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Call to Action on Independent Contractor Issue

Published: July 18, 2010

Globe Editorial & Call to Action on Independent Contractor Issue

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7/17/10

Greetings All,

The end of the Legislative session is July 31st. There is a very short time frame to pass corrective legislation to fix the unintended consequences from the 2004 Independent Contractor law impacting freelancers and artists of all disciplines.

(7/17/10) Saturday’s Boston Globe Editorial is a great call to action:

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/07/17/amend_law_to_aid_freelancers/

Please take the time to contact the Governor, the Senate President, the Speaker of the House and your state representative and state senator on this issue. I would say to email them over the weekend if you can and to call them on Monday/Tuesday.

Link to background information on the issue, key talking points, example text, how to contact the key MA elected officials, and more:

http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/MAindependent_contractor.html

It is important to stress the following: HB4748 needs to be amended to fix the issues impacting freelancers and artists of all disciplines and it needs to be done this legislative session. Urge them to work with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition to craft corrective legislative language (note MALC already gave legislative language options that would fix the issue!).

Please also forward this call to action to as many MA residents as you can. We need to keep the pressure on.

Sincerely,

Kathleen Bitetti

Artist
Co-founder of www.artistsunderthedome.org
Co-founder of the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition

PS: Please help us build our listserv- ask other artists of all disciplines and those who care about us to join the artistsunderthedome.org’s listserve!
http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/contact.html


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Google and Guggenheim team up for budding artists

Published: June 14, 2010

youtube / guggenheim logosGoogle and Guggenheim Collaborate for Video Artists

The New York Times reported Sunday that Google’s YouTube and the Guggenheim curatorial staff are calling for submissions to review for inclusion in their October exhibition.

Guggenheim and YouTube Seek Budding Video Artists

Beginning Monday anyone with access to a video camera and a computer will have an opportunity to catch the eye of a Guggenheim curator and vie for a place in a video-art exhibition in October at all of the foundation’s museums: the Solomon R. Guggenheim in New York, the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, the Guggenheim Bilbao in Spain and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

The project, called YouTube Play and conceived as a biennial event, is intended to discover innovative work from unexpected sources. It is open even to entrants who don’t consider themselves artists, and actively encourages the participation of people with little or no experience in video. “People who may not have access to the art world will have a chance to have their work recognized,” said Nancy Spector, deputy director and chief curator of the Guggenheim Foundation. “We’re looking for things we haven’t seen before.”

This unique collaboration offers anyone the chance to be exhibited on merit, not reputation. We look forward to seeing more innovative opportunities for artists in the future.

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Jason Schupbach Appointed NEA Director of Design

Published: April 14, 2010
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Jason Schupbach

The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that Jason Schupbach will join the NEA as Director of Design at the end of May.

“I am incredibly excited to be working with the National Endowment for the Arts as they embark on important new smart design initiatives and continue to provide invaluable support for design projects through the NEA’s core grant programs,” says Mr. Schupbach. “From the Mayors’ Institute for City Design 25th Anniversary Grants to the new Our Town program, the new leadership of the Endowment is embracing innovative creative placemaking policies. I’m honored to be part of the team which will implement these strategies to revitalize our communities and put Americans back to work.”

“Jason brings to the NEA an incredible knowledge of the design world and the many ways that art can transform communities,” says NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “His experience working with design professionals and members of the government has prepared him to direct the NEA as a leader in smart design.”

Download the full press release. (PDF, 33k)

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2010 International Experimental Media Congress

Published: March 27, 2010

Toronto Media Congress logoThe 2010 International Experimental Media Congress coincides with the closing days of the 23rd Images Festival. The first Congress since the storied 1989 Toronto Experimental Film Congress, this gathering will promote ongoing international conversations and provide platforms for creative discussions about the burning issues related to experimental media production, exhibition, dissemination, criticism, pedagogy and reception. The Congress includes dialogues about experimental media as a critical and material practice and its politics, myths and institutions; discussions about media arts’ place on the screen, on the web, in the gallery and in the archive; field reports from the burgeoning experimental scenes of Korea and India; and a showcase of recent practices. It brings together over 50 invited film, video and new media artists, curators, theorists and archivists from around the world for an intense four days of discussions and debate.

Keynote talk: Yvonne Rainer in conversation with John Greyson. Wednesday 7 April 2010, 7 PM at the Ontario College of Art & Design.

