2020-07-14T13:32:04-05:00 2019-08-31 721396621 CARR RIGGS & INGRAM LLC TWO RIVERWAY FLOOR 15 HOUSTON TX 77056 990 2018-09-01 760035355 DIVERSEWORKS INC DIVE 7132238346 3400 MAIN STREET NO 292 HOUSTON TX 77002 BEATRICE A EDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7132238346 2020-07-14 1 KRISTEN SIMPSON P01268482 7136218090 2020-07-14 107.211.228.24 2020-07-14 13:31:51 CD P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 6C9B1A35775087DBDB8A6D25ECA509C7F6C27838 2018 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z BEATRICE A EDEN 3400 MAIN STREET NO 292 HOUSTON TX 77002 539523 0 X WWW.DIVERSEWORKS.ORG X 1982 TX DIVERSEWORKS COMMISSIONS, PRODUCES, AND PRESENTS NEW AND DARING ART IN ALL ITS FORMS THROUGH INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIONS THAT HONOR EACH ARTIST'S VISION WITHOUT CONSTRAINT. 16 16 3 60 107 0 626571 526665 2496 4001 31 107 5125 -516 634223 530257 0 0 0 0 199858 232075 0 0 73047 292021 319423 491879 551498 142344 -21241 241936 209847 18083 7235 223853 202612 DIVERSEWORKS COMMISSIONS, PRODUCES, AND PRESENTS NEW AND DARING ART IN ALL ITS FORMS THROUGH INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIONS THAT HONOR EACH ARTIST'S VISION WITHOUT CONSTRAINT. 0 0 418713 4001 VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND LITERATURE. SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAIL. 418713 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 X STEPHANIE ATWOOD 7132238346 3400 MAIN STREET SUITE 292 HOUSTON TX 77002 ROB GREENSTEIN CHAIRMAN 1.00 X X 0 0 0 LESTER MARKS MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BRIAN JAMES MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TARA KELLY PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MAHENOU ILAHI SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 AUSTIN WERNER MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 JOSEFA GONZALEZ MARISCAL VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JANET MEYER MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TEK WILSON MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KEVIN CLARK MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHRIN BRUNNER TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JUSTIN JONES ARTIST ADVISORY BOARD PRES 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NATALYE APPEL MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 ABIMBOLA FARINDE MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KAREN GERLACH MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 BESIM TAFILAJ MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 XANDRA EDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 75000 0 11602 75000 0 11602 0 0 0 0 0 10450 48718 140250 327247 526665 TICKET SALES 711300 4001 4001 4001 107 107 8750 48718 9266 -516 -516 530257 4001 107 -516 X 75000 48851 6609 19540 112562 73165 10131 29266 30035 19422 2844 7769 14478 9411 1303 3764 19875 19875 85654 85053 601 4628 1291 3337 52896 45805 1655 5436 40272 36002 4024 246 PUBLIC PROGRAMMING & ID 55500 55500 PROGRAM EXPENSES 45504 45504 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 15094 11405 3689 551498 418713 59738 73047 43336 69996 186500 138750 12100 1101 241936 209847 18083 7235 18083 7235 X -46432 -483 270285 203095 223853 202612 241936 209847 -21241 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 387887 854974 298118 623314 526772 2691065 387887 854974 298118 623314 526772 2691065 1078698 1612367 7 6 2 31 46 2691111 10432 0.59910 0.58760 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 530257 0 530257 0 530257 551498 0 551498 0 551498 HAUTE LUNCH 11237 9837 1400 596 2099 296 LUCK OF THE DRAW 46231 38881 7350 2399 2940 250 686 57468 48718 8750 2995 5039 250 982 9266 -516 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, NARRATIVE OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOUNDED BY ARTISTS IN 1982, DIVERSEWORKS IS NATIONALLY KNOWN FOR ITS GROUNDBREAKING ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING, MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES, AND ADVANCEMENT OF PROGRESSIVE ART AND IDEAS IN HOUSTON AND THE NATION. