Organizations Filed Purposes:
YU IS A CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND, OREGON. IT IS LED BY A DESIRE TO SUPPORT ARTISTS, PROPOSE NEW MODES OF PRODUCTION, AND STIMULATE THE ONGOING PUBLIC DISCOURSE AROUND ART.
YALE UNION ARTISTIC PROGRAM. IN 2019 YALE UNION PRODUCED 3 ORIGINAL EXHIBITIONS, 2 PUBLICATION AND 12 EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO CARRY OUT THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO SUPPORT ARTISTS WHILE PROPOSING NEW MODES OF PRODUCTION AND ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN THE DISCOURSE OF ART. WE SUPPORT ARTISTS BY PROVIDING RIGOROUS CURATORIAL RESEARCH ON THEIR WORK TO COLLABORATIVELY PRODUCE THEIR EXHIBITIONS OR SUPPORT THE PLATFORMS THEY ELECT TO PERFORM. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS ARTISTS' CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND CHAMPIONS THE VALUE OF CULTURE IN HEALTHY SOCIETIES. YALE UNION ENGAGES AN AUDIENCE FROM OREGON, THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY BY PRESENTING A DIVERSE MIX OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND PLACES AND KEEP OUR PROGRAMS FREE OF CHARGE OR AT MINIMAL CHARGE TO REMOVE ECONOMIC BARRIERS TO ACCESS THEM. YALE UNION PROVIDES AFFORDABLE STUDIO SPACE TO ARTISTS WHICH ARE SUBSIDIZED BY PATRONAGE TO THE ORGANIZATION THEREBY. THESE STUDIOS ARE SITES OF PRODUCTION THAT ALLOW PORTLAND-BASED ARTISTS TO HAVE THE SPACE THEY NEED TO CONCEIVE, PRODUCE AND MAINTAIN THEIR ARTWORKS. YALE UNION HAS BEEN ABLE TO HOST COMMUNITY GROUPS REPRESENTING PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN ITS SPACE. YALE UNION SUPPORTS "END OF SUMMER," A CROSS-CULTURAL ART PROGRAM WITH AN ANNUAL RESIDENCY AT YU FOR ARTISTS FROM JAPAN AND A LECTURE SERIES. IT EXISTS TO BUILD A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND JAPAN THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ART. YU ALSO HOSTS MONTHLY MEETINGS BY "LIBERATION LITERACY, AND LOCAL ARTIST EVENTS LIKE "BLACK APOTROPE" CURATED BY JAMONDRIA HARRIS AND "HOME SCHOOL," A POP-UP ART SCHOOL FOUNDED BY VICTORIA ANNE REIS AND MANUEL ARTURO ABREU.
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 |
|---|
| Noel Johnson | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rex Ritter | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| David Senior | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Lauralee Martin | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Andrea Lounibos | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Diana Kim | VICE-PRESIDENT | 3 | $0 |
| Aaron Flint Jamison | PRESIDENT | 15 | $0 |
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