The Business of Fashion:
What Every Designer and Practitioner Needs to Know

The Intellectual Property Section of the Maine State Bar Association & The Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Presents:
 
The Business of Fashion:
What Every Designer and Practitioner Needs to Know
Wednesday, September 8, 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Location: Wischamper Center, University of Southern Maine (Portland Campus)

Speaker:  Barbara Kolsun

Ms. Kolsun is a prominent Fashion Lawyer, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Stuart Weitzman, LLC, and Author of Fashion Law. Mrs. Kolsun will speak to the day-to-day concerns and needs of small and growing fashion labels and companies, what fashion law includes (protection strategies, counterfeiting, import/export and distribution, licensing, employment issues, and more) CA’s Proposition 65, the current status of design piracy protection in the United States and abroad, and other issues relating to the legal aspects of the design, manufacturing, and retail of getting products to consumers.
 
This event is free of charge – but due to the limited seating, please contact Chelsea Fournier at chelsea@fgd-law.com to reserve your seat.

Maine Arts Commission Survey-Help us to Help You

In an effort to evaluate our programs and services, and to gather critical information about the cultural sector in Maine, the Maine Arts Commission is administering a short survey to our constituents. Your input will allow the agency to provide services and programs that best suit your needs. You need not be intimately familiar with the Maine Arts Commission to provide helpful information.
 
We estimate that it will take you no more than 15 minutes to complete the survey. Simply click on the link to begin. Take this survey:  http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2yxtie6gbmesxpn/a01qmgdtfyt91/greeting

Film: Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child 

Thursday, September 9, Doors at 7:00 PM, Starts at 7:30 PM, Ends at 9:30 PM, $7 / $5 for SPACE Members, All Ages
 
Location: Space Gallery, 538 Congress Street
 
Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, this definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist. In the crime-ridden NYC of the 1970s, he covers the city with the graffiti tag SAMO. In 1981 he puts paint on canvas for the first time, and by 1983 he is an artist with “rock star status.” He achieves critical and commercial success, though he is constantly confronted by racism from his peers. In 1985 he and Andy Warhol become close friends and painting collaborators, but they part ways and Warhol dies suddenly in 1987. Basquiat’s heroin addiction worsens, and he dies of an overdose in 1988 at the age of 27. The artist was 25 years old at the height of his career, and today his canvases sell for more than a million dollars. With compassion and psychological insight, Tamra Davis details the mysteries that surround this charismatic young man, an artist of enormous talent whose fortunes mirrored the rollercoaster quality of the downtown scene he seemed to embody.

Featuring interviews with Julian Schnabel, Larry Gagosian, Bruno Bischofberger, Tony Shafrazi, Fab 5 Freddy, Jeffrey Deitch, Glenn O’Brien, Maripol, Kai Eric, Nicholas Taylor, Fred Hoffmann, Michael Holman, Diego Cortez, Annina Nosei, Suzanne Mallouk, Rene Ricard, Kenny Scharf, among many others.

FMI:  www.space538.org

SPACE Gallery BLOCK PARTY!

a community event involving blocks, breaking barriers, and a Brazilian band
Saturday, September 11, Starts at 6:00 PM, Ends at 9:00 PM, Free, All Ages
BLOCK PARTY! is an unprecedented event for SPACE Gallery, in collaboration with Portland Ovations, The Portland Museum of Art, Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine,Pickwick Independent Press, Portland Symphony Orchestra, and numerous neighbors on Congress Street. The shops, galleries and venues from One Longfellow Square down to Port City Music Hall will transform their “front yards” with the help of local artists. Stop by in front of the PMA to check out Andrea Zittel’sGroup Formerly Known as Smockshop installation and launch event. Make way for the steamroller making giant woodblock prints by some of your favorite Portland artists with Pickwick Press at the controls! Take the kids down the street for hands-on activities and performances provided by the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, plus giant grid games and a host of surprises as we once again close off a portion of Congress Street to celebrate the vitality of Portland’s Arts District. And what block party is complete without dancing? At 7pm we’ll be treated to a special outdoor performance by Sao Paulo, Brazil’s Garotas Suecas who are making waves bringing the best tropicalia and soul to the northern hemisphere.
For detailed event info check out the SPACE website:  www.space538.org.

Mighty Big Yard Sale for Artists

Art supplies, art equipment, studio furnishings, etc. . .
MIGHTY CHEAP

When and Where: 
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th from 10 – 2pm
54 COVE STREET, PORTLAND

TO SHOP:
Come visit us at The Cove Street Art Center at 54 Cove Street, home of running with scissors studios & find amazing bargains!

TO SELL YOUR STUFF:
Bring your “no longer needed” art supply & studio related stuff & a table and set up at 8:00 am on 9/18 in our parking lot & make some money! No vendor charge!

