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| (i) Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 10 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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Calendar year
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grant.") .. | 18,194,343 | 18,928,827 | 18,750,251 | 17,101,819 | 26,063,233 | 99,038,473 |
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf .... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | 18,194,343 | 18,928,827 | 18,750,251 | 17,101,819 | 26,063,233 | 99,038,473 |
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f) .. | 18,745,429 | |||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | 80,293,044 | |||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | 18,194,343 | 18,928,827 | 18,750,251 | 17,101,819 | 26,063,233 | 99,038,473 |
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | 173,554 | 1,133,234 | 874,951 | 1,385,029 | 1,715,857 | 5,282,625 |
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | 4,411 | 244,328 | 431,160 | 283,989 | 476,042 | 1,439,930 |
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10 | 105,942,881 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | ||||||
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose | ||||||
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 ..... | ||||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | ||||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge | ||||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5 | ||||||
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons | ||||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | ||||||
Calendar year
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(a) 2020 | (b) 2021 | (c) 2022 | (d) 2023 | (e) 2024 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | ||||||
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | ||||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | ||||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included on line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | ||||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | ||||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | ||||||
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
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Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 0.015 of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by 0.035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | 1 | |
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | 3 | |
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | 4 | |
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required - provide details in Part VI) | 5 | |
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | 6 | |
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | 7 | |
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | 9 | |
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | 10 | |
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2024 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2024 |
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| 1 Distributable amount for 2024 from Section C, line 6 | ||||
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2024 (reasonable cause required-- explain in Part VI).
See instructions. |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2024: | ||||
| a From 2019....... | ||||
| b From 2020....... | ||||
| c From 2021....... | ||||
| d From 2022....... | ||||
| e From 2023....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2019 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from line 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2024 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
| $ | ||||
| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2024 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from line 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2024, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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6
Remaining underdistributions for 2024. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1. If the amount is greater than zero, explain in Part VI. See instructions. |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2025. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
| a Excess from 2020..... | ||||
| b Excess from 2021..... | ||||
| c Excess from 2022..... | ||||
| d Excess from 2023..... | ||||
| e Excess from 2024..... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: | FUNDRAISING INCOME - 2021 AMOUNT: $ 90,880. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 101,270. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 24,030. 2024 AMOUNT: $ 117,310. FOOD SERVICES - 2020 AMOUNT: $ 4,411. 2021 AMOUNT: $ 87,529. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 169,449. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 132,374. 2024 AMOUNT: $ 141,635. CORPORATE EXCHANGE REVENUE - 2021 AMOUNT: $ 65,919. 2022 AMOUNT: $ 160,441. 2023 AMOUNT: $ 127,585. 2024 AMOUNT: $ 217,097. |
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| FORM 990, PART I, LINE 4 & FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 1B: | NORA BURNETT ABRAMS JOINED ICA ON 5/1/25 AS A DIRECTOR. ALTHOUGH NORA DID NOT RECEIVE COMPENSATION THAT IS REPORTABLE ON PART VII, SECTION A, LINE 1A OF THE FORM 990 DURING THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR, SHE WAS COMPENSATED THE LAST TWO MONTHS OF THE 6/30/2025 FISCAL YEAR (BETWEEN 5/1/25 TO 6/30/2025). AS A RESULT, NORA IS EXCLUDED FROM THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT VOTING MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | WORDPLAY JANUARY 30, 2024 - DECEMBER 29, 2024 KIM AND JIM PALLOTTA GALLERY HIGHLIGHTING THE RICH INTERPLAY BETWEEN IMAGERY AND TEXT AND THE RELATED PRACTICES OF LOOKING AND READING, WORDPLAY DRAWS PRIMARILY FROM THE ICA'S PERMANENT COLLECTION TO SHOWCASE HOW CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS HAVE PLAYED WITH WORDS TO ANIMATE AND EXPAND THEIR ART PRACTICES. TEXT HAS BEEN PART OF VISUAL EXPRESSION FOR CENTURIES, BUT "TEXT ART" AS A GENRE BEGAN TO PROLIFERATE WITH THE EMERGENCE OF CONCEPTUAL ART IN THE 1960S. ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION USE TEXT TO PROBE PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS, EXPRESS AND SUBVERT POLITICAL MESSAGES, CHALLENGE NOTIONS OF IDENTITY, AND CONNECT THEIR ARTWORK WITH MULTIPLE REFERENCES, WRITERS, AND CULTURAL ICONS. THIS EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE MANY RECENTLY ACQUIRED WORKS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN ON VIEW BY ARTISTS KENTURAH DAVIS, TAYLOR DAVIS, JOE WARDWELL, AND RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER, ALONGSIDE WORK BY SHEPARD FAIREY, JENNY HOLZER, GLENN LIGON, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE PIONEERED THE CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH LANGUAGE. