2026-08-13T15:10:15-05:00 2025-09-30 393647910 WIPFLI ADVISORY LLC 30 LONG CREEK DRIVE SOUTH PORTLAND ME 041062437 990 2024-10-01 010368070 THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC WILL 2075966457 356 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND ME 04841 CHRISTOPHER BROWNAWELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2075966457 2026-08-13 1 0 PATRICK NICHOLAS CPA P00289567 2077745701 2026-08-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z CHRISTOPHER BROWNAWELL 356 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND ME 04841 18096392 0 X WWW.FARNSWORTHMUSEUM.ORG X 1987 ME THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO CELEBRATE MAINE'S ROLE IN AMERICAN ART. 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PURCHASES OF COLLECTION ITEMS ARE MADE FROM PROCEEDS OF DEACCESSIONS AND GIFTS OF CASH AND INCOME FROM CERTAIN TRUSTS RESTRICTED BY DONORS FOR ART AQUISITIONS. THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 15,000 OBJECTS INCLUDING PAINTINGS, WATERCOLORS, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS (PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE HOMESTEAD). CONSISTENT WITH THE MUSEUM'S MISSION STATEMENT, THE COLLECTION EMPHASIZES WORKS BY AMERICAN ARTISTS, ESPECIALLY ARTISTS WHO HAVE WORKED IN MAINE. AS A WHOLE, THE COLLECTION PRESENTS A SURVEY OF MAINE'S ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ART FROM THE LATE 18TH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT. THE MUSEUM CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY COLLECT AMERICAN ART THROUGH PURCHASE AND GIFTS. ALL WORKS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION ARE ASSIGNED A UNIQUE "ACCESSION" NUMBER AND PLACED IN SECURE STORAGE WHEN NOT ON EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OR ON LOAN TO OTHER MUSEUMS. THE MUSEUM ONLY LENDS TO GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS THAT MEET PRESCRIBED SECURITY AND CLIMATE STANDARDS AND PROVIDE ALL RISK INSURANCE CONVERAGE. RECORDS, INCLUDING OBJECT, ARTIST AND DONOR FILES, ARE MAINTAINED FOR EACH WORK OF ART. THE COLLECTION IS SPOT INVENTORIED ANNUALLY BY STAFF AND QUALIFIED CONSERVATORS ASSIST AS NECESSARY. THE MUSEUM MAINTAINS A BLANKET INSURANCE POLICY OF $60 MILLION FOR THE COLLECTION AND WORK ON LOAN. ALTHOUGH A PRIVATE, INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION, THE COLLECTION IS MAINTAINED, ADDED TO, EXHIBITED AND INTERPRETED FOR THE EDUCATION AND ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. PART III, LINE 4: THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN 10,000 WORKS OF ART FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT OF ARTISTS WHO LIVED OR WORKED IN MAINE. THE COLLECTION FURTHERS THE MUSEUM'S CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INCLUDING MANAGING AND OPERATING THE MUSEUM AND HOMESTEAD LOCATED IN ROCKLAND, MAINE AND THE OLSON HOUSE IN CUSHING, MAINE. THE MUSEUM'S MISSION IS TO "CELEBRATE MAINE'S ROLE IN AMERICAN ART." HOLDINGS IN THE COLLECTION INCLUDE PAINTINGS BY JONATHAN FISHER, FITZ HENRY LANE, THOMAS MORAN, CHILDE HASSAM, FRANK BENSON, ROBERT HENRI, GEORGE