2025-08-25T10:04:14-07:00 2024-12-31 050462585 Arthur H Lathrop CPA 31 Crestview Drive Westerly RI 02891 990EZ 2024-01-01 462039930 THE MARKS PROJECT INC MARK 4015392891 1009B MAIN ST HOPE VALLEY RI 02832 MARTHA B VIDA President 2025-08-25 true true ARTHUR H LATHROP P01227584 4015966300 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X THEMARKSPROJECT.ORG X X 72223 X 72177 9 0 0 0 0 37 72223 30828 2497 33142 66467 5756 8753 14509 8753 14509 8753 14509 8753 14509 Mission: To create and maintain a searchable online database of signatures, marks, work images and biographical information for American mid-20th- and 21st-century studio potters, ceramic artists and artists using the medium of clay working from 1945 onward.Vision: To provide a primary research platform to assist scholars, museum specialists, collectors and creators in the identification and understanding of American studio potters, ceramic artists and artists working in the medium of clay.THE MARKS PROJECT (TMP) IS AN EDUCATIONAL NOT-FOR-PROFIT THAT DOCUMENTS THE WORK, MARKS, AND HISTORIES POST-WAR (1945 ONWARD) OF AMERICAN POTTERS, SCULPTORS AND CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS WHO USE THE MEDIUM OF CLAY (THE MAKERS). ALL IS MADE SEARCHABLE AND FREELY AVAILABLE TO RESEARCHERS, MUSEUM SPECIALISTS AND THE PUBLIC WORLDWIDE VIA WWW.THEMARKSPROJECT.ORG. IN ITS 8TH FULL YEAR ONLINE, THE MARKS PROJECT WEBSITE DOCUMENTS EACH ARTIST BY A UNIQUE WEB-PAGE THAT IS INDEXED THROUGH THE WEBSITE. ARTIST PAGES MAY IN 2020, WE UNDERTOOK A WEBSITE REDESIGN TO IMPROVE PROCESSING TIME NECESSITATED BY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN USER PAGE LOAD TIMES AND PROJECTED ADDITIONAL FUTURE WEBSITE TRAFFIC. DURING THIS REDESIGN PROBLEMS AROSE AND, BY EARLY 2022, WE HIRED A NEW DESIGNER WHO WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD WITH BETA TESTING BEGINNING IN THE SUMMER OF 2023. THE NEW WEBSITE WILL UPDATE THE APPEARANCE OF THE WEB PAGES AND WILL REFINE SEARCH FUNCTIONS TO IMPROVE THE USER EXPERIENCE ON ALL DIGITAL DEVICES. THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW WEBSITE IS PROJECTED TO LAUNCH IN THE FALL OF 2024. DURING 2023, WE EXPANDED OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND NOW HAVE 10 MEMBERS WITH EXPERTISE IN TECHNOLOGY, FUNDRAISING, WEBSITE MARKETING & PUBLICITY, PROMOTING ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS, AND OUTREACH TO REGIONAL MUSEUMS AND UNIVERSITIES. COMBINED WITH THE ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED IN 2022, WE NOW HAVE A MUCH BROADER REACH AND ENCHANCED EXPERTISE FOR PROMOTING OUR PROGRAMS IN THE GREATER CERAMICS WORLD. WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE OUR WEBSITE TOOLS VIA PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS (NCECA) CONFERENCE. ABOUT 5,000 ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, EDUCATORS AND SCHOLARS ATTENDED THIS YEARS CONFERENCE IN RICHMOND, VA. ADDITIONALLY, WE PUBLISH A BIWEEKLY NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTED TO ABOUT 3,000 SUBSCRIBERS AND PROMOTE OUR NAME VIA ARTICLES IN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CERAMICS RELATED PUBLICATIONS. 66467 66467 MARTHA B VIDA President 0 0 JOSHUA KOPIN Secretary 0 0 JOSEPHINE LAURIA FARGO Vice President 0 0 NICHOLAS VIDA Treasurer 0 0 KATE LYDON Director 0 0 JUNE SAKATA Director 0 0 ULYSSES GRANT DIETZ Director 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false MARTHA B VIDA 1009B MAIN ST HOPE VALLEY RI 028321607 4015392891 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 68915 31506 46366 69015 72177 287979 0 0 68915 31506 46366 69015 72177 287979 188429 99550 9 5 2 4 9 29 0 180 10 37 227 288235 0.34540 0.34940 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Other Revenue.1 RI SUI REFUND $37 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $1901 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $27950 Other Expenses.1007 Conferences, Conventions, and Meetings $215 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $301 Other Expenses.1 PAYROLL PROCESSING FEES $1683 Other Expenses.2 MEMBERSHIPS/SUBSCRIPTIONS $650 Other Expenses.3 US TREASURY FEES $342 Other Expenses.4 SECRETARY OF STATE FEES $100