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, AND ERIKA UMALI, CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS. IGHSAAN ADAMS FEBRUARY 13, 2024 - JANUARY 26, 2025 SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALL MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST IGSHAAN ADAMS (BORN 1982 IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA) EXPLORES HOW PEOPLE INHABIT AND MOVE THROUGH SPACE. ADAMS UTILIZES PRACTICES OF WEAVING TO MAKE VISIBLE EVERYDAY PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT THAT SPEAK TO FORMS OF CARE, SURVIVAL, AND RESISTANCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. ADAMS'S RECENT LARGE-SCALE WOVEN TAPESTRIES POINT TO THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE ARTIST'S SPIRITUALITY, FAMILIAL HISTORIES, AND LOCAL COMMUNITY NARRATIVES AS ROOTED IN HIS SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE, AS WELL AS THE FRAUGHT LAND USE IN THE REGION. HE DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE URBAN PLANNING TERM "DESIRE LINES" PATHS CREATED BY PEDESTRIANS OVER TIME THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF PLANNED WALKWAYS. IN ADAMS'S PRACTICE AND IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DESIRE LINES REPRESENTS AN ACT OF TRANSGRESSION IN THE FACE OF FIXED BOUNDARIES ENFORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE APARTHEID ERA TO FORCIBLY SEPARATE COMMUNITIES ALONG RACIAL CASTES. LYNLOOP, ADAMS'S MONUMENTAL NEW COMMISSION FOR THE ICA/BOSTON, IS A MULTIPART EXPERIMENTAL WEAVING DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE MUSEUM AND THE ARTIST'S CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. IT IS BASED ON AERIAL IMAGES OF THE INTERSECTING FOOTPATHS BETWEEN A SPORTS FIELD AND A WALLED-OFF RECREATIONAL SPACE SOUTH OF WHERE ADAMS GREW UP. THROUGH THE WORK, ADAMS CONSIDERS THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES ON THE TRAJECTORY OF ONE'S LIFE. HE WRITES, "IN SITTING WITH THE DISCOMFORT OF GROWING UP AMONG THESE HYPERMASCULINE SPACES, THE INSTALLATION EXPLORES HOW I HAVE HAD TO SUPERIMPOSE MY OWN FANTASIES ONTO MEMORIES IN A WAY THAT SOFTENS THE HARD EDGES AND COLDNESS OF THIS AREA." IN HUES OF PINK WITH BEADS, ROPE, CHAIN, AND MOHAIR, LYNLOOP IS A STUNNING AND TACTILE MAPPING OF SPACE, HUMAN INTERACTION, AND MEMORY. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS. WU TSANG: OF WHALES FEBRUARY 15, 2024 - AUGUST 4, 2024 PAUL AND CATHERINE BUTTENWIESER AND FOTENE DEMOULAS GALLERIES WU TSANG (BORN 1982 IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS) IS A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST WHO MAKES NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM, LIVE PERFORMANCE, AND VIDEO INSTALLATIONS. THE IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION OF WHALES FORMS PART OF HER FILMIC TRILOGY INSPIRED BY HERMAN MELVILLE'S CLASSIC 1851 AMERICAN NOVEL MOBY DICK. OF WHALES OFFERS A POETIC MEDITATION ON THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SPERM WHALE, WHO PLUNGES TO THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN FOR AN HOUR AT A TIME, SURFACING OCCASIONALLY FOR A BREATH OF AIR. CREATED ON THE UNITY GAMING PLATFORM WITH XR (EXTENDED REALITY) TECHNOLOGIES, THE DYNAMICALLY GENERATED REAL-TIME VIDEO AND SOUND INSTALLATION IMMERSES VIEWERS IN A LUSH, DREAMY OCEANSCAPE FOR IMAGINATION, CONTEMPLATION, AND PROVOCATION. FIRST PRESENTED AT THE 59TH VENICE BIENNALE IN 2022, THE WORK FEATURES A MUSICAL SCORE COMPOSED BY ASMA MAROOF AND DANIEL PINEDA, WITH TAPIWA SVOSVE, JALALU-KALVERT NELSON, MIAO ZHAO, AND AHYA SIMONE. THE SCORE BLENDS HORNS, SAXOPHONE, CLARINET, AND CONTRABASS, IN A MULTI-LAYERED SOUNDSCAPE THAT FILLS THE ENTIRE GALLERY SPACE. AT THE ICA, OF WHALES IS PRESENTED IN A GALLERY ADJACENT TO THE BOSTON HARBOR, CONNECTING AUDIENCES TO THE ICA'S WATERSIDE LOCATION AND REFERENCING NEW ENGLAND'S WHALING HISTORY. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, AND TESSA BACHI HAAS, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. FIRELEI BAEZ APRIL 4, 2024 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 BRIDGITT AND BRUCE EVANS AND KAREN AND BRIAN CONWAY GALLERIES "MY WORKS ARE PROPOSITIONS, MEANT TO CREATE ALTERNATE PASTS AND POTENTIAL FUTURES, QUESTIONING HISTORY AND CULTURE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR REASSESSING THE PRESENT." - FIRELEI BAEZ THIS IS THE FIRST NORTH AMERICAN SURVEY DEDICATED TO THE RICHLY LAYERED WORK OF FIRELEI BAEZ (B. 1981, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC). ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PAINTERS OF HER GENERATION, BAEZ DELVES INTO THE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES OF THE ATLANTIC BASIN. OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS, SHE HAS MADE WORK THAT EXPLORES THE MULTILAYERED LEGACY OF COLONIAL HISTORIES AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA IN THE CARIBBEAN AND BEYOND. SHE DRAWS ON THE DISCIPLINES OF ANTHROPOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, FOLKLORE, FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, AND SOCIAL HISTORY TO UNSETTLE CATEGORIES OF RACE, GENDER, AND NATIONALITY IN HER PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND INSTALLATIONS. HER EXUBERANT PAINTINGS FEATURE FINELY WROUGHT, COMPLEX, AND LAYERED USES OF PATTERN, DECORATION, AND SATURATED COLOR, OFTEN OVERLAID ON MAPS MADE DURING COLONIAL RULE IN THE AMERICAS. BAEZ'S INVESTMENT IN THE MEDIUM OF PAINTING AND ITS CAPACITY FOR STORYTELLING AND MYTHMAKING INFORMS ALL HER WORK, INCLUDING HER SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS, WHICH BRING THIS QUALITY INTO THREE DIMENSIONS. THIS EXHIBITION WILL OFFER AUDIENCES A TIMELY OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A HOLISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF BAEZ'S COMPLEX AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING BODY OF WORK, CEMENTING HER AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS OF THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY. THE EXHIBITION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A RICHLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. THE EXHIBITION WILL TOUR THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA TO THE VANCOUVER ART GALLERY (NOV. 3, 2024 - MAR. 16, 2025) AND THE DES MOINES ART CENTER (JUN. 14, 2025 - SEP. 21, 2025). ORGANIZED BY EVA RESPINI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL PROGRAMS, VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, (FORMER BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR, ICA/BOSTON), WITH TESSA BACHI HAAS, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. HEW LOCKE: THE PROCESSION MAY 23, 2024 - SEPTEMBER 2, 2024 ICA WATERSHED A PROCESSION IS PART OF LIFE; PEOPLE GATHER AND MOVE TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE, WORSHIP, PROTEST, MOURN, ESCAPE, OR CALL FOR CHANGE. THESE EXPRESSIONS ARE ALL AT THE HEART OF THE PROCESSION, AN AMBITIOUS INSTALLATION FIRST COMMISSIONED BY TATE BRITAIN, UK, AND MAKING ITS NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT AT THE ICA WATERSHED. THROUGH HIS MULTIVALENT PRACTICE, HEW LOCKE OBE RA (BORN 1959 IN EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM; LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON) EXPLORES INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE RELATIONSHIPS TO POWER, CULTURAL MEMORY, AND MIGRATION. THE ARTIST SPENT HIS FORMATIVE YEARS IN THE THEN NEWLY INDEPENDENT COUNTRY OF GUYANA, A FORMER BRITISH COLONY, WHERE HE BECAME FASCINATED BY THE SYMBOLS THROUGH WHICH INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS ASSERT THEIR IDENTITIES. HIS WORK HAS TOUCHED ON A WIDE ARRAY OF SUBJECTS, FROM BRITISH COLONIALISM AND CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL TO POLITICAL ICONOGRAPHIES AND PUBLIC MONUMENTS. HE INVESTIGATES THESE IDEAS THROUGH MATERIALS SUCH AS CARDBOARD, COSTUME JEWELRY, AND REPURPOSED EMBLEMS OF BRITISH IDENTITY, CREATING ELABORATE ARTWORKS WITH LAYERED AND EXPANSIVE MEANINGS THAT ENGAGE WITH THE HISTORIES AND CONTEMPORARY LEGACIES OF COLONIALISM AND EMPIRE. DRAWING UPON A SERIES OF MOTIFS AND CONCERNS THAT HAVE OCCUPIED THE ARTIST OVER DECADES, THE PROCESSION IS A COLORFUL GATHERING OF APPROXIMATELY 140 LIFE-SIZE SCULPTURES OF MASKED FIGURES OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES ADORNED IN PRINTED FABRICS AND EMBROIDERIES-CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL QUEENS, DANCERS, REFUGEES, HORSEBACK-MOUNTED MILITARY FIGURES, FISHERS, LABORERS, PREGNANT WOMEN, CHILDREN, DRUMMERS, AND FLAG BEARERS. THE FORWARD-FACING FIGURES CARRY PROPS OR WEAR COSTUMES THAT REPRODUCE IMAGERY FROM HISTORICAL PAINTINGS, ADVERTISEMENTS, SHARE CERTIFICATES, MAPS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, INCLUDING REPRODUCTIONS OF THE ARTIST'S OWN WORK. POETIC AND POWERFUL, THIS INSTALLATION DRAWS ON THE METAPHOR OF THE VOYAGE TO, IN THE ARTIST'S WORDS, "REFLECT ON THE CYCLES OF HISTORY, AND THE EBB AND FLOW OF CULTURES, PEOPLE, FINANCE, AND POWER." SEEN WITHIN THE HARBORSIDE SETTING OF THE ICA WATERSHED IN EAST BOSTON, THE PROCESSION IS A COMPELLING AND IMMERSIVE INVITATION FOR VISITORS TO CROSS HISTORICAL AND NARRATIVE TIME IN AN EXPERIENCE THAT DELIGHTS THE EYES AND EXPANDS THE MIND. