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This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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The Open Art Club is a social organization. We provide; 1. Employment to LGBTQ+ artists in East London. 2. A fully funded 12 week art-program which includes paid tickets to exhibitions, professional art-materials, an to highly professional artists and tutors. 3. Mentoring and paid work-experience to LGBTQ+ creative young-adults. From 30th of January 2023 we have developed and delivered 14 months art program- running weekly on Tuesdays 11-2pm which was fully funded. The program included creative workshops delivered by contemporary artists from East London, Guided art tours in several museums across London, paid tickets to highlight exhibitions, and personal high quality painting kits which included professional paints, brushes, painting pads, bags and more. The participant group included 30 people from Newham, Walthamstow, Leyton. We also printed and sent with this form our impact reports who are based on our detailed feedback form filled by our beneficiaries, workshops facilitators and mentors.
The Open Art Club has worked with freelance local artists and local creative venues including; The Leyton Green Gallery-Arbeit Studios, London LGBTQ+ Community Centre, Drag Syndrom, Culture Device, and East Bank Seniors. Lifted from our feedback forms we include here one feedback from a creative workshop facilitator and some feedback from one of our group beneficiaries; ’I was really impressed by the whole project, friendly and professional throughout, it was an absolute pleasure to work with you. I think it’s important to offer free Art classes and a space for the local community. It is obvious how needed this is by how popular the classes are and by how many people attended on the day. The group were enthusiastic and engaged.’’ Adam Hennesey, Artist and workshop facilitator '’This art-program gave me more than I could ever have expected! In my personal life, it had such a huge positive impact. It gave me the real chance to reconnect with people in my community, finding new friends with the same passion for Art! I've learned so much with all the teachers and colleagues too. I Love Art but I've never painted or drawn before! learning new skills as well as the fantastic visits to museums gave me the light I strongly needed to awaken my own creativity.’’ Carla- Participant in the first round of the program
I’m the first director of the company. The second director Dr Lee Weinberg who has so far served as a counsellor giving me advice from time to time but wasn’t directly involved in developing and running the art-program. This is going to change with her planning to become more active in running the company in the near future. As directors- none of us got paid But for transparency, I would like to add that as the person who is leading and developing this enterprise so far I have been paid as a freelancer for doing the program development, writing, partnerships building and coordination of events. I was also paid for my part in the program delivery, my part as one of 4 artist mentors, my part as a workshop facilitator, and my part as the exhibition curator - installation and the uninstall of our end of project exhibition that was held in December 2023 at arbeit-studios. This all reflected in the account balance attached with this form.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
29 January 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Noga Shatz
Status: Director