Copyright Policy

All artists featured in the Cultivate Art Commons archives hold sole (exclusive) copyright, or have provided documentary evidence of shared (nonexclusive) copyright, for each of the works provided for display.

Cultivate Art Commons will not knowingly permit reproductions of the works of art in the exhibition for purposes of sales, rental, loan or distribution of any kind without the written permission of the Artist. 

Any digital reproductions of exhibition documentation, artist statements, curatorial texts, performance documentation, or other works included in our online archive are intended to be used as didactic material. These resources have been made available to the public to improve access to cultural heritage in the arts as one of the longest-running artist-run centres in Canada.

As stated in our contracts with artists, Cultivate Art Commons has the right to photograph, electronically reproduce in any media and/or to otherwise reproduce  images of the work, parts of the Artist’s statement or other material related to the work (for example: excerpts from interviews with the Artist, images of the Artist, etc.) for the purpose of producing a catalogue and/or other didactic material (be it in print, video and/or audio, CD-ROM, Web page, digital archive or other temporary or  permanent storage method).

This documentation may be of the exhibition as a whole, and may form part of a  catalogue and publication by Cultivate Art Commons. A nonexclusive copyright to any and all of this documentation is held by Cultivate Art Commons/Kingston Artist’s Association Inc. We will not authorize the use of these materials by any third party without the written permission of the Artist.

Cultivate Art Commons is not affiliated with Queen’s University. The organization has partnered with the Queen’s University Archives and Vulnerable Media Lab on this project to best digitize, store, and preserve our archival material. The bulk of our physical archives is stored at the Queen’s University Archives as part of our ongoing partnership.

Visit the link here for further information on the Queen’s Archives Copyright Policy.