The
Kolodzei Art Foundation, Inc.
promotes the contemporary art of Russia and Eastern Europe
and encourages a more diverse arts world. The Kolodzei Art Foundation, a 501(c)(3)
US-based non-profit corporation founded in 1991, arranges art
exhibitions in museums, universities and cultural centers
throughout the United States and Europe. Its Board
of Directors includes distinguished business, diplomatic and
cultural figures in US-European relations. The
Kolodzei Art Foundation also arranges
cultural exchanges and publishes books on Russian art.
Exhibitions
The Kolodzei Art
Foundation coordinates, finances, transportation, insurance,
and other related costs of conducting exhibitions. All
exhibitions are non-commercial (the works are not for sale)
and open to the public. The Kolodzei Art Foundation borrows
artwork from various private and public sources for the
purpose of arranging exhibitions throughout the United
States, Russia and
Europe. In particular, the Kolodzei Art Foundation takes advantage
of the opportunity to borrow works for these exhibitions
from the Kolodzei Collection of
Russian and Eastern European Art. The joint collection
of Tatiana Kolodzei and her daughter, Natalia Kolodzei, has
now grown to over 7,000 objects, including paintings,
drawings, sculptures, photographs, video and new media, by more than 300 artists from
Russia. Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The Kolodzei Collection chronicles four decades of
contemporary Russian, Eastern European and Soviet nonconformist art from the
1950s era to
the present.
Cultural Exchanges and Artists in Resident Program
The
Kolodzei Art Foundation seeks to encourage and promote the
advancement and development of Russian, Eastern European and
former Soviet artists by
arranging for the artists to take up residence for the
purpose of studying and working in the United States. In addition to arranging the necessary financing for such
trips, the Kolodzei Art Foundation helps organize and
coordinate such necessary matters as transportation,
accommodations, and academic work opportunities for the
artists. The completion of many of these arrangements will
primarily be accomplished by way of personal contacts made
by the Kolodzei Art Foundation's Directors. The application
process is open to the public and requires artists to submit
written proposals demonstrating their entitlement to
participate in this program. Applications are reviewed and
approved by the Board of Directors or their representatives.
Funding
for the Kolodzei Art Foundation's activities is derived
exclusively from charitable contributions made by public and
private sources, including individuals and corporations.
These charitable contributions are solicited from several
sources. For example, the Kolodzei Art Foundation receives
contributions from art supply companies, art collectors and
patrons around the world with whom Ms. Kolodzei has worked
in the past, persons who have visited the collection in Moscow,
and other persons and organizations interested in supporting
the arts. The solicitations may be both oral and written.
Distributions from these accounts are made only in
furtherance of the organization's charitable, cultural, and
educational activities, as described by section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, and only after the Kolodzei Art
Foundation’s Board of Directors, in its absolute
discretion, has given approval to such distributions. All
funds raised by the organization are applied towards
expenses related to the organization's charitable, cultural,
and educational activities.
