Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts v.9 n. 2, February 2023

Advocacy & Public Policy Committee News Alerts support the committee's mission to monitor governmental activities and social justice issues affecting the professional interests of ARLIS/NA and to keep the ARLIS/NA membership informed. The monthly alerts are intended to be conversation starters, help members keep up on public policy issues and alert members to new developments. The articles compiled in the News Alerts bring to the forefront recent news from a range of perspectives designed to elicit discussion; they are not compiled to represent the views of ARLIS as an organization or the members of the Advocacy and Public Policy Committee.

Previous issues can be found here: https://www.arlisna.org/news/appc-news-alert

Activism and Social Justice in the Arts 

• Liscia, Valentina Di, and Maya Pontone. “Harmful Pesticides in Museum Collections Complicate Repatriation Efforts.” Hyperallergic, February 23, 2023.
• Solomon, Tessa. “Paris’s Musée d’Orsay Ordered to Restitute Paintings by Renoir, Cézanne, and Gauguin Stolen During World War II.” ARTnews, February 16, 2023. 

Copyright and Licensing

• Abott, Ryan. "We Need A Copyright Reboot for Robots." IP Watchdog. February 21, 2023.
• Brittain, Blake. "AI-created images lose U.S. copyrights in test for new technology." Reuters. February 22, 2023.
• Edwards, Benj. "AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection." Ars Technica. February 23, 2023.
• Ho, Karen K. “Joan Mitchell Foundation Issues Cease and Desist to Louis Vuitton Over Use of Paintings in Handbag Ads.” ARTnews, February 21, 2023.
• Jiang, Sisi. "AI Comic Art Gets Copyright Revoked After Office Learns How AI Works." Kotaku. February 23, 2023.
• Lawler, Richard. "The US Copyright Office says you can't copyright Midjourney AI-generated images." The Verge. February 22, 2023.
• Routhier, Peter M. "Internet Archive Joins Library Groups at the Supreme Court." Internet Archive Blogs. February 21, 2023.
• "Fair Dealing Week, February 20-24, 2023." University of Lethbridge Library. February 2023.
  
  

Funding

• "Donors pledge $55 million to Smithsonian's Forthcoming Museum of American Women." Artforum, February 28, 2023.
• Durón, Maximilíano. “Four Foundations Commit $5 M. to Create Latinx Art Curatorial Positions at 10 US Art Institutions.” ARTnews, February 13, 2023.
• "Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, An Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System." Mellon Foundation. February 15, 2023.
• Nayyar, Rhea. US Museums Reduce Emissions With Help From Frankenthaler Foundation." Hyperallergic. February 9, 2023.
• Velie, Elaine. “Indiana School Catches Heat for Plan to Deaccession Works.” Hyperallergic, February 10, 2023.

Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA)

• Baska, Maggie, “Anti-Trans and Drag Protests Linked to Far-Right Conspiracy Groups in New Report,” PinkNews, February 28, 2023.
• Bravo, Tony. “SFMOMA and MoAD to Share Curator for Art of the African Diaspora.” Datebook, San Francisco Chronicle, February 28, 2023. 
• Damasco, Ione, “Transforming Culture,” American Libraries Magazine, March 1, 2023.
• Dudak, Leah, “Working Toward Wellness: Exploring Trauma-Informed Librarianship,” Library Journal, February 14, 2023.
• Greig, James, “Inside America’s Escalating War on Drag,” Dazed, March 2, 2023.
• Kaleem, Jaweed, “How Drag Queen Story Hour Became a Battle over Gender, Sexuality and Kids,” Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2023. 
• Nelson, Kate, “Introducing a New Book Club By Native Youth, for Native Youth,” Teen Vogue, February 27, 2023.
• Raymond, Ted, “Supporters Greatly Outnumber Protesters at Drag Storytime Event at Ottawa’s NAC,” CTV News Ottawa, February 8, 2023.
  
  

Intellectual Freedom/ Access to Information

• "Freedom to Read Week: February 19-25, 2023." The Book and Periodical Council, February 2023.
• "Roald Dahl rewrites: edited language in books criticised as ‘absurd censorship’." The Guardian, February 20, 2023.
• Mattei, Shanti Escalante-De. “Art Exhibit Canceled After State College of Florida Wants Words ‘Diversity’ and ‘Inclusion’ Banned.” ARTnews, February 21, 2023. 
• Michael, Taylor. "Florida Governor’s War on “Wokeness” Hits the Arts." Hyperallergic. February 22, 2023. 
• O'Day, Jason R. "Bills to restrict 'sexually explicit' library content passed in House, Senate." The Dickinson Press. February 18, 2023.
• Prose, Francine. "Ron DeSantis’ academic restrictions show he hopes to change history by censoring it." February 9, 2023. 
• Velie, Elaine. "Where’s the Art in the AP African American Studies Curriculum?" Hyperallergic, February 7, 2023.
  
  

Technology and Digital Privacy

• Michael, Taylor. "Did AI Help a UK Cabinet Maker Uncover an Original Raphael?" Hyperallergic. February 26, 2023.
• Nayyar, Rhea. "Is This the End of Twitter’s Beloved “Art Bots”?" Hyperallergic, February 8, 2023.
• Nayyar, Rhea. "Viral “Photographer” Reveals His Images Were AI-Generated." Hyperallergic, February 27, 2023.
• Velie, Elaine. "And the Winner Is … AI Art?" Hyperallergic, February 6, 2023.

Workplace

•  Aton, Francesca. “Mass Strike of U.K. Cultural Workers Forces British Museum to Close.” ARTnews, February 2, 2023.
• Mattei, Shanti Escalante-De. “Minneapolis Institute of Art Workers Picket Outside the Museum Amid Unionization Battle.” ARTnews, February 17, 2023.
• Williams, Gisela. "An Office in Which Screaming Is Encouraged". New York Times Style Magazine. February 24, 2023. 

Miscellaneous

• Bishara, Hakim. "The World Has One Less Jeff Koons “Balloon Dog.” Hyperallergic, February 19, 2023.
• Cassady, Daniel. “David Bowie’s Archive Gifted to London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.” ARTnews, February 23, 2023.
• Velie, Elaine. "Did Air Pollution Inspire Impressionism?" Hyperallergic, February 1, 2023.
• Velie, Elaine. "Deadly Earthquake Damages Cultural Sites in Turkey and Syria." Hyperallergic, February 6, 2023.

This issue of News Alerts was compiled by Freyja Catton, Carrie Evans, Sal Hamerman, Kate Marcus, and Petra Warren.