With all this hoopla about Fair Use and appropriated images, does that
mean the great Ken Schwab lesson that combines images into a woven image
is also off-limits? Or is that considered "changed enough"?
Judi Morgan
Saint George's School
2929 W. Waikiki Road
Spokane, WA 99208
509.466.1636
judi.morgan@sgs.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Decker [mailto:judy.decker@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 7:47 AM
To: TeacherArtExchange Discussion Group
Subject: [teacherartexchange] Putting the FUN back in Pop Art Lessons
Greetings Art Educators,
I still lamenting the fact that most of our favorite Pop Art Lessons
we have done in the past are "illegal" - infringing on copyright AND
trademark.
I am coming up with a NEW angle. What if you set the scenario that the
corporation has commissioned a show of their product? There the
permissions are already assumed. In your lesson plan, you would
include that your use in the classroom falls under Fair Use as it is
used to also teach a lesson about Trademark/copyright law and
licensing. When you set up your in school display, post a sign with
acknowledgments to the corporations for permitting your Fair Use to
make commentary on American Culture.
Kids need to be able to make art "just for the fun of it" too. All of
these companies are going to need graphic designers/artists in the
future anyways. So provide the kiddies some motivation.
Check out the book "The Art of Mickey Mouse" - published by a Disney
owned company. Many of the works in this book were commissioned
especially for this publication (1991). Works that were not, show the
copyright of the artist. Book includes many famous artists,
illustrators - even cartoonists. This book is still available in used
copies. It is no longer in print.
I would stay away from anything Disney for this lesson - just say that
they have already been done....
Here is an artist who does art just for the fun of it:
http://www.hgd.com/gallery/comics_gallery.htm
He includes this disclaimer:
These are all one-of-a-kind original paintings done just for the fun
of it. All characters are property of their respective corporate
owners.
You can include in your display.
These one of a kind works of art are done just for the fun of it.
Students learned the ins and outs of copyright and trademark law as
well as various media approaches. All characters/products are
properties of their respective corporate owners. Students enjoyed
making art to celebrate icons of American Culture. Acknowledgments go
to:................. for allowing Fair Use of their intellectual
property.
This angle may not give you permission to publish the work on your
school web site..... but it will give you permission to do tried and
true lessons that always motivated kids in the past. If we follow the
"letter of the law" and try to seek permissions - you will not get
anything done (permissions are impossible to get). Artists such as
Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein - and much of the
Pop Art Movement - will be off limits. We don't know what kind of
"permissions" were in place - if any - when these artists created
their work.
Just LOL.... my former co-worker took slides of most of the images in
Art of Mickey and used them in numerous slide presentations.... She is
still alive and kicking - lightning didn't strike her down and Disney
never tossed her in jail. I can assure you, she did not ask
permission. She claimed Fair Use all the way.
Hope this helps to return some fun back into your teaching.
