Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE MISTAKE ROOM IS LOS ANGELES'S ONLY INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT CULTURAL INSTITUTION SOLELY DEVOTED TO AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AND THOUGHT. FOUNDED ON A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE DISCOVERY AND ADVANCEMENT OF NEW FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVE EXPRESSION, THE MISTAKE ROOM HAS AT THE HEART OF ITS MISSION A SINGLE MANDATE--TO GENERATE CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE NATURE OF HUMAN CREATIVITY AND ITS MEANINGFUL ROLE AND FUNCTION IN SOCIETY. THROUGH ACADEMIC RESEARCH, EXHIBITIONS, ARTIST PROJECTS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS, EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS, THE MISTAKE ROOM SUPPORTS SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND CULTURAL PRODUCERS OF OUR TIME WHILE BRINGING LOCAL AUDIENCES A PROGRAM OF CULTURAL ACTIVITIES THAT IS INTELLECTUALLY RIGOROUS, GENUINELY DIVERSE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT, AND REFLECTIVE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF OUR CHANGING WORLD. THE MISTAKE ROOM ALSO FOSTERS CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGES AMONGST THE WORLD'S MOST DYNAMIC ARTS INSTITUTIONS--EXPANDING SUPPORT AND O
THE MISTAKE ROOM PRODUCES AND PRESENTS A DIVERSE AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM OF ART EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS.
WE WORKED WITH THOMAS HIRSCHHORN WHO IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED AND RESPECTED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS. HIS WORK HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT ALMOST EVERY MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM AND LARGE SCALE BIENNALE AND HE PIONEERED NOT ONLY INSTALLATION ART IN THE 1990'S BUT ALSO PUBLIC SCULPTURE AND COLLAGE WORK. UNTIL 2016, HIRSCHHORN HAD NOT HAD A SOLO SHOW IN LA AND THE MISTAKE ROOM STAGED A SOLO EXHIBITION IN FALL 2016 COMPRISING OF A LARGE-SCALE IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION. IN ADDITION TO THE EXHIBITION WE HOSTED A HOST OF SEMINARS WITH LOCAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES. THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED MANY REVIEWS AND HAD THE LARGEST ATTENDANCE OF ANY OF OUR SHOWS THIS YEAR
THE VIDEO SHOW TITLED "HISTORIES OF A VANISHING PRESENT" INCLUDED OVER 10 EMERGING ARTISTS FROM MORE THAN 8 COUNTRIES WHO ARE PIONEERING VIDEO ART. STAGED AS A DYNAMIC ROTATING SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS, THE EXHIBITION ATTRACTED DIFFERENT AUDIENCES FOR EACH ROTATION AND ALLOWED US TO ENGAGE SCHOLARS TO RESPOND TO THE WORKS THROUGH LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS. DESPITE HAVING SHOWN INTERNATIONALLY, FOR MANY OF THE ARTISTS INCLUDED IN THE VIDEO SHOW, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THEIR WORK HAD BEEN PRESENTED IN LA.
WE ALSO STAGED AN EXHIBITION BEYOND OUR SPACE, IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO, THAT AIMED TO BRING NEW ART TO INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCES. WE WORKED WITH LA ARTIST HENRY TAYLOR TO PRESENT A SHOW OF PAINTINGS AND INSTALLATIONS WHICH DREW CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND ALSO ALLOWED OUR PROGRAM TO EXTEND BEYOND BORDERS. AFTER HENRY'S PRESENTATION WITH US, HE WENT ON TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL AND OTHER PRESTIGIOUS EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Cesar Garcia | DIRECTOR | 40 | $22,500 |
| Alberto De La Torre Salcedo | BOARD MEMBER | 4 | $0 |
| Laurie Ziegler | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Jose Noe Suro | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Analia Saban | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Oscar Murillo | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Alfonso Medina | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Glenn Kaino | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Robert Hemuda | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Aryn Drakelee-Williams | BOARD MEMBER | 5 | $0 |
| Eduardo Sarabia | SECRETARY | 6 | $0 |
| Sanjay Kumar | CONTROLLER | 6 | $0 |
| Tina Perry-Whitney | VICE-CHAIR | 7 | $0 |
| Virginia Joy Simmons | CHAIRMAN | 7 | $0 |
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