Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition
Artists leaders and artist-run groups addressing policy issues that affect artists in Massachusetts
Fix the Massachusetts Freelancer Law! Are you an independent contractor? Do you know that as an artist who agrees to “work-for-hire”, you lose all copyright to your work? In Massachusetts it is very difficult to work as an independent contractor. Your client is almost always required to hire you as an “employee”. Not only does …
The Federal Communications Commission is holding a Net Neutrality workshop in Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
The FCC is inviting the public to examine how an open Internet spurs innovation and investment and drives economic growth. The event will feature an all-star panel of experts and entrepreneurs, including Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web.
This is one workshop you shouldn’t miss. At this critical moment in the Net Neutrality debate, the FCC needs to know that you demand your right to choose what you do and where you go online.
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Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
Suggested Donation: $40 for both sessions (Pay what you can)
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.