2025-03-28T19:39:59-07:00 2024-06-30 753194011 Moss Levy & Hartzheim CPAs 5800 Hannum Ave Ste E Culver City CA 90230 990 2023-07-01 770637879 Ruskin Art Club Inc RUSK 3106400710 200 S Avenue 66 Los Angeles CA 90042 David Judson Treasurer 2025-03-28 true true Craig A Hartzheim P01386531 3106702745 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z David Judson 200 S Avenue 66 Los Angeles CA 90042 83080 false X www.ruskinartclub.org X 2002 CA Support for pioneering arts initiatives, arts education, with new generations of Southland Artists and thinkers. The study and promotion of cultural art, history, literature, and contemporary affairs, non-partisan and related to civic interest and matters beneficial to community welfare. The operational mission includes programs of public lectures, concerts, exhibitions, readings and symposia on issues of public interest; networking and pursuing common projects with other community arts associations in the Southland; networking and pursuing common projects with and providing a public forum for historical and conservation associations in the Southland. 12 12 2 0 10131 4730 0 39621 57591 0 49752 62321 2500 0 37388 41181 0 5610 23020 21941 60408 65622 -10656 -3301 959129 955828 0 959129 955828 Support for pioneering arts initiatives, arts education, with new generations of Southland Artists and thinkers. The study and promotion of cultural art, history, literature, and contemporary affairs, non-partisan and related to civic interest and matters beneficial to community welfare. The operational mission includes programs of public lectures, concerts, exhibitions, readings and symposia on issues of public interest; networking and pursuing common projects with other community arts associations in the Southland; networking and pursuing common projects with and providing a public forum for historical and conservation associations in the Southland. false false 41442 RUSKIN ART CLUB EVENTS: FISCAL 2023-2024Through mounting virtual in addition to live, in-person events, we have been able to expand and diversify audiences served by our events. Attendees come from Southern California and the West, but also from the East Coast and abroad. Membership in the organization has also expanded to include members across the United States and the UK.We inaugurated our Ruskin Art Club YouTube channel in 2021, which archives all our current programs and many from the recent past as a service both to members and friends and as an ongoing resource for the public. It is available on our website: www.ruskinartclub.org. The channel expands the outreach of our activities to online subscribers and YouTube audiences. We currently post nearly 100 events,lectures, and presentations on our channel. To indicate the extent of our outreach to the public, I have added the current number of YouTube views to Zoom and in-person attendance1. LECTURE: NOTES TOWARD A SUFFICIENT LIFE BY GABRIEL MEYERThursday, June 13, 2024, 5-6:30pm [Zoom]Ruskin Art Club executive director Gabriel Meyer reflects on practical applications of Ruskin's ideals to lifestyle choices in the 21st century. At the heartof these efforts is Ruskin's concept of "the sufficient life" -- a lifestyle of artful simplicity, mastery of life crafts, imagination, and ethically responsible consumption.Attendance: 25 [138 views YouTube]Income: $0Expenses: $0? Each month our Zoom subscription = $71.93/per year=$862.662. RUSKIN STUDY SESSIONS: TRAFFIC FROM THE CROWN OF WILD OLIVE(led by Zach Bullock and Joseph Rodrigues)Saturdays, June 8, June 15, 10-11:30am [Zoom]Attendance: 15/18Income: $0Expenses: $03. LECTURE: THUNDERCLAP: ART & LIFE & SUDDEN DEATH BY LAURA CUMMINGSaturday, May 18, 9-10:30am [Zoom]What art can be, and how it can shift your thinking in a thunderclap - this goes tothe heart of distinguished writer Cummings talk for the Ruskin Art Club.Attendance: 35 [417 views YouTube]Income: $175 (two memberships)Expenses: $04. RUSKIN STUDY SESSION: OF QUEENS GARDENS FROM SESAME AND LILIES(led by Sara Atwood)Saturday, May 4, 