RSVP to scissorsart@gwi.net

RAIN DATE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

Board Secretary Virginia Rose commented, “With so many new venues across Portland, we are hoping to make travel between downtown and Munjoy Hill easier, and bring more art walk participants across the Franklin Artery in style.”

The trolley will run, free of charge, making stops along the following route: Longfellow Square, Congress Square, Monument Square, Washington Avenue & Congress Street, India Street & Middle Street, Exchange Street & Middle Street. For more information about Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tours, see their website: www.portlanddiscovery.com.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

The Public Art Event Series

As the Maine Arts Commission’s Percent for Art program enters its 30th year, the agency is celebrating the program’s transformative power by sponsoring a series of public art events that take place throughout the state in 2009.

The Public Art Event Series is designed to foster discussions about public art in Maine. National and international experts and public artists will spark conversation by challenging preconceived notions about what public art is today as they share their artistic methods and practices.

Through a juried selection process, five Maine arts organizations were funded by the Maine Arts Commission to present dynamic speakers who will make significant contributions to our notions of public art. The local arts organizations are: Tides Institute and Museum of Art in Eastport, Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance, Waterville Arts Council, SPACE Gallery in Portland and Maine College of Art.

Schedule:

May 29, 7pm
Amy Hausmann
Discusses Arts for Transit (AFT) Program
SPACE Gallery, Portland

June 5 – Oct. 31
Eighth Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational
(Conversation with the artists on August 26)
Art Gallery – University of New England, Westbrook College Campus, Portland

June 6, 6pm
Jean Shin
Discusses Celadon Remnants
SPACE Gallery, Portland

June 19, 5 – 8pm
Eco-Motion
A multi-site installation of interactive sculpture
Downtown Belfast

July 25 – Sept. 12
Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium
Watch the creation of public sculptures
SERC, Schoodic Point

Aug. 9 – 15
Sue Clifford
Parish Maps: Building a Sense of Place through the Work of Common Ground
Tides Institute and Museum of Art, Eastport

October 9, 6pm
Amy Franceschini
Discusses Futurefarmers and Free Soil
Maine College of Art, Portland

October 17, 2pm
Swoon
Discusses public installations and interventions
SPACE Gallery, Portland

November 13-14
Liz Lerman and Juice 2.0
Art, Innovation and the Built Environment, Camden

Saturday, May 30th
11:00am – 1:00pm
$5

We are having an Arts & Crafts event for all ages! Activities will include: Cartooning lessons by Ed King, painting slates from our roof, making beaded jewelry, making magnets and collages, and more! All materials included (but bring your own if you’d like!) Kids should wear clothes they can get messy.

St. Lawrence Arts Center
76 Congress St. Portland, Me.
775-5568

Join the artists for a reception including live music performed by the local group, under a cardboard sea from 5:00 to 10:00 pm. “Looking Inside” will present art in a variety of mediums from the fifteen artists who make up this unique art collective. Friday’s celebration will also be an open studio event, offering the public a unique opportunity to meet the artists and visit their studios.

The upcoming show also celebrates running with scissors’ one-year anniversary at its new location, 54 Cove Street, home of the Cove Street Art Center.  The show continues through July 31. For more information or directions, call 699-4242.

The relocation of running with scissors artist studio space to Cove Street has resulted both in an expansion of it’s fully-equipped studio concept and a revival of it’s vibrant and re-known gallery.  The 7 year old studio’s presence has also inspired owner, Jeff Ritter, to transform the entire building into the Cove Street Art Center, which, as well as being home to running with scissors and J.S. Ritter Supply for jewelers, will soon house a second gallery and artist studio space. Construction is virtually completed on the 3500 square feet Open Concepts Studios which includes studio space for most art disciplines, a gallery, and a metals and glass workshop/classroom space. Although appropriate for a variety of art disciplines, all of the studios will have natural gas feeds and ventilation and are approved for the use of soldering equipment making these studios ideally unique in Portland for both jewelers and glassmakers.

April 13 @ 7pm – Spring Networking Event with Maine VLA
Location: Constellation Art, 511 Congress Street, Portland
Doors open at 6:30pm

May 11th @ 7pm – Marketing through Technology
Location: SALT
Doors open at 6:30pm

May 19th @ 6pm – The Creative Economy: Then and Now
Location: Maine Historical Society
Doors open at 5:30pm

June 6th @ Noon-2:30pm – Workshop for Artists
Location: Space
Doors open at 11:30pm

Creative Conversations is a way to connect creative individuals: to each other, to organizations, to information, to opportunities. Sponsored by the Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance and Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in partnership with Constellation Art, this meeting focuses on providing a networking opportunity for artists and members of the creative community. Additionally, Maine VLA’s Zeke Callanan will present an overview of the support available for legal needs of artists and creative businesses. Join us for this lively event moderated by MECA’s Jessica Tomlinson. Light refreshments will be served. Don’t forget to bring your business cards!