW AND CURRENT VENUES. AS THE REGION'S TRANSPORTATION AND RECREATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGED IN THE POST-WORLD WAR II YEARS, STADIUMS AND BALLPARKS TRANSITIONED WITH THE TIMES AND HAVE, OF COURSE, BEEN THE SOURCE OF MANY ICONIC AND MEMORABLE HISTORIC SPORTING EVENTS. EBB AND FLOW: PICTURING THE POWER OF WATER - JUNE 15 - AUGUST 27, 2023: "AS I EBB'D WITH THE OCEAN OF LIFE, AS I WENDED THE SHORES I KNOW, AS I WALK'D WHERE THE RIPPLES CONTINUALLY WASH YOU PAUMANOK" - WALT WHITMAN WATER IS A FORCE OF POWER, BOTH LIFE-GIVING AND DESTRUCTIVE. HUMANS HAVE LONG HARNESSED THIS POWER FOR TRANSPORTATION, EXPLORATION, INDUSTRY, AND COMMERCE. AS LONG ISLANDERS, ENVELOPED BY THE LONG ISLAND SOUND TO THE NORTH, ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE SOUTH, AND NUMEROUS BAYS, INLETS, RIVERS, AND LAKES INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT OUR ISLAND, WE ARE ALSO AWARE OF THE TRANQUILITY AND SERENITY OF WATER. THE BEAUTIFUL REFLECTIVE QUALITIES AND THE RHYTHMIC EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDES ARE BOTH MEDITATIVE AND THOUGHT PROVOKING. YET WE ARE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF NATURE, WITH STORMS AND FLOODING A CONSTANT AND UNSTOPPABLE FORCE. AS A SPECIES WE HAVE ALTERED OUR PLANET SO DRASTICALLY THAT EVENTS LIKE SUPERSTORM SANDY ARE A NEW THREAT THAT WE MUST LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH. THIS SHOW OF APPROXIMATELY 70 ARTWORKS PRESENTED PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF WATER IN THREE THEMES: THE POWER OF MAN, THE POWER OF NATURE, THE POWER OF SELF. IT EXAMINED HOW ARTISTS HAVE PORTRAYED MANKIND'S ABILITY TO UTILIZE THE POWER OF WATER AND INCLUDED MARITIME PICTURES, SCENES OF WATER USED INDUSTRIALLY AS A POWER SOURCE FOR THINGS SUCH AS MILLS AND DAMS, AND COMMERCIAL USES OF WATER FOR FISHING. LONG ISLAND ARTISTS OF THE 19TH AND MID 20TH CENTURIES - JULY 20 - OCTOBER 8, 2023: AFTER THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM PUBLISHED A CHECKLIST OF LONG ISLAND ARTISTS OF THE NINETEENTH TO THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURIES, A UNIQUE FULLY-ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE RESOURCE THAT INCLUDED LISTINGS FOR MORE THAN 1,000 ARTISTS WHO LIVED AND/OR WORKED ON LONG ISLAND DURING THE TIME FRAME COVERED BY THE VOLUME. THE PROJECT BY RONALD G. PISANO AND D. FREDRICK BAKER IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LONG ISLAND MUSEUM WAS SOME 35 YEARS IN THE MAKING. IN HONOR OF THE PUBLICATION, THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED A SELECTION OF THE LIM'S ART COLLECTION, INCLUDING WORKS BY WILLIAM SIDNEY MOUNT, CHARLES HENRY MILLER, EDITH PRELLWITZ, JANE WILSON, AND JANE FREILICHER. SOMOS/WE ARE: LATINX ARTISTS OF LONG ISLAND - SEPTEMBER 14 - DECEMBER 17, 2023: SOMOS/WE ARE: LATINX ARTISTS OF LONG ISLAND WAS A GROUNDBREAKING EXHIBITION THAT CELEBRATED THE RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY OF LONG ISLAND. THIS EXHIBITION, WHICH INCLUDED WORKS BY OVER 80 PARTICIPATING ARTISTS - HISTORIC, ESTABLISHED, AND CONTEMPORARY - OFFERED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THEIR DIVERSE STYLES, MEDIA, COMPELLING PERSONAL STORIES, AND FAMILIAL NATIONAL ORIGINS. FROM BROOKLYN TO MONTAUK, SOMOS SHOWCASED THE WORKS OF CREATORS WHO HAVE GRAPPLED WITH QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY, HISTORY, AND THE MANY MEANINGS OF COMMUNITY. GUEST-CURATED BY MEXICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST KELYNN Z. ALDER, SOMOS SITUATED LATINX ARTISTS WITHIN THE HISTORIC FABRIC AND THE ACTIVELY CHANGING SHAPE OF THE LONG ISLAND NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH THEY LIVE. THE POWER OF TWO: ARTIST COUPLES OF LONG ISLAND - FEBRUARY 8 - JUNE 30, 2024: ARTISTS OFTEN WORK IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER AS A WAY TO ENCOURAGE THEIR ARTISTIC AND CREATIVE INNOVATIONS, FORMING CLUBS, SCHOOLS, AND COLONIES THAT HAVE PRODUCED SOME OF OUR MOST GROUNDBREAKING ART. ALL OF THE COUPLES PRESENTED IN THIS EXHIBITION WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER BY ART, AND CHOSE TO JOIN THEIR DOMESTIC AND FAMILY LIFE WITH THEIR CREATIVE OUTPUT AND PROFESSION. EXAMINING THE INFLUENCES WITHIN THESE PARTNERSHIPS, DIFFERING ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE SEEN, FROM DELIBERATELY COLLABORATIVE TO UNEXPECTEDLY SUBCONSCIOUS. MARY NIMMO AND THOMAS MORAN TOGETHER ESTABLISHED EAST HAMPTON AS A BURGEONING ARTIST COLONY WITH THE CREATION OF THEIR HOME, THE STUDIO, IN 1884. HE TAUGHT HER TO ETCH, AND SHE CONQUERED THE MEDIUM TO BECOME INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED. LEE KRASNER AND JACKSON POLLOCK RETREATED TO THEIR REMOTE SPRINGS STUDIO IN 1945 WHERE GESTURAL PAINTING WAS PUSHED TO ITS LIMITS, AND WHERE KRASNER DECIDED THAT POLLOCK'S GENIUS WAS THE ONE TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT, EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH. JUDITH AND GERSON LEIBER, OVER THE COURSE OF A REMARKABLE 70 YEAR MARRIAGE, GUIDED ONE ANOTHER TO SUCCESS ON THE NATIONAL STAGE IN BOTH THE FASHION AND ART WORLDS, POETICALLY PASSING AWAY JUST HOURS APART ON THE SAME DAY IN 2018. THESE HISTORIC COUPLES ESTABLISHED LONG ISLAND AS A PLACE THAT NURTURES ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIPS, AND CONTEMPORARY PAIRS CONTINUE THIS TRADITION, INCLUDING BASTIENNE SCHMIDT AND PHILIPPE CHENG, LAUTARO CUTTICA AND ISADORA CAPRARO, AND JEREMY DENNIS AND BRIANNA L. HERNANDEZ. THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED OVER 50 ARTWORKS COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE WORK PRODUCED BY 14 ARTIST COUPLES OF LONG ISLAND, FROM THE MORANS IN THE 1880S THROUGH CONTEMPORARY COUPLES WORKING TODAY. FORM 990, PART III, QUESTION 4A CONTINUED PAINTING PARTNERSHIP: REYNOLD AND JOAN RUFFINS - FEBRUARY 8 - JUNE 30, 2024: ORGANIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POWER OF TWO, THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTED A UNIQUE STORY OF LOVE, CREATIVITY, AND ART. REYNOLD DASH RUFFINS (1930-2021) AND JOAN B. YOUNG RUFFINS (1932-2013) SHARED 60 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, LIVING IN ST. ALBANS (QUEENS) AND EVENTUALLY SETTLING YEAR-ROUND IN SAG HARBOR IN 1992, SOME 30 YEARS AFTER THEY BEGAN SUMMERING IN THE HISTORICALLY-IMPORTANT BLACK COMMUNITY OF NINEVEH BEACH. PAINTING PARTNERSHIP FEATURED CLOSE TO 25 PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES FROM THIS OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC DUO. REYNOLD BEGAN MAKING HIS MARK IN GRAPHIC AND ADVERTISING DESIGN IN THE 1950S AND THE 1960S, LATER WORKING ON SUCH PUBLICATIONS AS THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, GOURMET, AND ESSENCE, AND CREATING AWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATIONS FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS. MEANWHILE, AS JOAN RAISED THE COUPLE'S FOUR CHILDREN, SHE CREATED A STUDIO IN THE FAMILY'S ST. ALBANS HOME, CREATING ART AND TEACHING BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. IN THE 1990S, REYNOLD AND JOAN BOUGHT A NINETEENTH-CENTURY HOUSE ON HAMPTON STREET, SAG HARBOR. EACH FOUND THEIR CREATIVE OUTPUT FLOURISH IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT. REYNOLD BEGAN EASEL PAINTING IN ACRYLICS AND TAKING UP ABSTRACT AND CUBIST WORK. MEANWHILE, INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF CZANNE AND OTHER IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS, JOAN PAINTED DEFTLY ORGANIZED DOMESTIC INTERIORS AND DRAMATICALLY-COLORED LANDSCAPES. FINDING HIDDEN TREASURES: THE ART OF SAMUEL ADOQUEI ISLAND - FEBRUARY 8 - JUNE 30, 2024: THIS WAS THE FIRST MUSEUM RETROSPECTIVE OF ARTIST SAMUEL ADOQUEI (B. 1964), A GHANAIAN-BORN, NEW YORK-BASED PAINTER WHO HAS SHOWN WORK IN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. ADOQUEI'S MAJOR PORTRAITS AND HISTORY PAINTINGS ARE AT ONCE AMBITIOUS, PROVOCATIVE, AND TECHNICALLY MASTERFUL. HIS POWER LIES BELOW THE SURFACE OF HIS COMPOSITIONS. WHETHER DEPICTING A STATELY TREE, A VASE FULL OF FLOWERS, OR A DISTINCTIVELY FEATURED FACE, HE SEIZES THE SPIRIT OF HIS SUBJECT MATTER, POWERFULLY. FINDING HIDDEN TREASURES FEATURED ALMOST 30 WORKS BY ADOQUEI, INCLUDING HIS SIGNIFICANT 10'-WIDE TRIPTYCH THE LEGACY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., A PAINTING FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES AND DISPLAYED AT THE S. DILLON RIPLEY CENTER OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IN WASHINGTON, DC. BORN IN ACCRA, GHANA, ADOQUEI CAME TO NEW YORK CITY IN 1987 TO CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION AND WON THE GOLD MEDAL IN OIL PAINTING AND BEST TRADITIONAL OIL PAINTING AWARDS AT THE KNICKERBOCKERS ARTISTS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. HE EVENTUALLY TAUGHT AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN, AND IS STILL THE FIRST AND ONLY AFRICAN ARTIST TO TEACH AT ALL OF NEW YORK'S MAJOR ART INSTITUTIONS AND ACADEMIES (IN ADDITION TO N.A.D., THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, AND THE EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE). ADOQUEI HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED TO COMPLETE PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT PUBLIC FIGURES, SUCH AS THE POLITICIAN STACEY ABRAMS. ON LONG ISLAND, DR. JAMES WATSON (WHO DISCOVERED THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF DNA) INVITED ADOQUEI TO PAINT VIEWS OF COLD SPRING HARBOR FOR THE EXHIBITION "SCIENCE AND ART COME TOGETHER" (2000). OVER THE YEARS, HE HAS DONE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS OF SCENES AT SHELTER ISLAND AND EAST HAMPTON, SEVERAL OF WHICH WERE SEEN IN THIS EXHIBITION. MUSICAL MASTERWORKS: JOHN MONTELEONE'S GUITARS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS - MAY 23 - OCTOBER 13, 2024: MUSICAL MASTERWORKS TOLD THE STORY OF ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST TALENTED AND FAMED MAKERS OF ARCHTOP GUITARS. FROM HIS WORKSHOP IN ISLIP, NEW YORK, JOHN MONTELEONE HAS BUILT A WORLD-RENOWNED FOLLOWING AS A SKILLED LUTHIER. MONTELEONE'S GUITARS ARE ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECES OF FUNCTIONAL ART, AND INSTRUMENTS MADE FOR SOME OF THE LEADING ROCK, JAZZ, AND FOLK GUITARISTS OF THE LATE-20TH AND EARLY-21ST CENTURIES: MARK KNOPFLER, ERIC CLAPTON, JULIAN LAGE, ANTHONY WILSON, AND BEN HARPER, TO NAME JUST A FEW. BEGINNING IN THE EARLY 1970S AS A REPAIRER AND MAKER OF MANDOLINS, MONTELEONE HAS MADE AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFETIME JOURNEY AS A CRAFTSMAN OF HIS SIGNATURE GUITARS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. ALTHOUGH STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL, THERE ARE NO FEATURES OF HIS INSTRUMENTS THAT ARE ENTIRELY DECORATIVE. ALL ELEMENTS - WHETHER THEY PROVIDE A REFINEMENT IN ACOUSTICS OR IMBUE A SENSE OF STYLE AND INSPIRATION TO THE PERFORMER - ARE DEPLOYED TO CREATE INSTRUMENTS WITH EXCEPTIONAL SOUND THAT HAPPEN TO ALSO BE GREAT-LOOKING. LIM VISITORS WERE ABLE TO ENJOY SEEING THE LARGEST-EVER EXHIBITION OF JOHN MONTELEONE'S MUSICAL ART ASSEMBLED AND DISPLAYED AT A SINGLE VENUE. THIS EXHIBITION FEATURED NEARLY 50 GUITARS, MANDOLINS, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS BY MONTELEONE, MADE BETWEEN 1971 AND 2023, INCLUDING THE FAMED FOUR SEASONS GUITAR QUARTET (2002-2006), LOANED FROM THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, ALONG WITH OTHER HISTORIC GUITARS FROM GIBSON, JOHN D'ANGELICO, JAMES D'AQUISTO, AND SELMER-MACCAFERRI. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE 990 FORM IS FIRST REVIEWED BY SENIOR MANAGEMENT, AND THEN BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. UPON THE CURRENT CHAIRPERSON'S REVIEW AND APPROVAL A COPY IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BEFORE FILING WITH THE IRS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES SIGN AN ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE. THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS THE FORMS WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED AND WOULD NOTIFY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE IN THE CASE OF AN ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL CONFLICT. THEY IN TURN WOULD CONTACT THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHES THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SUGGESTED COMPENSATION IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN JUNE FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY VOTE. ALSO, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISH THE COMPENSATION FOR KEY EMPLOYEES. THE KEY EMPLOYEES' SUGGESTED COMPENSATION IS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BY VOTE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON WRITTEN REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: CHANGE IN VALUE OF PERPETUAL TRUST 547,595.