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THIS BOUNDARY LOCATION SHAPES ITS PERSPECTIVE ON THE REGION AND THE BROADER WORLD: THROUGH ITS INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS TO FOSTER NEW INNOVATIVE AND CROSS-SECTOR WORKS; THROUGH ITS WIDE RANGING COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS; AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS AND ENDEAVORS TO STRENGTHEN THE REGION'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, VITALITY AND WIDER CONNECTIONS. 8 8 6 0 454095 410215 5855 14827 3047 2803 11555 5029 474552 432874 0 0 91264 98233 0 32217 314742 322895 406006 421128 68546 11746 3429589 3430563 139447 128863 3290142 3301700 X BRIDGING BOUNDARIES, EXPLORING BORDERS FOUNDED IN 2002 IN EASTPORT MAINE, THE TIDES INSTITUTE & MUSEUM OF ART IS LOCATED ON LONG STANDING TRADITIONAL AND CONTINUING PASSAMAQUODDY HOMELANDS ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AT THE UNITED STATES/CANADA BORDER. THIS BOUNDARY LOCATION SHAPES ITS PERSPECTIVE ON THE REGION AND THE BROADER WORLD: THROUGH ITS INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS TO FOSTER NEW INNOVATIVE AND CROSS-SECTOR WORKS; THROUGH ITS WIDE RANGING COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS; AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS AND ENDEAVORS TO STRENGTHEN THE REGION'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, VITALITY AND WIDER CONNECTIONS. false false 20266 4A COLLECTIONS - SUPPORTERS SECURED KEY ADDITIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT 1945 WATERCOLOR BY JOHN MARIN OF CAPE SPLIT, MAINE, A RARE 1849 EASTPORT SONS OF TEMPERANCE BANNER THAT CAME UP FOR AUCTION, AND A LARGE C.1930 OIL PAINTING BY NEW YORK CITY BASED ARTIST, GEORGE PEARSE ENNIS, OF A WATERFRONT SCENE HERE. THE ENNIS PAINTING WAS PRESENTED IN 2025 IN AN EXHIBITION ON THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK. A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTIAN SUNDE AND ALSO CECIL GREENLAW WERE DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS. NEARLY 7,000 ENTRIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO SEE IN THE ONLINE DATABASE INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS OF ART AND ARTIFACTS, LIBRARY OF BOOKS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MAINE. THE ORGANIZATION'S CASSETTE TAPE ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS OF AREA RESIDENTS HAVE NOW BEEN FULLY DIGITIZED. 157772 4B PRESERVATION - FOLLOWING THE REMOVAL OF THE ASBESTOS SIDING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE 1819 NORTH CHURCH BUILDING, THE ORGANIZATION HAD THE ORIGINAL WOOD SIDING UNDERNEATH REPAIRED AND INSTALLED A NEW ROOF OVER THE SANCTUARY SPACE. THE ORGANIZATION TOOK THE FIRST STEPS TO CREATE A SMALL PARK AT THE REAR OF THE ORGANIZATION'S SEAMAN'S CHURCH BUILDING WITH THE REMOVAL OF SEVERAL TREES. 153879 14827 4C -EDUCATION THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED TWO EXHIBITIONS IN 2024, AT THE MAIN BUILDING THAT WERE EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED: "HOME, DOWNEAST: WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF PAULINE WINCHESTER INMAN" FEATURING A SELECTION OF 27 WOOD ENGRAVING PRINTS AND WOOD BLOCKS BY THE ARTIST THAT ARE PART OF A MUCH LARGER GIFT OF HER WORKS BY EUGENE AND MARILYN OSTREICHER TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS; AND "EDWARD BURTYNSKY: A VISUAL ARCHAEOLOGY" FEATURING EIGHT LARGE-SCALE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS ON LOAN FROM THE BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE UNOBSKEY FOUNDATION. HONOR WILKINSON, WHO JOINED THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF AS CONSULTING CURATOR, ORGANIZED BOTH EXHIBITIONS. FOSTER NEW WORK IN 2024, 17 ARTISTS, INCLUDING THREE ALUMNI, WERE INVITED TO LIVE AND WORK AT THE ORGANIZATION'S STUDIOWORKS ARTIST-IN- RESIDENCE PROGRAM, IN ITS 12TH YEAR. ARTISTS CAME FROM CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON DC, MASSACHUSETTS, FLORIDA, OREGON, IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND INDIA, AND OTHER LOCATIONS, AND