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The Best of Summer

Carrie Tasman
http://tasmanstudio.blogspot.com/

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Elleh’s Pencil Portrait

Carol Walden
http://www.thewaldengallery.com/

Being responsible stewards of our lovely blue-green planet isn’t a luxury anymore.

It is quite simply a question of the survival of our human race. Sea levels are rising, entire forests are being destroyed by small insects thriving in the rising temperatures, creatures who ensure the integrity of our entire eco systems are dying out (think: bees).

Thankfully, we don’t have to simply wring our hands. We can…

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I was amazed to find the lawyer who practically invented the concept of Art Law, Attorney Leonard DuBoff. Besides his 15 books on Law in Plain English, his Oregon firm specializes in artists.

You can imagine how happy I was to have him come to the smARTist Telesummit to explain the ins and outs of copyrights in his presentation Art Law: What Artists Must Know About Copyright.

Here are 5 surprises about copyrights that came out of his presentation:

1. If you are living outside the USA, there are 3 multinational treaties that govern 135 countries. To find out if your county is one of them…  …go to> http://www.copyright.gov/

• The Berne Convention provides reciprocal rights, and “moral” rights, for copyright owners in all member nations.
• The Universal Copyright Convention (UCC) protects copyrights using this international symbol © for member nations.
• The Buenos Aires Convention (North & South Americas) protects copyrights using this symbol ©, plus adding the legend, “All Rights Reserved.”

2. Yes, we have the standard, automatic copyright protection. But did you know that you also have to also affixed the symbol ©, your name, and date first made public to all work you plan to sell if you want to be covered under all possible circumstances?

I know, there’s controversy over dating work, but it’s important to weigh this against copyright considerations. One idea is to put this information on the back of paintings, or under the base of sculpture – where it isn’t easily seen and so not likely to affect a sale.

3. Besides the copyright symbol, registering your work means you can get back either your attorney’s fees or “statutory damages (up to $150,000) if you ever have to go to court because someone is stealing your work.

4. Copyright infringement has a 3-year statute of limitations. So pay attention! Goggle your name, titles of your work, anything that might come up as “you” on a regular basis.

5. Garment design, wearable art (think clothes and jewelry), and functional art cannot be copyrighted directly. You can, however, work around the limitations to some degree, like registering the fabric design even when you can’t register the pattern of the garment.

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P.S. Attorney DuBoff goes into more details about how to copyright, how to register, why a trademark is a good idea… and so much more. I’ve put together a cool new smARTist Exclusive bundle where you can get this and 2 more bona fide experts to help you Protect Your Art. Protect Your Income. And Protect Your Health.

A subject dear to all our hearts: keeping the money we work so hard to earn.

Thank goodness I discovered Peter Jason Riley, a certified public accountant who has spent his career fine-tuning the best tax strategies ever for artists.

Here are 7 pointers from his presentation – Watch Your Wallet! Strategic Tax Planning for the Visual Artist that I want to make sure you know about:

1. You have 3 choices for how your business is structured…

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Pearl

Bonnie Kelso
http://bkelso.com/

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Young Tusker

Becci Crowe
http://becci.com/

Congratulations to smARTist 2010 Alumni Tom Hlas! His painting “Calling Forth” was featured in both the online and print versions of the Philadelphia City Paper on July 29, 2010. This was a feature article of the LGTripp Gallery, where Tom’s work is on display.

You can read the full article here.

Congratulations Tom!
http://tomhlas.com

"Calling Forth"

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Quantum Light at Sahara Desert

Cynthia Llanes

http://cynthiallanes.com/

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Bayberry Shah

www.bayberryfineart.com

Amadea Bailey has six of her large scale expressionist paintings featured in Dennis Hopper’s home in Venice, California. This avant garde, architectural masterpiece was designed by Frank Gehry and is now for sale.

The house was modeled after Frank Gehry’s own home in Santa Monica and has a corrugated-iron exterior, a split-level dramatic interior and beautifully reflects the artistic sensibility that Hopper embodied. Dennis Hopper was an accomplished artist and a passionate art collector and Amadea feels honored to be showing her work in his home.

Amadea Bailey’s Kind Of Blue Oil on Canvas.
Displayed in Dennis Hopper/Frank Gehry’s Venice,CA home

For California Artists:
OPEN HOUSE
Tuesday, July 27  11-2 p.m.
330 Indiana Ave
Venice, CA  90291

Congratulations Amadea!
http://amadeabailey.com/

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Alison Nicholls

www.NichollsWildlifeArt.com

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Gail Harper – Lions

http://GailHarper.com/

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Niara Isley – Dance of Light II

http://innervistas.spaces.live.com/

Join Amadea Bailey this Thursday from 1:30 – 2 p.m. Pacific Time as she is interviewed by Doug Foresta the host and founder of the Blog Talk Show BREAK FREE TO SUCCESS.

This show features interviews with many creative people with powerful stories from all over the world. Doug Foresta, the host and founder of the show has interviewed such luminaries as Thomas Moore (author of the book “Care of the Soul” ) and Deepok Chopra.

If you are free to listen to the radio show at 1:30 p.m., it will be streaming live at http://blogtalkradio.com/breakfreetosuccess.

If you can’t make it on Thursday you can go to the following link and listen to it in the archives:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/breakfreetosuccess/2010/06/24/persevering-with-your-creative-dream

**I know it is not Tuesday but wanted to make sure and share, so you have the opportunity to listen in.