10-11:30am [Zoom]Attendance: 15Income: $0Expenses: $05. RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE PRIVATE PRESS MOVEMENT:PRESENTATION AND VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE CLINKER PRESS BY ANDRE CHAVESThursday, April 11, 5-6:30pm [Zoom]Attendance: 38 [143 views YouTube]Income: $0Expenses: $06. HAGY BELZBERG: ANNUAL ADA LOUISE HUXTABLE LECTURE ON ARCHITECTURETHE ARCHITECTURE OF TRAGEDYThursday, March 14, 5-6:30pmBelzberg discussed how he has used digital fabrication and nontraditionalconstruction methods to establish a diverse portfolio of award-winning work.Attendance: 34 [30 views YouTube]Income: $150 (membership)Expenses: $07. ANNUAL RUSKIN BIRTHDAY BASH AT TELESCOPE STUDIO (IN-PERSON)Sunday, February 11, 3-5pmAll Great Art Is Praise (Royal Academy, London)/cellist Allan Hon & pianist AlexZhuAttendance: 60Income: $250 (three memberships)Expenses: $1,200 (reception, musicians fees)8. LECTURE: PESTILENCE AND REANIMATION: RUSKIN ON RENAISSANCE ART BY JEREMY MELIUSSaturday, January 13, 9-10:30am [Zoom]This lecture explores key episodes in the critics developing conception ofRenaissance painting: moments in which Ruskin had the courage to trust his ownaesthetic responsiveness, despite the misgivings expressed in his historicalaccounts.Attendance: 45 [107 views YouTube]Income: $0Expenses: $1,000 (speakers fee)9. RUSKIN STUDY SESSIONS: THE WORK OF IRON IN NATURE, ART, & POLICY(led by Philip Hoare)Saturday, Nov. 11 & 18, 9-10:30am [Zoom]Attendance: Nov. 11: 45 [819 views]/ Nov. 18: 34 [49 views]Income: $190 [four memberships]Expenses: $2,000 (speakers fees)10. RUSKIN STUDY SESSION: OVERVIEW OF THE WORK OF IRON (led by Jim Spates)Saturday, Nov. 4, 10-11:30am [Zoom]Attendance: 12Income: $0Expenses: $011. LECTURE: FATEFUL LINES: RUSKIN, NOTICING, & SEEING TRULY BY SARAH WOODSThursday, October 5, 5-7pm [In-person and on Zoom] Denenberg Fine ArtsThis lecture explores how, in truly seeing stones and leaves and landscapes, wecan find them reflected in the patterns of our own lives.Attendance: 45 [48 views]Income: $150 (membership)Expenses: $1,200 (travel, hotel, etc. for speaker)12. 23 RD ANNUAL RUSKIN LECTURE AT USC DOHENY LIBRARY: BY DINAH BIRCHMARIANA AT WORK: RUSKIN AND GENDERTuesday, Sept. 12, 5-6:30pm [In-person and livestreamed]Recent interpretations of Ruskins continuing significance have explored thetensions within his gendered identity. This lecture will reflect on the evolution of these debates, arguing that Ruskins rich and challenging thought continues tohave much to offer both men and women.Attendance: 50 [124 views]Income: $200 (book sales) + $225 (three memberships) =$425Expenses: $2,000 airfare+$600 hotel+$400 meals=$3,00013. RUSKIN STUDY SESSIONS: RUSKIN ON BEAUTYAugust 12 & 19, 10-11:30am [Zoom]Attendance: 12:10; 19:12Income: $0Expenses: $014. VIRTUAL PRESENTATION: W. PATRICK EDWARDS ON THE NATURE OF ART AND WORKMANSHIP BY DAVID PYEThursday, August 10, 5-6:30pm [Zoom]Attendance: 25 [284 views]Income: $0Expenses: $015. PRIVATE RUSKIN ART CLUB TOUR OF APRICOT LANE FARMS IN MOORPARK (IN-PERSON ONLY)Friday, July 11, 9-11amAttendance: 15Income: $525Expenses: $700 (to Apricot Lane Farms)16. FIELD TRIP TO THE AUTRY RESOURCES CENTER, BURBANK (IN-PERSON ONLY)Saturday, July 1, 11-12:30pmThis event is a specially guided tour of the Autry Museum of the American Westsremarkable new state-of-the-art research library with its Ruskin Art Club/HectorAlliott Collection (1919).Attendance: 10Income: $150 (membership)Expenses: $0Report prepared by Gabriel Meyer, executive director, Ruskin Art Club, Inc.: Feb. 24, 41442 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false true 1 0 true 2 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 12 12 true false false false true false false true false false false true false false false true false false CA X Gabriel Meyer President 3106400710 200 S Avenue 66 Los Angeles CA 90042 Gabriel Meyer Executive Dir. 20.00 0.00 X 33662 0 0 Noah Bretz Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Judson Treasurer 10.