SPACE GALLERYNONPROFIT CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE

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2009 ANNUAL REPORT

SPACE was founded as an independent non-profit alternative arts venue in 2002 in a 2000 square foot space in the heart of Portland’s emerging arts district on Congress Street.

The strongest programs are those that couldn’t exist elsewhere in the community. Where commercial and traditional spaces rely on known quantities, SPACE embraces risk and innovation. The organization makes bold choices and builds community with its brilliantly curated events. SPACE fosters true creativity through its mission to present contemporary, emerging and unconventional art, artists and ideas. As an incubator, SPACE helps emerging artists become more recognized, while making unconventional art and ideas more accessible to the general public.

SPACE raises the bar for Portland’s art scene by combining strong local talent with nationally recognized art and artists, presenting a diverse combination of mediums including, visual art, literature, film, and music. SPACE responds to the local arts ecosystem, changing and adapting as audience tastes and artists’ needs evolve. By staying true to its mission and maintaining high standards for artistic excellence, SPACE continues to challenge the community’s relationship to art.

Why SPACE? Art. Ideas. Community.

Program Snapshot

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Our community

In 2009, SPACE had:

3,600 visitors at 39 film screenings 5,000 visitors at 15 visual arts events and lectures19,200 visitors at 161 performing arts events12,000 visitors during open gallery hours

39,800 visitors + 215 events

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Nat May » Executive Director Elizabeth Atterbury » Exhibitions Jon Courtney » Founder, Films Ian Paige » Events ProgrammerLinda Shary » Development Director Christina Mesevage » AmeriCorps

EVENT STAFF

Bryan Bruchman » Eli Bucci » Aaron Flacke » Jess Hovey » Kris Johnsen » Annie Larmon » Andrew Lyman » Keith Mann » Jenna Quartararo » Ahna Reichmann » Adam Reny » Brian Stone » Sonya Tomlinson » Ryan Wallace

We regret that we don’t have suf-ficient space to name our many dedicated volunteers

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Patricia Hagge » PresidentKathryn Coolidge » TreasurerJessica Tomlinson » SecretaryChristopher CampbellKate Carey Peter EiermannAndy GrahamCyrus HaggeChelsea Holden Baker Annie Leahy Joe Malone

BOARD OF ADVISORS:

Mark BessireJohn Coleman Alex Fisher Betsy Evans Hunt Ruby Lerner Alice Spencer David Wilson

SPACE works with numerous other nonprofit organizations, community groups, and local businesses, including: Acorn Productions, AIGA Maine, Portland Buy Local, Cultivating Community, Dimensions in Jazz, Kitchen Gardens International, League of Young Voters, Maine College of Art, Maine Film and Video Association, Maine Film Office, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Maine Women’s Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts, Peapod Recordings, Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance, Portland’s Downtown District, Portland Society of Architects, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Portland Trails, Rabelais Books, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Slow Food Portland, Spindleworks, The Telling Room, University of Southern Maine, WCYY, WMPG Community Radio

BRYANT TERRYBRYANT TERRY VOX POPULIDISTANCE DON’T MATTER

Income Event Income 184,480 Grants 62,716 Membership* 7,344 Annual Fund* 48,014 Program Donations 5,965 Sales 17,804 Interest Earned 321Total Income 326,644

Expense Program Expenses 156,554 Program Admin 57,774 Operational Expenses 76,580 Operational Admin 35,349Total Expense 326,257

2009 Income Statement

1. Visual Art exhibits: SPACE continually challenges definitions of art, where art belongs, and how it affects our thoughts and our lives: SPACE mixes exhibitions of compelling regional and national artists with emerging local talent, creating a forum for visual expression that is new to Portland.

2. Film screenings: SPACE’s film program offers access to a wide array of content that otherwise never makes a big-screen appearance anywhere but the largest cities in the world. 2009 highlights include the USM Philosophy Film Series, The Yes Men Fix the World, The Oscar Nominated Short Films, Doxita, and The Way We Get By. 3. Performance: Up and coming artists make appearances at SPACE before their careers rocket them to stints on Saturday Night Live, to sold-out shows at Carnegie Hall, or to headline their own concerts. Named one of the top 40 music venues in the nation, SPACE blends eclectic, experimental, underground and niche music audiences into its gallery environment. We also host contemporary dance, theater, and category-defying performance by emerging artists.

4. Public Forums: SPACE plays host to a number of issue-driven and informational forums each year, with topics ranging from artist career development to sustainable food production, such as our annual springtime FOOD+FARM film and lecture series.