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES COMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING AND MID-CAREER ARTISTS TO CREATE NEW MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK, AND ACTS AS A LAUNCHING PAD FOR YOUNG ARTISTS, COLLECTIVES AND FUTURE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. DIVERSEWORKS SUPPORTS ARTISTS AND PROJECTS THAT INSPIRE DIALOGUE ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND CULTURE AND OFFER EXPERIENTIAL AND PROGRESSIVE WORKS OF ART THAT COMPEL VIEWERS TO BROADEN THEIR PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT ART IS AND HOW ART CAN BE A CRITICAL TOOL FOR ADDRESSING SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND AESTHETIC CONCERNS. MAJOR PROGRAMS IN 2018-2019 LILY COX-RICHARD: BERM, SEPTEMBER 22 - NOVEMBER 3, 2018 LILY COX-RICHARD'S SCULPTURE USED RECLAIMED MATERIALS, CRAFTED OBJECTS, AND THE SPACE AROUND THEM TO PUSH UP AGAINST INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND EXISTING ARCHITECTURE TO EXPLORE MODES OF VIEWING, PERSPECTIVE, AND ACCESSIBILITY. THE EXHIBITION TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE BOTTOM SEVENTEEN INCHES OF THE GALLERY, ADHERING TO AND HIGHLIGHTING THE PARTICULARS OF THE MATCH ARCHITECTURE, WITH THE PRIME VANTAGE POINT BEING FROM THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE, WHERE VIEWERS WERE INVITED TO LOOK THROUGH CUSTOM PERISCOPES, LIE ON A DOLLY, OR SIMPLY TAKE A KNEE TO SEE THE EXHIBITION INSTALLATION. AUTUMN KNIGHT: M_ _ _ER, NOVEMBER 2-3, 2018 INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AUTUMN KNIGHT PREMIERED A NEW PERFORMANCE PROJECT, "M _ _ _ ER", THAT EMPLOYS VISUAL MAPPING, CHARACTER IMPROVISATION, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND VISUAL ART, AND TAKES ON A BROAD RANGE OF SUBJECTS INCLUDING INTERIORITY, DISSONANCE, RITUAL, AND HUMOR. "M_ _ _ ER" IS A NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK/VISUAL ARTIST NETWORK (NPN/VAN) CREATION & DEVELOPMENT FUND PROJECT CO-COMMISSIONED BY DIVERSEWORKS, ON THE BOARDS (SEATTLE), AND WOMEN & THEIR WORK (AUSTIN) THAT TRAVELS THROUGH THE 2020 SEASON. THE SELDOMS RESIDENCY, JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 2, 2019 DIVERSEWORKS HOSTED THE SELDOMS, A CHICAGO-BASED DANCE COMPANY, FOR A WEEK-LONG RESIDENCY DURING WHICH THEY INVESTIGATED CLIMATE CHANGE IN HOUSTON, INCLUDING THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE HARVEY ON THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS THROUGH INTERVIEWS. THIS RESEARCH WAS TO INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR WORK-IN-PROGRESS, FLOE, A NEW DANCE THEATER PIECE ABOUT CLIMATE INSTABILITY: THE VANISHING POLAR ICE, RISING SEA LEVELS, EXTREME WEATHER, FORCED MIGRATION, THE TENSION BETWEEN DENIAL AND EVIDENCE, AND ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE. DIVERSEWORKS COLLABORATED WITH THE ROTHKO CHAPEL TO PRESENT THE SELDOMS' "DANCING ON THIN ICE," AN EXCERPT OF THE WORK-IN-PROGRESS TO A PACKED HOUSE. COLLECTIVE PRESENCE, FEBRUARY 21 - APRIL 14, 2019 AN EXHIBITION, ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM AND HUB FOR CREATIVE AND CULTURAL ACTIVITY TO ADDRESS SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN REGIONS, "COLLECTIVE PRESENCE CREATED A COLLECTIVE CALL-AND-RESPONSE BETWEEN AUDIENCES AND ARTISTS UTILIZING FUTURIST AND DECOLONIZING PRACTICES. ARTISTS RABEA BALLIN (HOUSTON), JOSHUA RIOS (CHICAGO), RAFA ESPARZA (LOS ANGELES), AND AWILDA RODRIGUEZ LORA (PUERTO RICO) PARTICIPATED IN TWO-WEEK MINI-RESIDENCIES IN THE GALLERY DURING WHICH THEY CREATED NEW WORK ON SITE; MET WITH HOUSTON ARTISTS, ACTIVISTS, AND ORGANIZERS; AND PARTICIPATED IN PUBLIC PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE MINI-RESIDENCIES, COLLECTIVE PRESENCE WAS HOST TO