Update for July 2010

It has been a while since we last updated the website. Please bear with us while we continue to develop plans for the future.

In the meantime, our signed Limited Editions prints are still for sale here.

To place your order, email info@salonart.org.uk the following details:

Name

Delivery address

Email

SMS

quantity of print(s)

How you wish to pay (credit/debit card, cheque or BACS)

Delivery is 28 days and prints cost £200 unframed, £275 framed. All prices are exclusive of £15 postage and packing.

Profits will be split between Salon for the benefit of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and the artists who created the original works, except in cases where the artist has agreed for all profits to be reinvested in Salon.

Summer break

Salon is taking a break this month to allow for new family commitments. For this reason, we will not be undertaking or announcing any plans until further notice.

Unsolicited emails or post sent to Salon will also not be accepted or acknowledged during this time in order to minimise unnecessary disruption. If you need to get in touch with the Director for personal or non-Salon-related reasons, please use alternative contact means. Thanks!

Hearing Times column

Thought you might like to read my column here, which concerns the Salon Limited Editions exhibition:

http://hearingtimes.blogspot.com/2009/03/conceptual-vs-commercial.html

Don't forget, you can view a selection of the print in the gallery below:

http://salon-dart.jalbum.net/Salon%20Limited%20Editions

Salon Limited Editions - The Exhibition

For one night only, Salon is having a private selling exhibition of signed limited edition prints at Nincomsoup in central London on Saturday 25th April at 7pm. 

The prints, made on light-fast Somerset Velvet Enhanced paper, feature a selection of images of contemporary 2D and 3D pieces made by deaf and hard-of-hearing visual artists during Salon activities over the last three years. 

Profits from the sales will be split between Salon and the artists who made the original pieces, except in cases where the artist has specified for all profits to be reinvested in Salon. Framed and unframed prints - either A3 or larger - will be on display, along with order forms that buyers can fill in and return on the spot along with their payment (cash/cheques only). 

Free drinks and nibbles available. 

As the venue is small, capacity is limited and we will have a guest list on the door. Those who RSVP to melissa@salonart.org.uk before 20th March 2009 will receive full venue details including a map. 

What does Deaf Art mean to you? film clips

At long last! Subtitled YouTube clips of our last workshop at Modern Art Oxford, 'What does Deaf Art mean to you?' are available for viewing in two parts. Enjoy watching.





With thanks to Samuel Dore.

Welcome

Welcome to the new website for Salon, the UK's only deaf visual arts development agency committed to supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing visual artists and aspiring artists.

For a summary, watch our showreel below:


Salon does more than just exhibit contemporary visual art by deaf people! What we do is professional development: giving deaf and hard-of-hearing people the opportunity, time and space to build new ideas, new skills, new confidence through

• collaborative activity e.g. art retreats
• deaf-led artist workshops
• schools outreach work
• practical skills training

Through working together, participants learn how to market themselves better, create more meaningful pieces of deaf contemporary visual art, and fund-raise for their own projects.

We work to boost the mainstream profile of deaf and hard-of-hearing visual artists through mutual partnerships with leading visual arts organisations across London and the South-East, including Tate, Modern Art Oxford, Stour Valley Arts and OVADA.

We often arrange preparatory Deaf Arts Equality Training for our partners, which not only enables them to practise a vital and innovative model of Deaf and Disability Equality practice in the arts, but also leands them a unique insight into Deaf Art and Culture and the rich contribution it can make to society as a whole.

Why not browse through this website and see what we can offer you?

Membership renewal

Need to renew your annual membership? Great news - you can do so here! Simply click the button below to pay by credit/debit card (no PayPal account needed):

Membership still costs £15 a year and a small adminstration charge will be made for online transactions.

All transactions using this method are quick, easy and secure and no PayPal account is necessary. Once payment is received, you should get a copy of The Lounge and your membership card within three weeks.

Our bumper issue - The Great BritDeafArt Issue - is out now and is the best we've ever produced. The Autumn 2008 issue includes

• an EXCLUSIVE piece by James Kearney
• works by Aaron Williamson, Wendy Haslam, Sheng-Kai Chou, Simon Cooper, Heather Veevers, Hamish Roberts and Miles Thomas

Members also have the prestige of a forthcoming DVD, The Salon Principle, a 55-minute documentary that reviews our three -one-day workshops to date and asks: What is the future for deaf visual art in 2012?

Only one way to find out - by subscribing to The Lounge today.

Note on Intellectual Copyright

Salon takes Intellectual Copyright/Property very seriously. Far too many visual artists have had copyright stolen from them and we're keen to ensure they get the credit they deserve.

According to copyright law, once an idea or concept is in the public domain you cannot own it unless you have it in writing.

There are a number of ways to protect your ideas. When you make a proposal to an organisation post one copy to yourself or a solicitor if you have one by Recorded Delivery and leave the envelope unopened. As a general rule copyright must remain with the artist in artistic commissions but there may be exceptions for certain commercial artwork, such as work for an advertising agency. Ask for a written contract that clearly states ownership of copyright for the work as agreed between yourself and your client.

Make sure you sign and date any work you produce, and take photographs if you are selling it. Some cameras have an in-built time and date facility; if not simply write the name of the work and date on the back of the photograph.

At 'brainstorming' meetings make sure someone takes notes, ask for a transcript if a palantypist is available, or get it recorded on video. Email and SMS can also be used to confirm intellectual copyright, although more difficult to store permanently.

More useful information on Intellectual Copyright is available from Own It, a free intellectual copyright advice service based in London that also offers seminars and training. Their website is http://www.own-it.org/

We will have handouts on Intellectual Copyright available at Salon workshops; artists who book one-to-one sessions with us can also ask for a free copy.

BSL Presenter: Isabel Meacher. With thanks to Sam Dore and Remark!