2024-04-25T17:16:41-05:00 2023-06-30 WITHUMSMITHBROWN PC 1411 BROADWAY 9TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018 990 2022-07-01 132887872 THE DRAWING CENTER INC % LAURA HOPTMAN DRAW 2122192166 35 WOOSTER STREET NEW YORK NY 10013 LAURA HOPTMAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2122192166 2024-01-16 true LAURA HOPTMAN 999009999 CATHERINE BENDALL CPA P00521196 2127519100 2024-01-16 2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z LAURA HOPTMAN 35 WOOSTER STREET NEW YORK NY 10013 3595596 false X WWW.DRAWINGCENTER.ORG X 1976 NY PROMOTES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DRAWINGS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND EDUCATION. 29 29 42 30 0 3244617 2947876 320941 94757 66321 27788 65569 8666 3697448 3079087 0 0 0 0 1531561 1656464 0 0 519229 1755401 1835790 3286962 3492254 410486 -413167 11094197 10597246 1728886 1632754 9365311 8964492 X THE DRAWING CENTER, A MUSEUM IN MANHATTAN'S SOHO DISTRICT, EXPLORES THE MEDIUM OF DRAWING AS PRIMARY, DYNAMIC, AND RELEVANT TO CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, THE FUTURE OF ART, AND CREATIVE THOUGHT. ITS ACTIVITIES-WHICH ARE BOTH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY AND BROADLY HISTORICAL-INCLUDE EXHIBITIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS; THE "DRAWING PAPERS" PUBLICATION SERIES; PUBLIC PROGRAMS; AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. false false 2167228 94757 See Schedule O for complete program service activity. 2167228 true true false false false false false true false true true true false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false true 69 0 true 42 true false false false false false true true false false false false false false X 29 29 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false NY X X LAURA HOPTMAN 2122192166 35 WOOSTER STREET NEW YORK NY 10013 Laura Hoptman Executive Director 40.0 0.0 X 214232 0 0 Rebecca Brickman Director of Development 40.0 0.0 X 111243 0 0 Claire Gilman Chief Curator 40.0 0.0 X 103917 0 0 Andrea Crane CO-CHAIR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Amy Gold CO-CHAIR 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Dita Amory SECRETARY 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Stacey Goergen TREASURER 1.0 0.0 X X 0 0 0 Frances Beatty Adler BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 David Baum BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Valentina Castellani BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Brad Cloepfil BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Hilary Hatch BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Tappan Heher BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Priscila Hudgins BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Rhiannon Kubicka BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Iris Marden BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Adam Pendleton BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 David Pohl BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Nancy Poses BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Almine Ruiz-Picasso BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Jane Dresner Sadaka BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 David Salle BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Curtis Talwst