Wes Rolley on tue 17 sep 02
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The city where I live wants to open it's new Community and Cultural Center=
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with a juried art exhibit. They also have determined that they do not have=
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Insurance against breakage or theft. I am trying to write the call for=20
entries and today, I received the following from the City:
"Staff has completed a review of neighboring cities and their policies in=20
regards to insuring art pieces and they all ask the artists to sign hold=20
harmless agreements."
This being the case, would you submit a valued work of art for this=20
exhibit? I would appreciate prompt replies on this, as I have to submit a=
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budget on Thursday.
Wes
"I find I have a great lot to learn =96 or unlearn. I seem to know far too=
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much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am=20
getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Wesley C. Rolley
17211 Quail Court
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
wrolley@charter.net
(408)778-3024
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SusanRaku@AOL.COM on tue 17 sep 02
In a message dated 9/17/2002 6:12:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
wrolley@CHARTER.NET writes:
> This being the case, would you submit a valued work of art for this
> exhibit? I would appreciate prompt replies on this, as I have to submit a
> budget on Thursday.
>
>
Wes, I am the volunteer exhibit chair for the Kentucky Guild and we usually
have 6 or more exhibits in our own gallery space annually and 4 or more
exhibits in host galleries outside of our space annually. We are going into
our third year of this program and I have yet to see a gallery that does not
provide insurance for artists.
One detail that takes looking for is that sometimes there is a deductible or
a ceiling limit to the insurance on a given piece. Some galleries cover the
deductible and some don't. If this is unsatisfactory the gallery will often
take a rider for the time of the exhibit.
I personally would have reservations about exhibiting my work in an uninsured
space.
Susan
Valice Raffi on tue 17 sep 02
Wes,
according to the California Lawyers for the Arts, the gallery (or whatever)
is still responsible for the care & safety of any artwork and is liable for
breakage or theft. At a workshop I attended, the lawyers stated that a
hold harmless agreement, or a contract that contains a similar paragraph,
would not hold up in court.
I've occasionally gone ahead & signed that type of agreement for two reasons=
:
1) I've had very few pieces damaged that I couldn't repair (sculptural
work) and I got paid for those. One gallery "lost" a piece, but that
gallery was always a problem anyway. When I took my work out of there, I
didn't have the paperwork with me (I know - stupid!) and didn't notice the
missing piece til later. When I called about it, she said she didn't have
it - not much I could do at that point.
2) I trust the California Lawyers for the Arts knew what they were talking
about. We (artists) went over that point pretty thoroughly at that
workshop. Not that I'd ever want to go through the hassle of trying to
collect through court!
Valice
in Sacramento
>"Staff has completed a review of neighboring cities and their policies in
>regards to insuring art pieces and they all ask the artists to sign hold
>harmless agreements."
>
>This being the case, would you submit a valued work of art for this
>exhibit? I would appreciate prompt replies on this, as I have to submit a
>budget on Thursday.
>
>Wes
>
>
>"I find I have a great lot to learn =96 or unlearn. I seem to know far too
>much and this knowledge obscures the really significant facts, but I am
>getting on." -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh
>
>Wesley C. Rolley
>17211 Quail Court
>Morgan Hill, CA 95037
>wrolley@charter.net
>(408)778-3024
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