Programs

Visting Artist Series

The Visiting Artist Program seeks to bring to the College of Law actors, directors, writers, musicians, painters, sculptors, and other artists so that they may discuss with our students, faculty, and the legal community the issues facing them as working artists.

The Visiting Artists, in dialogue with attorneys, law faculty and students, share their perspective on the legal problems they encounter in their profession, including copyright, contract issues, agency, and moral rights. Through this dialogue we hope to further understanding of these issues by both artists and those in the legal community.

    Previous Visting Artists
  • In November of 2005, Jeff Perry, CIPLIT’s first Visiting Artist, spoke on his multi-faceted career as an actor, director, producer and teacher, and some of the legal issues facing him as a celebrity and as the developer of new properties for stage, screen, and television.

  • Austin Pendleton, CIPLIT's second Visiting Artist, with entertainment law attorney and DePaul alum, Todd Musburger and Professor Margit Livingston gave a presentation focusing on copyright protection for a director's staging of a play in January of 2007. The panel discussed this topic along with other the legal issues facing actors and directors.

  • The College of Law's third annual Visiting Artist in 2008 was Zach Helm, a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University, as well as an acclaimed film writer and director. He discussed the recent screenwriters' strike with Professors Alan Salzenstein and Margit Livingston.

  • In 2009, one of the leading saxophone players of his time, Frank Catalano, along with attorney Gregg Gansmann and College of Law professors Ben Alba and Margit Livingston, gave a lunchtime presentation focusing on the attorney-artist relationship, as well as the legal issues Catalano has faced while building his music career. To see videos from this event, please click here. To view the musical performance from the event, please click here.

  • In 2010, Brian Dennehy discussed the impact of the law and legal representation on his career as an internationally renowned stage, movie, and television actor with Professor Margit Livingston.. Also in 2010, Bernard Maisner, internationally renowned artist, calligrapher and fine stationer, discussed legal issues impacting him as an artist and small businessman with Professor Livingston. To view the discussion with Bernard Maisner, please click here.
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On September 21, 2011, Jane A. Levine, Worldwide Director of Compliance for Sotheby’s, discussd her typical day as the director of compliance and senior vice president for the world's fourth oldest auction house. Ms. Levine shared her experiences on issues such as consignments, enforcement relating to the art and cultural heritage regulation, investigating breaches, monitoring compliance, the auction process and anti-money laundering in the art and auction market.

For more information please visit the CIPLIT Arts Law Colloquium website

To view the video of this discussion, please click here.