When: Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 12, 2011
Hours: 10am - 6pm both days
Where: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; 51 West 52nd Street, New York NY 10019

MediateArt™ is VLA's alternative dispute resolution, contract negotiation, and negotiation counseling department. A vital program of VLA's since 1998, MediateArt offers members of the arts community an alternative, non-litigious way in which to resolve their disputes. This summer, VLA is offering a two-day intensive workshop of basic mediation training for attorneys, artists, arts administrators, and other professionals with an interest or background in the arts or in intellectual property. The workshop will cover basic mediation, negotiation, and facilitative leadership skills with a focus on the resolution of disputes without litigation. Participants will learn and practice effective mediation skills and will receive one-on-one feedback from experienced mediators.

More info here or download registration form

VLA Case update: "Upstate New York Artist Achieves First Amendment Victory After Village Agrees to Repeal Ban on Public Art." Read full article on the victory of Melanie Gold against the Village of Greenwood Lake on the battle for free speech rights.

 

Previous story: February 16, 2011:

NY Times features artist Melanie Gold in her battle for free speech rights. Click here for full article.  

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Congratulations to Gary Glaser, Esq., VLA board member, on the 2011 Lortel Award! Here's his interview by Off-Broadway.com

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Sam Griffel

Born in Chicago, Sam grew up in New York, attending both high school and college in Manhattan. Studying at NYU, he majored in Cinema Studies, spending most of his time watching movies or working for television production companies.  While at NYU, Sam received highest honors for his thesis on Bromantic Comedies and was a Presidential Honors Scholar and Founders' Day Award Recipient.
Following graduation, Sam chose to pursue his JD at UCLA where he is specializing in the Entertainment and Media and Law Policy program. As a 1L he was a representative to the Student Bar Association, UCLA Student Ambassador, and co-hosted UCLA's Law Revue night where his short video was voted best student film.  He is the Legal Services Coordinator for the UCLA Mobile Clinic, a Submissions Editor on the Entertainment Law Review, and was recently voted 2L class president.  He is equally proud of his commitment to the law school's intramural soccer, football and softball teams.  Sam is looking forward to spending the summer at VLA and returning home to New York.

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Sasha Hope Herzig

Sasha Hope Herzig is a second year student at CUNY School of Law. As an undergraduate student at the University at Albany, she majored in both Economics and Women's Studies, with an emphasis on the intersection between economic and social injustices.  Sasha also spent time in Valencia, Spain where she studied Spanish arts, language and culture. At UAlbany, Sasha was elected a Facilitator of the Women's Studies Department and taught an Introduction to Feminisms course. Her desire to work within the public interest sector led her to CUNY Law, the leading public interest law school, where she is Treasurer of the Domestic Violence Coalition.

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Stephanie Hunter

Stephanie Hunter is a 2L at the University of Texas School of Law.  She was born and raised in Houston, TX and trained as an opera singer for 8 years until she was 20. Stephanie attended the University of St. Andrews in Scotland as an undergraduate and received an M.A. in Art History in 2007. She is currently on the Submissions Review Board of the Texas International Law Journal and has worked as a grants intern at the Austin Museum of Art. After her 1L year, Stephanie interned with a Federal Magistrate Judge in San Jan, Puerto Rico. She is interested in pursuing a career in art law, with a particular emphasis on business administration and tax. Outside of law school, Stephanie enjoys yoga, foreign travel, and spending time with friends and family.

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Jessica Lazzara

Jessica Lazzara is a University of Texas law student from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. She attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX as an undergraduate student, where she studied Finance. In law school, she is a Staff Editor on the Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law and a member of Law Students for the Arts. She is also a member of the Public Interest Law Association, and has made public interest involvement a priority throughout her life. In her spare time she likes to attend plays and musicals, hike, and travel.

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Amy Zelcer

Amy Zelcer graduated with an A.B. with honors in history from Harvard University, where her senior thesis was awarded the Lillian Bell Prize. Currently in her 1L year at Georgetown Law, she is a member of the Georgetown Law Barrister's Council and serves on the executive board of the Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance. She recently advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2011 William H. Greenhalgh Mock Trial Competition. Prior to law school, Amy worked as an actress and singer in New York City.

We're half-way through our Art & Law Residency, and already we have big news. We are very excited to introduce our new curator, Caryn Coleman, who comes to us via Goldsmith College in London. Caryn is a curator and writer who will be mentoring this year's artists and writers as well as organizing this year's exhibition and symposium in New York City. Welcome aboard Caryn.