Santiago BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Joyce Siegel BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Amy Sillman BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Galia Meiri Stawski BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Rirkrit Tiravanija BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Barbara Toll BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Jean-Edouard van Praet dAmerloo BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Waqas Wajahat BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Isabel Stainow Wilcox BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 Linda Yablonsky BOARD MEMBER 1.0 0.0 X 0 0 0 429392 0 0 3 false true false 0 90120 1159569 119500 1578687 149942 2947876 PUBLICATION SALES 511190 74657 74657 EXHIBITION REVENUE 900099 20100 20100 94757 15626 15626 0 0 0 0 0 170219 158057 12162 12162 12162 358452 1159569 358452 0 0 0 0 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 900099 8666 8666 8666 3079087 103423 27788 0 0 0 0 216000 43200 32400 140400 0 1182947 750003 199965 232979 0 151679 96908 22678 32093 105838 67620 15824 22394 0 2750 2750 137736 137736 0 0 4417 4417 238570 159867 72906 5797 1358 673 685 44168 27680 9615 6873 19156 13262 4417 1477 0 142733 98814 32914 11005 41734 35799 4448 1487 0 0 95309 32159 63021 129 0 329266 227951 75929 25386 98426 58265 34404 5757 REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE 180260 124794 41568 13898 SHIPPING AND COURIERS 222518 219879 2639 PRODUCTION EXPENSE 139562 137762 1800 SECURITY 69226 47925 15964 5337 68601 24667 34156 9778 3492254 2167228 805797 519229 804417 441542 846720 246380 221566 409286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67038 119217 30617 28277 12643966 4277552 8654107 8366414 0 0 469732 986130 0 0 0 0 0 0 11094197 10597246 239589 187980 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1447260 1399589 0 0 42037 45185 1728886 1632754 X 8804055 8230603 561256 733889 9365311 8964492 11094197 10597246 -413167 12348 X X false true X true false X 2085750 2586988 3143407 3244617 2947876 14008638 0 0 2085750 2586988 3143407 3244617 2947876 14008638 1243277 12765361 23321 12081 24400 27073 15625 102500 0 2504 5594 26171 65569 8666 108504 14219642 762528 0.89773 0.89172 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X BENEFIT EVENT AUCTION 428255 33704 20071 441888 546659 -98127 20277 428255 463198 103532 20071 546659 466187 14755 17744 463198 456361 26164 16338 466187 0.77000 0.23000 false false 180000 180000 3786541 1666959 2119582 8090303 2131279 5959024 413742 328029 85713 173380 151285 22095 8366414 0 0 VACATION ACCRUAL 45185 45185 X 3087018 12348 12348 3074670 4417 4417 3079087 3487837 3487837 4417 4417 3492254 PART III, LINE 1A: THE ORGANIZATION HAS ACCUMULATED CERTAIN ARTWORK THAT HAS NOT BEEN REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SINCE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE IS NOT DETERMINABLE. PART III, LINE 4: AT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THE ORGANIZATION MAINTAINED COLLECTIONS OF ARTWORK FOR EXHIBITION PURPOSES. THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DRAWINGS THROUGH EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS, AND EDUCATION. PART V, LINE 4: "FUND FOR THE FUTURE" DONATIONS ARE ALLOCATED 25% TO NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTRICTIONS FOR USE TOWARDS CAPITAL COSTS AND 75% TO NET ASSETS WITH DONOR RESTICTIONS WITH PERMANENT RESTICTIONS FOR ENDOWMENT. THE BOARD SPENDING POLICY LIMITS DISTRIBUTIONS TO REALIZED INVESTMENT EARNINGS. PART X, LINE 2: THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT IT HAS APPROPRIATE SUPPORT FOR ANY TAX POSITIONS TAKEN, AND AS SUCH, DOES NOT HAVE ANY UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT ARE MATERIAL TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. Annual Benefit 695100 528123 166977 166977 Auction 822921 631446 191475 191475 0 1518021 1159569 358452 358452 358452 X X X false false false false false false false false false Laura Hoptman Executive Director 214232 0 0 0 0 214232 X 60 0 NOT DETERMINABLE X 2 149942 FMV false true false SCHEDULE M, LINE 33: THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED DONATED ARTWORK DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 IN SUPPORT OF ITS FUNDRAISING AUCTION AND PUBLICATION PROGRAMS. DONATED ARTWORK ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S FUNDRAISING AUCTION THERE WERE 60 CONTRIBUTORS AND THE ITEMS WERE SOLD. ITEMS HELD ARE NOT CAPITALIZED, AS ALLOWED UNDER FASB ASC 958-360. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11: DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS SENT TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C: BOARD MEMBERS AND OFFICERS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST CERTIFICATION AND FORM 990 DISCLOSURE FORM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15: OFFICER'S COMPENSATION APPROVED BY BOARD BASED ON INDUSTRY STANDARDs. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE ON GUIDESTAR.ORG. and is posted on the New York State Charities bureau website. Form 990 and AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR OVERSIGHT OF THE ANNUAL AUDIT. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A FOUNDED IN 1977 BY MARTHA BECK (1938-2014), THE DRAWING CENTER STARTED AS A WAY TO EXHIBIT ART BY LIVING ARTISTS IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS TO ADVANCE A MEDIUM THAT BECK VIEWED AS BROADLY OVERLOOKED. FIRST HOUSED IN A GROUND-FLOOR WAREHOUSE SPACE AT 137 GREENE STREET, THE DRAWING CENTER MOVED TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION, AROUND THE CORNER AT 35 WOOSTER STREET IN 1987. THE IMPACT ON THE MEDIUM THAT THE DRAWING CENTER HAS HAD OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS IS CLEAR. DRAWING HAS TAKEN ITS PLACE AS A CENTRAL AND RESPECTED ART FORM, WITH INSTITUTIONS AND GALLERIES ACROSS THE GLOBE. IT IS THE SUBJECT OF MAJOR EXHIBITIONS THAT CONFIRM ITS ARTISTIC IMPORTANCE AND COMMERCIAL VIABILITY. THIS SHIFT IN THE FIELD HAS ALLOWED THE DRAWING CENTER TO RETHINK ITS MISSION, MOVING AWAY FROM A MORE DEFENSIVE STANCE ABOUT DRAWING-THAT IT IS LEGITIMATE, IMPORTANT, AND VALUABLE-TO A MORE EXPANSIVE AND POSITIVE EXPLORATION OF HOW DRAWING OPERATES IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. THIS NEW INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH HAS BEEN POPULAR WITH GENERAL AUDIENCES AND THE FIELD IN GENERAL, AND THE DRAWING CENTER IS SEEING INCREASED ANNUAL ATTENDANCE FIGURES AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BROADER BASE OF SUPPORTERS. EVERY YEAR, THE DRAWING CENTER SERVES 20,000+ INDIVIDUALS ON-SITE AND THROUGH OFF-SITE DRAWING WORKSHOPS, AND