BELLOWS, ROCKWELL KENT, MARSDEN HARTLEY, N.C. WYETH, ANDREW WYETH, JAMIE WYETH, MARGUERITE ZORACH, JOHN MARIN, LOUISE NEVELSON, ALEX KATZ, ROBERT INDIANA; AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY BERENICE ABBOTT, ELLIOT PORTER, PAUL CAPONIGRO, GEORGE TICE, AMONG OTHERS. PART V, LINE 4: THE PURPOSE OF THESE FUNDS IS TO GENERATE INCOME TO BE USED TO HELP MEET THE OPERATING AND NON-OPERATING COSTS OF THE MUSEUM. PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF SALES 312,017. CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST 35,886. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 385,509. RENTAL EXPENSES 140,094. PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS: COST OF SALES 312,017. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 385,509. RENTAL EXPENSES 140,094. GALA 801852 702267 99585 2300 55639 327570 801852 702267 99585 2300 55639 327570 385509 -285924 X 1 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHRIS BROWNAWELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 384260 0 30000 0 0 0 12477 0 17872 0 444609 0 0 0 ANN SCHEFLEN CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER 175070 0 14586 0 0 0 4597 0 12109 0 206362 0 0 0 X 34 X 1000 X 13 383778 MARKET X HOTEL STAYS 0 10000 X OTHER 0 10000 0 1 0 PART I, LINE 33: THE MUSEUM ELECTED, AS PERMITTED UNDER FASB ASC 958, NOT TO REPORT IN ITS REVENUE STATEMENT AND BALANCE SHEET WORKS OF ART, HISTORICAL TREASURES, OR OTHER SIMILAR ASSETS HELD FOR PUBLIC EXHIBITION, EDUCATION, OR RESEARCH IN FURTHERANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, LINE 4A CURATORIAL EVENTS: SUE DE BEER: THE WHITE WOLF CROSMAN GALLERY | OCTOBER 4, 2024 JANUARY 26, 2025 THE WHITE WOLF IS AN ONGOING EXPLORATION OF SUPERNATURAL FICTION, SUSPENSE, AND HORROR UNFOLDING ON SCREEN. SET ON A FICTIONAL NEW ENGLAND ISLAND IN THE LATE 1980S, THE FILM THE WHITE WOLF BY SUE DE BEER FOLLOWS THE INTERSECTING LIVES OF THE DOCTOR, NURSE, AND PATIENTS OF A LOCAL MEDICAL CLINIC. THE WYETHS: IMPRESSIONS OF COASTAL MAINE WYETH CENTER LOWER GALLERY | OCTOBER 19 DECEMBER 31, 2024 THE WYETHS: IMPRESSIONS OF COASTAL MAINE PRESENTS PAINTINGS BY N.C., ANDREW, AND JAMES 'JAMIE' WYETH, INVITING VIEWERS INTO THE SERENE AND EVOCATIVE LANDSCAPES OF MIDCOAST MAINE, INCLUDING ROCKLAND, TENANTS HARBOR, AND PORT CLYDE. THESE COMMUNITIES, WHICH HAVE LONG SERVED AS A WELLSPRING OF INSPIRATION FOR THE WYETH FAMILY, ARE REIMAGINED IN THE WATERCOLORS AND OILS OF THREE GENERATIONS OF PAINTERS. RE-INDIGENIZING SACRED LANDSCAPES: FROM THE WIGWAM AT CATAWAMKEAG ROTHSCHILD GALLERY | JANUARY 25, 2025 JANUARY 4, 2026 THIS COLLECTION REINSTALLATION PROJECT REVISITS PAINTINGS BY PIONEERING ARTISTS WHO VENTURED TO AND DEPICTED MAINE BETWEEN THE LATE 18TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. WHILE THE PAINTERS CAPTURED THE REGION'S STUNNING LANDSCAPES, THEY OFTEN OVERLOOKED THE NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES LIVING THERE. GUEST CURATED BY JAMES FRANCIS, PENOBSCOT NATION'S DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, TRIBAL HISTORIAN, AND CHAIR OF PENOBSCOT TRIBAL RIGHTS, DONALD