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, AND ANNI A. PULLAGURA, CONSULTING ASSISTANT CURATOR, IN COLLABORATION WITH TATE. HEW LOCKE: THE PROCESSION WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISSIONED BY TATE BRITAIN FOR ITS 2022 TATE BRITAIN COMMISSION. COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: ZOE PETTIJOHN SCHADE AUG 13, 2024 - MAR 30, 2025 THIRD FLOOR LOBBY ZOE PETTIJOHN SCHADE CREATES PAINSTAKING PAINTINGS ON PAPER, OFTEN WORKING FOR YEARS ON WORKS THAT TAKE A UNIQUE APPROACH TO PATTERN AND REPETITION. THE RECENT WORK ATTEMPTS AT SELF ORGANIZATION: PREVAILING BONDS, ON VIEW IN THE THIRD FLOOR LOBBY, IS AN EXPLORATION OF FUNDAMENTAL STATES OF BEING THAT EVOKE THE CELLULAR, THE ATOMIC, AND THE ELEMENTAL. ITS TITLE REFERS TO THE WRITINGS OF PLATO, ST. AUGUSTINE, AND FRENCH BIOLOGIST STPHANE LEDUC, WHO EACH INFORMED THE ARTIST'S SENSE OF HOW THERE IS MEANING IN HOW FORMS ARE ORGANIZED. HERE, MARBLED PAINT SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION FOR A DIZZYING ARRAY OF FORMAL EXPLORATIONS, INCLUDING MIRRORED CUBES, HEXAGONS, DIAMONDS, FEATHERS, LEAVES, AND RORSCHACH-LIKE INK BLOTS, WHICH FOR THE ARTIST CREATE SELF-CONTAINED WORLDS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN ATMOSPHERE. THE INTERPLAY OF THIN METALLIC LINES FORMS AN ELABORATIVE CONFIGURATION OF GEOMETRIC SHAPES. WHILE THE DISTRIBUTION OF MATTER MAY APPEAR CHAOTIC AND OVERWHELMING, TINY DETAILS REPEAT AND RECUR THROUGHOUT. THROUGH LONG PERIODS OF CLOSE LOOKING, THE LAYERS OF PETTIJOHN SCHADE'S ORGANIZING STRUCTURE JOSTLE FOR POSITION, STRUGGLING TO EXERT THE BOND BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND OTHERS IN A PROCESS THAT EVOKES LIFE AT EVERY SCALE. ORGANIZED BY MAX GRUBER, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. THE GUN VIOLENCE MEMORIAL PROJECT AUGUST 29, 2024 - JANUARY 20, 2025 PAUL AND CATHERINE BUTTENWIESER GALLERY "...YOU HEAR THOSE NUMBERS ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU NEVER TIE NAMES TO THEM. I WANTED YOU TO SEE WHO MY SON WAS." - PAMELA BOSLEY, CO-FOUNDER OF PURPOSE OVER PAIN, MOTHER OF TERRELL BOSLEY "OUR GOAL WAS TO COMMUNICATE THE ENORMITY OF THE EPIDEMIC WHILE ALSO HONORING THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN TAKEN." - JHA D. AMAZI, MASS DESIGN GROUP THE GUN VIOLENCE MEMORIAL PROJECT (2019 - PRESENT) CREATES SPACE TO GATHER, REMEMBER, AND ACT IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING GUN VIOLENCE CRISIS. A COLLABORATION BETWEEN BOSTON-BASED MASS DESIGN GROUP AND SONGHA & COMPANY, WHERE ARTIST HANK WILLIS THOMAS IS CREATIVE DIRECTOR, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ORGANIZATION PURPOSE OVER PAIN, THE PROJECT WAS LAUNCHED AT THE 2019 CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE. IT COMPRISES FOUR GLASS HOUSES, EACH BUILT OF 700 CLEAR BRICKS, A REFERENCE TO THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF GUN DEATHS EVERY WEEK IN THE UNITED STATES. MANY OF THE BRICKS HOLD REMEMBRANCE OBJECTS SUCH AS BABY SHOES, GRADUATION TASSELS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OFFERED BY FAMILIES IN HONOR OF LOVED ONES WHOSE LIVES HAVE BEEN TAKEN DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE. THESE LIVING MEMORIALS INVITE US TO VIEW THE IMPACT OF GUN VIOLENCE THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PERSONAL NARRATIVES. IN A CITYWIDE COLLABORATION, THE GUN VIOLENCE MEMORIAL PROJECT WILL BE ON VIEW AT THE ICA, BOSTON CITY HALL, AND THE MASS DESIGN GROUP GALLERY IN BOSTON'S SOUTH END. LOCAL COLLECTING EVENTS ORGANIZED THROUGH LOUIS D. BROWN PEACE INSTITUTE WILL TAKE PLACE IN SUMMER AND FALL 2024. THE ICA PRESENTATION IS ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, WITH MAX GRUBER, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. TAU LEWIS: SPIRIT LEVEL AUGUST 29, 2024 - JANUARY 20, 2025 FOTENE DEMOULAS GALLERY TAU LEWIS (B. 1993, TORONTO) TRANSFORMS FOUND MATERIALS INTO INTRICATELY DETAILED SOFT SCULPTURES, QUILTS, MASKS, AND OTHER ASSEMBLAGES THROUGH INTENSIVE PROCESSES SUCH AS HAND-SEWING, CARVING, AND PLASTER CASTING. A SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST, LEWIS'S PRACTICE IS DIRECTED AT HEALING PERSONAL, COLLECTIVE, AND HISTORICAL TRAUMAS THROUGH THE REPETITIVE FORMS OF CREATIVE LABOR SHE EMPLOYS. SHE FORAGES FOR MATERIALS AND ARTIFACTS CHARGED WITH MEANING PREVIOUSLY WORN CLOTHING, FABRICS, LEATHER, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AS WELL AS DRIFT WOOD, SAND DOLLARS, AND SEASHELLS THAT SHE OFTEN COLLECTS FROM HER SURROUNDINGS IN TORONTO, NEW YORK, OR OUTSIDE OF HER FAMILY'S HOME IN NEGRIL, JAMAICA. THE EVOCATIVE OBJECTS LEWIS GATHERS AND TRANSMUTES CONSTITUTE A RELATIONSHIP IN HER WORK TO THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND PHYSICAL LANDSCAPES SHE MOVES THROUGH, COLLECTS FROM, AND INHABITS. LEWIS'S UPCYCLING RELATES TO FORMS OF MATERIAL INVENTIVENESS PRACTICED BY DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES, WHEREIN WORKING WITH THINGS CLOSE AT HAND IS A REPARATIVE ACT AIMED AT RECLAIMING AGENCY. THROUGHOUT, LEWIS'S INTEREST IS IN HONORING AND ADVANCING THESE DIASPORIC TRADITIONS, AND EXPLORING, AS SHE HAS SAID, "THE TRANSFERENCE OF ENERGY AND EMOTION THAT OCCURS WHEN AN OBJECT IS MADE BY HAND." FOR THE ICA, HER FIRST SOLO MUSEUM EXHIBITION IN THE U.S., LEWIS IS CREATING A NEW BODY OF WORK. THE EXHIBITION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A CATALOGUE, THE ARTIST'S FIRST MONOGRAPH. ORGANIZED BY JEFFREY DE BLOIS, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH MAX GRUBER, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. CHARLES ATLAS: ABOUT TIME OCTOBER 10, 2024 - MARCH 16, 2025 BRIDGITT AND BRUCE EVANS AND KAREN AND BRIAN CONWAY GALLERIES CHARLES ATLAS: ABOUT TIME IS THE FIRST U.S. MUSEUM SURVEY OF THE PIONEERING INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTIST CHARLES ATLAS (B. 1949 IN ST. LOUIS). SPANNING 50 YEARS OF WORK, THIS RETROSPECTIVE IS CONCEIVED AS AN IMMERSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE VISITOR, FEATURING SEVERAL MONUMENTAL MULTI-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATIONS, OR "WALK-THROUGH EXPERIENCES," AS THE ARTIST DESCRIBES THEM. TO CREATE THESE INSTALLATIONS, ATLAS "EXPLODES" SINGLE-CHANNEL VIDEOS INTO NEW CONFIGURATIONS, PRESENTING THE VIDEOS ON MULTIPLE SUSPENDED SCREENS AND MONITORS AROUND THE GALLERY, SO VISITORS CAN MOVE BETWEEN AND AMONG THEM. ATLAS'S EARLY CAREER IS DEFINED BY HIS TIME AS FILMMAKER-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK. ATLAS AND CUNNINGHAM CREATED THE GENRE OF "MEDIA-DANCE": DANCE MADE FOR THE CAMERA, RATHER THAN AN IN-PERSON AUDIENCE, WHEREIN THE CAMERA MOVES SEAMLESSLY IN CONCERT WITH THE DANCERS. SINCE LEAVING THE MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY IN 1983, ATLAS HAS BEEN A LEADING FIGURE IN FILM AND