Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE PURPOSE OF THIS FOUNDATION IS TO TEACH AESTHETIC REALISM, THE PHILOSOPHY FOUNDED IN 1941 BY ELI SIEGEL, AMERICAN POET, CRITIC, AND EDUCATOR; KNOWLEDGE THAT EXPLAINS THE RELATION OF LIFE AND ART, AND MEETS THE URGENT NEED FOR PEOPLE THROUGHOUT AMERICA AND THE WORLD TO SEE EACH OTHER AND REALITY FAIRLY.
TO TEACH AESTHETIC REALISM, FOUNDED BY ELI SIEGEL, WHICH EXPLAINS THE RELATION OF LIFE AND ART, AND MEETS THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO SEE EACH OTHER AND REALITY FAIRLY.
AESTHETIC REALISM COURSES AND CLASSES: AESTHETIC REALISM CLASSES AND SEMESTER COURSES, INCLUDING ON POETRY, ANTHROPOLOGY, MARRIAGE, MUSIC, THE VISUAL ARTS, HISTORY, EDUCATION, AND CURRENT EVENTS. IN EACH CLASS STUDENTS SEE HOW THE SUBJECT, IN ALL ITS RICHNESS, IS A MAKING ONE OF THE OPPOSITES THAT ARE PRESENT IN ALL ART AND REALITY, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER IN THEMSELVES. TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 947.
PRESENTATIONS: PUBLIC SEMINARS AND DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS, ALL BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF AESTHETIC REALISM. SEMINARS INCLUDE SUCH SUBJECTS AS LOVE, ANGER, AMBITION, PARENTING; GROUNDBREAKING TALKS BY ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS ON THIS NEW WAY OF SEEING THE ARTS, PEOPLE, AND REALITY ITSELF. THE AESTHETIC REALISM THEATRE COMPANY OFFERS PIONEERING MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC PRODUCTIONS, FROM SHAKESPEARE TO ROCK 'N' ROLL, WITH PERFORMANCE AND COMMENT. TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 1,854
OUTREACH PROGRAM: THE FOUNDATION'S OUTREACH PROGRAM INCLUDES WORKSHOPS FOR SENIORS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND FOR CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS AND YOUTH CENTERS; DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY THE AESTHETIC REALISM THEATRE COMPANY; TALKS ON SUBJECTS FROM PARENTING TO JAZZ, EDUCATION TO ARCHITECTURE AND THE ARTS; ANTI-PREJUDICE AND ANTI-BULLYING WORKSHOPS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 2,787
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 |
|---|
| Barbara Allen | Administrative Officer | 35 | $29,062 |
| Carrie Wilson | DIRECTOR | 30 | $27,878 |
| Ernest Defilippis | ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER | 30 | $24,802 |
| Anne Fielding | Director (through 3/19) | 25 | $20,806 |
| Jaime Torres | DIRECTOR | 3 | $0 |
| Ellen Reiss | DIRECTOR | 35 | $0 |
| Joseph Spetly | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Anthony Romeo | DIRECTOR | 10 | $0 |
| Derek Mali | SECRETARY | 20 | $0 |
| Robert Murphy | TREASURER | 35 | $0 |
| Margot Carpenter | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 35 | $0 |
Data for this page was sourced from XML published by IRS (
public 990 form dataset) from:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/202002979349301420_public.xml