SOCTOMAH, TRIBAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER FOR THE PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE, GRETCHEN FAULKNER, HUDSON MUSEUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CURATORIAL ADVISOR, THE EXHIBITION REEXAMINES WORKS IN THE FARNSWORTH'S COLLECTION. CAPTURING HER ENVIRONMENT: WOMEN ARTISTS, 1870-1930 JAMES GALLERY | JANUARY 25 JULY 20, 2025 THIS EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE ARTISTIC LIVES OF NINE WOMEN ARTISTS WHO LIVED AND WORKED IN MAINE IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES. DRAWING PRIMARILY FROM THE FARNSWORTH'S PERMANENT COLLECTION, IT BRINGS TOGETHER MINIATURES, STILL LIFE AND LANDSCAPE PAINTING, AND BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATIONS TO CELEBRATE ARTISTS WHO HAVE TYPICALLY BEEN DISMISSED AS HOBBY PAINTERS OR OVERSHADOWED BY THEIR MALE ARTIST RELATIVES. MOMENTUM 2025: ANNE BUCKWALTER CROSMAN GALLERY | FEBRUARY 15 SEPTEMBER 21, 2025 IN MANORS, ANNE BUCKWALTER (BORN 1987) DELVES INTO HER ONGOING EXPLORATION OF FEMININITY AND SEXUALITY WITHIN DOMESTIC SPACES. AS PART OF MOMENTUM, AN EXHIBITION SERIES DEDICATED TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF ARTISTS WITH DEEP TIES TO MAINE, BUCKWALTER PRESENTS NEW PAINTINGS AND TWO SITE-SPECIFIC MURALS THAT PORTRAY FIGURES IN PRIVATE, INTIMATE SETTINGS. HERE, SEEMINGLY MUNDANE ACTIVITIES REVEAL LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY, MERGING THE EVERYDAY WITH A NUANCED REFLECTION ON IDENTITY AND PERSONAL SPACE. NATIVE PROSPECTS: INDIGENEITY AND LANDSCAPE PAINTING NEVELSON GALLERY | MARCH 8 JULY 6, 2025 NATIVE PROSPECTS: INDIGENEITY AND LANDSCAPE JUXTAPOSES AN INDIGENOUS APPROACH TO THE ARTICULATION OF LAND WITH THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS OF THOMAS COLE. THE EXHIBITION PRESENTS 19TH-CENTURY PAINTINGS BY THOMAS COLE FEATURING NATIVE FIGURES, IN CONTEXT WITH INDIGENOUS WORKS OF HISTORIC AND CULTURAL VALUE, AND ARTWORKS BY SEVERAL CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS ARTISTS. NATIVE PROSPECTS WAS ORGANIZED BY THE THOMAS COLE HISTORIC SITE AND CURATED BY SCOTT MANNING STEVENS, PHD / KARONIAKTATSIE (AKWESASNE MOHAWK), ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES AND ENGLISH AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE IS ALSO DIRECTOR OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAM AND FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL INDIGENOUS CULTURES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. HOME PLACES: ANDREW WYETH IN CHADDS FORD HADLOCK & WYETH STUDY CENTER GALLERIES | APRIL 5 OCTOBER 19, 2025 HOME PLACES: ANDREW WYETH IN CHADDS FORD EXPLORES WYETH'S LIFELONG PRACTICE OF STUDYING AND PAINTING A SMALL GROUP OF OLD HOUSES IN HIS BIRTHPLACE OF CHADDS FORD, PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE HE FOUND SUSTAINED INSPIRATION IN WEATHERED BUILDINGS OFTEN OVERLOOKED AMID GENTRIFICATION. HIS DECADES-LONG PROCESS OF STUDYING AND SKETCHING THE STRUCTURES OF THIS REGION RESULTED IN A WIDE-RANGING PRACTICE THAT PLUMBED UNSEEN LAYERS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE EVERYDAY. AS HE NOTED, "YOU CAN