CLOSE TO 135,000 VIA THE DRAWING CENTER WEBSITE AND BLOOMBERG CONNECTS MOBILE APP. AS A MUSEUM THAT DOES NOT MAINTAIN A COLLECTION, THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE DRAWING CENTER'S PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITY IS TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AND LONGER-TERM SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS. THE MUSEUM MOUNTS 4 TO 6 EXHIBITIONS OR INSTALLATIONS ANNUALLY ACROSS ITS THREE GALLERY SPACES. OFTEN, THESE EXHIBITIONS TRAVEL ON TO DIFFERENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL VENUES. DURING THE 2022-2023 EXHIBITION SEASON, THE DRAWING CENTER HOSTED EIGHT EXHIBITIONS IN ITS VARIOUS GALLERIES, INCLUDING THE CLAMOR OF ORNAMENT: EXCHANGE, POWER AND JOY FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT, ECCE HOMO: THE DRAWINGS OF GENERAL IDEA, IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI: PAIN RELIEF DRAWINGS, CATHERINE CHALMERS: WE RULE, OF MYTHIC WORLDS: WORKS FROM THE DISTANT PAST THROUGH THE PRESENT, XIYADIE: QUEER CUT UTOPIAS, A GREATER BEAUTY: THE DRAWINGS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN, AND NAUDLINE PIERRE: THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS. THE DRAWING CENTER OPENED ITS 2022-2023 SEASON WITH THE CLAMOR OF ORNAMENT: EXCHANGE, POWER AND JOY FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. BRINGING TOGETHER MORE THAN 200 OBJECTS PRODUCED OVER THE PAST FIVE CENTURIES, THE CLAMOR OF ORNAMENT EXPLORED ORNAMENT IN ARCHITECTURE, ART, AND DESIGN THROUGH THE LENS OF DRAWING. THE EXHIBITION FOREGROUNDED ORNAMENT'S POTENTIAL AS A MODE OF COMMUNICATION, A FORM OF CURRENCY, AND A MEANS OF EXCHANGE ACROSS GEOGRAPHIES AND CULTURES. THE CLAMOR OF ORNAMENT SOUGHT TO ADDRESS THE MULTILAYERED COMPLEXITY OF THE HISTORY OF ORNAMENT, INCLUDING THE DISSONANCE BETWEEN THE UNEQUAL AND DESTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT MEDIATE ITS MOVEMENT BETWEEN SOURCES. TOGETHER, THE OBJECTS ON VIEW SIMULTANEOUSLY CELEBRATED AND INTERROGATED ORNAMENT'S FLUIDITY BY MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MOTIFS, METHODS, AND INTENTIONS. ON VIEW OCTOBER 7, 2022 - JANUARY 15, 2023, ECCE HOMO: THE DRAWINGS OF GENERAL IDEA WAS ORGANIZED BY CLAIRE GILMAN, CHIEF CURATOR, THE DRAWING CENTER, AND LIONEL BOVIER, DIRECTOR, MAMCO. LIVING AND WORKING TOGETHER AS PART OF THE TORONTO ARTS AND THEATER COMMUNITY, AA BRONSON (B. MICHAEL TIMS, 1946, VANCOUVER), FELIX PARTZ (B. RONALD GABE, 1945, WINNIPEG; D. 1994), AND JORGE ZONTAL (B. SLOBODAN SAIA-LEVY, 1944, PARMA, ITALY; D. 1994) FORMALIZED THEIR COLLABORATION IN 1969 INTO A SINGLE ENTITY KNOWN AS GENERAL IDEA. FROM THEIR EARLIEST PROJECTS LIKE THE STAGING OF THE 1970 MISS GENERAL IDEA PAGEANT TO THEIR LATE ACTIVIST INITIATIVES AROUND THE AIDS CRISIS (AMONG THEIR MOST FAMOUS PROJECTS IS THE 1983 RE-ENVISIONING OF ROBERT INDIANA'S LOVE PRINT AS A MEMETIC ICON REFERENCING THE RECENTLY-NAMED SYNDROME), GENERAL IDEA EXPLORED MULTIMEDIA, CONCEPTUAL, AND PERFORMANCE WORK AS A TOOL FOR ENGAGING WITH COMMON CULTURE AND ITS REPRESSIONS. LESS WELL-KNOWN ARE THE DRAWINGS AUTHORED BY GENERAL IDEA BETWEEN 1985 AND 1993, WHICH OFFERED A FASCINATING WINDOW INTO GENERAL IDEA'S DISTINCT ARTISTIC VISION AS WELL AS THEIR UNIQUE NOTIONS OF COLLABORATION AND CO-AUTHORSHIP. BORN IN 1930 IN