Organizations Filed Purposes:
WHITE COLUMNS IDENTIFIES SIGNIFICANT EMERGING AND UNDER-REPRESENTED VISUAL ARTISTS AND ENCOURAGES THEIR CREATIVE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS, AN ONLINE CURATED ARTISTS REGISTRY, AND OTHER PUBLIC PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE DIALOGUE BETWEEN ARTISTS, BETWEEN GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS, AND BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
FOUNDED IN 1970 BY ARTISTS GORDON MATTA-CLARK AND JEFFREY LEW, WHITE COLUMNS IS NEW YORK CITY'S OLDEST ALTERNATIVE ART SPACE. WHITE COLUMNS ORGANIZES AN ONGOING SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS, ARTISTS' PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES LIKE OUR ONLINE CURATED ARTISTS REGISTRY THAT IDENTIFIES SIGNIFICANT EMERGING AND UNDER-REPRESENTED VISUAL ARTISTS AND SERVES AS A DYNAMIC PUBLIC FORUM FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CHALLENGING AND PROVOCATIVE NEW WORK. WE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE, ELEVEN MONTHS PER YEAR.
GENERAL EXHIBITIONS: WHITE COLUMNS' SOLO AND THEMATIC GROUP EXHIBITIONS SHOWCASE WORLD BY A WIDE RANGE OF EMERGING AND UNDER RECOGNIZED ARTISTS, OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, WHO HAVE YET TO BENEFIT FROM WIDER CRITICAL, CURATORIAL OR COMMERCIAL SUPPORT. WE ORGANIZED 5 SOLO EXHIBITIONS AS PART OF OUR GENERAL EXHIBITIONS IN FY 19.WHITE ROOMS: A CORNERSTONE OF WHITE COLUMNS' EXHIBITION SCHEDULE, THE WHITE ROOMS SERIES GIVES SOLO WXHIBITIONS TO EMERGING AND UNDER RECOGNIZED ARTISTS WHO ARE UNAFFILIATED WITH A NEW YORK CITY GALLERY. THE SERIES PROVIDES ARTISTS WITH A STRONG BODY OF WORK AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT, FREE FROM THE PRESSURES OF THE COMMERCIAL MARKET. IN FY 19, 5 SEPARATE SOLO EXHIBITIONS WERE PRESENTED ALONGSIDE THE MAIN GALLERY (GENERAL EXHIBITIONS).CURATED ARTISTS REGISTRY: WHITE COLUMNS MAINTAINS A NAVIGABLE DATABASE PRESENTING NEW WORK BY OVER 600 EMERGING ARTISTS WHO DO NOT HAVE COMMERCIAL GALLERY REPRESENTATION IN NEW YORK CITY. THE REGISTRY IS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE AND IS A WIDELY RECONGNIZED RESOURCE, UTILIZED BY INDEPENDENT CURATORS, GALLERISTS, MUSEUM CURATORS, COLLECTORS, AND OTHERS. THE ARTISTS ARE SELECTED THROUGH AN ANNUAL REVIEW PROVESS BY WHITE COLUMNS CURATORIAL STAFF AND EACH YEAR THE GALLERY RECIEVES OVER 1,000 SUBMISSIONS.WHITE COLUMNS ALSO HAS AN ONGOING SERIES OF ONLINE EXHIBITIONS, WORKING WITH GUEST CURATORS TO SHOW WORKS DRAWN EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE REGISTRY. THE EXHIBITIONS CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE, DRAWING GREATER ATTENTION TO BOTH THE REGISTRY ITSELF AND THE WORK OF THE 600+ ARTISTS CURRENTLY FEATURED THERE. EACH ONLINE EXHIBITION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A TEXT WHERE THE CURATOR DISCUSSES THE TITLE, THEME, AND RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHOSEN WORKS.
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 |
|---|
| Matthew Higgs | DIRECTOR/CHIEF CURATOR | 45 | $157,203 |
| Kevin Yao | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Randy Slifka | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Pamela Sanders | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Corrie Sandelman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Marilyn Minter | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Nathan Kacew | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Monica Halpert | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Yvonne Force Villareal | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Martin Eisenberg | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Eric Diefenbach | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Gavin Brown | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Carmine Boccuzzi | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Polly Apfelbaum | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Stephen Abramson | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Gregory Miller | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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