BE IN A PLACE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND NOT SEE SOMETHING, AND THEN WHEN IT DAWNS, ALL SORTS OF NUGGETS OF RICHNESS START POPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE." ANN CRAVEN: PAINTED TIME (2020-2024) MOREHOUSE GALLERIES | MAY 3, 2025 JANUARY 4, 2026 OFTEN REGARDED AS A COLORIST, THIS EXHIBITION REPOSITIONS ANN CRAVEN (BORN 1961) WITHIN A DEEPER LANGUAGE THAT MOVES BEYOND HER TRADITIONAL MOTIFSMOONS, FLOWERS, AND BIRDSTO EXPLORE THE MECHANICS OF PAINTING ITSELF. IT WILL HIGHLIGHT AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, WHERE SERIALITY, REPETITION, AND SHIFTS IN SCALE FUNCTION AS BOTH MEDITATIVE AND FORMAL DEVICES IN HER PAINTINGS. FARNSWORTH MURAL PROJECT: JAMES PROSEK EXTERIOR WSC BUILDING | MAY 17, 2025 MAY 7, 2027 JAMES PROSEK (BORN 1975) IS AN ARTIST, WRITER, AND NATURALIST WHO WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, NATURE, AND SCIENCE. SINCE CHILDHOOD, HE HAS BEEN FASCINATED WITH MAINE AND ITS VARIED SPECIES, ESPECIALLY THE BLUEBACK TROUT (A RELICT POPULATION OF ARCTIC CHAR NATIVE TO ONLY A HANDFUL OF LAKES IN NORTHERN MAINE). THIS INTEREST BLOSSOMED INTO LARGER RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC PROJECTS. FOR THE FARNSWORTH'S 2025 MURAL PROJECT ENTITLED GULF OF MAINE PICTOGRAPHS NO. 1, HE WILL STUDY THE EXCHANGE OF LIFE AND BIOMASS BETWEEN THE LAND AND SEA (IN THIS CASE, THE GULF OF MAINE). THE MURAL WILL TRANSPORT VIEWERS FROM LAND TO SEA AND FEATURE A SERIES OF LARGE-SCALE SILHOUETTESONE OF HIS SIGNATURE STYLESOF ORGANISMS WHO INHABIT THIS REGION. IN ALL HIS WORKS, PROSEK RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, ITS INTERCONNECTEDNESS, AND EXCHANGE, AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE THE HOLISTIC WORLD THROUGH SYSTEMS OF NAMING AND ORDERING. FINDING MAINE: THE WYETH FAMILY OF ARTISTS WYETH CENTER | JUNE 14 NOVEMBER 25, 2025 DRAWN PRIMARILY FROM THE FARNSWORTH'S COLLECTION, FINDING MAINE: THE WYETH FAMILY OF ARTISTS PRESENTS A SELECTION OF ART FROM THE WYETH FAMILY MADE OVER A CENTURY OF GENERATIONAL LIVING AND WORKING IN MIDCOAST MAINE. FROM THEIR EARLY SUMMERS IN PORT CLYDE TO ESTABLISHING HOMES AND LASTING FRIENDSHIPS, THE WYETH FAMILY'S ROOTS DEEPENED WITHIN THE SURROUNDING ISLAND AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES THEY CAME TO KNOW AND LOVE. COME TO THE FARNSWORTH THIS SUMMER TO SEE WORKS BY N.C., ANDREW, AND JAMIE WYETH, BY HENRIETTE WYETH HURD, JOHN MCCOY, MERLE JAMES, AND OTHERSAS WE CELEBRATE THE MAINE STORY OF A FAMILY'S UNIQUE LEGACY. FORM 990, PAGE 2, LINE 4B EDUCATION PROGRAMS: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, LECTURES, STUDIOS, WORKSHOPS, AND ANNUAL EVENTS CONTINUE TO BRING A LOT OF VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM EVERY YEAR. IN FY25, WE HAD FIRST FRIDAYS FROM OCTOBER - SEPTEMBER 2025 BRINGING ANYWHERE FROM 150 - 1000+ PEOPLE PER MONTH, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 400 EACH MONTH. ANNUALLY, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 340 ENGAGEMENTS WITH VISITORS THIS COUNTS PUBLIC PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, VISITS