Public Space One
Public Space One
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About this organization
Mission
Public Space One (PS1) is an artist-led, community-driven, contemporary art center. We aim to: - provide an independent, innovative, diverse, and inclusive space for making and presenting art - produce unique programs that stretch boundaries and present diverse perspectives - provide resources for artists and cultural educational opportunities, and - advocate for the importance of art in everyday life for any and everyone.
About
PS1 was founded in 2002 in a donated space above the Deadwood bar by University of Iowa students in need of an off-campus space to rehearse and perform an original play. Since then, we have maintained a multidisciplinary, experimental space for the Iowa City community to present and experience creative work, moving from our original location to the Jefferson Building (2009-2012) to the Wesley Student Center (2012-2019). In 2009, our gallery began presenting work from artists around the country and our focus expanded to include workshops, public art projects, and residencies. In 2012, we established Iowa's only community-access printmaking studio (then Zenzic Press, now the Iowa City Press Co-op (ICPC)), and in 2016, the Center for Afrofuturist Studies (the CAS), a residency and visiting artist program for artists of color. In 2019, with support from the City of Iowa City and many community members, we purchased two historic houses in Iowa City’s Northside neighborhood to serve as a permanent home for our gallery, and the ICPC. We also took on the mission and space of IC’s public access station (PATV) in order to continue their work of providing community access to media production equipment, education, and resources — now the Media Arts Co-op (MAC). In 2021 we purchased the historic Close Mansion, which is now a home for exhibitions, residencies, the MAC, the CAS, and community artists and organizations. PS1 has collaborated locally with Global Food Project, the Iowa Youth Writing Project, the University of Iowa Intermedia Department, Hancher Auditorium, the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability, Mission Creek Festival, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, the Bike Library, Iowa City Poetry, and the Iowa City Downtown District, and across the country with Common Field, the El Paso Art Museum, EFA Project Space, Montez Press Radio, and many others. We are also a founding member of the Iowa City Downtown Arts Alliance and an organizing partner for MdW. Our programming has been supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, the Iowa Arts Council, a Division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Community Foundation of Johnson County, the City of Iowa City Public Art Program, the Black Art Futures Fund, mediaThe Foundation, Humanities Iowa, the VIA | Wagner Incubator Grant Fund, and the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund. Recent recognition includes the 2023 Governor’s Art Award for Arts Service and the 2022 Iowa City Historic Preservation Stewardship Award.
Interesting data from their 2019 990 filing
Art center
- Revenue reported was $75,829.
- Expenses reported were $72,487.
- The non-profit filed Schedule A section.
- Does not operate a hospital.
- Is not a donor-advised fund.
- The organization does not engage in lobbying activities.
- Other expenses reported $9,454.
- The non-profit reported a excess or deficit for $3,342.
- The non-profit does not have a foreign financial account.
- Contributions, gifts, and grants reported were $28,745.
Accomplishments
- 17 printmaking workshops 4 artists-in-residence 6 theatre productions and 25 comedy shows 35 music shows 11 gallery exhibitions summer camp multiple community events Expenses 0.
- Partnership with hancher zine expo developed public art happening in conjunction with national arts organization remodeled gallery space Expenses 0.