Limited edition prints launched

Salon is proud to announce the launch of the first ten limited-edition photographic prints drawn from our archives.

See the collection in our gallery (opens in new window)

These beautifully-shot images, featuring key 3D works by Salon artists made during our activities, are made to order on A3 Somerset Velvet Enhanced paper, a light-fast, subtly textured art paper weighing 225gsm.

Buyers can choose to have them framed (£275) or unframed (£200). Prices are exclusive of postage and packing. Delivery is 28 days. Just email info@salonart.org.uk to request your order, giving your name, delivery address, email, SMS, quantity of print(s) and how you wish to pay (credit/debit card, cheque or BACS).

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. The following are available in editions of 250 each, signed by the artists:

• Untitled (the City vs. Nature), Matthew Jenkins (pictured above)


• Cactus, Alex Kemp (pictured right)


• Natural Satellite, Colin Redwood


• Dumb Art Ahead, Hamish Roberts


• Ghost Wasps, Hamish Roberts


• Old Man's Ear, Martin Glover


• Dumb Art Ahead II, Miles Thomas
  

An unsigned limited-edition print is also available of the King's Wood backdrop image that adorned our Salon in King's Wood film poster.

More prints will be added to the selection as soon as they become available.

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.

Salon in King's Wood DVD

Salon in King's Wood is on sale on DVD - get your copy today!

Narrated by Jon Iles (DC Mike Dashwood of The Bill) and directed by Samuel Dore, the sumptuous 45-minute documentary charts the progress of five deaf and hard-of-hearing visual artists in King's Wood over five days last summer and was widely acclaimed upon its first film premiere at Deaffest 2007. See the teaser below:

The DVD is priced £10 plus p+p. Delivery is 28 days. To order your copy NOW, click the button below to pay online by credit/debit card (no PayPal acocunt needed):

With thanks to Stour Valley Arts and Arts Council England

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!