WITH ARTS@THE INTERSECTION YEAR-LONG PROGRAM, LECTURES, AN ANNUAL WYETH DAY EVENT, AND MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL. FOR SHARE THE WONDER IN 2024, THE MUSEUM HAD A FANTASTIC LIGHTING DISPLAY WITH CORE ELEMENTS BEING ILLUMINATED BY A LOCAL SCHOOL GROUP WITH JUST THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON. OCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS SANG CAROLS AND LED COMMUNITY IN SONG DURING OUR SHARE THE WONDER FIRST FRIDAY EVENT. ASSOCIATED WORKSHOPS WITH THIS HOLIDAY EVENT ALSO INCLUDED WREATH MAKING WITH ARTIST RACHEL ALEXANDROU. FOR 2024-2025, WE ALSO HAD A VERY POPULAR CONCERT SERIES WITH EVERYONE FROM JAZZ TO CLASSICAL, STARTING THE SEASON WITH PERFORMER KYLE VICTOR. SUMMER CONCERTS ALSO INCLUDED BOWDOIN CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS FOR 2024-2025 INCLUDED JAMES PROSEK, SUSAN DANLY, SUE DE BEER, AND THE ANNUAL STEPHEN MAY & KATHRYN B. WILSON LECTURE WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH PHOTOGRAPHER CIG HARVEY'S TALK AND BOOK SIGNING. WYETH DAY JULY 2025 WAS A VERY SPECIAL BEHIND THE SCENES OPPORTUNITY FOR TICKETED VISITORS TO SEE THE STUDY CENTER UP CLOSE AND LOOK AT MANY WORKS NEVER ON VIEW BEFORE. IT SOLD OUT VERY QUICKLY WITH LIMITED TICKETS, INCLUDING TICKETS TO A LECTURE ABOUT WYETH AND HIS BRANDYWINE AREA PAINTINGS. STUDIO PROGRAMMING YEAR-ROUND CONTINUES TO BE STRONG FOR THE MUSEUM, WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS TIMOTHY STANDRING, ELIZABETH O'REILLY, ERICA QUALEY, AND KATAMA MURRAY PROVIDING WONDERFUL TICKETED CLASSES SO STUDENTS CAN LEARN ANYTHING FROM OIL PAINTING AND WATERCOLOR TO WORKING WITH NATURAL DYES, TO DRAWING SKETCHES FROM LANDSCAPES. THE JULY 2025 PUBLIC OPENING OF OUR NEW 365 GALLERY SPACE AT 365 MAIN STREET ALSO ALLOWS US TO DO PROGRAMMING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR NEW COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION SPACE; DROP-IN PROGRAMMING ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDED JESSAMY SHAY VISIBLE MENDING AND MAKE-YOUR-OWN CRANKY (FILM REEL) WITH LUCKY PLATT. THE FIRST EXHIBITION IN THIS GALLERY WAS DEVOTED TO MAINE'S TOP ILLUSTRATORS, CALLED ANIMALIA: MAINE'S ILLUSTRATED MENAGERIE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B LINE 11A EXPLANATION - THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICY, BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN AN ANNUAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE AND TO REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ANY CONFLICTS THAT ARISE DURING THE YEAR. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ARE VOLUNTEERS. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR USING MARKET VALUE COMPARISONS AND DATA FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUM'S SALARY SURVEY. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DETERMINES COMPENSATION OF OTHER OFFICERS USING THE SAME PROCESS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ANNUAL AUDIT AND 990 REPORTS ARE POSTED ON THE MUSEUM'S WEBSITE. OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: CHANGE IN BENEFICIAL INTEREST 35,886.