VIDEO ART, AND ONE OF THE PREEMINENT ARTISTS TO CAPTURE DANCE AND PERFORMANCE FOR THE CAMERA THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING COLLABORATIONS WITH MICHAEL CLARK, YVONNE RAINER, LEIGH BOWERY, MARINA ABRAMOVIC, RASHAUN MITCHELL, AND SILAS RIENER, AND MANY OTHERS. MUCH OF ATLAS'S GENRE-DEFYING, COLLABORATIVE WORK HAS PROVED PRESCIENT FOR A GENERATION OF ARTISTS WORKING TODAY. CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS SUCH AS THE CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF PERFORMANCE AND PORTRAITURE ON CAMERA AND THE POLITICAL URGENCY OF CHALLENGING CONVENTIONS OF GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND QUEER IDENTITY HAVE BEEN AT THE HEART OF ATLAS'S CREATIVE OUTPUT FOR DECADES. CHARLES ATLAS IS ORIENTED AROUND THE ARTIST'S GROUNDBREAKING WORK AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF MOVING IMAGE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE, AND HIS INTIMATE VIDEO PORTRAITS OF CLOSE COLLABORATORS AND FRIENDS. THE SHIFTING POLITICAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE 1970S TO THE PRESENT ACTS AS A BACKDROP TO THIS DYNAMIC VISUAL EXHIBITION, ADDRESSING THEMES OF PERFORMANCE AND PORTRAITURE, GENDER AND SEXUALITY, AND COLLABORATION AND FRIENDSHIP. ORGANIZED BY JEFFREY DE BLOIS, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH MAX GRUBER, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. PORTRAITS FROM THE ICA COLLECTION JANUARY 25, 2025 - DECEMBER 28, 2025 KIM AND JIM PALLOTTA GALLERY THIS EXHIBITION SHOWCASES THE DEEP HOLDINGS OF PORTRAITS IN VARIOUS FORMS OF MEDIA WITHIN THE ICA COLLECTION, EXPLORING HOW ARTISTS CREATE IMAGES OF THEMSELVES AND OTHERS TO COMMUNICATE THE EMOTIONS, POLITICS, AND BEAUTY OF REPRESENTATION. PORTRAITS OFFER BOTH ARTISTS AND SITTERS A MEANS TO CONVEY PERSONAL AND LIVED EXPERIENCES AND, THROUGH THIS, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VIEWERS TO REFLECT ON THEMSELVES. UNLIKE MORE HISTORICAL PORTRAITS, WHICH OFTEN CELEBRATED THE ARISTOCRACY AND THOSE IN POWER, CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE EXPLORES A BROADER AND MORE INCLUSIVE RANGE OF PEOPLE AND IDENTITIES. THIS SELECTION OF ALMOST THIRTY WORKS REFLECTS THE RICHNESS OF TODAY'S DIVERSE NARRATIVES AND REMINDERS OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY. ORGANIZED BY ERIKA UMALI, CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS. SARA CWYNAR FEBRUARY 7, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALL THE COLORFUL AND LAYERED PHOTOGRAPHS, FILMS, AND INSTALLATIONS OF SARA CWYNAR (B. 1985, VANCOUVER) EXAMINE THE EXCESS OF PICTURES IN TODAY'S IMAGE-SATURATED CULTURE. FOR THE SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALL, THE ARTIST IMAGINED A NEWLY CREATED PHOTO MURAL CENTERED ON AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TERMS DRAWN FROM INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES. THESE INCLUDE WORDS SUGGESTED BY SEARCH ENGINE ALGORITHMS IN RESPONSE TO CWYNAR'S ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR SEARCH TERMS SINCE 2020. THE ARTIST REPRESENTS THE TERMS THROUGH COMMONPLACE IMAGE TYPES: THE RECLINING WOMAN, DOMESTIC OBJECTS, PERFECT LOOKING FOOD, FAMILIAR LOGOS, LUXURY CARS, AND MORE. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | THESE IMAGES ARE COMPLEMENTED BY HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS WHICH CREATE CONCEPTUAL CONNECTIONS AND RAISE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE ECLECTIC IMAGES AND THEIR INDEX OF TERMS. CWYNAR DRAWS ON THE PRINCIPLES AND HISTORY OF BILLBOARD DESIGN TO CREATE HER MURAL, WHERE WHAT IS BEING "ADVERTISED" IS THE SEDUCTIVE POWER OF COMMODITIES AND SEARCHING IN OUR CONTEMPORARY MOMENT. ORGANIZED BY JEFFREY DE BLOIS, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH MAX GRUBER, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. BELIEVERS: ARTISTS AND THE SHAKERS FEBRUARY 13, 2025 - AUGUST 3, 2025 FOTENE DEMOULAS GALLERY SINCE ARRIVING IN AMERICA FROM ENGLAND 250 YEARS AGO, THE SHAKERS - A CHRISTIAN SECT OF PACIFISTS - HAVE OCCUPIED A UNIQUE PLACE IN THE AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY. ALSO KNOWN AS THE UNITED SOCIETY OF BELIEVERS IN CHRIST'S SECOND APPEARING, THE SHAKERS ASCRIBE TO VALUES OF COMMUNAL LIVING, CELIBACY, SHARED PROPERTY, AND GENDER AND RACIAL EQUALITY, AND THEY ARE WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SIMPLE LIVING, ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, AND FURNITURE. THE SHAKERS HAVE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF COUNTLESS ARTISTS SINCE AT LEAST THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, WHEN IDEAS ABOUT PERFECTION, ELEGANCE, AND PRACTICALITY ASSOCIATED WITH SHAKER LIFE AND MATERIAL CULTURE TOOK HOLD. THESE IDEAS ENTERED MORE STRONGLY INTO THE AMERICAN CONSCIOUSNESS FOLLOWING A STRING OF INFLUENTIAL EXHIBITIONS AND BOOKS, MANY OF THEM ORGANIZED AND AUTHORED BY COLLECTORS OF SHAKER FURNITURE. BELIEVERS BEGINS WITH THE FRUITS OF AN UNORTHODOX RESIDENCY INSTIGATED BY CURATOR FRANCE MORIN DURING THE SUMMER OF 1996. TEN ARTISTS WERE INVITED TO LIVE, WORK, AND WORSHIP IN THE ONLY REMAINING ACTIVE SHAKER COMMUNITY, IN SABBATHDAY LAKE, MAINE. THE RESIDENCY YIELDED A DYNAMIC BODY OF WORKS FEATURED IN THE EXHIBITION THE QUIET IN THE LAND, CURATED BY MORIN AND BROUGHT TO THE ICA BY JILL MEDVEDOW IN 1998. BELIEVERS REUNITES A CORE GROUP OF WORKS FIRST PRESENTED IN THE QUIET IN THE LAND BY ARTISTS JANINE ANTONI, KAZUMI TANAKA, WOLFGANG TILLMANS, NARI WARD, AND CHEN ZHEN (SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE BEING REMADE OR REIMAGINED FOR THIS EXHIBITION) ALONG SIDE MORE RECENT WORKS BY ARTISTS JONATHAN BERGER, TAYLOR DAVIS, GORDON HALL, PALLAVI SEN, AND CAULEEN SMITH. BELIEVERS CONSIDERS HOW CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS NEGOTIATE THE SPACE BETWEEN RECEIVED REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SHAKERS AND THE UTOPIAN COMMUNITY'S VITAL EXPERIENCE AS ORDINARY PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO LIVE AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. ORGANIZED BY JEFFREY DE BLOIS, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH TESSA BACHI HAAS, ASSISTANT CURATOR. SARA CWYNAR: ALPHABET FEBRUARY 13, 2025 - AUGUST 3, 2025 PAUL AND CATHERINE BUTTENWIESER GALLERY SARA CWYNAR (B. 1985 IN VANCOUVER) EXAMINES THE EXCESS OF PICTURES IN TODAY'S IMAGE-SATURATED CULTURE THROUGH A VAST ARCHIVE OF VISUAL MATERIAL, INCLUDING SELF-MADE, COMMISSIONED, DOWNLOADED, AND FOUND PHOTOGRAPHS. SHE REUSES THESE IMAGES INCISIVELY THROUGH A COLLAGE AESTHETIC THAT DRAWS ON THE VISUAL LANGUAGES OF DESIGN AND ADVERTISING. FOR THE ICA, CWYNAR IMAGINED A NEWLY CREATED, TWO-PART PROJECT FOR THE MUSEUM: A PHOTO-BASED INSTALLATION CALLED ALPHABET AND A RELATED PHOTO MURAL FOR THE SANDRA AND GERALD FINEBERG ART WALL. ALPHABET IS AN INSTALLATION COMPRISING A CONSTELLATION OF IMAGES RELATED TO AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TERMS DRAWN FROM INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES PRESENTED ON TWENTY-SIX PANELS. THESE INCLUDE WORDS SUGGESTED BY SEARCH ENGINE ALGORITHMS IN RESPONSE TO CWYNAR'S ONLINE ACTIVITIES AND SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR SEARCH TERMS SINCE 2020. SHE EXPLORES THE TERMS THROUGH AN ARRAY OF ASSOCIATED IMAGES, OBJECTS, AND VIDEOS PRESENTED AROUND THE GALLERY ON PANELS INSPIRED BY GERMAN ART HISTORIAN ABY WARBURG'S MNEMOSYNE ATLAS (1925-1929). WARBURG ORGANIZED AN ENCYCLOPEDIC COLLECTION OF NEARLY 1,000 IMAGES ON BLACK PANELS TO UNDERSTAND RECURRING VISUAL THEMES AND PATTERNS ACROSS TIME AND CULTURES, FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT. EACH OF CWYNAR'S SELECTED