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Resources | Web Resources
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Resources | Fair Use | Misc.
Art
Resources
ANN BALDWIN'S ART STUDIO: She's shares some great tips on collage, from glues to techniques.
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Guys Who Draw: When I want
to laugh or smile, I visit these guys
. . . especially, John Blair Moore and
his Captain S. Duff-Taylor series and
other work.
Web Resources
Jeffrey
Zeldman's Daily Report: Web design
news and entertainment. Essentials and
great stories.
Web
Monkey: Good source guide for web designers.
Project
Seven: They sell products, but
their Macromedia tutorials and FREE extensions are worth the
visit.
Second
Story: Another site for total
design inspiration . . . wow!
Writing
Resources
POETRY
Black
Bird: Great online journal
of poetry and art from Virginia Commonwealth
University.
Academy
of American Poets: Great poems,
great poets.
Sherman Alexie: A favorite poet . . . good stuff most of the time.
Fair Use
As a collage artist, photographer, and filmmaker; I have been concerned with what I incorporate in my artwork. . . VERY careful in what I use in combination with my own photography, painting, and collage work. Artists, writers and even librarians are concerned with what bullying mega corporations like Walt Disney are doing in changing copyright law and the world of public domain.
Here are a couple very interesting commentaries from a legal and artistic perspective >>
Article by Chris Sprigman, "THE MOUSE THAT ATE THE PUBLIC DOMAIN."
(There are people out there-- doing good work for so many artists like myself. Thank you Chris!)
This is an interesting commentary by an unusual and talented poet/artist from Portugal, Adriana de Barros. Watch her flash poem: Freedom of Expression
Also, Watch these wonderful video (YouTube) commentaries on Copyright and Fair Use >>
1) A Fair(y) Use Tale
(this one actually demonstrates fair use IN ACTION!)
2) The Disney Trap: How Copyright Steals our Stories
(an Italian view on copyright, eccellente).
AND, here are a couple resources to bookmark >>
Center for the Study of the Public Domain: Duke University shares some great info on fair use and public domain. Be sure to DOWNLOAD the PDF comic book, "Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW?"and watch the video clips from the "FRAMED!! . . ." conference.
Center for Social Media: American University's website on Copyright & Fair Use. Be sure to DOWNLOAD the PDF of this very useful handbook, Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use.
Internet Archive: THE BEST RESOURCE of Creative Commons Licensing works including film, audio, text and other cultural artifacts in digital form. It's amazing! Charlie Chaplin and Rudolf Valentino films . . . music by gifted new artists willing to share their work to use in your work, wow!
Misc.
A couple Fav Galleries, Museums and Festivals>>
National Museum of Women in the Arts: Check out their interactive Book As Art exhibit, be inspired to do an Artist Book (I working on one myself ;-)
All Roads Film Project: National Geographic's Festival of film, video, and photography . . . now, that's what I'm talk'n about!
National Museum of the American Indian: Yep, we have a museum and it's growing and getting better all the time.
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage: Smithsonian does a Folklife Festival every summer around the 4th of July. This year features Ireland, Virginia, and the Mekong River (I'll be there for music, food, crafts, etc.). Don't forget to check out the music on the folklife site "Global Sounds" and old works that that belongs to us as citizens of the USA!
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