BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artscalendar.com//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artscalendar.com X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130524T050702CEST-7875LJNPDP@artscalendar.com DTSTAMP:20130524T030702Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Legal Issues for the Contemporary Artist\nEvent Url : http://www.artscalendar.com/event/detail/441427327/Legal_Issues_for_the_ Contemporary_Artist\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-10-22\nEvent Date End: 2011-10 -22\n\nBROWARD COUNTY\, Fla. &ndash\; Broward County Commission's Cultural Division\, ArtServe\, Inc.\, and the South Florida Artists Association wi ll present Legal Issues for the Contemporary Artist with the Associate Dir ector of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts\, Sergio Muñ\;oz Sarmiento\, Esq. This unique set of training sessions to assist individual artists wo rking in all disciplines\, will be held on Saturday\, October 22\, 2011\, 9: 00 a.m. &ndash\; 1:30 p.m.\, at ArtServe\, Inc. 1350 sunrise Blvd. in F ort Lauderdale\n\nThe half-day seminar for arts professionals will cover t he legal and business issues that affect individual artists and profession als within arts and cultural organizations. This is a course for artists o f all disciplines\, including visual artists\, performance artists\, write rs\, fashion designers\, filmmakers\, musicians\, web designers\, and anyo ne working in interactive media. Also\, cultural organizations\, recently admitted attorneys and other professionals who represent artists\, should also benefit from this program. \n\n'Legal issues can be overwhelming for many visual and performing artists: relationships with galleries\, appropr iation practices\, damaged artwork\, art world employment practices\, fund raising for projects\, and collaborations with other artists are just some of the issues visual artists face\,&rdquo\; says Sarmiento. With this in mind\, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has structured a half-day workshop f or contemporary artists that will make legalese comprehensible and managea ble\, while giving visual artists an introduction to legal issues necessar y to protect themselves and their art projects. This half-day workshop wil l cover intellectual property (copyright and trademarks)\; contracts and c onsignment agreements\; basic business models (non-profit and for-profit c orporations\, LLC's\, fiscal sponsorships)\; employment issues with studio and gallery assistants\; artist websites.\n\nSergio Muñ\;oz Sarmien to\, Esq.\, is currently the Associate Director for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in New York City\, where he advises and represents visual and per forming artists and arts organizations. He received his BA in Art from the University of Texas-El Paso\, and an MFA in Art from The California Insti tute of the Arts. In 1997 he was a Van Lier Fellow at the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program in Studio Art\, and received his J.D. from Corn ell Law School. He is an Adjunct Professor of art law at Fordham Law Schoo l\, and is also the Program Director and faculty of VLA's Art & Law Reside ncy Program. His legal experience includes advising artists\, galleries\, and arts organizations on matters involving copyright\, trademarks\, moral rights\, free speech\, and artist-gallery disputes. He has recently worke d on an important appeal under the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 on be half of the Swiss installation artist Christoph Bü\;chel in the artist 's highly-publicized dispute with the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.\n\nThe Saturday workshop fee is $25 which includes resource material s\, light refreshments and free parking. Checks should be made payable to: The Cultural Foundation of Broward\, or register by credit card online. \n\n\nFor more information\, call Adriane Clarke\, 954-357-7530. \n\n\nThe South Florida Artists Association will host a &ldquo\;Meet-up&rdquo\; the evening of Friday\, October 21\, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Full Circle Gallery 201 SW 5th Street\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL 33301. Mr. Sarmiento will provid e a talk on: Issues in Public Art and Commissioning agreements for the gro up. For more information on this &ldquo\;Meet-up&rdquo\; event go to: www. south-florida-artists.com or contact 954-695-1587.\n\nStart time: 9:00 a.m . &ndash\; 1:30 p.m. DTSTART:20111022T000000 DTEND:20111022T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Legal Issues for the Contemporary Artist TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR