Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO FOSTER THE APPRECIATION, DISSEMINATION, AND UNDERSTANDING OF ARTISTS' PUBLICATIONS, DEFINED AS BOOKS OR OTHER EDITIONED PUBLICATIONS CONCEIVED BY ARTISTS AS ART WORKS, OR, MORE SUCCINCTLY, AS "ARTWORK FOR THE PAGE." PRINTED MATTER SPECIALIZES IN PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED IN LARGE, INEXPENSIVE EDITIONS AND THEREFORE DOES NOT DEAL IN "BOOK ARTS OR "BOOK OBJECTS" WHICH ARE OFTEN PRODUCED IN SMALLER, MORE EXPENSIVE EDITIONS DUE TO THE CRAFT AND LABOR INVOLVED IN THEIR FABRICATION.
PRINTED MATTER PROVIDES FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF IDEAS EMANATING FROM THE VISUAL ARTS FIELD IN THE FORM OF ARTISTS' BOOKS, EXHIBITIONS, SPECIAL EVENTS, INSTALLATIONS, AND OTHER FORMS.
PRINTED MATTER IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST NON-PROFIT DISTRIBUTOR OF ARTISTS' BOOKS, DEDICATED TO THE DISSEMINATION, UNDERSTANDING, AND APPRECIATION OF PUBLICATIONS MADE BY ARTISTS. THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S TWO NON-PROFIT BOOKSTORES AND WEBSITE, PRINTED MATTER CIRCULATED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS AND RELATED WORKS. IN ADDITION, THE ORGANIZATION CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF AMBITIOUS PROGRAMS, INCLUDING EXHIBITIONS TO EXPLORE ASPECTS OF ART BOOK CULTURE; A DYNAMIC SERIES OF ONSITE EVENTS, SUCH AS ARTISTS' TALKS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND BOOK LAUNCHES; AND PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF ARTISTS' BOOKS THROUGH ITS PUBLISHING PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PRESENTED ITS ANNUAL NY ART BOOK FAIR-- AMONG THE WORLD'S LARGEST GATHERING DEDICATED TO ARTISTS' BOOKS AND ATTRACTING UP TO 40,000 GUESTS OVER THE FAIR WEEKEND. ALONGSIDE 350 EXHIBITORS PRESENTING THEIR PUBLICATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THIS EVENT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY A MULTI-DAY CONFERENCE, TALK SERIES, PERFORMANCES, AND OTHER ONSITE PROJECTS. DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, PRINTED MATTER PIVOTED TO PRESENT MANY OF ITS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES VIRTUALLY TO ENSURE THAT IN THIS TIME OF SOCIAL DISTANCING ARTISTS AND THEIR AUDIENCES WERE ABLE TO FIND AND CREATE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS.
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 |
|---|
| Max Schumann | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $107,488 |
| Lucas Zwimer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Xaviera Simmons | BOARD MEMBER (LEFT 8/19) | 1 | $0 |
| Paul Mpagi Sepuya | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Gregory Miller | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| David Leiber | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| David Kiehl | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jon Hendricks | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Susan Harris | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Casper Grathwohl | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Brendan Dugan | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Catherine Chermayeff | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Raymond Cha | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Aa Bronson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Elyse Benenson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Carolina Nitsch | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Timothy Peterson | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Tauba Auerbach | CO-VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Philip Aarons | PRESIDENT | 6 | $0 |
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