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Open Arts Network Partner Profile: Creative Capital

A national nonprofit organization, Creative Capital works in long-term partnership with artists using a non-traditional approach to support that combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project’s success and foster sustainable practices for its grantees.

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Featured Member: Sonik Productions

From Yiddish poetry to a history of the African slave trade in the Indian Ocean, Sonik Productions’ films and books promote international understanding and bring to life historical and artistic events that have a universal dimension.

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Need Something to Read on the Beach?

I bet some of you, like myself, are probably heading to the beach sometime soon and are thinking you should probably pick up a book to take with you. But, what to read??

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Various Upcoming Grant Deadlines

The Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media is now accepting applications.
Who they fund:
Named to honor singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson, the Fund supports media activism and grassroots organizing by funding the pre-production and distribution of social issue film and video projects and the production and distribution of radio projects, made by local, [...]

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Featured Member: Alimentum - The Literature of Food

Alimentum - The Literature of Food is the only literary review featuring new and original fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction all around the theme of food. The Chicago Tribune called Alimentum’s offerings “wonderfully thought-provoking snacking, best taken a nibble at a time to prolong the pleasure.”

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Publicly Traded Novel?

Novelist Tao Lin has invented a provocative new way for artists to sell out.
I am offering 60% of the U.S. royalties of my second novel to “the public”.
I am selling 6 shares (of 10% of the U.S. royalties of my second novel) for $2000 per share.
For each share you own you will receive 10% of [...]

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Harry Potter and the Boundaries of Copyright Protection

When does a derivative work of art cross the line from legally-protected commentary to copyright infringement? This ostensibly esoteric question has become increasingly relevant in recent years, touching everything from hip hop sampling to postmodernist poetry to open source software. Until recently, the most well known case that addressed these matters concerned The Wind [...]

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Member Profile #6: Umbrage Editions

Name: Umbrage Editions
Website: www.umbragebooks.com or www.umbragegallery.com
Hometown: New York, NY
Artistic Discipline: Literature & Multimedia
Fractured Atlas Member Since: November 2005
Fractured Atlas Services Used: Fiscal Sponsorship, Health Insurance, Marketing & Promotion

Today, we’re featuring Umbrage Editions, a Fractured Atlas organizational member led by Nan Richardson. Umbrage Editions is a New York-based multimedia organization specializing in visual books [...]

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