OMDURMAN, SUDAN, IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARTISTS IN AFRICAN AND ARAB MODERNISM. FEATURING OVER A HUNDRED DRAWINGS FROM EL-SALAHI'S LATEST SERIES, TITLED PAIN RELIEF, THIS EXHIBITION, ON VIEW OCTOBER 7, 2022 - JANUARY 15, 2023, MARKED THE FIRST MUSEUM PRESENTATION OF THE ARTIST'S DRAWINGS SINCE HIS 2013 RETROSPECTIVE AT TATE MODERN. DRAFTED ON THE BACK OF MEDICINE PACKETS, PILL BOTTLE LABELS, ENVELOPES, AND SCRAPS OF PAPER, EL-SALAHI'S INTRICATE PEN AND INK PAIN RELIEF DRAWINGS SERVE AS A FORM OF RESPITE FOR THE 92-YEAR-OLD ARTIST, WHO FINDS DIVERSION FROM HIS CHRONIC PAIN THROUGH HIS DAILY DRAWING PRACTICE. A BRITISH CITIZEN FOR DECADES, EL-SALAHI'S DRAWINGS ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO POSTWAR EUROPEAN MODERNISM, BUT ALSO ARE PROFOUNDLY EMBEDDED IN A TRADITION OF AFRICAN AND ISLAMIC ART HISTORY. INSPIRED BY ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY, AS WELL AS SURREALIST FIGURATION AND GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION, EL-SALAHI CREATED A DISTINCTIVE VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT HE EXPRESSES MOST PROLIFICALLY IN DRAWING. THE NEW YORK-BASED ARTIST CATHERINE CHALMERS WORKS AT THE NEXUS OF ART AND SCIENCE. IN THIS UNIQUE EXHIBITION, CHALMERS CREATED TWO SITE-SPECIFIC DRAWING INSTALLATIONS IN THE DRAWING CENTER'S LOWER-LEVEL GALLERY AND CORRIDOR AKIN TO AN UNDERGROUND LABYRINTH OF AN ANT COLONY, ALONGSIDE OTHER WORKS. THE ARTIST'S OEUVRE COMPELS VIEWERS TO CONFRONT THE OFT-ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANKIND AND THE NATURAL WORLD. THE INSTALLATION WAS INSPIRED BY THE ARTIST'S ENGAGEMENT WITH OVER A DOZEN COLONIES OF LEAFCUTTER ANTS ON THE OSA PENINSULA IN COSTA RICA. OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD, CHALMERS RETURNED ANNUALLY TO THE SAME SPOT, FILMING, PHOTOGRAPHING, AND TRACKING THE FATE OF THESE COLONIES. FOR THE ARTIST, SUCH ANTS ARE METAPHORS FOR HUMANITY'S LIFE ON EARTH: THEY FARM, COMMUNICATE, AND COLLABORATE; THEY ALSO COLONIZE, BATTLE, AND DESTROY. YET THE DRAWINGS IN WE RULE, ON VIEW OCTOBER 7, 2022 - JANUARY 15, 2023, EMPHASIZED HOW ANTS DIVERGE FROM HUMANS-THEY COEXIST WITH ONE ANOTHER AS A COLLECTIVE ECOSYSTEM, CARRYING OUT THEIR ACTIONS IN HARMONY WITH THE EARTH. ON VIEW FEBRUARY 3 - MAY 14, 2023, THE EXHIBITION OF MYTHIC WORLDS EXPLORED THE WAYS IN WHICH RITUALS, MYTHS, AND IDEOLOGIES CONVERGE ACROSS ERAS AND CULTURES. THE EXHIBITION INCLUDED OVER FIFTY-THREE ARTWORKS BY MORE THAN THIRTY ARTISTS INCLUDING JORDAN BELSON, LEE BONTECOU, CAMERON, BARBARA CHASE-RIBOUD, WALTER DE MARIA, STEFFANI JEMISON, DUANE LINKLATER, YUTAKA MATSUZAWA, GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, BETYE SAAR, WARLIMPIMGA TJAPALTJARRI, AND JACK WHITTEN, AMONG OTHERS. SUCH WORKS ELUCIDATED THE ESOTERIC AND OFTEN ELUSIVE PURSUIT OF UNDERSTANDING PHENOMENA OUTSIDE OUR OBJECTIVE, WORLDLY EXPERIENCE. RARELY EXHIBITED DRAWINGS BY MORRIS GRAVES, JACK WHITTEN, GEORGIA O'KEEFFE, AND THEORIST AND WRITER ROLAND BARTHES WERE PRESENTED ALONGSIDE NINETEENTH-CENTURY SHAKER GIFT DRAWINGS, AS WELL AS WORKS BY ARTISTS SUCH AS MEL CHIN AND JORDAN BELSON. HISTORICAL BLOCK PRINTS FROM THE QING DYNASTY WERE JUXTAPOSED WITH THOSE MADE BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS INCLUDING CICI WU, BERNADETTE VAN-HUY, JULIA PHILLIPS, STEFFANI JEMISON, AND ROBERT BITTENBENDER. FURTHERMORE, OF MYTHIC