What a great year! VGA went from fledgling startup to a firm and reputable fixture in Chicago's cultural landscape. And this is only the beginning. But as we look to the future, let's take a moment to recap where we've been. Here is a brief rundown of our goings-on last year.

Opening Exhibition and Launch Party hosted by Galerie F. Sponsored by Tallgrass 8-Bit (8/14)
ACTIVATE Alley Event, in partnership with the Chicago Loop Alliance. (10/16)
Lecture at the INTERPLAY Conference, co-hosted by University of Chicago and Northwestern University (10/16)
Articles Published in AV Club, Motherboard, IGDA, Journal of Games Criticism (FY15)
Lecture at College Art Association New Media Caucus (2/15)
Auction and Exhibition of Work by Cardboard Computer and Kentucky Route Zero, hosted by and in partnership with The Nightingale. Sponsored by Arcade Brewery, in partnership with Tiny Missile. (3/15)
C2E2 Booth and Exhibition (3/15)
Chicago Video Game Law Summit (4/15)
VGA Hardcore Casual Benefit Honoring Katie Salen Tekinbaş at Emporium Arcade featuring a performance by Pizza Pals (6/25)
Bit Bash Art Competition Jurors, Exhibition and Booth (8/15)
Adler Planetarium Panel Discussion: Chicago Made Games as New Media Art (9/15)

Altogether VGA served nearly 10,000 enthusiasts in art and gaming with excellence in programming, reaching tens of thousands more through articles and conferences. We are delighted also to note that VGA is in sound fiscal standing and accrued a modest surplus for the year. Total expenses in FY15 were $12,806 and total revenue was $17,923. A breakdown of expenses and revenues, and a comparison with FY14, are as follows.

THANK YOU!

Special thanks to our current board and staff, our FY15 donors and print buyers, and VGA's many artists, partners, volunteers, family and friends for helping us realize our dream to be Chicago's space for art and gaming!

VGA Staff
Tom Caprel, Manager of Communications
Chaz Evans, Director of Exhibitions and Programs
Jonathan Kinkley, Executive Director
Brice Puls, Manager of Exhibitions
Kristine Strom, Manager of Finance

VGA Board of Directors
Jon Cates
Kristy Conway
Chaz Evans
Ross Hersemann, President
R.J. Inawat
Jonathan Kinkley
Rob Lach
Kris Mendez
Eric Mittereder, Vice President
Laurie Poindexter
Brice Puls
Sabrina Raaf
Phil Regan
Jen Rhodes, Secretary
Jamie Sanchez
Julia Santullano
Brian Shrank
Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff
Chris Tourre
Mike Velazquez
Alia Walston
Ryan Wiemeyer
Adam Wolek, Treasurer

Artist Partners
Craig D. Adams
Richard Anderson
Amanita Design
Atomhawk
Beau Blyth
Gabriele Brombin
William Chyr
Cardboard Computer
Paloma Dawkins
B. Börkur Eiríksson
Catherine Fox
Cook & Becker
Hollow Tree Games
Infinitap Games
Irrational Games
Matt Gilgenbach
Andy Hoyos
Arnie Jorgensen
Naughty Dog
Netherrealm
Jaromír Plachý
State of Play Games
Stoic
Superbrothers
Team OK
thatgamecompany
Jesse Tise
Luke Whittaker
Greg Wholwend

Partners
Adler Planetarium
Arcade Brewery
Arcade Emporium
AV Club
Bit Bash
C2E2
Chicago Loop Alliance
Chicago Video Game Law Summit
College Art Association, New Media Caucus
Document Space
Facebook
Finerworks
Fugscreen Studios
Galerie F
Olivia Geyelin
International Game Developers Association
Journal of Games Criticism
Mana Contemporary
Motherboard
The Nightingale
Northwestern University
Squarespace
Tiny Missile
Twitter
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Chicago

Donors and Sponsors
All Board Members
Joshua Albers
Sarah Antinone
Will Baker
Todd Bapton
Steven Baron
Nathan Bartley
Brandon Bell
Paul Borawski Jr.
Michael Bretzlaff
Kristin Cass
James Cohen
Charles Cole
Jennifer Conway
Heather Decker
Brian Desmond
Adam Dormier
Sherry Fox
Yunxue Fu
Google Grants
Ian Gray
Maarten Grinsven
Sven Haskel
Ohn Ho
Alex Holbert
Andrew Hood
Amanda Huckins
Thomas Huffman
Tristan Hummel
Mars Jokela
Brian Keschinger
Eric Kingery
Laura Kinkley
Marianne and Michael Kinkley
Melissa Kinkley
Ernst Krogtoft
Jeff Kroenung
Blair Kuhlman
Barbara Lach
Marc Lariviere
Felix Laurie von Massenbach
Michael Marecek
Alexandra Maringer
James Maus
William McCoy
Nicole Mims
Matthew Mocarski
Jacob Mooney
Jonathan Nesbitt
Brian Noack
Shubra Ohri
Michael Otoole
Matthew Parker
Micah Perry
Maranda Powers
Christopher Ray
Scott Rashleigh
David Richard
Eve Rips
Gry Rustad
Danny Sarelas
Josef Schönbäck
Patrick Schrooten
Nicolas Serikoff
Theresa Schaul
Sarah Sexton
Chris Shermach
Brian Simons
Jenna Skwarek
Sven Smith
Fiach Smyth
Tallgrass 8-Bit
John Watson
Pascal Welsing
Jason Wileman
Suzanne Williams
Scott Yee
Jay Yearley
Nicholas Zawada

VGA Annual Report FY15

THANK YOU!