A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, INCLUDING A DANCE WORKSHOP SERIES WITH RAUL ORLANDO EDWARD, FOUNDER OF THE HOUSTON AFRO-LATIN FESTIVAL; A BROWN ARTISTS RETREAT WITH ESPARZA AND INDEPENDENT CURATOR RISA PULEO; A FILM SERIES ORGANIZED BY PARASPACE BOOKS; AND A SOUND WORKSHOP WITH LISA E. HARRIS. BERLIN: ZVIZDAL [CHERNOBYL SO FAR SO CLOSE], FEBRUARY 15-16, 2019 "ZVIZDAL" IS A FILM/INSTALLATION BY THE BELGIAN-BASED COLLECTIVE BERLIN THAT FOLLOWS THE DAY-TO-DAY EXISTENCE OF AN ELDERLY COUPLE LIVING INSIDE THE ABANDONED CHERNOBYL EXCLUSION ZONE. THIS EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY INCLUDED LIVE VIDEO AND SOUND MIXING AND A SCULPTURAL, DIORAMA RECREATION OF THE VILLAGE OF ZVIZDAL WITHIN A CUSTOMIZED THEATER SET AND SEATING ARRANGEMENT. DIVERSEWORKS WAS THE FINAL STOP ON BERLIN'S FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR THAT INCLUDED PRESENTATIONS IN COLUMBUS, OH, CINCINNATI, OH, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND AUSTIN, TX. QOLLECTIVE: I'M EVER SO PISSED, JUNE 28, 2019 DIVERSEWORKS PRESENTED QOLLECTIVE'S FIRST PERFORMANCE WORK, "I'M EVER SO PISSED," ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL UPRISING. THE PERFORMANCE INCORPORATED ELEMENTS OF CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENT, DRAG, AND SOUND ART IN WHAT WAS A LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE CATHARTIC SMASHING OF OPPRESSION, BIGOTRY, AND HATRED. DIVERSEWORKS COLLABORATED WITH THE ARTIST-RUN SPACE ALABAMA SONG TO PRESENT THE PERFORMANCE ON THE OCCASION OF QOLLECTIVE'S "TREAD LOUDLY" EXHIBITION OPENING. JEFFERSON PINDER: FIRE & MOVEMENT, JULY 2019 "FIRE AND MOVEMENT" WAS A LIVE PERFORMANCE THAT ADDRESSED POLICE VIOLENCE AND STRUCTURAL RACISM BY RETRACING THE PATH OF BLACK SOLDIERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE 1917 CAMP LOGAN UPRISING IN HOUSTON, WITH PINDER AND 12 ARMED PERFORMERS FROM CHICAGO AND HOUSTON MANEUVERING THEIR WAY FROM THE RICE MILITARY NEIGHBORHOOD INTO FOURTH WARD, STOPPING FOR DRILL MOVEMENTS ON THE SHEPHERD FOOTBRIDGE AND A MEMORIAL CEREMONY AT COLLEGE PARK CEMETERY, BEFORE CULMINATING THE MARCH WITH A PROFOUNDLY MOVING PERFORMANCE TO A PACKED HOUSE INSIDE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARY AT THE GREGORY SCHOOL. PROJECT FREEWAY FELLOWSHIP IN JULY 2019, DIVERSEWORKS ALSO LAUNCHED ITS PROJECT FREEWAY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES WORKSHOPS, TRAINING, AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO TWO ARTISTS TO REALIZE PUBLIC PROJECTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY LIVE. 2019 FELLOWS WERE MATT MANALO (ALIEF) AND WILLOW CURRY (KASHMERE GARDENS/FIFTH WARD). FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8B N/A NO COMMITTEE HAS AUTHORITY TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNING BODY. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE RETURN PREPARER EMAILS A COPY OF THE FINAL VERSION OF FORM 990 TO THE BOARD MEMBER WHO REVIEWS THE RETURN. ANY QUESTIONS ARE ADDRESSED AND THE RETURN IS APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR BEFORE FILING THE FINAL VERSION. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C WRITTEN POLICY IS INCLUDED IN THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE ONLY DIRECTORS WHO RECEIVE COMPENSATION ARE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND THE BOARD HAS TO APPROVE ANY INCREASE IN COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 18,588. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 506. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 19,094. CONTRACT LABOR: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 16,363. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 95. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 16,458. ARTIST FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 50,102. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 0. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 0. TOTAL EXPENSES 50,102.