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Advocacy Information

Support Advocacy for the Arts in RI - Become a Member RI Citizens for the Arts is a non-profit organization whose activities are supported solely by arts organizations and members.  See here for more information. E-Mail Your Representative It's always a good time to write a letter to your representative and express your support for arts and arts education.  Use the link below to find your legislative contacts. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us Americans for the Arts - www.artsusa.org - Americans for the Arts' Arts Action Alert Center offers information on all bills and current legislative initiatives that are beneficial or prohibitive to the arts.   Check out the Center to learn more on current happenings, and to send notice to Congress.

Resources

Center for Arts & Culture - www.culturalpolicy.org - The Center for Arts and Culture aims to inform and improve policy decisions and affect cultural life.  The guiding principles of that mission include freedom of imagination, inquiry and expression, as well as freedom of opportunity for all to participate in a vital and diverse culture.  The Cultural Policy Listserv is filled with news, opportunities, and information on national arts and cultural sent directly to your email.

Creative Capital - www.creative-capital.org - Creative Capital, a New York based nonprofit organization, acts as a catalyst for the development of adventurous and imaginative ideas by supporting artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields.  They offer grants, professional development workshops, artist retreats, and other information.

The Brennan Center for Justice is pleased to announce the release of our report, "Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control." The result of more than a year of research -- including many firsthand stories from artists, historians, Web bloggers, and others -- "Will Fair Use Survive?" documents how the rights to fair use and free expression are being threatened by an intellectual property system that is perilously out of balance. The report includes six recommendations for change. Documentary filmmaker of "Hoop Dreams," Gordon Quinn, proclaims that the report "is part of a wider movement to educate people about fair use, and it's going to help us users organize and reassert the right to fair use." PDF copies available online at http://www.fepproject.org/policyreports/WillFairUseSurvive.pdf For printed copies, email kafayat@nyu.edu.

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