From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Mon Apr 7 11:56:34 2008 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Mon Apr 7 11:59:41 2008 Subject: Volunteer needed tonight @ AccessSF for fair-use workshop Message-ID: <47FA6E62.6090803@pacbell.net> Dear Expo and Indy Arts folks and friends, We need a volunteer to work the door tonight @ the Sampling & Fair Use DIY Workshop tonight @ AccessSF. Anyone available and interested? Drop me a line on my cell -- 415/336-3418. You'd need to get there a little early, 6:30pm or so for a 7pm event. Event details below. josh http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=6547&month=04&year=2008 *'Sampling & Fair Use': Copyright issues for indie producers* * The 2008 DIY Workshop series continues with ... "Sampling & Fair Use": Copyright issues for indie producers Presented by Independent Arts & Media, Lilycat.com and AccessSF.org EVENT STARTS PROMPTLY @ 7pm! PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO CLAIM YOUR SEAT! SEATING IS LIMITED: Call Indy Arts to RSVP: 415/677-9877 -- or register using the widget below. DESCRIPTION: You want to sample something in a video or song, borrow an image for an art collage, or use a vintage film clip in your act -- and you wonder if the estate of Groucho Marx can sue you. Come find our what's "fair game" and what's off-limits. When can you use work produced by other people and other organizations? How do you stay out of trouble? What are the limits and possibilities? FEATURING: -- George Rush (George M. Rush Law Offices; adviser, Film Arts Foundation): Entertainment lawyer, film and video specialist -- Trevor Stordahl (Attorney at the Pranger Law Group) -- Jennifer Yip (Creative Commons): Using flexible licenses and accessing open work in the Internet era. -- Moderated by professional coach/social architect Michael Vav April 07th, 2008 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM *Location* AccessSF 1720 Market St x Valencia San Francisco, CA 94102 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://gdc.groupd.com/pipermail/expo/attachments/20080407/43e7dad3/attachment.html From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Tue Apr 8 08:49:44 2008 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Tue Apr 8 09:07:47 2008 Subject: FWD: 170, 000 square feet of art space one step closer with your Help! Message-ID: <47FB9418.6040108@pacbell.net> Dear Expo for the Artist & Musician folks, A significant amount of local artspace may be opening up down on the Embarcadero. There's a meeting @ the Port Commission this afternoon (Tuesday). The details and the Evite are below. If you want to help make this a reality, follow the links and get on down! Sincerely and admiringly, THE EXPO VOLUNTEERS www.artsandmedia.net/expo/ --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?event=CBZDMOBKYEIPERSXRCJW&li=iq&src=email 170,000 square feet of art space one step closer with your Help! ArtFirstSF has just been selected by the Port of San Francisco as the best development proposal for the 16 acre lot adjacent to AT&T Park!! Please come voice your support for the arts at the Port of San Francisco Commission hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 3:15PM. SEE TODAY'S PAPER: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/05/BA2L1008B7.DTL Onward! Jessica *VIEW INVITATION* http://www.evite.com/pages/invite/viewInvite.jsp?inviteId=SWLEPFQLFEIXNAASBALR&li=iq&src=email From expo at lists.artsandmedia.net Wed Apr 23 12:20:01 2008 From: expo at lists.artsandmedia.net (expo@lists.artsandmedia.net) Date: Wed Apr 23 12:36:51 2008 Subject: Artist Residency Opportunity: Old Growth Arts Message-ID: <20080423122001.y2y0b0oc0owcog0o@webmail.artsandmedia.net> Hello Expo participants, I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new Community Arts Program Director at Independent Arts & Media and also let you know about an upcoming artist residency program. I look forward to working with all of you to produce this year's upcoming Expo, The DIY Workshops Program and other valuable Community Arts opportunities. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions or suggestions about any of these programs. The blurb below contains information about Old Growth Arts Residencies, a wonderful project that is fiscally sponsored by Indy Arts. You will also find a link directing you to the Old Growth website where you can view photos and learn how to apply to this unique program. I look forward to working with all of you in the near future. Thank you, Katie Hennessy Community Arts Program Director Independent Arts & Media www.artsandmedia.net [ph]415.677.9877 [e]katie@artsandmedia.net OLD GROWTH ARTS RESIDENCIES This is a new residency program on Leonard Lake in Sonoma, surrounded by about 4,000 acres of old-growth redwood forest. Note that their inaugural residency program is now accepting applications! Learn more online: Hello everyone, This e-mail contains information about the latest DIY Workshop from the 2008 Indy Arts DIY Workshop Series, as well as details you don't want to miss about this weekend's Neighborhood Arts Festival! ------------------------------------------------------------ ***The 2008 DIY Workshop Series continues with: Art wrestles Pop Culture and Wins" Presented by Independent Arts & Media, Lilycat. com and Access SF TIME & DATE: Monday, May 5 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. EVENT STARTS PROMPTLY! ARRIVE EARLY TO ENSURE YOUR SEAT! LOCATION: Access SF Studio -- 1720 Market at Valencia, San Francisco SEATING IS LIMITED: Call Indy Arts to RSVP: 415/677-9877 Or E-mail: katie@artsandmedia.net DESCRIPTION: Is Pop Culture Art? Is Art Pop Culture? Since the Andy Warhol era artists have been trying to elevate pop culture to the level of art; and since artists have uttered I want to be a star - it has gone the other way too. Hear leaders from the San Francisco art and pop culture worlds come together and speak about where the lines are defined and blurred. FEATURING: Ron Turner of Last Gasp Eco Funnies Co, V. Vale of Search and Destroy, and John Law, Director of "Head Trip." Moderated by professional coach/social architect Michael Vav. For complete details about the Featured guests and the workshop, visit the Indy Arts online calendar: http://www.artsandmedia.net/calendar/events ----------------------------------------------------------- Neighborhood Arts Festival Events: Don't miss these upcoming events sponsored by The Neighborhood Arts Festival: Celebrating 40 Years of Neighborhood Arts. All events are free and open to the public! Friday, May 2; 7 - 10pm Poetry Potluck: A reading by Neighborhood Arts poets, San Francisco's Poet Laureates, and today's poet activists. Location: Glide Memorial Church 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco Saturday, May 3; 1 - 5pm 40th Anniversary Bash: A half-day celebration featuring the 40th anniversary reunion with founding members of the program, interviews with the veteranos of the Neighborhood Arts Program and folks who create community arts today, a fair of arts organizations, one-on-one "doctor sessions," plus a "speed dating" session matching up artists with neighborhood organizations. Location: SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco -- Katie Hennessy Community Arts Program Director Independent Arts & Media www.artsandmedia.net [ph]415.677.9877 [e]katie@artsandmedia.net