This year's Residency has three artists with current exhibitions. Molly Dilworth ('11) is exhibiting a new piece at the Festival of New Ideas, and Blane de St. Croix ('11) will be exhibiting at VISTA, Spring Exhibition, at Socrates Sculpture Park. This exhibition examines the ways that methods of viewing and observation determine the interpretation, assessment or evaluation of an object or scene.

Graham Parker ('11) has a solo show, The Confidence Man, at the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center in Troy, NY. Parker is also in a group show at The Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Another current Resident writer and artist, Lian Amaris Sifuentes ('11), just concluded two performances, Daddy's Black and Jewish at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC, and Swimming to Spalding at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Our Residency has also enjoyed recent seminar leaders such as Charity Scribner, Phd, presenting on German art, terrorism, and Don Delillo's "Mao II." Artist and former Resident, Eric Doeringer ('10) presented an artist talk on his work dealing with copyright and fair use. Sonia Katyal, Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, presented on trademarks and visual art. And finally, guest curators Ingrid Chu and Savannah Gorton visited four artists studios for critiques and feedback.

Last year's Resident artist, Nate Harrison ('10), has just been awarded Germany's Videonale Prize for his video created during last year's Residency. Nate's video points out that since the 1960s, which marks the beginning of video art, there has emerged a hierarchy of copies, ranging from a whole array of authorized video pieces such as master-, exhibition- or archival copies, to bootlegged copies illegally reproduced in violation of authorship or distribution rights.

Previous Resident artist, Angie Waller ('10), is currently exhibiting a project conceptualized and produced during last year's Residency, "Originality Compass." This project is a book and wheel chart that reconfigures twenty copyright infringement cases based on the objects in question. Along with this work, Angie is also exhibiting a new project also dealing with copyright, "Copyright Apologies," which explores originality in the context of appropriation and plagiarism. The text of the book consists of excerpts from public apologies for plagiarism composed in hand set type.

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New Volunteer Attorney Orientation

 

When: Monday, May 2, 2011, 6 - 7pm

Where: VLA, 1 East 53rd Street, NY, NY 10022 (Auditorium)

 

Getting Started With VLA: New Volunteer Attorney Orientation

To volunteer at our clinics or take a case from our case list, VLA requires that attorneys attend a short orientation. At the orientation, important information about VLA's programs, requirements for volunteers and our administrative procedures will be covered.

 

Please note the following requirements for all attorneys performing volunteer work through VLA: 

• All volunteers must submit a current resume, including 3 references, that VLA will check.
• All volunteer attorneys MUST be covered by their own or their employer's legal malpractice insurance policy for volunteer work performed through VLA.
• Attorneys who have have been admitted to practice for less than 3 years must have a supervising attorney who has been admitted to practice for longer than 3 years. Volunteers are responsible for securing their own supervising attorney.

You MUST RSVP prior to attending an orientation session.  

 

To register for an orientation session please fill out and return this New Attorney Orientation Registration Form. You will only be contacted if that orientation is already full.

Attorney orientations are conducted by Ben Brandow, Esq., Assistant Director of Legal Services.  For additional information or if you are at a law firm and are interested in having VLA make a presentation to your attorneys about our volunteer opportunities please contact Ben at 212·319·2787, ext. 14 or at bbrandow@vlany.org.

 

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MediateArt's Training Program: Spring 2011

When: Wednesday, May 11 and Thursday, May 12, 2011
Hours: 10am - 6pm both days
Where: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; 51 West 52nd Street, New York NY 10019

For any questions call Ben Brandow at 212·319·ARTS (2787), ext.14; Hours will be from 10am to 6pm both days (both days must be attended in order to receive CLE credit)

MediateArt™is VLA's alternative dispute resolution, contract negotiation, and negotiation counseling department. A vital program of VLA's since 1998, MediateArt offers members of the arts community an alternative, non-litigious way in which to resolve their disputes. This summer, VLA is offering a two-day intensive workshop of basic mediation training for attorneys, artists, arts administrators, and other professionals with an interest or background in the arts or in intellectual property. The workshop will cover basic mediation, negotiation, and facilitative leadership skills with a focus on the resolution of disputes without litigation. Participants will learn and practice effective mediation skills and will receive one-on-one feedback from experienced mediators.

More info here or download registration form

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VLA Membership

 

 
Along with providing individuals and organizations with access to the VLA's Library, VLA makes available a wide variety of books for all arts disciplines and organizations. For a list of our publications and books available for sale, please visit our list. For book prices and shipping fees, please contact VLA at our Art Law Line at 212.319.2787, x1.

VLA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal service organization supported in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and through generous gifts from corporations, foundations and individuals. View a full list of foundation and government supporters here; to view a full list of law firm and corporate supporters, click here.