2010 Images Festival website with program details, schedules and ticketing:
http://www.imagesfestival.com

Congress Registration now online
http://www.experimentalcongress.org
Registration required, please sign up early via our website. Space is limited.
Registration includes FREE access to Images Festival events!

For Congress information, please contact Chris Kennedy, Coordinator:
congress@experimentalcongress.org

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Design the new NEA Art Works logo!

Published: February 3, 2010

NEA Art WorksThe NEA announced Monday a call to participate in their new “Art Works” logo design. The phrase “art works” has three meanings: “art works” are the plays, paintings, dances, films and the other works of art that are the creation of artists; “art works” describes the effect of art on audiences and viewers, art works to transport, transform, inspire, and challenge us; and “art works’ is a reminder that arts workers are real workers with real jobs who are part of this country’s real economy.

Complete information about the RFP requirements and instructions for submitting may be found at www.arts.gov/artsworksdesign. Proposals are due by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February, 26, 2010. Potential proposers must direct all inquiries to Latonca Harris at harrisl@arts.gov or (202) 682-5476.

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TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grants

Published: December 28, 2009
TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund Grants

TFI Sloan Fund

Submissions are open until January 11 for narrative projects specific to certain well defined criteria:

The TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund seeks exceptional narrative work that is scientifically relevant, accurate, and exciting.

In 2010, the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund will provide up to $140,000 in support of film projects that explore scientific, mathematical, or technological themes in their storylines, or that feature a leading character who is a scientist, engineer, innovator or mathematician.

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2010 MCC Fellowship Applications Now Accepted

Published: December 16, 2009

Artist Fellowships Applications in Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry Now Accepted

Greetings. Fellowship deadlines for Choreography, Fiction/Creative nonfiction, and Poetry are approaching, but there is still pleny of time to apply. Applications are accepted from December 12, 2009 through January 25, 2010.

The Artist Fellowships provide grants of $7,500 and finalist awards of $500 in recognition of exceptional original work. The number of awards per discipline category varies according to the number of applications reviewed, the recommendations of each panel, and program funds available.

Go to the Mass Cultural Council’s website for guidelines and application forms. Good luck!

Subscribe to the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s email newsletter from this link.

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NYC launches new initiative to help the city’s artists

Published: October 6, 2009

We’d like to call your attention to the Philanthropy News Digest, a daily news service of the Foundation Center. The digest is a compendium, in digest form, of philanthropy-related articles and features culled from print and electronic media outlets nationwide. You’ll see in the sidebar at right we’ve added the PND News RSS feed for your convenience.

Of particular note is the Oct. 6, 2009 post on how Mayor Bloomberg and the NYC Economic Development Corporation launched five new initiatives designed to help the city’s artists and cultural institutions weather the recession. Let’s hope the political leaders in many Massachusetts cities can take a page from this playbook. Read more.

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Mid-Year 2009 Report of Massachusetts Creative Economy Council

Published: September 9, 2009
Mid-Year 2009 Report of Massachusetts Creative Economy Council

The Massachusetts Creative Economy Council (CEC) released its mid-year report to the Massachusetts State Legislature on September 3rd: CEC_Report09.pdf.

Members of the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition have been attending all the public meetings of the CEC. Due to MALC attending all the CEC meetings and our advocacy for individual artists of all disciplines to the CEC, MALC  was asked to be the working group for artists issues for the CEC. On July 1st, MALC gave its recommendations to the CEC for their mid-year report (note, due to the economic downturn all the CEC working groups were strongly urged to forgo any recommendations for new income streams for the next two fiscal years): MALC_CEC09.pdf.

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Happy Birthday MALC!

Published: September 9, 2009

Founded in Boston, MA on July 31, 2008, for the past year the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) has been helping to ensure that Massachusetts artists of all disciplines have a voice in dialogs, decisions, and key public policy initiatives that impact the artists community and the creative economy.

It has been a busy and fruitful year for our young organization. We have encouraged the passage of numerous Commonwealth bills that support the creative economy and the vitality of artists communities. We have worked closely with the Governor’s Creative Economy Council to represent the interests and concerns of artists. We have fought to limit the cuts in arts and culture funding during this very tight budget cycle. We have supported each other through a tough economy.

Yet, as we blow out the candles on the group’s virtual birthday cake we have even an greater wish for the coming year. If our wishes comes true :  MALC membership will grow beyond our wildest dreams and artists of all disciplinesacross the country will create artists leaders coalitions in their own home states.

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