WORLDS SHOWCASED NEW ARTWORKS BY DUANE LINKLATER, AN OMASKKO ININIWAK ARTIST BASED IN NORTH BAY, ONTARIO. TOGETHER, THE WORKS OF THESE ARTISTS INVESTIGATE PERSONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS, SPIRITUALITY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS; EXPLORE THE METAPHYSICAL AND THE SUBLIME; RECALL MYTHS PASSED DOWN FROM ANCIENT CULTURES; AND EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF MYSTICISM AND IMMATERIALITY. THE EXHIBITION XIYADIE: QUEER CUT UTOPIAS, ON VIEW FEBRUARY 3 - MAY 14, 2023, WAS THE FIRST NEW YORK SOLO EXHIBITION OF WORK BY THE CHINESE ARTIST XIYADIE. THE NAME XIYADIE, WHICH TRANSLATES TO SIBERIAN BUTTERFLY, IS ONE THE ARTIST CHOSE FOR HIMSELF TO DESCRIBE HIS UPBRINGING IN WEINAN, A CITY IN THE SHAANXI PROVINCE OF NORTHWEST CHINA. A REFLECTION OF HIS PERSONAL AND ARTISTIC EVOLUTION, THE PSEUDONYM ALSO DENOTES XIYADIE'S ENDURING RESILIENCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FREELY SHOW HIS WORK OR LIVE OPENLY WITH REGARD TO HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATION. QUEER CUT UTOPIAS FEATURED MORE THAN THIRTY OF XIYADIE'S INTRICATE PAPER-CUTS, DATING FROM THE EARLY 1980S THROUGH TODAY, EACH OF WHICH ARTICULATES HIS LONGING TO FULLY EXPRESS HIS QUEER DESIRE. XIYADIE PRESENTS A STRONG SENSE OF ARTISTIC AUTONOMY; HIS HIGHLY GRAPHIC WORKS ON PAPER FUSE TRADITIONAL FOLK FORMS AND ICONOGRAPHY WITH NARRATIVES FROM HIS PERSONAL LIFE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A CONT. ON VIEW JUNE 2 - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023, A GREATER BEAUTY: THE DRAWINGS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN FEATURED OVER ONE HUNDRED DRAWINGS BY THE LEBANESE-AMERICAN ARTIST, POET AND ESSAYIST, AND COINCIDES WITH THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GIBRAN'S WORLD-RENOWNED PUBLICATION THE PROPHET. THIS PRESENTATION WAS THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBITION OF GIBRAN'S DRAWINGS IN THE UNITED STATES. THOUGH BEST KNOWN FOR HIS POETRY AND PROSE, GIBRAN VIEWED HIMSELF EQUALLY AS A VISUAL ARTIST, PRODUCING PAINTINGS, WATERCOLORS, SKETCHES, ILLUSTRATIONS, BOOK COVERS, AND OTHER MATERIAL AS A COMPLEMENT TO HIS WRITTEN WORK. A GREATER BEAUTY PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF GIBRAN'S DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES ALONGSIDE MANUSCRIPT PAGES, NOTEBOOKS, CORRESPONDENCE, MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATIONS AND ESSAYS, AND FIRST EDITIONS, PROVIDING A GLIMPSE INTO THE ARTIST'S PRODUCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS WORK AS A WHOLE. THE EXHIBITION THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS, ON VIEW JUNE 2 - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023, WAS THE ARTIST'S FIRST EXHIBITION TO EXCLUSIVELY FOCUS ON HER WORKS ON PAPER. NAUDLINE PIERRE HARNESSES THE POWER OF SPIRITUAL ICONOGRAPHY AND TRANSCENDENTAL MOTIFS IN HER LAYERED WASH DRAWINGS AND RICHLY-HUED PAINTINGS TO CREATE FICTIONAL WORLDS ROOTED IN A MYTHOLOGY OF HER OWN MAKING. IN HER EXHIBITION, PIERRE CONTINUES HER EXPLORATION OF IMAGINED WORLDS, INCORPORATING DRAWINGS LARGE AND SMALL ALONGSIDE AND WITHIN SCULPTURAL ELEMENTS TO CREATE AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT. AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY AS WELL AS THE RESTRICTION INHERENT IN NARRATIVES