ARC WORKSHOP: Right of PublicityWednesday, January 25th 6-8PMFree, but please RSVPJoin Spacetaker and Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts for a free seminar on the Right of Publicity led by attorney Keith Jaasma. The right of publicity protects individuals from having their names or likeness appropriated for commercial or other valuable purposes without compensation. Learn when and how you can use an image of famous and non-famous people in your art, what is fair use, what are the limitations on using the names and images of individuals for commercial purposes, and the extent to which promoters can use names or images to promote an artist’s work. { MORE INFO } In addition, learn how to protect and control the use of your name and work from being used for commercial purposes. This seminar is free and open to all. So we know how many people to expect, please RSVP here. About the Presenter: Keith Jaasma is an attorney with Patterson & Sheridan, LLP, a full-service intellectual property law firm with offices in Houston and four other cities. Keith is a graduate of Rice University and the UCLA School of Law, where he was a founder and Co-Editor-In-Chief of the UCLA Entertainment Law Review. He practices in all areas of intellectual property law and civil litigation, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and the right of publicity. |
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ARTOPIA by the Houston PressSaturday, January 28th 8-11PM$45.00 -90.00 purchase hereArtopia, the upscale celebration of
the Houston art scene, is here again! It incorporates food, drink, art,
music, theater, and fashion into one evening with a portion of the
proceeds benefiting a local charity organization.
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Winter Street StudiosSecond Saturdays Open StudiosSat, February 11th, 2-5PM [ directions ]The Artists at Winter Street Studios invite the public to come by for OPEN STUDIOS on the SECOND SATURDAY of every month. This is the largest group of fine artists in the Houston area. |
Spring Street StudiosSecond Saturdays Open StudiosSat,February 11th, 2-5PM [ directions ]The Artists at Spring Street Studios invite the public to come by for OPEN STUDIOS on the SECOND SATURDAY of every month. This is the largest group of fine artists in the Houston area.
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ARC Exhibition:Curtis Gannon | "and everything in between."Opening: Fri, January 13th 6-8PMOn view January 13 - March 2, 2012SPACETAKER ARC $FREESpacetaker is pleased to host "and everything in between.", a solo exhibition by Houston artist Curtis Gannon, as part of its ARC Exhibition Series.Gannon’s collages and constructions are based on the deconstruction of the comic book media. His various approaches to presentation and reassembly explore the fundamental mechanisms of how comics communicate their message. This new body of work expands on Gannon’s collage series of intricate geometric patterns made of overlapping, cut-up, and woven comic book pages, to include the new plexiglass constructions and wall installations.... MORE INFO |
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