THEIR WORK RANGED FROM LARGE SCALE PAINTINGS TO SMALL INTIMATE DRAWINGS, FROM SCULPTURE TO MULTI- MEDIA INSTALLATIONS. THEIR PUBLIC TALKS AND WORKSHOPS REFLECTED THIS RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY WORK. ALUMNI KAREN STENTAFORD RETURNED TO TAKE TINTYPE PORTRAITS AT STUDIOWORKS. THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF ARTISTS AND CURATORS STAYED AND WORKED AT THE ORGANIZATION'S SELIGMANN COTTAGE IN CAPE SPLIT, MAINE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ALUMNI ARTIST, TESSA GREEN O'BRIEN, IN NOVEMBER, THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED GESHE TSEWANG DORJE, OF INDIA WHO, WITH OTHERS, CREATED A SAND MANDALA AT STUDIOWORKS AS PART OF A CULTURAL EXCHANGE. PARTNERSHIPS IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH DONALD SOCTOMAH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIRECTOR OF THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE, AND DWAYNE TOMAH, DIRECTOR OF THE SIPAYIK MUSEUM, TO INSTALL A BRONZE DESCRIPTIVE PLAQUE IN PASSAMAQUODDY AND ENGLISH FOR THE PLACE NAME MUSELENK (EASTPORT) ON THE FRONT OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MASONIC HALL BUILDING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND ONLY PLACE THAT THE PASSAMAQUODDY WRITTEN LANGUAGE IS VISIBLE IN EASTPORT. WE WERE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A CAREER DAY AT SIPAYIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRESENTED MATERIALS AND TALKS ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WORK AT A MUSEUM. ALISON CALDWELL-BEERS, THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATION SPECIALIST, CONTINUED HER MONTHLY OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE EASTPORT SENIOR CENTER AND DEVELOPED PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER GROUPS. 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THIS BOUNDARY LOCATION SHAPES ITS PERSPECTIVE ON THE REGION AND THE BROADER WORLD: THROUGH ITS INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS TO FOSTER NEW INNOVATIVE AND CROSS-SECTOR WORKS; THROUGH ITS WIDE RANGING COLLECTIONS, EDUCATION AND PRESERVATION EFFORTS; AND THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIPS AND ENDEAVORS TO STRENGTHEN THE REGION'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, VITALITY AND WIDER CONNECTIONS. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A 4A COLLECTIONS - SUPPORTERS SECURED KEY ADDITIONS TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS INCLUDING AN IMPORTANT 1945 WATERCOLOR BY JOHN MARIN OF CAPE SPLIT, MAINE, A RARE 1849 EASTPORT SONS OF TEMPERANCE BANNER THAT CAME UP FOR AUCTION, AND A LARGE C.1930 OIL PAINTING BY NEW YORK CITY BASED ARTIST, GEORGE PEARSE ENNIS, OF A WATERFRONT SCENE HERE. THE ENNIS PAINTING WAS PRESENTED IN 2025 IN AN EXHIBITION ON THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK. A LARGE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTIAN SUNDE AND ALSO CECIL GREENLAW WERE DONATED TO THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS. NEARLY 7,000 ENTRIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO SEE IN THE ONLINE DATABASE INCLUDING THE ORGANIZATION'S COLLECTIONS OF ART AND ARTIFACTS, LIBRARY OF BOOKS AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, MAINE. THE ORGANIZATION'S CASSETTE TAPE ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS OF AREA RESIDENTS HAVE NOW BEEN FULLY DIGITIZED. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C 4C -EDUCATION THE ORGANIZATION PRESENTED TWO EXHIBITIONS IN 2024, AT THE MAIN BUILDING THAT WERE EXTREMELY WELL RECEIVED: "HOME, DOWNEAST: WOOD ENGRAVINGS OF PAULINE WINCHESTER INMAN" FEATURING A SELECTION OF 27 WOOD ENGRAVING PRINTS AND WOOD BLOCKS BY THE ARTIST THAT ARE PART OF A MUCH LARGER GIFT OF HER WORKS BY EUGENE AND MARILYN OSTREICHER TO THE PERMANENT COLLECTIONS; AND "EDWARD BURTYNSKY: A VISUAL ARCHAEOLOGY" FEATURING EIGHT LARGE-SCALE COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS ON LOAN FROM THE BEAVERBROOK ART GALLERY IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE UNOBSKEY FOUNDATION. HONOR