In San Francisco, people can enjoy art and performance not only in indoor museums, galleries, and theaters, but also in outdoor public areas. San Francisco street artists and performers entertain passersby with their work in busy areas including Fisherman’s Wharf, Downtown, and Union Square. Programs have been put in place by the City and County… Continue Reading…
Protecting Your Fine Art Investments with Art Insurance
November 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Stories of natural disasters, heists, and property damage affecting valuable artwork reveal how crucial art insurance could be in recouping the value of damaged or lost art. Homeowners and renters insurance policies may provide sufficient coverage if you are an art collector or artist with fine art holdings cumulatively valued in the low four figures…. Continue Reading…
EVENT RECAP: Foundation Center Day For Individual Artists on 10/11/12
October 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On October 11, 2012, the Foundation Center of San Francisco hosted a full day of free workshops for artists and art organizations in the Bay Area. As apart of its October focus on funding for the arts, the Foundation Center teamed up with California Lawyer for the Arts, a nonprofit organization providing legal and business services… Continue Reading…
EVENT RECAP: SF Arts Town Hall on 8/20/12
August 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On August 20th, the San Francisco Arts Town Hall was held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The purpose of the event was to ignite conversation between the arts community and candidates for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors about the state of arts in San Francisco. It was a packed night with… Continue Reading…
The Creative Commons Series – Part 4: Find & Attribute Work
July 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
HOW TO FIND CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSED WORK Creative Commons has made it easy for you to find Creative Commons licensed photos, music, videos, and other media with one consolidated website that searches through major sites including Flickr, Google, Google Images, YouTube, and Jamendo. We recommend that you bookmark this link to the Creative Commons search… Continue Reading…
The Creative Commons Series – Part 3: Applying Your License
June 25, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Creative Commons licenses are powerful tools, enabling work to be easily shared and used. Before you apply any of these licenses, you should know exactly what you’re sharing under what terms. People using your work are depending on you to know! Misunderstanding or ignorance on how to use Creative Commons licenses can lead to costly,… Continue Reading…
The Creative Commons Series – Part 2: Creative Commons Licenses
June 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In Part 1 of this series, you were introduced to Creative Commons, its mission and its impact. Part 2 of this series will specifically discuss Creative Commons licenses, highlighting their specific functions. Copyright is an area of intellectual property law. It provides protection for original works of authorship by giving the copyright owner a bundle of rights… Continue Reading…
The Creative Commons Series – Part 1: An Introduction
May 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you are an artist, photographer, videographer or writer you may have already heard of Creative Commons. Even if you are a recreational picture-taker who posts the occasional family vacation photo to Flickr you probably noticed a prompt giving you the option to designate a Creative Commons license for the photograph. The terms of these… Continue Reading…
Five Points about the SAG-AFTRA Merger
May 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you landed on our website, chances are you may be an entertainment professional directly impacted by the merger of SAG and AFTRA. Because there are still a lot of questions and buzz about the issue this blog post will highlight 5 key points (and a bit of history) regarding the SAG-AFTRA merger: Founded in… Continue Reading…