!Artists: Attend a FREE interactive seminar to teach you how to protect your creative work, including a live copyright registration demonstration!

!Artists: Attend a FREE interactive seminar to teach you how to protect your creative work, including a live copyright registration demonstration!

FREE seminar at Pravda Studios: December 16th, 2009 at 6pm.

When: Wed December 16th Doors at 6pm, seminar at 7pm
Where: Pravda Studios, 1406 10th Ave., Ste. 200, Seattle
Contact: Jim Anderson (206) 910-8140
Cost: Free

Bring: Laptop and jpegs of a visual work of art for the interactive Copyright registration demonstration. Free WIFI

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) invites all artists and creative professionals to join us on Wednesday, December 16th at Pravda Studios for a FREE seminar discussing copyright law for those who need it most.

Doors open at 6pm and the seminar starts at 7pm. Arrive early and network among Seattle’s creative community while enjoying a bounty of delicious appetizers and beverages.

After the social/networking hour four intellectual property lawyers will speak to the audience in a discussion format. This format, using plain English, is designed to cut through the legalese and demystify the steps you can take to better protect your work. These steps are applicable to many artistic disciplines. Our panel of experts will offer practical advice to protect your creative property, your livelihood, and your time and money. Q and A follows each discussion.

At the end of the seminar, follow along as our experts project an online demonstration, walking you through the steps to actually file a copyright registration. Our panel of experts will be on hand to help answer questions.

Discussion topics
• “Embedded metadata as copyright information”
Using the “Plus” standard.
• “Hitting them where it hurts”
Using the DMCA to get a response to your ‘Cease & Desist’ letters.
• “Creating a good photography license”
Writing licensing agreements that incorporate specific rights covered by Copyright law.
• “Practical steps in protecting your work”
Discussion of: registering, including visual mark, embedding info in metadata, and staying vigilant with your contracts.
• “Filing a copyright walkthrough”
Attorneys will be available to assist with actual filing of copyrights.
• “Copyright 101”
Basics for all Photographers and Artists
• “Fair use basics”
When should you be concerned about your photo/artwork violating another’s copyright? When should you consider legal action if someone else is using your image?


Panelists:
• John E. Grant. John E. Grant is the founder and principal attorney for Imua Legal Advisors. John focuses his practice on copyright law, Internet law, and general business law.

• Joleen Hughes. Recently named one of the top 100 Women in Tech by TechFlash, Joleen has over 12 years of experience representing a diverse range of clients.

• Nicholas Mitchell. Is a senior associate for the Hughes Media Law Group, which focuses on intellectual property disciplines including strategic business development, video and casual gaming, drafting and negotiating online services, media development and marketing agreements.

• Todd Alberstone is a Technology and New Media lawyer with over 22 years experience, ten years as Assoc. General Counsel at RealNetworks, Inc., and Chief Privacy Officer since 2005.



Sponsored by:
The American Society of Media Photographers Foundation
Glazer’s Camera
Editorial Photographers
Advertising Photographers of America
Pravda Studios LLC

2009 CoCA Annual

CoCA presents the 2009 Annual, a juried exhibition exhibiting work from emerging as well as established artists in a wide variety of visual media. Artists in any region and any country were welcome to submit, and entries were received from 7 countries and 35 states. The exhibit will showcase the ways in which contemporary artists, regardless of their location, share similar aesthetic concerns and conceptual approaches in a world of increasingly dramatic flux.

CoCA has presented the Annual since 1989, each time inviting an independent juror to select the work from among the entries received. For this year's 20th anniversary of the show, CoCA is proud to have Jess Van Nostrand as juror.

Jess Van Nostrand is Exhibitions Curator at Cornish College of the Arts and author of numerous essays and articles about the arts including the popular "Artists' Guide to Seattle" published by the Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau. She holds a BA in Art History from The George Washington University and an MA in Art History from Richmond University, London. Van Nostrand is a portfolio instructor for the Artist Trust EDGE program, and founder of the art program at Joe Bar for emerging artists. She currently serves as Chair of the Seattle alliance of ArtTable, the national organization for women leaders. Curating in Seattle since 2003, she has developed an emphasis on dialogue between artists from the Northwest and other cities.

There will be a reception for the artists, the work, and the juror on Thursday November 19 2009, at CoCA's Ballard Gallery inside the Shilshole Bay Beach Club at 6413 Seaview Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107 (Free entry and parking provided). A $500 first prize and a $250 second prize will be awarded by the juror at the reception. A catalog of the show will feature artists' statements, biographies, and images from participating artists, as well as an introductory essay by the juror.

