2025-04-10T00:40:08-07:00 2024-12-31 990EZ 2024-01-01 473332103 CASS AREA ARTISTS CASS 2697820312 24358 Seaside Court Edwardsburg MI 49112 Allison Farkas Treasurer 2697820312 2025-04-10 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X www.cassareaartists.org X X 1880 X 1077 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 803 1880 300 0 0 0 0 18 1475 1793 87 6516 0 6603 X 6516 5801 0 0 0 802 6516 6603 0 0 6516 6603 TO BRING THE VISUAL ARTS TO UNDERSERVED AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN INDIANA ESPECIALLY CASS COUNTY MI WHICH IS LISTED BY THE MICHIGAN ARTS AND CULTURAL COUNCIL AS ONE OF THE 43 MOST UNDERSERVED COUNTIES OF ALL 83 COUNTIES IN THE STATE ENABLE LOCAL ARTISTS TO PARTICIPATE AT NO COST IN EXHIBITS SPONSORED BY CASS AREA ARTISTS AT THE CASS COUNTY REGIONAL GALLERY IN CASSOPOLIS MI. NO ENTRY FEE, NO JUDGING FEE, NO COMMISSIONS TAKEN BY THE GALLERY ON SALES, FREE ARTISTS RECEPTION, CASH PRIZES FOR OUTSTANDING ARTWORK. ONE 90-DAY SHOW IN 2024 PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT AND INTERACT WITH THE PUBLIC TO 67 ARTISTS SHOWING A TOTAL OF 105 PIECES OF ART WHILE NUMBERS OF ARTISTS AND PIECES OF ART PER SHOW INCREASED OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. GALLERY ADMISSION IS FREE. $1150 IN COMPETITION AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO WINNING ARTISTS. 0 1450 GRANTS FOR A TOTAL OF $300 WERE PROVIDED TO YOUTH GRADES 1 THROUGH 12 TO PURCHASE ART SUPPLIES OR PAY FOR EXTRACURRICULAR ART CLASSES. 300 0 CASS AREA ARTISTS SHOWS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF 20 NEW MEMBERS IN 2024 FOR A TOTAL OF 42. WE CHANGED OUR MONTHLY MEETING AGENDAS TO ENABLE MEMBERS TO BRING WORK IN PROGRESS OR FINISHED WORK TO THE MEETINGS TO BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED. WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE ARE A FEW ART GROUPS IN A 50-MILE RADIUS AND MOST OF THEM DO NOT GIVE THE ATTENTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS THAT CASS AREA ARTISTS PROVIDES. WE TAKE THE TIME TO INTERACT WITH BEGINNERS AND HELP THEM WITH THE BASICS OF SHOWING THEIR ART AND GIVE THEM THE ACCEPTANCE AND INFORMATION THEY WANT AND NEED. WE ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLISH CONTACT INFORMATION AND LINKS TO UPCOMING EVENTS IN OUR MEETING MINUTES WHICH ARE EMAILED TO ALL MEMBERS. AS A RESULT OUR MEMBERS ARE REACHING OUT TO EVENTS AS FAR AWAY AS CHICAGO AND ARE BECOMING MORE EXPERT AT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO HAVE PROGRAMS AT OUR MEETINGS WHICH COVER THE GAMUT OF HELPFUL BOOKS TO STUDIES OF PUBLISHED ARTISTS STYLES TO HOW TO BEST TAKE PHOTOS OF THEIR WORK. THANKS TO SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL LIBRARY WE ARE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS IN A HUGE ROOM WITH AUDIO-VISUAL SETUP AT NO COST. 0 0 1450 WILLIAM BECKER DIRECTOR 2 0 0 0 PAIGE LINBACK ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 2 0 0 0 ALLISON FARKAS TREASURER 5 0 0 0 KIM SAWYER SECRETARY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MI ALLISON FARKAS 24358 Seaside Court Edwardsburg MI 49112 2697820312 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 4675 6411 1077 12163 0 0 4675 6411 1077 12163 12163 855 441 356 1652 0 0 5530 6852 1433 13815 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 356 DOLLARS FROM IN KIND DONATIONS Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 INKIND DONATIONS 447 FUNDRAISING 356 Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 $100 donation to the Dowagiac Area History Museum to thank them for letting us use their gallery for a members only exhibit. $225 for insurance for liability for Cass Area Artists $1150 for artist awards in our annual local artists exhibit at the Cass County Administration Building Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 DONATIONS 355 INKIND DONATIONS 447