OF SPIRITUAL TRANSCENDENCE, PIERRE MOBILIZES TIME-HONORED MOTIFS SUCH AS THE ALTAR PIECE AND ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE, CREATING FANTASTICAL SCENES OF WINGED CREATURES AND FIERY BEINGS. THE DRAWING CENTER'S PUBLICATION PROGRAM ENABLES THE PRODUCTION OF IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL NEW DRAWING SCHOLARSHIP. THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXHIBITIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN EDITION OF DRAWING PAPERS, AN AFFORDABLY PRICED PUBLICATION THAT ATTRACTS A WIDE AUDIENCE, FROM STUDENTS AND FELLOW ARTISTS TO CRITICS, COLLECTORS, AND SCHOLARS. DRAWING PAPERS INCLUDE REPRODUCTIONS OF ARTISTS' WORKS, ARTIST STATEMENTS, COMMISSIONED ESSAYS, AND INTERPRETIVE TEXTS. DRAWING PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE DRAWING CENTER'S ONSITE AND ONLINE BOOKSTORES, AND IN COMMERCIAL BOOKSTORES (D.A.P. | DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS DISTRIBUTE ALMOST ALL OF THESE PUBLICATIONS). THE DRAWING CENTER PARTNERS WITH THE ONLINE PUBLISHER ISSUU.COM TO OFFER ALL 150+ OF ITS PUBLICATIONS IN A READABLE FORMAT FOR FREE ONLINE (TO DATE, MORE THAN 2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE READ OUR PUBLICATIONS ONLINE). IN 2022 - 2023, WE PUBLISHED A DRAWING PAPERS PUBLICATION AROUNDTHE CLAMOR OF ORNAMENT: EXCHANGE, POWER, AND JOY FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT; ECCE HOMO: THE DRAWINGS OF GENERAL IDEA; IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI: PAIN RELIEF DRAWINGS; OF MYTHIC WORLDS: WORKS FROM THE DISTANT PAST THROUGH THE PRESENT; XIYADIE: QUEER CUT UTOPIAS; A GREATER BEAUTY: THE DRAWINGS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN; AND NAUDLINE PIERRE: THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS. FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS IN 2023 - 2024 INCLUDE: DRAWING PAPERS CATALOGS IN CONJUNCTION WITH STPHANE MANDELBAUM AND FRANK WALTER: TO CAPTURE A SOUL; AND AN AMBITIOUS CATALOG TO ACCOMPANY JOAN JONAS: ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MINERAL - AN ARTIST COLLABORATION BETWEEN ARTISTS JOAN JONAS AND ADAM PENDLETON - CO-PUBLISHED BY THE DRAWING CENTER AND DABA PRESS, ADAM PENDLETON'S INDEPENDENT PRESS DEVOTED TO EXPERIMENTAL ARTIST'S BOOKS. THE DRAWING CENTER'S EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ARE OVERSEEN BY AIMEE GOOD, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS ARE FREE OF CHARGE AND SERVE UPWARDS OF 3,500 CHILDREN EACH YEAR. SUCH INITIATIVES ARE CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION, AND UNIQUE AMONG SMALL NONPROFIT ART SPACES IN NEW YORK. WE OFFER A RANGE OF ON AND OFF-SITE PROGRAMS, INCLUDING D.R.A.W. (DRAW AND REFLECT ART WORKSHOPS), SINGLE-SESSION GUIDED TOURS AND ON-SITE WORKSHOPS FOR GROUPS FROM NYC PUBLIC SCHOOLS; DRAWING CONNECTIONS, OUR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM WITH FOUR LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH MULTI-PART WORKSHOPS, AND DRAWNOW!: A SERIES OF ART-MAKING WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES OFFERED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. AS NEW YORK CITY LIFTED ITS SOCIAL DISTANCING MANDATES IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 2020, THE DRAWING CENTER WAS THRILLED TO RESUME TO WELCOME TOUR GROUPS FROM ART SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BACK INTO OUR GALLERIES. IN ADDITION TO OUR ESTABLISHED PARTNERS AT TEEN ART SALON, STREET LAB/THE UNI PROJECT, AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, TDC FORGED NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH SUMMERTIME, A NONPROFIT ART STUDIO AND GALLERY IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN WHICH PROVIDES SPACE, MATERIALS, AND MENTORSHIP FOR NEURO-DIVERSE ARTISTS; THE CENTER FOR AFROFUTURIST STUDIES, AN ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM WHICH PROMOTES A FUTURE WHERE ARTISTS OF COLOR CAN THRIVE; AND CITYMEALS ON WHEELS, AN ORGANIZATION WITH A 40 YEAR HISTORY OF PROVIDING NOURISHING MEALS TO ELDERLY HOMEBOUND NEW YORKERS. THESE COLLABORATIONS WILL CONTINUE IN FY2024, AND WE HOPE TO DEVELOP INTO LONG-LASTING PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL FURTHER ENRICH THE AUDIENCES THE DRAWING CENTER SERVES. THE DRAWING CENTER PRESENTS A VARIETY OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS, INCLUDING GALLERY TALKS, LECTURES, READINGS, PERFORMANCES, AND PANELS THAT PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE WORK ON VIEW IN OUR EXHIBITIONS. ALL TDC PROGRAMS ARE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. AS ISSUES OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION BECAME MORE URGENT FOR CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, OUR ORGANIZATION HAS HAD TO RE-ENVISION ITS ROLE AS AN INSTITUTION WITHIN THE CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM OF NEW YORK CITY WHILE STAYING TRUE TO OUR MISSION AT THE NEXUS OF DRAWING AND CONTEMPORARY IDEAS. SPECIFICALLY, THIS TIME HAS ALLOWED US TO REIMAGINE HOW TO BEST VIRTUALLY CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER, OUR LARGER COMMUNITY, AND WITH ART AND ARTISTS. THANKS TO OUR ROBUST NEW SERIES OF ONLINE PROGRAMS THAT INCLUDES THE PARTICIPATION OF TDC CURATORS AND STAFF, ARTISTS AND OUTSIDE EXPERTS, OUR ORGANIZATION IS NOW REACHING MORE PEOPLE IN MORE PLACES THAN EVER BEFORE. IN ITS 2022-2023 SEASON, THE DRAWING CENTER ORGANIZED PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO ACCOMPANY ECCE HOMO: THE DRAWINGS OF GENERAL IDEA; IBRAHIM EL-SALAHI: PAIN RELIEF DRAWINGS; CATHERINE CHALMERS: WE RULE; OF MYTHIC WORLDS: WORKS FROM THE DISTANT PAST THROUGH THE PRESENT; XIYADIE: QUEER CUT UTOPIAS; A GREATER BEAUTY: THE DRAWINGS OF KAHLIL GIBRAN; AND NAUDLINE PIERRE: THIS IS NOT ALL THERE IS. THESE PROGRAMS, BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON, ENGAGED MORE THAN 10,000 LIVE AUDIENCE PARTICIPANTS ACROSS 5 CONTINENTS, WITH 17 PROGRAMS FEATURING THE PARTICIPATION OF ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND CRITICS INCLUDING A.A. BRONSON, HERA CHAN, CURTIS TALWST SANTIAGO, GREG FOX, BOB NICKAS, DAVID SALLE, ADAM BAKRI, DAVID REMNICK, AND NAUDLINE PIERRE, AMONG OTHERS. SEVERAL OF THESE PROGRAMS WERE RECORDED AND ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL FUTURE AUDIENCES TO VIEW THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS INCLUDE ARTIST CONVERSATIONS, AND TDC'S POPULAR DRAWNOW! WORKSHOP SERIES. TOGETHER, THE DRAWING CENTER'S FAR-REACHING EXHIBITIONS, PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ENCOURAGE AUDIENCES TO EXAMINE DRAWING'S ROLE IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, THE FUTURE OF ART, AND CREATIVE THOUGHT.