Fine and Performing Arts Ethics - Online Resources

[ Please be aware that some links on this page are to photographs of works of art that are graphic
and controversial. ]

•  Americans for the Arts ·
   Link 1

•  A Blog Post by William Crawly on the Ethics of Acting · Link 1

•  Controversial Works of Art · Link 1

•  An Interview of Paul Tackaberry by R.J. Price on The Lawyer/Critic: When Appropriation
   Becomes Copyright Infringement · Link 1  (contains a few brief examples involving actual works of art)

•  An Article by Marcia Chambers on Artists vs. Icons, With Woods in the Middle · Link 1

•  A Commentary by Marjorie Heins on Of Threats, Intimidation, Sensitivity, and Free Speech:
   The Muhammad Cartoons · Link 1

•  An Article on Better Playing Through Chemistry by Blair Tindall · Link 1

•  An Article by Kate Taylor on Artist's Daughter Wants Video Back Street · Link 1

•  College Art Association's Intellectual Property and the Arts Resources · Link 1

•  A Report by Patricia Aufderheide, Peter Jaszi, and Mridu Chandra on Honest Truths:
   Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in their Work · Link 1

•  An Op-Ed by Tyler Green on Turning a Museum into Vanity Space · Link 1

•  A Report by Barbara Schaffer Bacon, Ceryl Yuen, and Pam Korza on Animating
   Democracy: Artistic Imagination as a Force in Civic Dialogue · Link 1

•  An Article by Jack Becker on Public Art: An Essential Component of Creating Communities
    · Link 1

•  An Article by Patrick Overton on Public Trust or Public Trough? The Ethics Crisis Facing
   Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt Cultural Institutions in America · Link 1

•  A Blog Post on Ethics of Theatre · Link 1

•  Ethics in Dance: Promoting Ethical Practices in Dance · Link 1

•  Etiquette, Ethics, and Middle Eastern Dance · Link 1

•  An Article by Margaret R. Miles and S. Brent Plate on Hospital Vision: Some Notes on the
   Ethics of Seeing Film · Link 1

•  A Wikipedia Entry on Visual Ethics · Link 1

•  A Wikibooks Entry on Visual Rhetoric/Ethics of Controversial Images · Link 1

•  A Lecture by Garnet Hertz on Ethology of Art and Science Collaborations: Research Ethics
   Boards in the Context of Contemporary Art Practice · Link 1

•  A Copyright Primer for the Dance Community · Link 1

•  A Book by Jane O'Dea on Virtue or Virtuosity? Explorations in the Ethics of Musical
   Performance · Link 1

•  Arguments Against Section 48: US v Stevens Case
   Poses Serious Threat to Freedom of Expression · Link 1

•  A Column by Sandy Nairne on The Fine Line Between Curating and Promoting · Link 1

•  An Article by Peggy J. Bowers on Through the Objective Lens: The Ethics of Expression
   and Repression of High Art in Photojournalism · Link 1

•  An Essay by Kenneth Hanna on Public Domain Art in an Age of Easier Mechanical
   Reproducibility · Link 1

•  An Article by Jeffrey Cunard on Moral Rights for Artists: The Visual Artists Rights Act ·
   Link 1

•  A Lecture by Lawrence Lessig on Free Culture · Link 1

•  An Article by Nancy Updike on Green Eggs and Lawsuits: Artists, Contracts and Money ·
   Link 1

•  An Essay by Richard Posner on 'On Plagiarism' · Link 1

•  A Book on Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig · Link 1

•  An International Encyclopedia of Philosophy Entry on Ethical Criticism of Art · Link 1

•  The Inclusion of Social Responsibility in the Visual Communications Curriculum · Link 1

•  Institute of Museum Ethics · Link 1

•  Americans For The Arts · Link 1  |  Animating Democracy Program  |  National Arts Policy Roundtable

•  Art and Ethics: What's the Relationship Between Them · Link 1

•  An Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate on NPR about On Ethics, Is Art Market Worse Than
   Stock Market? · Link 1

•  a2ethics.org · Link 1

•  Rock Ethics Institute: When We Dance · Link 1

•  Ausdance · Link 1

•  A Syllabus (including links to online texts) by Harry S. Martin III on Legal Interests in Art in
   US & International Law · Link 1

•  A Website by Julie Van Camp  · Link 1

•  The Art Newspaper · Link 1

•  International Association for Art Research's Art Law & Cultural Property Website · Link 1

•  Art:21 Blog Post on Flash Points: The Ethics of Art · Link 1

•  Artists Rights Society · Link 1

•  Copyright & Art Issues Compiled by Christine L. Sundt · Link 1

•  The Free Expression Policy Project · Link 1

•  A Course Syllabus on Leadership & Theater: Ethics, Innovation & Creativity by Edward
   Freeman & Randy Strawderman · Link 1

•  American Association of Museums · Link 1

•  Appraisers Association of America · Link 1

•  American Guild of Organists · Link 1

•  Arizona Presenters Alliance's Manager-Artists Code of Ethics · Link 1

•  Association of Performing Arts Presenters · Link 1

•  Australian Guidelines for Dance Teachers · Link 1
  

•  College Art Association's Standards and Guidelines · Link 1

   This page contains links to the following, among other things: Statement on Conflict of Interest  |
   Statement on Standards for Sculptoral Reproduction and Preventive Measures to Combat Unethical Casting in Bronze 
   |  Professional Practices for Artists

•  Florida State Music Teachers Association · Link 1

•  Foundation for Community Dance · Link 1

•  International Center for Medieval Art · Link 1

•  International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians · Link 1

•  The National Association for Music Education · Link 1

•  National Association of Teachers of Singing · Link 1

•  Royal Academy of Dance Canada · Link 1