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Elena Karina Byrne Lit Program Dir 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kathleen Marshall Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Stuart Denenberg Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Jessen Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHLOE SAPIENZA Vice President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDREW SAPIENZA Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Beverly Denenberg Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tyson Gaskill President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Sara Atwood Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PENNY HABERMAN Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 33662 0 false false false 0 852 3878 2500 4730 0 28445 28445 0 0 0 49905 20759 29146 29146 29146 0 0 0 0 62321 57591 2500 2500 0 0 0 33662 22441 5611 5610 0 6702 5027 1675 0 0 817 613 204 0 2726 2726 0 0 0 0 0 0 2697 2697 0 0 0 1122 842 280 0 0 0 0 0 2119 2119 PROGRAM EXPENSES 7938 7938 DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS 2564 2564 BUSINESS MEALS 2423 1817 606 Printing and Publications 352 264 88 0 65622 41442 18570 5610 9658 25766 43072 15994 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1305 1305 0 906399 914068 0 0 0 0 959129 955828 0 0 X 959129 955828 959129 955828 959129 955828 -3301 X false false false X 6693 14427 22245 10131 2230 55726 0 0 6693 14427 22245 10131 2230 55726 0 55726 15109 22183 40576 39621 57591 175080 0 0 230806 0.24140 0.35430 X 1305 1305 X 1 2500 auction/dealer false false false Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Stuart Denenberg, Trustee, AND Beverly Denenberg, Secretary, are married.ANDREW SAPIENZA, TRUSTEE, AND CHLOE SAPIENZA, TRUSTEE, ARE MARRIED Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 Under the By-Laws The corporation shall have no members within the meaning of Section 5056 of the Law as now in effect or as may hereafter be amended. Any action which otherwise would require approval by a majority of all members or approval by the members shall require approval only of the Board. All rights which otherwise would vest in the members including, without limitation, the right to elect directors, shall vest in the Board.The corporation shall have three classes of non-statutory members: active, life, and honorary. By accepting their membership in the Club, all members agree to support the mission of the Club as described in the Club's Mission Statement. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Independent CPA prepares the forms from information provided by the Treasurer and Executive Director. When completed the 990 is sent to the Treasurer and Executive Director for review. When the forms are finalized they are then made available to all Board members. The Treasurer signs the electronic eflie authorization and sends to the CPA for filing of the return. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Executive Director's compensation was approved by the Board in 2015 and is annually approved. There has been no change in the compensation amount since that time. The amount is less than paid by other similar organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The following organizational documents of Ruskin Art Club are available for inspection or copying at the organization's office during normal business hours at no charge, except for a nominal copying fee:1) Tax Exemption Application2) IRS Determination letter3) Articles of Incorporation4) By-Laws5) Form 990 for the most recent and prior two years.6) Financial statements.The public inspection copy of the Form 990 will not include Schedule A excess contributors or the Schedule B. The most updated versions of all of the preceding forms will be available. When responding to a public inspection request for any organizational document or Form 990 by anyone, Ruskin Art Club will fulfill such request in a timely fashion without inquiring as to the reason for the public inspection request.