2019-07-01T10:49:31-05:00 2018-08-31 721396621 CARR RIGGS & INGRAM LLC TWO RIVERWAY FLOOR 15 HOUSTON TX 77056 990 2017-09-01 760035355 DIVERSEWORKS INC DIVE 7132238346 3400 MAIN STREET NO 292 HOUSTON TX 77002 BEATRICE A EDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 7132238346 2019-07-01 1 KRISTEN SIMPSON P01268482 7136218090 2019-06-28 99.76.23.185 2019-07-01 10:49:03 CD P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 078E14027C1C2D4F96C8C375207B9F260567EFA6 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z BEATRICE A EDEN 3400 MAIN STREET NO 292 HOUSTON TX 77002 646080 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. 18 18 6 66 0 0 298118 626571 3104 2496 2 31 2204 5125 303428 634223 0 0 0 0 269363 199858 0 0 65627 313815 292021 583178 491879 -279750 142344 110663 241936 29154 18083 81509 223853 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 366881 2496 VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND LITERATURE. SEE ATTACHED STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAIL. 366881 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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 29 0 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 18 18 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 AIMEE HEIMBINDER 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 RAHUL MITRA MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MAHENOU ILAHI SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 AUSTIN WERNER TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BYRON CANADY MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 PAOLA CREIXELL 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 SILVIA SALLE MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARIANA VALDES DEBES MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 TEK WILSON MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 DENNIS NANCE ARTIST ADVISORY BOARD PRES. 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KEVIN CLARK MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 KATHRIN BRUNNER MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 XANDRA EDEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X 75000 0 10920 75000 0 10920 0 0 0 0 0 6785 107445 46150 466191 626571 TICKET SALES 711300 2496 2496 2496 31 31 8600 107445 11857 -3257 -3257 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 711300 8382 8382 8382 634223 10878 0 -3226 75000 53250 14250 7500 85370 60613 1787 22970 23860 16941 2386 4533 15628 11096 1563 2969 17733 17733 2915 2099 408 408 53527 38539 7494 7494 3705 2667 519 519 PROGRAM EXPENSES 98908 98908 PUBLIC PROGRAMMING & ID 82768 82768 SPECIAL EVENTS 18817 18817 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 8865 8865 4783 4366 417 491879 366881 59371 65627 19977 43336 82511 186500 8175 12100 110663 241936 9154 18083 20000 0 29154 18083 X -72265 -46432 153774 270285 81509 223853 110663 241936 142344 0 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 781711 387887 854974 298118 623314 2946004 781711 387887 854974 298118 623314 2946004 1214927 1731077 44 7 6 2 31 90 2946094 7854 0.58760 0.58640 X 0 X 634223 0 634223 0 634223 491879 0 491879 0 491879 PART X, LINE 2: NO PROVISION FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN MADE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION IS A NON-PROFIT, CHARITABLE CORPORATION AS DEFINED BY SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND, ACCORDINGLY, IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES. THE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, WHEN IT IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT, THAT