PAST EVENTS
NET Nights at Moore
Starting Off Right: from Contracts to Copyright Career Advice for Emerging Artists & Designers
May 21, 6 – 8 pm
An informal conversation with area artists, design professionals and representatives from the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (PVLA) who share practical advice and first-hand experiences about everything from contracts and copyrighting to distribution and reproduction of your work; all crucial steps to starting off right as an emerging artist and designer.
Participants included: Jamie Dillion and Nick Paparone, co-founders of Print Liberation, a design studio in the Northern Liberties founded in 1999; they have appeared on the cover of The New York Times' style magazine T, and caught the eye of celebs from Kanye West to Chloe Sevigny; merging objects and performance, Jordan Griska, a graduate of PAFA and UPenn, is an active member of CFEVA who participated in the 2009 Philly Fringe Festival and had his first solo exhibition at Esther M. Klein Gallery in April; Miriam K. Hohag, Esq., Director of Legal Services at the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; and Joan Tarka, Esq., volunteer attorney for PVLA.
Presented in cooperation with the Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts.
About PVLA (Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts)
Part of the Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, PVLA provides pro-bono and low cost legal assistance, educational programs and business counseling to artists and arts and cultural organizations. For more than 30 years PVLA has provided legal services to thousands of artists and arts and cultural organizations in our region. With the dedication of over 700 pro bono attorney volunteers PVLA provides over $1 million a year in legal services.
NET Nights at Moore – Died Young, Stayed Pretty Film Screening, Reception and Conversation with filmmaker Eileen Yaghoobian
November 17, 2009
Picking up where punk left off, Died Young, Stayed Pretty reveals a new breed of counter-culturists; artists that set out to destroy the mainstream through their controversial and intensely visceral design work. Under the guise of advertising for rock shows, these unheralded masters of the silkscreen and Xerox machine carry on public discourses that range from hot button political issues to lewd inside jokes. This feature film is the first of its kind to take a candid look at the renaissance of North America's underground indie-rock poster movement.
Iranian-born Canadian filmmaker Eileen Yaghoobian has spent the past four years shooting her first, full-length documentary film DIED YOUNG STAYED PRETTY. This project is the pinnacle of her 10-year career in film and will premiere at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival. Yaghoobian's formal training in filmmaking, 3D animation, theatre, and photography provided a foundation for her diverse career as a director, production designer, and set decorator for numerous independent productions in
NET Nights at Moore - The Business of Design in Philadelphia: What’s Hip and Happening in Philly
October 13, 2009
October 13, 2009
Artists, designers, young entrepreneurs, and design business professionals talked about their experiences with building and sustaining art and design businesses and artist community organizations. Held as the closing event for DesignPhiladelphia 2009 and in conjunction with the closing of Bicycle: people + ideas in motion.
Participants included: Melanie Bergwall, creator of Meljoy, an artworks/graphics studio; freelance designer for Urban Outfitters, Victoria’s Secret and Reef Inc, ’08 Moore Alumna; Geoff DiMasi, founder and Principal of P’UNK Avenue, a design & development firm in South Philadelphia and co-founder of Independents Hall, a co-working space and community in Philadelphia for designers, developers, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, small business owners and freelancers; and Roz Duffy, co-founder of Refresh Philly, a meet-up organization of designers and developers working to refresh the new media culture in Philadelphia through socializing events, lecture series and workshops; Lindsay Duggan, founder and Caroline Steinberg, main designers of Girl.Bike.Dog, a company specializing in fully custom messenger bags, bike accessories, dog accessories and supporting Philadelphia-based young artists.
NET Nights at Moore - Opportunities and Resources for Artists: What’s Out There?
September 18, 2009
Artists, directors and artist collective members talked about opportunities and resources for emerging artists from artist residences and grants, collectives & self-organizing options, exhibition opportunities & competitions, and support & resource services.
Participants included: Adam Natale, Director of Membership and Program Development at Fractured Atlas, a non-profit support and resource service for visual and performing artists; Warren Angle, Exhibitions Curator at the Samuel S. Fleischer Art Memorial, Philadelphia; Aubrie Costello from The Other Women, a ladies art collective; Nadia Hironaka, local artist and co-founder of Screening, Philadelphia’s first gallery dedicated to the presentation of works on video and film; Sam Belkowitz and Martha Savery of the artist-run collective Little Berlin.
NET Nights at Moore
May 29, 2009
May 29, 2009
The first of our new program for young graduates of local art and design colleges and universities to network with peers and heads of area business associations and arts organizations as well as build relationships with other young professionals. Representatives and artists from select local arts businesses and organizations were available to informally share information, organizational materials, advice and ideas with young artists and designers.
Meet Artist Ryan Humphrey - 6:30 pm
In addition to a sneak preview of our new exhibitions, New York-based artist Ryan Humphrey was on hand to talk about his career path from art school to appearing on Bravo’s first season of Top Design.
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