WILKINSON, WHO JOINED THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF AS CONSULTING CURATOR, ORGANIZED BOTH EXHIBITIONS. FOSTER NEW WORK IN 2024, 17 ARTISTS, INCLUDING THREE ALUMNI, WERE INVITED TO LIVE AND WORK AT THE ORGANIZATION'S STUDIOWORKS ARTIST-IN- RESIDENCE PROGRAM, IN ITS 12TH YEAR. ARTISTS CAME FROM CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON DC, MASSACHUSETTS, FLORIDA, OREGON, IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND INDIA, AND OTHER LOCATIONS, AND THEIR WORK RANGED FROM LARGE SCALE PAINTINGS TO SMALL INTIMATE DRAWINGS, FROM SCULPTURE TO MULTI- MEDIA INSTALLATIONS. THEIR PUBLIC TALKS AND WORKSHOPS REFLECTED THIS RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY WORK. ALUMNI KAREN STENTAFORD RETURNED TO TAKE TINTYPE PORTRAITS AT STUDIOWORKS. THE FIRST CONTINGENT OF ARTISTS AND CURATORS STAYED AND WORKED AT THE ORGANIZATION'S SELIGMANN COTTAGE IN CAPE SPLIT, MAINE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF ALUMNI ARTIST, TESSA GREEN O'BRIEN, IN NOVEMBER, THE ORGANIZATION WELCOMED GESHE TSEWANG DORJE, OF INDIA WHO, WITH OTHERS, CREATED A SAND MANDALA AT STUDIOWORKS AS PART OF A CULTURAL EXCHANGE. PARTNERSHIPS IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION WORKED WITH DONALD SOCTOMAH, HISTORIC PRESERVATION DIRECTOR OF THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE, AND DWAYNE TOMAH, DIRECTOR OF THE SIPAYIK MUSEUM, TO INSTALL A BRONZE DESCRIPTIVE PLAQUE IN PASSAMAQUODDY AND ENGLISH FOR THE PLACE NAME MUSELENK (EASTPORT) ON THE FRONT OF THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE MASONIC HALL BUILDING. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND ONLY PLACE THAT THE PASSAMAQUODDY WRITTEN LANGUAGE IS VISIBLE IN EASTPORT. WE WERE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN A CAREER DAY AT SIPAYIK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PRESENTED MATERIALS AND TALKS ON WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WORK AT A MUSEUM. ALISON CALDWELL-BEERS, THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATION SPECIALIST, CONTINUED HER MONTHLY OUTREACH PROGRAMS TO THE EASTPORT SENIOR CENTER AND DEVELOPED PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS AND OTHER GROUPS. TIMA STAFF AND ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE PRESENTED ART MAKING ACTIVITIES AT SIX FESTIVALS AND IN THE STUDIOWORKS BUILDING AND WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DOWNEAST RAINBOW ALLIANCE, THE DOWNEAST TEEN LEADERSHIP CAMP, EASTPORT ARTFESTS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2 HUGH FRENCH KRISTIN MCKINLAY EXEC DIR KEY EMPLOYEE SPOUSES FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED WITH THE GOVERNING BOARD TO ENSURE THAT ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND OBTAIN A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATON CONTAINED IN FORM 990 PRIOR TO THE FORM 990 BEING FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C THE ORGANIZATION PUT IN PLACE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IN 2012. BOARD MEMBERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES WILL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANNUALLY INTERESTS THAT COULD GIVE RISE TO CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S SALARY IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE GOVERNING BOARD TO ENSURE IT IS REASONABLE FOR HOURS WORKED AND COMPARABLE WITH SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. ANY PAY OR BENEFIT INCREASES ARE REVIEWED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD AND SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL TO TRUSTEES. A FORMAL COMPENSATION POLICY WAS FORMALIZED IN 2015. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 ALL GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON REQUEST. SOME FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADOPTED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, A RECORDS RETENTION POLICY AND OTHER POLICIES AS REQUIRED. THESE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. FORM 990, PART VII TRUSTEES ARE NOT COMPENSATED.