SUCH AN ASSET OR A LIABILITY WILL BE REALIZED. AS OF AUGUST 31, 2018 AND 2017, MANAGEMENT BELIEVES THERE WERE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS. DIRECT PATH DETOUR DINNER 9000 7400 1600 3006 41 ART DESIGN LIFE 107045 100045 7000 1163 6179 1468 116045 107445 8600 1163 9185 1509 11857 -3257 FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A, NARRATIVE OF PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOUNDED BY ARTISTS IN 1982, DIVERSEWORKS HAS BEEN A RECOGNIZED NATIONAL LEADER FOR ITS GROUNDBREAKING PROGRAMMING; AS A RESOURCE FOR THE INNOVATIVE AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT OF COMMUNITIES; AS A COMMISSIONER OF CONTEMPORARY WORKS IN MULTIPLE MEDIA; AND AS A FORCE THAT HAS SHAPED CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT AND PRACTICE IN HOUSTON AND THE NATION. DIVERSEWORKS IS A LEADER IN THE NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT OF ARTIST-CENTERED ORGANIZATIONS AND IS A VITAL PRESENCE IN NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK, COMMON FIELD, AND THE ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM CURATORS. DIVERSEWORKS SERVES AS A FORUM FOR ISSUES AND WORKS THAT HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC OUTLET IN HOUSTON, AND PLAYS A SIMILAR ROLE NATIONALLY. DIVERSEWORKS PROVIDES FIRST-TIME COMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS, CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE MID-CAREER ARTISTS, AND ACTS AS A LAUNCHING PAD FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS. DIVERSEWORKS SUPPORTS ARTISTS AND PROJECTS THAT INSPIRE DIALOGUE ABOUT CONTEMPORARY CULTURE AMONG ARTISTS, AUDIENCES, AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY. DIVERSEWORKS IS A LOCAL AND NATIONAL SOURCE FOR HIGH QUALITY 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 2017-18 LINES DRAWN, SEPTEMBER 23 NOVEMBER 18, 2017 LINES DRAWN EXPLORED HOW ARTISTS REIMAGINE, DISRUPT, AND QUESTION RECEIVED NOTIONS OF BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES. BY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION, NATIONALISM, EQUITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH THEIR WORK, THE ARTISTS IN THIS EXHIBITION ENCOURAGE AUDIENCES TO CONTEMPLATE THE MANY BARRIERS IN THEIR OWN LIVES AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF POWER. THE PROJECT INCLUDED AN EXHIBITION OF PRINTS, ZINES, VIDEO, AND INSTALLATION WORK; ZINE AND POSTER MAKING WORKSHOPS; AND LIVE PERFORMANCES, READINGS AND PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS. PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE JORGE GALVN FLORES & JOHN PLUECKER, MARIAM GHANI, MARGARET GRIFFITH, KHALED JARRAR, JUSTSEEDS, PEDRO LASCH, PHILLIP PYLE II, AND HENRY G. SANCHEZ. TAKAHIRO YAMAMOTO: DIRECT PATH TO DETOUR, OCTOBER 27 29, 2017 DIRECT PATH TO DETOUR, CO-COMMISSIONED BY DIVERSEWORKS, IS A NEW DANCE WORK BY PORTLAND, OREGON-BASED CHOREOGRAPHER TAKAHIRO YAMAMOTO CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE PERFORMERS, MUSICIAN, AND DRAMATURGE EACH OF THEM BRINGING THEIR INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BRIDGING MULTIPLE SOCIETIES BY BIRTH, RESIDENCE, UPBRINGING AND/OR RELIGION TO THE PROJECT. YAMAMOTO AND MUSICIAN/COMPOSER JESSE MEJIA ALSO CONDUCTED A FREE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP AT HUNTER DANCE CENTER; DANCER JULIAN BARNES LED A MASTER CLASS AT METDANCE; AND DRAMATURG LU YIM AND PERFORMER SIDONY O'NEAL PARTICIPATED IN A PERFORMATIVE READING AT ALABAMA SONG. KELIY ANDERSON-STALEY: COMMUNITY PORTRAITS, JANUARY 13 -14, 