Art House Inc

“A copy of the federal form 990 was reviewed by managment and presented to the board of directors prior to filing.”

“At the first board meeting of each year all board members are requested to read the organizations conflict of interest policy and submitt in writing any possible conflicts to the president of the board.”

“The board of directors use other npo's form 990s, consider industry standards for the cleveland ohio areas and the limited resources of the organization to determine the executive director's compensation.”

“Federal form 990 is provided to any individual who submitts a written request.”

“Consistent with the requirements of section 6104 (d) of the internal revenue code and the regulations thereunder, copies of the organizations federal form 990 and governing documents shall be made available upon request, in a timely manner, and subject to the charges permitted by law to any individual who requests it.”

“Urban bright arts-in-education - art house's award winning urban bright arts-in-education program is an artist residency program that provides students with meaningful, hands-on arts opportunities and exposure to artists, methods, and materials to which they would otherwise not be exposed. The program aims to promote critical thinking, improve communication skills, and increase each student's ability to participate in teamwork settings. Through grant raising and fee-for service partners, ah is able to provide the urban bright residency programs to individual schools. Ah works with schools to tailor an artist residency appropriate for a specific grade and group of students (classroom). Residencies are coordinated by ah and include the services of a professional, qualified teaching artist, all supplies and the agreed upon curriculum. Generally, programs are developed around an over-arching theme such as the world around us: seen and unseen. In & after-school residencies run between 5- 16 weeks long, for k- 12, meeting once or twice a week and follow ode, vas and sel standards. Art house also works with other agencies to offer ost time/after-school workshops to many cmsd and some charter/private schools.”

“Friends & family open studio (ffos) ffos is a free monthly program offered to the families in the community and greater cleveland. Led by a professional artist in a medium of their choosing, participants develop a new skill. Both the ffos & ffcd (below) also often focus on a variety of cultural traditions. Workshop examples: - egg painting - mask making - paper mache - paper flowers - welcome banners - fused beads - intergenerational storyboarding”

“Friends & family clay day (ffcd) ffcd is a bi-monthly clay workshop that is only 7 per person to help cover materials and the firings. This workshop is very popular- often with 30- 35 or more participants of varying ages and skill levels. Due to the high attendance we often have volunteers or staff assisting the artist during the workshop so that every family can be helped if needed. Workshop examples: - fairy houses - lanterns - christmas ornaments - sculptures - pinch pots”

“Cultural explorations: cleveland recreation centers this program includes one-time and 5- 10-week sessions focuses on introducing various cultural traditions such as day of the dead, chinese new year, kwanzaa, hanukkah, dwali. Participants create sugar skulls, lanterns, candle holders, roosters, etc. Some of the family classes at ah artists also focus on various cultural holidays such as those listed above as well as minor holidays such as: mardi gras, st. Patrick's day and earth day. Art house studio classes and workshops: these are fee-for-service: 3-8 weeks long for children, teens, and adults. Beginning- advanced levels. They cover a range of media: pottery, drawing, painting, mosaic tiles, clay jewelry. We also offer special one-time workshops, private sessions for businesses, birthdays, etc. Community culture night: this is a quarterly series of free lectures. Artists and other creative professionals spend an evening at art house to talk about their work and process. Past lecturers include ceramicist eva kwong, sculptors/fabricators: mike moritz & steve jordan, photographers: amber n. Ford, mckinley wiley, anastasia panstios. A special ccn event was the opportunity to invite poets michelle smith and ray mcniece to read during the urban bright exhibition, including poems that were inspired by particular artworks in the show. Art house artist dialogues: is subset of ccn that we added. These are virtual sessions for which we pair two of our teaching artists who discuss their own work and the work they do in our programs. Summer camps- in-person 4 days, 1.5 hours per session. These camps cover illustration, clay projects, multi-media projects, mixed-media sculptures, watercolor, focus on nature, recycling- stewardship art movements, fashion, and dreams. Artist inventory challenge: this is an evening when invited artists (we can only accommodate a maximum of 18) to create new work inspired by our excess of donated items, to engage in conversation and regenerate. The public is also invited in to observe and talk to the artists. The event includes an exhibition of the artwork that results. Other: we provide one-time workshops or class series for other agencies/ organizations such as the cleveland public libraries, benjamin rose institute on aging, the cleveland sight center, and orange community education and recreation. New partners include the lgbt center and the mandel jewish community center art house sometimes has the opportunity to collaborate with other organizations such as comite mexicano or lake erie ink to provide workshops that focus on particular themes. Slowly rotating solo-mini-exhibitions to showcase our teaching artists are mounted in the display case. Examples of accomplishments: - art house served over 5,600 individuals through direct programming, and an additional 40,000+ through digital engagement this past year. - an unsolicited 50,000 award from the genesis foundation for the work we do with youth. - several murals and installations in the schools such as campus international: masks and maps; rg jones- students designed mural for the interior; luis munos marin - tile mural; artemus ward: tile bench.”