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Home > Case Studies > Page 5

Visual Arts Case Studies

Lawrence Omeenyo licenses his image for Arts Law’s Christmas card

April 18, 2011

Artist Lawrence Omeenyo is a painter, sculptor and elder of the Lockhart River Community. He...

Art Forms Design, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Lawrence Omeenyo licenses his image for Arts Law’s Christmas card

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Ltd and Governance issues

April 18, 2011

Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Ltd approached Artists in the Black (AITB) for assistance with governance...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Business structures, governance & tax, Contracts, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative Ltd and Governance issues

Christine Tschuna – What to do if you don’t get paid – letters of demand

April 18, 2011

Christine Tschuna is an Wirangu artist with the Ceduna Arts and Cultural Centre. In June...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Debt, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Christine Tschuna – What to do if you don’t get paid – letters of demand

Tjanpi Desert Weavers and works on consignment

April 18, 2011

The Tjanpi Desert Weavers are Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara women from eighteen desert communities who...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Tjanpi Desert Weavers and works on consignment
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Ninuku Arts – Selling works on consignment: chasing payment and negotiating a settlement

April 18, 2011

Ninuku Arts entered into a consignment agreement with an Adelaide gallery for the sale of...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Debt, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Ninuku Arts – Selling works on consignment: chasing payment and negotiating a settlement
A photograph of the Blue Mountains on a sunny day.

Wandjina – Protecting Cultural Heritage through council planning laws

April 18, 2011

In 2010, a gallery in the Blue Mountains in NSW erected a large sculpture featuring...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Wandjina – Protecting Cultural Heritage through council planning laws

Gabriel Maralngurra – I want people to know this is my work

April 18, 2011

Arts Law helps an artist assert his moral right of attribution after 20 years...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property, Trade marks, business names & reputation

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Gabriel Maralngurra – I want people to know this is my work

The Dion Beasley Trust

April 18, 2011

Dion Beasley is a talented young Aboriginal artist working in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory. Dion...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Business structures, governance & tax, Contracts, Copyright & moral rights

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about The Dion Beasley Trust
A photograph of two woman and two men at a desk looking at an unknown item on a shared computer.

Desart – Best practice for art centres: a uniform employment contract for managers

April 18, 2011

At the request of Desart, AITB undertook to assist in the preparation of standardized contracts...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Employment, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Desart – Best practice for art centres: a uniform employment contract for managers

Bede Tungutalum and “Owl Man”

April 15, 2011

Senior Tiwi artist Bede Tungutalum is a painter, carver and printmaker and one of the...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Copyright & moral rights, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Bede Tungutalum and “Owl Man”
Kangaroo

Wamod Namok’s “Kangaroo” – Copyright infringement

April 15, 2011

In 2005, reproductions of Bardayal Nadjamerrek's "Kangaroo" painting were offered for sale on the internet...

Art Forms Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture & Knowledge, Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Copyright & moral rights, Indigenous cultural & intellectual property

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Wamod Namok’s “Kangaroo” – Copyright infringement
Seed

Rod Nash – A cancelled commission case study

December 31, 2009

Rod Nash was shocked when a Sydney council told him to stop work on his...

Art Forms Visual Arts

Legal Topics: Contracts, Debt

Post Type: Case Study

Read more about Rod Nash – A cancelled commission case study
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The Arts Law Centre of Australia acknowledges all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia.

We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continuing connection to land, place, waters and community.

We pay our respects to them and their cultures and to Elders both past and present.