2018 PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER KELIY ANDERSON-STALEY, KNOWN NATIONALLY FOR HER WORK USING THE 19TH-CENTURY WET-PLATE COLLODION TINTYPE PROCESS, MADE PORTRAITS OF MEMBERS OF THE MIDTOWN HOUSTON COMMUNITY. SHE TRANSFORMED ONE SECTION OF THE DIVERSEWORKS GALLERY INTO A PHOTO STUDIO AND DEVELOPING LAB, WHILE THE OTHER HALF OF THE GALLERY WAS AN EXHIBITION OF HER TINTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS, TOGETHER WITH HISTORIC EXAMPLES OF THIS ANTIQUE TECHNIQUE. MORE THAN 700 VISITORS ATTENDED, WITH DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS HAVING THEIR PORTRAIT MADE. MANY OF THOSE PORTRAITS WERE THEN INCLUDED IN HER PUBLIC ART PROJECT, SHELTER IN PLACE. ARTISTS AND IMMIGRATION ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS, CO-PRESENTED WITH ARTADIA, FEBRUARY 12 14, 2018 STEMMING FROM A NUMBER OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS OF HOUSTON, DIVERSEWORKS PARTNERED WITH ARTADIA TO HOST A SERIES OF ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS WITH ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INVESTIGATE NEW WAYS TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THE ROBUST IMMIGRANT ARTIST POPULATION IN HOUSTON. 12 MINUTES MAX!, MARCH 29 30, 2018 OVER THE COURSE OF TWO SOLD-OUT EVENINGS PRESENTED BY THE ARTIST ADVISORY BOARD, DIVERSEWORKS SHOWCASED THE RICH AND DIVERSE TALENTS OF HOUSTON-BASED PERFORMANCE AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS. EACH PERFORMANCE WAS NO LONGER THAN TWELVE MINUTES. THIS FAST-PACED, HIGH-ENERGY EVENT FEATURED PERFORMANCE ART, DANCE, EXPERIMENTAL SOUND, SPOKEN WORD, AND HIP HOP. ARTISTS WERE ANISA BOUKHLIF & SIRI CYAN; DEVIN KENNY; EVAN MCCARLEY; NEW FACTORIES; S RODRIGUEZ & SARA BALABANLILAR; MEGAN EASLEY; HARRISON GUY WITH WALTER HULL; YUE NAKAYAMA WITH RONNIE YATES; GEE OKONKWO AND THE HEALERS; AND TAME (THE ASPIRING ME). LAURA GUTIERREZ: CENTER AISLE BLUES, CO-PRESENTED WITH THE MITCHELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS CONTERCURRENT FESTIVAL, APRIL 12 15, 2018 CENTER AISLE BLUES STEMMED FROM ARTIST AND CHOREOGRAPHER LAURA GUTIERREZ'S CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF FIESTA MART AS WELL AS MORE RECENT POLITICAL REALIZATIONS. THE CHOREOGRAPHY WAS INSPIRED BY THE AISLES AND ATMOSPHERE OF A LOCAL FIESTA MART, PLAYING ON THE AESTHETICS OF THE SUPERMARKET, THE RITUALISTIC EXPERIENCE OF GROCERY SHOPPING, AND THE CONVERGENCE OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE. RESPONDING DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE AND OBJECTS AROUND HER, GUTIERREZ CRAFTED A TRANSFORMATIVE TRAVELING PERFORMANCE THAT CHALLENGED VIEWERS' PERCEPTION OF PERFORMANCE AND PLACE. PROJECT FREEWAY, MAY 2018 ONGOING PROJECT FREEWAY IS AN ONGOING EXPERIMENTAL EXPLORATION DEVELOPED FROM DIVERSEWORKS' PARTICIPATION IN NEW PATHWAYS: INCUBATING INNOVATION, A PROGRAM SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION IN THE ARTS DEVELOPED BY EMCARTS. AS AN INITIAL VENTURE INTO A NEW PROGRAM, OVER THE SUMMER OF 2018, DIVERSEWORKS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS AND VISITS TO HELP IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ARTISTS IN THE ALIEF/SOUTHWEST AREA OF HOUSTON. LILY COX-RICHARD: BERM, SEPTEMBER 22 NOVEMBER 3, 2018 INSPIRED BY THE CONCEPT OF THE BERM, A TERM THAT REFERS TO AN ARTIFICIALLY RAISED BANK OR RIDGE THAT MAY SERVE AS A FORTIFICATION LINE OR A SEPARATION BARRIER, LILY COX-RICHARD'S NEW WORK USES 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 INSTALLATION. 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.