The following finalists will display their work at our Ballard Gallery:

Robyn Base (Melbourne, Australia)
Nelson Bradley (Buffalo, New York)
Anne-Marie Cosgrove (Tornonto, Ontario)
Derek Coté (Nashville, Tennessee)
Thea Augustina Eck (Pittsburg, Pennsylvania)
Sally Finch (Portland, Oregon)
Valerie George (San Francisco, California)
Klaus Knoll and Cella (Manoa, Hawai'i)
Zane Lancaster (Midvale, Utah)
Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman (Baltimore, Maryland and Rochester, New York)
Mario Marzan (Carrboro, North Carolina)
Leigh Merrill (Denton, Texas)
Patrick Moser (St. Augustine, Florida)
Yvonne Petkus (Bowling Green, Kentucky)

The follwing finalists will install their work at our Belltown Gallery:

Derek Coté (Nashville, Tennessee)
Kim Hennessey (Arlington, Massachusetts)

The 2009 CoCA Art Marathon and Auction

CoCA will hold its 17th annual Art Marathon and Auction December 4 and 5 at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, on 4272 Fremont Ave N. CoCA pioneered the concept of the 'endurance' art event beginning in 1992 and has gradually opened the Marathon to include a variety of media in addition to the usual painting. The event remains the region's only 24-hour extravaganza, a spectacle that over the years has come to define CoCA's edgy mix of emerging and established artists.

For 24 hours, from 9am Friday to 9am Saturday, 20 artists are locked in a room with nothing but their art supplies. Sure, we bring in a trough of gruel and a barrel of grog every so often, but the art is what it's all about. Drawing, Painting, Sculpting, Hot Waxing (Encaustic), Photographing, Video-Taping, Versifying, Editing, and who knows what for sure. Over 100 works of art will be spontaneously created, with some of the artists engaging in impromptu collaborations and improvisations with each other's materials. Proceeds are split between the artists and CoCA.

The 2009 lineup features artists...

Marc Lindsay, mixed-media, Patti Bowman, encaustic, Seb Barnett, mixed-media, Geoff Garza, mixed media collage, Lorna Nakell, painting, Wesley Wozniak, painting, Irene Wood, painting, Pedro Valdivia, painting, Aaron Haba, sculpture, Sylwia Tur, sculpture, Thomas Hurley III, painting, Miguel Edwards, painting, Waldo Vega, painting, Zak Alexander, painting, Sean Hurley, painting, David Francis, mixed media, Craig Vandenbosch, Adam Spencer, Aaron Huey and William Brody.

You, too, can be a part of this pandemonium. Come down to the Fremont Abbey on Friday and watch the artists make art. Then come back at 6pm on Saturday night and buy it at three silent auctions followed by a live auction.. It's that simple. We'll give you some gruel too, although you'll have to buy the grog from us (it IS a fund-raiser, after all). Tickets start at $25 for the Saturday portion; Friday’s 24 hour insanity is, of course, free of charge; for more information, see www.cocaseattle.org.

Preparing to enter its 30th year, CoCA serves as a catalyst and forum for the advancement, development and understanding of contemporary art.

GrooveDrive: November 21st

Buddhaful's GrooveDrive, a benefit for Family Works, is happening November 21st!

the goal of our 3rd annual food drive + fashion show is to raise 3000lbs of food for Family Works and have an incredible night of art, music, and community!

Saturday, November 21 / 8pm-8am / rooftop 3100 Airport Way S / South Seattle WA 98134

$10 with food donation [non-perishable; non-expired; baby food encouraged] $25 without food
21+ ONLY / Full Cash Bar / No Guest List


LIVE performances by Marmalade featuring MC Lyte, Surrealized, Lynx & Janover, Anahata Sound

ELECTRONIC artists Random Rab, An-ten-ae, Heyoka, Ill Gates, Siren, Matty Sun, DJ Million, Shapeshifter

LIVE ART by Ryan Johnson, George Atherton, David Heskin, Erika Ray, Burgundy Viscosi

with help from Planet Illogica, Ballard Outdoor: Banners for the People, Bear Flag Wine

The 2nd annual 1800 Tequila Essential Artist competition

This reminds me of the long lived Absolut vokda marketing campaign, only better. Using a clever online competition, 1800 Tequila has developed a great way to market their product. The results of the 2nd annual competion resulted in the "Essential Artist" series of eleven unique bottle designs.

Check out the winners from this compettion that gathered over 15,000 world wide submissions at the Essential Artists website.

Bottles retail for $24.99.

http://www.1800tequila.com/essential/