TERMS CONNECTS TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE AND WAYS OF SEEING THAT, LIKE WARBURG'S CONSTELLATIONS OF IMAGES, REFER TO A PAST THAT INFORMS THEIR MEANING TODAY. FOR CWYNAR, ALL ARCHIVES, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, ARE INFLECTED WITH HUMAN BIASES AND FAILED ASPIRATIONS TOWARD OBJECTIVITY. EVEN STILL, AS THE HUMAN IMPULSE TO SEARCH FOR ANSWERS GOES ONLINE, CWYNAR CONSIDERS HOW "PERSONAL RESPONSES TO THE WORLD ARE FILTERED THROUGH A HISTORY OF IMAGES THAT TRAILS BEHIND US. ORGANIZED BY JEFFREY DE BLOIS, MANNION FAMILY CURATOR, WITH MAX GRUBER, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: AVATARS OF THE EIGHTIES APRIL 8, 2025 - AUGUST 3, 2025 THIRD FLOOR LOBBY THESE LENS-BASED WORKS, CREATED BY WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE 1980S, REVEAL THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL POTENTIAL OF TRANSFORMING ONESELF INTO AN ALTERNATE SELF. IN NEW YORK IN THE SUMMER OF 1980, HOWARDENA PINDELL DONNED A WIG AND SUNGLASSES TO BECOME AN ANONYMOUS "WHITE WOMAN" WHO DISCOUNTS THE DISCRIMINATION THE ARTIST EXPERIENCED AND RECOUNTS IN HER VIDEO WORK FREE, WHITE AND 21. THAT SAME YEAR IN THE SAME CITY, CINDY SHERMAN COMPLETED THE UNTITLED FILM STILL SERIES IN WHICH SHE PERFORMS AS DIFFERENT FEMALE CHARACTERS TO CRITICALLY RECONTEXTUALIZE MOVIE SCENES. NINE YEARS LATER IN AUSTRALIA, TRACEY MOFFATT EMBODIED A FEMALE CHARACTER IN THE OUTBACK PURSUING HER DREAMS TO CREATE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERIES SOMETHING MORE. EACH OF THESE ARTISTS EXPLORES THE FABRICATED AND COMPLEX NATURE OF IDENTITY BY SHAPESHIFTING INTO AVATARS. ORGANIZED BY EMILY SHOYER, CURATORIAL FELLOW. STANLEY WHITNEY: HOW HIGH THE MOON APRIL 17, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 KAREN AND BRIAN CONWAY GALLERIES FROM EARLY BREAKTHROUGHS TO MATURE FORMAL EXPERIMENTS, HOW HIGH THE MOON IS THE FIRST RETROSPECTIVE TO TRACE THE EVOLUTION OF STANLEY WHITNEY'S WHOLLY UNIQUE AND POWERFUL ABSTRACTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF HIS 50-YEAR CAREER. THE EXHIBITION'S TITLE IS INSPIRED BY THE 1940 SONG PENNED BY NANCY HAMILTON AND MORGAN LEWIS, WHICH BECAME A JAZZ STANDARD THAT HAS CONVEYED ENCHANTMENT, LONGING, AND, IN SOME INTERPRETATIONS, HAS REACHED FOR THE SUBLIME. SINCE HE BEGAN MAKING THEM IN 2002, WHITNEY'S SQUARE-FORMAT, LOOSELY GRIDDED ABSTRACT CANVASES HAVE INCREASINGLY CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF VIEWERS. EACH CONTAINS FOUR HORIZONTAL ROWS OF ALTERNATELY ASKANT AND ORDERED SQUARES PAINTED IN VARYING DEGREES OF OPACITY. WHILE WHITNEY'S FORMAT HAS REMAINED CONSISTENT OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS, NO PAINTING IS THE SAME AS ANOTHER. AS HE BUILDS THESE IMMERSIVE ABSTRACTIONS, WHITNEY HOLDS SPACE FOR HIS VIEWERS TO FOCUS NOT ON EACH PAINTING'S SUBJECT, BUT RATHER ON OUR OWN RESPONSE TO COLOR. HOW HIGH THE MOON FEATURES EXTENSIVE INSTALLATIONS OF THE ARTIST'S IMPROVISATORY SMALL PAINTINGS; HIS DRAWINGS AND PRINTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE THEIR OWN IMPORTANT PRACTICE FOR WHITNEY; AND A CHRONOLOGICAL SELECTION OF THE ARTIST'S SKETCHBOOKS SPANNING FROM 1987 TO 2021, WHICH OFFER A VIEW INTO WHITNEY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WRITTEN WORD AS WELL AS POLITICS. THROUGHOUT, HIS WORK IS PUT IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS DIVERSE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION, WHICH INCLUDE MUSIC, POETRY, AMERICAN QUILTS, AND THE HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE, AMONG MANY OTHERS. WHITNEY'S POWERFUL, COLOR-SATURATED ABSTRACTIONS GIVE VIEWERS THE SPACE TO FEEL WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN, TO MENTALLY WANDER, AND TO GATHER THE STRENGTH TO SURVIVE. THIS TOURING RETROSPECTIVE, THE FIRST SURVEY OF WHITNEY'S WORK EVER ASSEMBLED, DEMONSTRATES THE TRUE HEIGHT OF HIS ACHIEVEMENT. STANLEY WHITNEY: HOW HIGH THE MOON IS ORGANIZED BY THE BUFFALO AKG ART MUSEUM. THE EXHIBITION IS CURATED BY CATHLEEN CHAFFEE, CHARLES BALBACH CHIEF CURATOR, BUFFALO AKG ART MUSEUM. THE ICA/BOSTON'S PRESENTATION IS ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, WITH TESSA BACHI HAAS, ASSISTANT CURATOR. CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: DOORS APRIL 17, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 BRIDGITT AND BRUCE EVANS GALLERIES "DOORS ARE FASCINATING OBJECTS, RICH WITH SYMBOLISM. THEY CAN HIDE OR REVEAL, EXPRESS OPPOSITES OF LIGHT OR DARK, EXTERIOR OR INTERIOR, OPEN OR CLOSED THEY ARE COMMONPLACE, YET UNFAMILIAR. WE FIND OURSELVES WONDERING WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHERE WE MAY END UP. THERE IS FEAR AND ANXIETY WE ASSOCIATE WITH THE UNKNOWN, BUT ALSO ANTICIPATION AND POTENTIAL." - CHRISTIAN MARCLAY CHRISTIAN MARCLAY (BORN 1955 IN SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA) IS A PIONEERING DJ, COMPOSER, AND VISUAL ARTIST RENOWNED FOR HIS EXPERIMENTAL WORK ACROSS SOUND, VIDEO, SCULPTURE, COLLAGE, AND INSTALLATION. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A | IN DOORS (2022), MARCLAY STITCHES TOGETHER HUNDREDS OF SHORT FILM CLIPS FEATURING THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF DOORS. MORE THAN A DECADE IN THE MAKING, THE MOVING IMAGE COLLAGE DRAWS FROM NEARLY ALL GENRES OF NARRATIVE CINEMA RANGING FROM FRENCH NEW WAVE TO HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS. CAREFULLY EDITED BY MARCLAY, THE VISUAL NARRATIVE FOLLOWS ACTORS ENTERING NEW SPACES, WITH EACH DOOR MARKING AN EDITING POINT AND TRANSITIONING BETWEEN FILMS AND SOUNDSCAPES. THE WORK SUGGESTS A LABYRINTHINE JOURNEY WHERE PROTAGONISTS GET LOST AND FOUND AGAIN. MARCLAY DESCRIBES THE VIDEO AS SCULPTURAL - A "MENTAL ARCHITECTURE THAT THE VIEWER MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT FOLLOW AND GET LOST IN." THIS EXHIBITION IS THE U.S. PREMIERE OF DOORS. ORGANIZED BY TESSA BACHI HAAS, ASSISTANT CURATOR. COLLECTION SPOTLIGHT: KADER ATTIA APRIL 29, 2025 - AUGUST 17, 2025 FIRST FLOOR CRYSTALLINE SUGAR CUBES STACKED LIKE BRICKS ON A SILVER PLATTER MELT SENSUOUSLY, ABSORBING THICK BLACK LIQUID AND CRUMBLING INTO A GLISTENING, VISCOUS MASS. KADER ATTIA'S VIDEO OIL AND SUGAR #2 MARRIES SIMPLE MATERIALS - MOTOR OIL AND SUGAR CUBES - EVOKING THEIR STATUS AS COMMODITIES CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF CENTURIES OF GEOPOLITICAL COMPETITION, EXPLOITATION, AND DISTINCT CULTURAL AND POLITICAL MEANINGS. THE ARTIST DESCRIBES THE WHITE CUBE AS "THE CORE SYMBOL OF ART, OF THE SPACE OF ART, OF THE INSTITUTION." DRENCHED IN OIL AND RENDERED BLACK, THE STRUCTURE EVOKES THE KAABA, ISLAM'S HOLIEST SITE VISITED BY MILLIONS OF PILGRIMS ON THE ANNUAL HAJJ TO MECCA. ONCE DISSOLVED BY OIL, THE FORMLESS MASS CALLS TO MIND ONGOING VIOLENCE SPARKED BY RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL DIFFERENCE. THROUGH A COMPOSITION AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS DESTRUCTIVE, OIL AND SUGAR #2 OFFERS A CASE STUDY IN CONTRASTING COLORS, TEXTURES, FORMS, AND TEMPORAL FLOW. ORGANIZED BY MEGHAN CLARE CONSIDINE, CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. CHIHARU SHIOTA: HOME LESS HOME MAY 22,2025 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2025 ICA WATERSHED IN HER AWE-INSPIRING INSTALLATIONS, CHIHARU SHIOTA (BORN 1972 IN OSAKA, JAPAN; LIVES AND WORKS IN BERLIN) FOREGROUNDS STORIES OF MIGRATION, HOME, CONNECTION, MEMORY, AND CONSCIOUSNESS. USING LINE IN THE FORM OF STRING, SHIOTA CREATES IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS THAT UNDERSCORE HUMAN CONNECTION AND EXPERIENCE. FOR THE ICA WATERSHED, SHIOTA WILL PRESENT TWO SIGNATURE, LARGE-SCALE INSTALLATIONS THAT CONSIDER THE WAYS HUMANS COLLECT MEMORIES AND FORM CONNECTIONS AS THEY MOVE AND TRAVEL: A SITE-SPECIFIC ITERATION OF ACCUMULATION SEARCHING FOR THE DESTINATION (2014/2025) AND A NEWLY COMMISSIONED INSTALLATION, HOME LESS HOME (2025). IN ACCUMULATION - SEARCHING FOR THE DESTINATION, DOZENS OF VINTAGE SUITCASES HANG FROM RED ROPE, OCCASIONALLY SHAKING WITH THE TURBULENCE OF ANTICIPATION. FOR SHIOTA, WHO BROUGHT ONLY ONE SUITCASE WITH HER WHEN SHE MOVED FROM JAPAN TO BERLIN IN 1996, THE SUITCASE SYMBOLIZES THE STARTING POINT OF A NEW JOURNEY. HOME LESS HOME FEATURES AN ENORMOUS FIELD OF RED AND BLACK ROPES FORMING THE SHAPE OF A HOUSE. WITHIN THIS SYMBOLIC FORM, SHIOTA SUSPENDS PAPER DOCUMENTS - PASSPORTS, LETTERS, IMMIGRATION PAPERS, MESSAGES - AND EMBEDS BEDS, DESKS, CHAIRS, AND TABLES TO UNDERSCORE HOW PEOPLE CREATE THEIR HOMES THROUGH COMMUNICATION, STORIES, AND OBJECTS. TOGETHER, THESE TRANSPORTING WORKS WILL CONSIDER THE JOURNEY TOWARDS ONE HOME AND AWAY FROM ANOTHER. FEATURED AS PART OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC ART TRIENNIAL 2025, THIS EXHIBITION, CHIHARU SHIOTA'S FIRST SOLO PRESENTATION IN NEW ENGLAND, AMPLIFIES THE WATERSHED AS A UNIQUE SPACE FOR PUBLIC ART IN BOSTON. IN DIALOGUE WITH THE TRIENNIAL'S THEME OF EXCHANGE, SHIOTA ISSUED AN OPEN CALL TO CONTRIBUTE IMAGES AND STORIES THAT WILL BE PRINTED AND INTEGRATED INTO HER NEWLY-COMMISSIONED WORK, HOME LESS HOME. ORGANIZED BY RUTH ERICKSON, BARBARA LEE CHIEF CURATOR AND DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS, WITH BRIANNE CHAPELLE, CURATORIAL DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR. |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B | EDUCATION SPACE PRESENTATIONS AS YOU ARE: BEAUTY AND THE HUMAN FORM FEB 9, 2024 - DEC 19, 2024 SEAPORT STUDIO, CHARLES AND FRAN RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER BUILDING WORLDS MAR 21, 2024 - SEP 22, 2024 POSS FAMILY MEDIATHEQUE BOSTON MOVES TOGETHER MAY 23, 2024 - SEP 2, 2024 ICA WATERSHED, HARBOR ROOM COURAGE TO CARE, BY SABRINA DORSAINVIL JUL 13, 2024 - DEC 29, 2024 BANK OF AMERICA ART LAB CHRONICLES FROM CASTLE SQUARE JUL 19, 2024 - MAY 29, 2025 SEAPORT STUDIO, CHARLES AND FRAN RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER REWRITING OUR CITY: UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS JUL 30, 2024 - SEP 5, 2024 BOSTON CITY HALL COSTUMING FOR THE STAGE AND SCREEN OCT 4, 2024 - MAR 29, 2025 POSS FAMILY MEDIATHEQUE LOST AND FOUND FEB 7, 2025 - DEC 18, 2025 SEAPORT STUDIO, CHARLES AND FRAN RODGERS EDUCATION CENTER PLAYING TOGETHER, BY PONNAPA PRAKKAMAKUL FEB 8, 2025 - JUN 15, 2025 BANK OF AMERICA ART LAB |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B | IN SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE PROGRAM: * ANOTHER COURSE TO COLLEGE * BOSTON COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL * WINCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY OF 2025, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE SPECIAL FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY FEBRUARY BREAK INTENSIVE PROGRAM: * BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BROMFIELD SCHOOL * BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL * CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN SCHOOL * EDWARD M. KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL IN APRIL OF 2025, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE AMP: MUSIC PRODUCTION APRIL BREAK INTENSIVE PROGRAM: * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * CAMBRIDGE RINDGE & LATIN SCHOOL * COMMUNITY ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH * COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL OF CAMBRIDGE * EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL * EDWARD M. KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS * EXCEL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL * RUTH BATSON ACADEMY BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARTS CREDIT PROGRAM PARTNER SCHOOLS * BOSTON COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY * BOSTON DAY AND EVENING ACADEMY * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL * EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL * ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL * EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL * FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL * GREATER EGLESTON HIGH SCHOOL * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL * SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT COPLEY TEEN NIGHTS * TEEN NIGHT: ALTERED REFLECTIONS (SUMMER 2024) * TEEN NIGHT: CLIPPED CULTURE (FALL 2024) * TEEN NIGHT: FROM ALL ANGLES (SPRING 2025) OTHER EVENTS * ART LAB AFTER HOURS BY FAST FORWARD * THE CURRENT: CARE3 * FAST FORWARD PRESENTS... THE SELTZER FACTORY BY PALOMA VALENZUELA * ICA TEENS ALUMNI REUNION * ICA TEENS PICTURE DAY WITH SPECIAL FOCUS * ICA TEENS SPRING SHOWCASE 2025 * ICA TEENS ULTRAFUSION * RECEPTION FOR REWRITING OUR CITY: UNSETTLED ACCOUNTS, AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY TEENS IN PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE AT BOSTON CITY HALL * RECEPTION FOR SPECIAL FOCUS: SELF PORTRAITS, AN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS BY TEENS IN SPECIAL FOCUS AT BOSTON CITY HALL * (RE)MIX AND MINGLE WITH AMP * STOP MOTION COMMOTION ANIMATION BY TEEN DIGITAL COOPERATIVE * TEEN DIGITAL COOPERATIVE'S END-OF-SUMMER CELEBRATION * TEEN GALLERY ACTIVATION: OPEN NOTES * TEEN GALLERY ACTIVATION: TEEN FASHION NIGHT OUT IN COLLABORATION WITH BOSTON CARIBBEAN FASHION WEEK * TEEN GALLERY EXHIBITION OPENING FOR CHRONICLES FROM CASTLE SQUARE BY TEEN EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM * TEEN GALLERY EXHIBITION OPENING FOR LOST AND FOUND * TEEN OPEN STUDIOS WORKSHOPS * GALLERY EXPERIENCES FOR TEEN PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM SAVE OUR STREETS * RECRUITMENT WORKSHOPS AT: FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL; JAMES W. HENNIGAN K-8 SCHOOL; BOSTON CENTERS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES HENNIGAN; ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL; BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND NEWCOMERS ACADEMY; YOUTH FEST! PRESENTED BY BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT; BPS CITYWIDE COLLEGE, CAREER AND STEM FAIR; EAST BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL; EAST BOSTON STEAM DAY; JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL; NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL; MADISON PARK HIGH SCHOOL; DORCHESTER HOUSE * TEEN ARTS COUNCIL EXCHANGES WITH MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS TEENS * TEEN EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM EXCHANGES WITH BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS' BOSTON STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, QUEENS MUSEUM TEENS, URBANO'S CHAPTERS OF CHOICE PROGRAM, AND ZUMIX TEENS * TEEN GALLERY EXPERIENCES AND Q&A'S FOR MASSART ARTS EDUCATION STUDENTS * TEEN GALLERY EXPERIENCES FOR: LA COLABORATIVA TEENS; CASTLE SQUARE TENANTS ORGANIZATION TEENS; CASTLE SQUARE TENANTS ORGANIZATION SQUARE ROOTS PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS; SWAMPSCOTT HIGH SCHOOL; BOSTON GREEN ACADEMY/THE FOUNDRY; ZUMIX TEENS * UMASS BOSTON URBAN SCHOLAR PROGRAM MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOPS * WORKSHOPS FOR BOSTON MUSIC PROJECT TEENS * YOU, YOUTH, AND MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH-SERVING PROFESSIONALS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THE ICA'S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COLLABORATED WITH 50+ ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT FY25. BELOW IS A LIST OF SELECT PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WITH NEW PARTNERSHIPS FORMED IN FY25 INDICATED BY AN ASTERISK (*). EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS * BPS OFFICE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT BERKLEE SCHOOL OF MUSIC HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HORACE MANN SCHOOL OF THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING NON-PROFITS AND CITY AGENCIES * BOSTON BALLET * BOSTON RESEARCH CENTER * CITY OF BOSTON AGE STRONG COMMISSION * EPIC (EMPOWERING PEOPLE FOR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES) OFFICE OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & ADVANCEMENT (OYEA) BOSTON SOCIETY OF CARIBBEAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE CASTLE SQUARE TENANTS ORGANIZATION CITY OF BOSTON MAYOR'S GALLERY HAUS OF GLITTER 826 BOSTON OPEN ARTS INDIVIDUALS AND AFFINITY GROUPS * ART IN THE ANTILLES HIGUAYAGUA TAINO |
| FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4B | THINK LIKE AN ARTIST APR 17, 2025 - SEP 28, 2025 POSS FAMILY MEDIATHEQUE SPECIAL FOCUS: SELF-PORTRAITS MAY 2, 2025 - JUL 18, 2025 BOSTON CITY HALL OUR MEMORIES, OUR STORIES MAY 22, 2025 - SEP 1, 2025 ICA WATERSHED, HARBOR ROOM ADULT & INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS ALL LECTURES LISTED WERE OFFERED ON THE MUSEUM CAMPUS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED BELOW. ADULT PROGRAMS SERVED 2,905 PEOPLE THROUGH LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, GALLERY TALKS, AND MORE. ADULT WORKSHOPS AND GALLERY TALKS * CAN I PASS? WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT IN CONVERSATION * WATERSHED WORKSHOP: TAINO COMMUNITY AND CULTURE * WATERSHED DANCE WORKSHOP: CAPORALES OF THE ANDES * WATERCOLOR BY THE WATER (2) * LET'S DANCE: THROUGH THE AGES (2) * GALLERY TALK: JEFFREY DE BLOIS ON CHARLES ATLAS * GALLERY TALK: MAX GRUBER ON CHARLES ATLAS * GALLERY TALK: RUTH ERICKSON ON THE GUN VIOLENCE MEMORIAL PROJECT * GALLERY TALK: JEFFREY DE BLOIS ON TAU LEWIS: SPIRIT LEVEL * GALLERY TALK: HOWARD MERLIN AND KELLY KERRIGAN JACOBUS ON BOSTON BALLET COSTUME SHOP * ART-MAKING AFTER DARK: STARSTRUCK * ART-MAKING AFTER DARK: FACE TO FACE * DRAWING CONNECTIONS: FIGURE DRAWING IN THE GALLERIES * GALLERY TALK: MAX GRUBER ON SARA CWYNAR: ALPHABET * GALLERY TALK: TESSA BACHI HAAS ON STANLEY WHITNEY: HOW HIGH THE MOON * GALLERY TALK: STEPHEN HAMILTON AND ERIKA UMALI ON PORTRAITS FROM THE ICA COLLECTION * FLIP THE SCRIPT ON AGING: CITY OF BOSTON'S AGE STRONG COMMISSION PARTNERSHIP * WATERSHED GALLERY TALK: RUTH ERICKSON ON CHIHARU SHIOTA: HOME LESS HOME LECTURE PROGRAMS * THE ARTIST'S VOICE: HANK WILLIS THOMAS AND JHA D AMAZI, WITH CHAPLAIN CLEMENTINA CHERY * THE ARTIST'S VOICE: CHARLES ATLAS * ONLINE SERIES: THE SHAKERS, SHAKERISM, AND CONTEMPORARY ART - "CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE SHAKERS" WITH JILL MEDVEDOW AND JEFFREY DE BLOIS - "SHAKERISM AND SABBATHDAY LAKE, MAINE" WITH BROTHER ARNOLD HADD - "SPIRIT-DRIVEN WOMEN MAKING ART" WITH ANN BRAUDE * THE ARTIST'S VOICE: SARA CWYNAR * THE ARTIST'S VOICE: JANINE ANTONI, PALLAVI SEN, AND KAZUMI TANAKA * THE ARTIST'S VOICE: STANLEY WHITNEY WITH NARAYAN KHANDEKAR * DESIGN TALK: MIGUEL ROSALES * AIGA BOSTON + THE ICA PRESENT KEVIN GRADY + ADAM LARSON CREATIVE ARTS AND FAMILY PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, THE ART LAB WELCOMED 7,237 VISITORS FOR ART-MAKING EXPERIENCES. FAMILY PROGRAMS ALSO DISTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY 6,000 GALLERY GAMES RESOURCE CARDS TO VISITORS OVER THE COURSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR WHILE VISITOR ASSISTANTS ENGAGED 276 PEOPLE WITH BOOKS AND LOOKS. ADDITIONAL FAMILIES WERE REACHED THROUGH TOURS (SEE TOUR AND GROUP VISIT PROGRAMS). PLAY DATES * PLAY DATE: PARADE + PARTY * PLAY DATE: GROOVE + GROW * PLAY DATE: WORDS OF ART! * PLAY DATE: TWISTS AND TURNS * PLAY DATE: BEHIND THE SCENES * PLAY DATE: STORIES THROUGH PORTRAITS * PLAY DATE: IMMERSIVE IMAGES * PLAY DATE: COLOR COMPOSITIONS * PLAY DATE: FREE FAMILY ART DAY PLAY DATES (VIRTUAL) VIRTUAL PLAY DATE: FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL! FAMILY WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS * BOOKS AND LOOKS (9) * WEEKEND AND MONDAY HOLIDAY DROP-IN ART MAKING (100) * POP-UP ART-MAKING: MEMORY MAPS (4) * "WHO GETS TO MAKE HISTORY?" ARTMAKING WITH WEE THE PEOPLE * DECEMBER SCHOOL VACATION WEEK * FEBRUARY SCHOOL VACATION WEEK ART-MAKING * APRIL VACATION WEEK ART-MAKING * INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO * MESSAGES FOR MOM SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN FY25, THE ICA COLLABORATED WITH EDUCATORS AND PROVIDED A RANGE OF NEW CURRICULUM-ALIGNED MATERIALS, INCLUDING DIGITAL RESOURCES THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO 94 LOCAL TEACHERS. NEW AND RETURNING SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THE WALLTALK MULTI-VISIT PROGRAM WHILE OTHER EDUCATORS CONTRIBUTED TO ADVISORY GROUP MEETINGS. WALL TALK SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM PARTNERS * CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL * DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY * EXCEL HIGH SCHOOL * RUTH BATSON ACADEMY * EDWARD M. KENNEDY SCHOOL FOR HEALTH CAREERS * MELVIN H. KING SOUTH END ACADEMY TEACHER ADVISORY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES * JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL * BINCA/NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * WINSHIP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL * HIGH O'DONNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL * SAMUEL ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL * TECHBOSTON ACADEMY TOUR AND GROUP VISIT PROGRAMS TOUR AND GROUP VISIT PROGRAMS OFFER GUIDED AND SELF-GUIDED VISITS FOR ALL AGE GROUPS. IN THE K-12 AGE GROUP ALONE, 4,935 PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH 233 GROUP VISITS. A TOTAL OF 4,356 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY, ADULT, AND SENIOR VISITORS ATTENDED 296 SELF-GUIDED VISITS, GUIDED VISITS, AND PUBLIC TOURS. IN FY25, THE FAMILY ART-TREK PROGRAM WAS PILOTED, AND SERVED AN ADDITIONAL 51 PEOPLE. TEEN PROGRAMS TEEN PROGRAMS SERVED A TOTAL OF 4,965 PEOPLE, 3,874 OF WHICH WERE TEENS, IN FY25. THIS INCLUDES PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED PROGRAMS OR EVENTS IN THE TEEN GALLERIES LOCATED IN SEAPORT STUDIO. AN ADDITIONAL 405, PEOPLE VISITED THESE GALLERIES SIMPLY TO VIEW EXHIBITIONS OF TEEN ART. ALL PROGRAMS AND EVENTS ARE LISTED BELOW. EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND ARTWORK CREATED BY PARTICIPANTS IN ICA TEEN PROGRAMS WERE ALSO ACCESSIBLE VIA THE ICATEENS.ORG WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. ARTIST INTERVIEWS (ONLINE DISTRIBUTION) * ARTIST INTERVIEW WITH SARA CWYNAR * ARTIST INTERVIEW WITH RANIA MATAR EXTENDED TEEN PROGRAMS * AMP: MUSIC PRODUCTION APRIL BREAK INTENSIVE * FAST FORWARD * PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIVE * SPECIAL FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY FEBRUARY BREAK INTENSIVE * TEEN ARTS COUNCIL (SUMMER 2024; SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25) * TEEN DIGITAL COOPERATIVE (SUMMER 2024) * TEEN EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM (SUMMER 2024; SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25) IN SUMMER 2024, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE TEEN ARTS COUNCIL: * BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * BROOKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL * DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY * JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL * REVERE HIGH SCHOOL * RUTH BATSON ACADEMY IN SUMMER 2024, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN TEEN EXHIBITIONS PROGRAM: * ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL * BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * CHARLESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ROAD TO SUCCESS * EDWARD M. KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS * MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL * NEWTON SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL * QUINCY HIGH SCHOOL * SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL * TECHBOSTON ACADEMY IN SUMMER 2024, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN TEEN DIGITAL COOPERATIVE: * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL * CHELSEA HIGH SCHOOL * LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL * NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL IN SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE TEEN ARTS COUNCIL: * ALBERT D. HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY (FORMERLY JEREMIAH E BURKE HIGH SCHOOL) * BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY * BOSTON COLLABORATIVE HIGH SCHOOL * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON UNIVERSITY ACADEMY * BROOKE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL * CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN * DEARBORN STEM ACADEMY * EXCEL ACADEMY CHARTER HIGH * JOSIAH QUINCY UPPER SCHOOL * REVERE HIGH SCHOOL * RUTH BATSON ACADEMY IN SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE TEEN EXHIBITION PROGRAM: * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * CRISTO REY BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL * EDWARD M. KENNEDY ACADEMY FOR HEALTH CAREERS * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * MADISON PARK TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL * NEW LIBERTY INNOVATION SCHOOL * SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT COPLEY * SOMERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IN SCHOOL YEAR 2024-25, STUDENTS FROM THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE REPRESENTED IN THE FAST FORWARD PROGRAM: * ARLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL * BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL * BOSTON INTERNATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & NEWCOMERS ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY * BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL * FENWAY HIGH SCHOOL * JOHN D. O'BRYANT SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE * MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL * SNOWDEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT COPLEY |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE ICA'S CFO FOR COMPLETENESS AND THEN IS FORWARDED TO THE ICA'S AUDIT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. THE AUDIT COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROVING THE FORM 990 FOR SUBMITTAL TO THE IRS. PRIOR TO SENDING THE FORM 990 TO THE IRS THE ICA'S CFO WILL SEND A COPY OF THE DOCUMENT TO EACH ICA TRUSTEE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | EACH FALL, THE ICA REQUIRES ALL ITS TRUSTEES TO DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON A DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO THE ICA'S LEADERS ABOUT AREAS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST SO THAT CONFLICTS, REAL OR PERCEIVED, MAY BE IDENTIFIED EARLY, DISCLOSED, AND RESOLVED APPROPRIATELY. IDEALLY, THIS POLICY WILL PROTECT THE ICA'S INTERESTS WHEN IT IS CONTEMPLATING ENTERING INTO A TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THE PRIVATE INTERESTS OF AN OFFICER OR TRUSTEE. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACTUAL OR POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, A FIDUCIARY SHALL DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL FACTS TO THE PRESIDENT, CHAIRPERSON OR DIRECTOR AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME AFTER THE SITUATION BECOMES KNOWN TO THE FIDUCIARY. THE FIDUCIARY SHALL ALSO DISCLOSE SUCH MATTERS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AT THE TIME THE FIDUCIARY SIGNS THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THIS POLICY, OR OTHER REPORTING AND CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES AS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL REQUIRE FROM TIME TO TIME. AFTER DISCLOSURE OF THE FINANCIAL INTEREST AND ALL MATERIAL FACTS, AND AFTER ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE FIDUCIARY, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD SHALL FINALLY DETERMINE WHETHER ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST EXISTS. IF THE FIDUCIARY IS PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION, THEN THE FIDUCIARY SHALL LEAVE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD MEETING WHILE THE DETERMINATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS DISCUSSED AND VOTED UPON. IF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A CONFLICT EXISTS WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSACTION, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD SHALL: (A) ALLOW THE FIDUCIARY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD, BUT AFTER SUCH PRESENTATION, THE FIDUCIARY WITH THE FINANCIAL INTEREST SHALL LEAVE THE MEETING DURING THE DISCUSSION OF, AND THE VOTE ON, THE TRANSACTION THAT INVOLVES THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST; (B) APPOINT, IF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD DEEMS IT APPROPRIATE TO DO SO, A NON INTERESTED PERSON OR COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRANSACTION; (C) DETERMINE, BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE NON INTERESTED TRUSTEE MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESENT, WHETHER THE TRANSACTION IS IN THE ICA'S BEST INTEREST AND FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT; IS FAIR AND REASONABLE TO THE ICA; AND, AFTER EXERCISING DUE DILIGENCE, DETERMINE WHETHER THE ICA CAN OBTAIN A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TRANSACTION WITH REASONABLE EFFORTS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES; AND (D) TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION WITH RESPECT TO ANY VIOLATION OF THIS CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 | THE COMPENSATION FOR THE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE ICA'S COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. THIS COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWS THE COMPENSATION FOR THE ICA'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, CHIEF CURATOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DIRECTOR OF PERFORMING AND MEDIA ARTS, AND SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR CULTURE AND EQUITY) BUT FINAL COMPENSATION FOR THE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM IS DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR. THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE USES THE ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUM DIRECTORS AND FORM 990 DATA FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, FORM 990, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6104(D). IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION'S FORM 990 WITHOUT SCHEDULE B IS AVAILABLE VIA CANDID AND THE MASSACHUSETTS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S WEBSITE. |
| FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: | GAIN ON SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT 13,719. LOSSES FROM UNCONDITIONAL PROMISES TO GIVE WRITE OFFS AND ALLOWANCES -556,164. |
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