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COVID-19: Support for entrepreneurs, self-employed & freelancers

COVID-19 is, first and foremost a global humanitarian challenge and a medical emergency. However, we are well aware of its impact on creative entrepreneurs and freelancers. The ecosystem and sector are hit really hard economically and probably many of you have seen their clients and projects decrease in the last few weeks.  The lockdown has surely affected artists, cultural professionals, designers, musicians and connected cultural professions.

What kind of support has been made available for entrepreneurs and freelancers – especially designers and artists? What are the criteria to access it? What is the procedure?

We can understand you might have a lot of questions, therefore The Artist & The Others and FASHIONCLASH set up an online Q&A session (via Zoom) with Marcel van Kasteren from StartersCentrum Limburg. In this informative meeting he will give you a clear overview on the current opportunities and existing support from the Dutch government for entrepreneurs and freelancers.

Practical Information

Date: Thursday 9th of April
Time: 14.00 - 16:00
Location: Online (via Zoom)
Language: English

About StartersCentrum Limburg
For starting a business in Limburg, the StartersCentrum Limburg is the first point of contact for many entrepreneurs and freelancers in the province of Limburg. The StartersCentrum supports anyone wanting to start their own business and advises entrepreneurs on initial challenges they may encounter. This is made possible by a unique collaboration between a collective of Limburg municipalities and regional partners.

Copy This Workshop: Navigating intellectual property for designers & artists

Copy this Workshop is an interactive online workshop, hosted by Eric Schrijver, in which you discover the concepts underlying intellectual property (IP)* and how they apply in your practice. How do you get copyright? For what work? And for how long? How does copyright move across mediums, and how far can you go in integrating the work of others? - Because they get copyright too!

Despite its relevance for artists and designers, IP rarely figures in the educational curriculum of art academies. That’s why The Artist and The Others and FASHIONCLASH initiate this workshop and address this gap: it is important to know the rights and obligations of IP as soon as your creative career starts to develop, whether you are still a student or a professional.

*Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind. It encompasses several types of rights, such as copyright, trademarks, patents and designs. Today, all forms of creative work, from visual art to fashion to software to photographs to industrial design to many more, will potentially be protected by intellectual property rights. Owning such a right gives you say in who gets to copy this creation and could generate income. Simultaneously, creative professionals might find their own works re-used in ways they do not like. What are their rights if that happens? Which aspects of artists’ work are protected by copyright? The style, the ideas, the forms? And if there has indeed been a copyright infringement, what are the solutions, practically?

Who is Eric Schrijver?
Eric Schrijver is a Dutch interaction designer, artist and author, born in Amsterdam in 1984. From 2011 to 2017 he was a core member of the graphic design collective Open Source Publishing. Eric is the author of Copy This Book: an artist’s guide to copyright (Onomatopee, 2018).

Who is this workshop for?
If you are a creative professional or recent graduate who wants to gain more information about your professional rights when it comes to copying and being copied, this workshop is a must for you. It’s also quite relevant to artists & designers who want to understand their rights when negotiating with clients, galleries, publishers and distributors.

Practical information

Date: Wednesday 29th of April
Time: 10:00-13:00
Language: EN
Price: €15, - €25,- (including a copy of Copy this book, by post)

Copy this workshop is initiated by The Artist and the Others and FASHIONCLASH and supported by the Municipality of Maastricht & The Province of Limburg.

(NL) UPDATE 2 - KOPPEL SESSION 3: SOCIAL MEDIA WITH INTEGRITY

Wegens omstandigheden zal KOPPEL SESSION 3: SOCIAL MEDIA WITH INTEGRITY niet doorgaan op donderdag 2 april en daarom op een ander moment worden gepland. Houd deze pagina & de social media kanalen van FASHIONCLASH in de gaten voor updates.

(NL) UPDATE: KOPPEL SESSIONS Online Masterclasses

UPDATE: Vanwege de huidige maatregelen van de Nederlandse overheid om de verspreiding van het coronavirus (COVID-19) zoveel mogelijk te beperken zullen de KOPPEL SESSIONS van zowel donderdag- 19 maart, 26 maart en 2 april niet plaatsvinden bij resp. TSH Collab en The Student Hotel in Maastricht, maar willen wij graag alle deelnemers de mogelijkheid bieden om via een online masterclass (via Zoom) deel te nemen.

Hoe werkt dat?
Je meld je aan op de gebruikelijke manier. Na ontvangst van je betaling ontvang je een uitnodiging + instructie hoe deel te nemen aan de online masterclass.

Heb je je aangemeld maar zie je toch liever af van deelname? Neem dan contact op met jessie@fashionclash.nl