5. Collaborations: SPACE has a democratic atmosphere that makes it well suited for discussion, collaboration and idea sharing. Local partners appreciate SPACE’s position as the center of the arts district, its flexibility and informal demeanor. As a result, SPACE has formed dozens of partnerships with other nonprofits and community groups. In 2009 we hosted Phyzkids, Creative Conversations, Pecha Kucha, the WMPG Fashion Show, and a dozen other partner programs.

Main program areas

*individual donations = 17% of our income

SUPPORT SPACE 3 Ways:MembershipMembers are vital to the continued growth of SPACE, and often provide hands-on as well as financial support. Members receive many benefits, but none as great as the reward of actively advancing the arts in our community.Annual FundAnnual Fund gifts provide unrestricted, direct program support and are essential to the continued functioning and growth of SPACE. These gifts are an important investment in the health of our cultural community.Corporate Sponsorship / UnderwritingMany of our programs are supported by corporate partners. Sponsorship of SPACE allows businesses to invest in the community through their support of quality educational, cultural and entertaining programming found nowhere else in Maine. We can tailor sponsorship opportunities to fit the needs of our supporting partners and the individual programs.

You can make a gift today online or by mailing us a check.

For more information about donor opportunities please contact Linda Shary at (207)828-5600 or via email: linda@space538.org

Website: www.space538.org/support.php

Mailing address: SPACE Gallery 538 Congress St. Portland, ME 04101

$15,000 and above

$2,500 - $14,999

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Cyrus and Patricia Hagge, The Maine Arts Commission, The Quimby Family Foundation

Kate Carey and Charlie Hewitt, Kent Gordon, Andy Graham and Anne Riesenberg, The Kirby Family Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

The William and Joan Alfond Foundation, Jonathan and Ann Bell, Coffee by Design, Kathryn and David Coolidge, Alex Fisher, Alison Hildreth, Betsy Evans Hunt and Christopher Hunt, Jeremy Moser and Laura Kittle, Portland Color Alice and Dick Spencer

Anonymous, John Anton and Renee Schwalberg, Chelsea Holden Baker and Noah Delorme, David Becker, Elizabeth Chapman and Carter Manny, Seth Clayter and Nicole Cherbuliez, William and Jean Dill, Norway Savings Bank, Clara Porter and Daniel Holliday, John Sedgewick and Deborah Keefe, Carol Varney, Videoport, Katharine Watson

Anonymous, Kyo Bannai and Craig Schneider, Jane Benson and David Hartley, Catherine Bloom, Gideon Bok and Meghan Brady, Kathrine Bradford, Burgess Advertising & Marketing, Samuel Cady, Malcolm and Joan Campbell, Crystal Cawley and David Wolfe, Citi Foundation (matching gift), Sarah Compton, Roger Conover and Eda Cufer, Tristan Cuthbert, Trevor and Jessica Esch, Mary C. Fahrenbach, Laura Faure, Fetch, First Pier Technology Partners, Gerald Floreza, Karen Gelardi and Charles Schreiber, Roger and Betty Gilmore, Gordon and Anne Grimes, Katie Gunther, Jonathan Handelman, Amy and Matt Hausmann, Daniel Hildreth, Jon Hinck, Meg Hirayama and Lytfi Volksmyth, Ed Hurley and David Sherman, Avery Kamila and Adam Hill, Alice Kornhauser, Annie Leahy and Mike Carey, Brad MacCachran and Barbara Ginley, MADgirl Designs, Kelly McConnell and Matthew Priddy, Donna McNeil, Tom Moulton/The Dunham Group, Stephan and Susan Myers, Robert and Susan Nielsen, Tom and Judy O’Donnell, Dorothy Suzi Osher, Mitchell Rasor, Jason Read, Peter and Donna Rubin, Nan Sawyer, Sebago Brewing Company, David and Tiffany Segre, Jim and Lynn Shaffer, Linda Shary and Jeffery Logan, Judith Steinhauer, Gary Stern and Demetrios Karabetsos, Ruth Sylmor, Tsunami Tattoo, Jessica Tomlinson, Daryl Turicek and Holly Doggett, Juris Ubans, Chad Vinkemulder, Susan Webster and Bruce Fowler, Katarina Weslien, Mark Wethli and Cassie Jones, Ian and Florence White, Clint and Jennifer Willis, Richard Wilson, Emma Wilson and Tom Hatten, Christopher Wright

John and Judy Adelman, Brianna Allen, Marsha Ames, Ian Anderson, Anonymous, Colin Apse, Emily Atterbury, Adam and Allison Ayan, Laura Balladur, Melinda Barnes, Jon Beal, Jan Beitzer, Shenna Bellows, David and Christine Beneman, Dave and Nancy Berrang, Jana Branch, Elliot Brandwein, Judy Brook, Bruce Brown, Lisa Bussey, Susan B. Cabot, Christine Camacho, Janice Campbell, Maggie Carey and Keith Stone, Casco Bay Frames and Gallery, Christina Cinelli and Jim Wilkerson, Asherah Cinnamon, Pam Cleghorn, Virginia Collins, Kerry and Kim Corthell, Winter Count, Alan Crichton, Kimberly Curry, Heather Davis and Matthew Bush, Amber Degn and Thomas Dennenberg, Dimensions in Jazz, Sean Donahue and Carol Pickering, Gibson and Renee Fay-LeBlanc, Catharine Field, Annie Finch and Glen Brand, Nancy Fischer, Jennifer Fisher, Jacob Folsom, Craig and Dolores Foster, Selby Frame, Alan B. Frey, Clint Fulkerson, Katie Fuller, Jacob Galle, Caroline Geisler and John Mesevage, Ceci Gilson, Lacey Goodrich, Christopher Gray, Katie Gray, Greenhut Galleries, Colin Gulley, Doug Hall, Friederike Hamann and Colin Stevens, Elizabeth Hansberger, Val Hart, James Hauptman and Jennifer Ellis, John Henson, Adriane Herman and Brian Reeves, Jacob Scot Hoffman, Peter Hollander, Mat and Hazel Holmes, Chris Hourcle, Robert Hyde, Jennifer Judd-McGee, Ben and Cori Kahn, Toby Kamps, Tim Kane and Beth George, Adrienne Kaplan, Tami Kasoff, Brenda Keene, Bobbi Keppel, Jay Kilbourn and Molly Hoadley-Kilbourn, John Knight and Pamela Chamberlain, David Lakari, Eric LaPerna, Robin Lea, Molly Lee, Ken LeRoy, Richard and Mary Levy, Sage Lewis, Paul Lichter and Meryl Troop, Lincoln Management, Michelle Littlefield, Susan Livingston, Emma Lockwood and Phil Simon, Bill and Kathy Low, Lee and Merl Lowry, Joshua Madore, Jim and Elaine Mahoney, Maine Community Foundation, Kathryn Masters, Elliott May, Natasha Mayers, Elizabeth McDonald, Jill McGowan and David Hembre, Tim McLain, Pierre and Elizabeth Meahl, Markos Miller, Jessica Milne and Christian McNeil, Rebecca Minnick, Miss Jolene, J. Peter Monro and Jill Bock, Christopher Moore and Bree LaCasse, Grace Mueller, Jennifer Muller, Ellen D. Murphy, Dugan Murphy, Theodore Musgrave, Luke and Kim Myers, Pris Nelson, Kelly Nesbitt, Carolyn Nishon, Karine Odlin, Lee Orme, John Osborn, David Pence and Moira Driscoll, Deborah Pfeffer, Cecily Pingree, Cathy Plourde, Marty Pottenger, Kyle Purinton, Helen Rasmussen, John Morrill Read and Laura Sawall, Peter and Trudi Riesenberg, Seth Rigoletti and Gillian Schair, Joan Rogers, Casey Rosenthal, Arline Saturdayborn, Carrie Scanga, Brenda Schertz and John Dunleavy, Hadley Schmoyer, Elliot and Dorothy Schwartz, Nickie Sekera, Amy Selepack, Timmi Sellers, Christopher Sewall, Rob Sherman, Kelly Jo Shows, Brian Simpson, Deena Small, Audrey Smith, Peter Smith, Lucia Stancioff and Benjamin Joseph Carr, James Sterling, Elliot Teel and Michelle Tham, Emily Thielmann, Doug Thompson, Ling-Wen Tsai, Annie Tselikis, Edie Tucker, Sharon Ultsch, Unum, Betsy Upham, Sharon Ultsch, Catherine Valenza, Jeff and Ellen Van Fleet, Justin Velgos, Fran Vita-Taylor, Dunja and Gerald Von Stoddard, Dave Wade, Stephen Walsh, Robin Watts and Taylor Fawns, Laura Welles, David Whittlesey, Jan Wilkinson, John D. Wilson and Susan Hudson-Wilson, Deborah Wing-Sproul, Susan Winn, Jay York, Dudley Zopp, Leah Zuch and Richard Lewis

2009 SPACE GALLERY SUPPORTERS

Our members and donors make art happen!