Town Hall Recap
We had a town hall last night at the UICA, which can be viewed above. Afterward the ArtPrize team took questions one-on-one out in the gallery, which is not in the video. Our main goal was to get through as many questions as possible, so we divided and conquered by having nine of us in the gallery talking to people, rather than taking questions one at a time in theater. For those watching the live stream and didn’t get the chance to see that part, please feel free to ask questions here.
If anybody was unable to come and would like us to have another town hall, mention that in the comments.
Questions that came up frequently afterward:
Q: How EXACTLY will I be able to find a venue?
A: Artprize.org is still under construction. By end of May, an artist will be able to search for a venue, click a link to contact that venue and begin discussing whether his/her work will be a good fit. If it is a good fit, artist and venue complete a Hosting Agreement.
Sign up now and we’ll send you an email when artist/venue matching begins.
Q: Can you vote more than once on a work of art?
A: No. You can vote on more than one work, but not more than once on the same piece.
Q: Do I need to have an image of the completed work?
A: First, think of your artist profile as an exhibition proposal. If you don’t have an image of the work you are proposing, you should upload a sketch or similar past work and indicate how the proposed work will be different. You can change the image when the work is complete.
Q: Can I contact a venue that’s not on artprize.org to see if they will participate?
A: Yes, by all means.
Q: How does a venue outside the boundary get involved?
A: We’re a little flexible on the boundary. Contact dave@artprize.org
Hi, I have noticed this rule has not yet been rephrased. To his credit, Paul Moore told the Town Hall they were working on it, but I have not seen it corrected yet. Until they do, artists are signing over the rights to ALL of their work.
Under the Rules, #3 SPECIFIC RULES FOR ARTISTS REGARDING ART ENTRY: The following rules apply to Artists’
submissions of their Work to ArtPrize: (12th bullet)
-ArtPrize reserves the right to use all information on, imagery and documentation of the Artist, the final Work and the process of creating the Work provided by the Artist.
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The way the first phrase is structured in the sentence, Artprize owns the right to all information, imagery and documentation of the artist. In one little sentence, by registering to participate, an artist signs away all of these rights.
This is money that understands law enough to create Prop 8, so the detail is not insignificant.
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Please allow me to explain why the sentence is describing in three separate phrases what Artprize reserves the right to, not limiting it to the “Work”.
ArtPrize reserves the right to
1. use all information on, imagery and documentation of the Artist,
2. the final Work
3. and the process of creating the Work provided by the Artist.
The sentence is made up of coordinating conjunctions, meaning it is joining equals to to one another. A comma is required when describing three or more phrases. In the first part, the first comma is used to separate the independent clause from the dependent clause (“imagery and documentation of the Artist,” is dependent or subordinate to “Artprize reserves the right to use all information on,”). The second comma “Artist,” establishes the end of the first part, indicative of a three or more phrase sentence. This is the first phrase of which Artprize reserves the right. “the final Work” is the second, “and the process of creating the Work provided by the Artist” is the third phrase in the sentence that Artprize reserves the right.
To Clarify the first part, so that an artist is not signing that they give the rights to Artprize to all information on, imagery and documentation of their work, but on the information, imagery and documentation of the Artist PERTAINING to the “Work”.
Alternately, the sentence could replace the first “Artist” with the word “Work”, clarifying that the rights being reserved are specific to the “Work” and not of the “Artist”.
Hi Melanie,
I got your email yesterday and this comment and I’ve also seen your posts on Facebook. I am aware of your issue.
First off, our Official Rules are in revision to clarify your issue and other phrases people have been tripping on, like what does “previously published work” mean? As soon as the revised rules are up (early next week) I’ll announce it in a blog post here.
Secondly, the intent of the phrase is to allow ArtPrize to promote artists’ work during the event and possibly use the image of that work to promote ArtPrize later. It’s a standard clause enabling organizations to print materials about their events (this clause came from UICA). The word “Work,” with a capital “W,” refers only to work submitted for the contest.
Just to repeat, if there is indeed a comma that is ill placed which will suddenly grant us rights to the work of every artist participating in ArtPrize for the rest of their lives, it was not our intention and should be changed early next week. I’ll blog about it here.