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.”

“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.”

“Line 7a - during fiscal year ended june 30, 2020, art house incurred a large loss on disposal due to the demolition of two of its houses.”

“It is the mission of art house, inc. To nurture involvement in the arts and culture, providing opportunities for people to create, learn, and communicate ideas while encouraging self-expression, thereby strengthening the community. Their purpose is to provide high quality visual and creative arts classes for people of all ages and skill levels. It is the goal of art house, inc. To enrich the lives of those who live within their community, to encourage and strengthen the careers of local artists, and to promote learning through the arts.”

“In addition to the all volunteer board art house has numerous volunteers who work on community outreach, family classes, the latino network, school visits, and fund raising events. Total volunteer hours in fiscal year ended june 30, 2019 were 614”

“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. 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. Some examples of in-school: "stewardship silk banners, high school. The students learned about local plant life while working in groups to paint silk banners. "conservation recycling project, 3rd grade. The students learned about the impact of plastics on the environment while using plastic to decorate their own sculptural cone hat. "self-esteem mixed media project, 1st grade. Students discussed what they liked about themselves and in others, their aspirations, learned about photography, and created a self-portrait. Bellaire/puritas cdc programs supported by: out-of-school-time (ost) art house partners with bellaire/puritas cdc to develop meaningful programs for the west park community. These programs focus on cultural awareness, critical thinking and hand coordination. Program examples include: "art club: located at r.g. Jones is an after-school program that is geared towards k-3rd grade, wednesday 4:15-5:30. These programs are offered in 5 week increments: previous cultures that were focused on: native american, african, ancient civilizations, chinese and latina. Art house has also worked with other agencies to offer ost time/after- school workshops cleveland playhouse through say yes is one example. "through say yes and cleveland playhouse art house has worked at orchard stem and miles park elementary. At these schools ah artists created mixed media projects including paper mache and "painting" with colored popsicle sticks.”

“Family clay day (fcd) fcd is a bi-monthly clay workshop that is only 5 per person. This workshop hosts large attendance at most 35 people with 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 "christmas ornaments "sculptures "pinch pots cultural explorations: cleveland recreation centers this program includes one-time and 5- 10 week sessions focuses on various cultural traditions such as day of the dead, chinese new year, kwanzaa, hanukkah, dwali. Participants create sugar skulls, lanterns, candle holders, roosters, etc. During our family classes ah artists taught various cultural holidays such as those listed above but also minor holidays such as: mardi gras, st. Patrick's day and earth day.”

“Art house studio classes these are fee for service 4-6 weeks long for children and adults. They cover a range of media: pottery, drawing, painting. 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 guests have included: donna webb, ceramicist, ra washington, musician and author, kasumi, filmmaker, petra gruber, u akron architect & biomimicry professor, and ian charnas, co-founder & manager of thinkbox. Online learning in response to the covid shut-down, staff and artists are creating video art lessons that we upload to youtube and other social media platforms. Lessons range from lectures on cubism to collage, origami, painting. Virtual and outdoor summer camps 4 days, 1.5 hours per session. (outdoor limited to 8 participants). These camps cover illustration, clay projects, multi-media projects focused on nature and various cultures, headgear made with recycled plastic.”

“Consultants 200 0 0 program instructors 44,766 0 0 total 44,966 0 0”