Links
Galleries
Topanga Canyon Gallery
Topanga Canyon Gallery brings together more than 40 well-known and emerging artists from the greater Los Angeles area, with over half from Topanga Canyon. Every month the gallery hosts a new show and opening reception, featuring two to three of the gallery artists or a gallery-wide show.
Valley Institute of Visual Art (VIVA Gallery), Sherman Oaks, CA
The Valley Institute of Visual Art (VIVA Gallery) is a nonprofit organization and a permanent Arts Centers dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts in our greater community through exhibition, education and outreach. VIVA is operated by Collage Artists of America, Women Painters West, Valley Watercolor Society, and Valley Artists Guild.
NoHo Gallery LA, North Hollywood, CA
NoHo Gallery LA is housed in the historic Lankershim Arts Center in the heart of the NoHo Arts District, and was created to give all artists of all mediums a platform in which to promote their work. The exhibits are open to artists of all mediums, including but not limited to painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation art, drawings, photography and mixed media.
Collage Resources
Collageart.org (Jonathan Talbot)
For links to collage, photomontage and assemblage artists, collage-related sites, and more, you can't beat this site dedicated to the art of collage.
Copyright Issues
US Copyright Office: For questions on copyright issues, how to register a work, and current legislation, go direct to the source.
Copyright Office’s Frequently Asked Questions
Book: The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-free Writings, Music, Art & More (link to Amazon) by Stephen Fishman (Nolo Press).
Copyright for Collage Artists: Easy-to-read guide covers common myths, fair use, and derivative works. The Online Resources page offers further reading.
Online Articles by Joshua Kaufman covers a wide range of art, copyright, and licensing issues, some of which were originally written for Art Business News magazine. (Kaufman is general council for the Art Copyright Coalition.)
The Copyright Information Office at Cornell University has a treasure trove of useful articles, including the essential "When US Works Fall into the Public Domain" and the more detailed "Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States".