[Apologies for posting twice! I neglected to change the subject
heading the first time...]
Hi Erin,
In regards to your first issue -- Who is taking on the expense of
making the prints, the artist or the museum? Even though the prints
are specifically for the show, it sounds from your brief description
like it should still be treated as a 'loan,' in which case, the prints
would either be returned to the artist (to dispose of if that's what
he wishes:-(, or traveled with his permission.
On copyright -- traveling and publicizing the exhibition will give the
artist a level of exposure which I would think is of great value to
him. So, hopefully he will be amenable to an agreement to use his
work for publicity, and you should have a written contract specifying
the terms, as well as the parameters of the loan/donation. (You can
find examples online, or hopefully one of our museum colleagues can
supply you with an example). Items to take into consideration: which
works can be reproduced? in what capacity can they be reproduced (e.g.
in newspapers/magazines and on postcards but not on mousepads:-)? what
credit line is requested/required? what is the maximum ppi for web
use?
Hope that's helpful!
-Johanna
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Erin O'Malley
>> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 10:23 PM
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>> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Issues with a Traveling Exhibit
>>
>> Hello Museum-L!
>> I have an issue I hope you can help me with. We are preparing a photo
>> exhibit for this coming fall. There has been serious discussion about
>> traveling it in the future. The artist is still living and still sells
>> his work as limited edition prints. He's concerned about how the prints
>> produced for the exhibit will effect those bought by collectors. If we
>> don't end up traveling it he's requested that our prints be destroyed
>> (which we'd hate to do). If it does travel, though, we want to make
>> sure there are no other issues that may come up in regards to copyright,
>> etc. We want to respect his rights as an artist, but also be able to
>> travel and publicize the exhibit as we see fit. I just want to know how
>> other museums have dealt with this sort of issue. This is the first time
>> we've ever considered traveling anything and also the first time we've
>> worked with a living artist who produced prints explicitly for our
>> exhibit.
>>
>> thanks!
>> Erin O'Malley
>> Exhibit Designer
>>
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