WORKING ARTISTS FORUM INC
EIN 52-1742023 · Visual Arts (A40)
What they do
LAUNCHED IN 1979 BY A SMALL GROUP of ARTISTS, WORKING ARTISTS FORUM, is A THRIVING ARTS ORGANIZATION WITH MANY VITAL CONNECTIONS WITHIN OUR ARTS COMMUNITY. MEMBERS EXHIBIT WIDELY, WIN AWARDS, TEACH CLASSES and WORKSHOPS, and ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN ARTS EVENTS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION. A SUMMER JURIED EXHIBIT LOCAL COLOR (PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AVALON FOUNDATIONS PLEIN AIR EASTON) ATTRACTS HUNDREDS of PATRONS and ENJOYS EXCELLENT SALES. WORKING ARTISTS FORUM ALSO PRESENTS NUMEROUS GROUP SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BOTH ON THE EASTERN SHORE of MARYLAND and IN VENUES ACROSS MARYLAND/DC. IN AN EFFORT to SUPPORT STUDENT ARTISTS and THEIR TEACHERS, WORKING ARTISTS FORUM DONATES MONIES DIRECTLY to ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ART TEACHERS for MUCH NEEDED CLASSROOM ART SUPPLIES and HELPS to SUPPORT THE AVALON FOUNDATIONS AFTER SCHOOL ART PROGRAM.
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Board and leadership roster (5)
BARBARA ZUEHLKETREASURER
KEN CLARKCORR SECRETA
MARY FORDRECORDING SE
MARYELLEN LYNOTTVICE PRESIDE
NAOMI CLARK TURNERPRESIDENT
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1991
- Location
- 28408 PINEHURST CIR, EASTON, MD 21601-8332
- County
- Talbot
- In care of
- % BARBARA E ZUEHLKE
- Primary officer
- BARBARA ZUEHLKE, TREASURER
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- September 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SUMP & ASSOCIATES PC
- NTEE classification
- Visual Arts (A40)
- IRS tax category
- Visual Arts