CARFAC is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists.
CARFAC is the national voice of Canada’s professional visual artists.
In 2022, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage conducted a study on the impact of the Status of the Artist Act (SAA) on artists’ working conditions. CARFAC and other stakeholders participated in this process by submitting briefs and presenting them… Read More
You may have heard that Canada has extended the term of copyright in the Copyright Act. What does this change mean for artists? Copyright is the exclusive legal right to produce, reproduce, license, publish, or perform an original work of… Read More
The CARFAC-RAAV Minimum Recommended Fee Schedule provides guidelines on what visual and media artists should be paid for their copyright and other professional services. Canadian Copyright laws provide artists with the right to be paid for exhibitions and reproductions, and… Read More
OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 22, 2022 Copyright Visual Arts/Droit d’Auteurs en Arts Visuels (COVA-DAAV) today announced an agreement with SOCAN that will see the transfer of SOCAN’s visual arts and crafts business to COVA-DAAV, with offices in Ottawa and Montreal. The… Read More
On October 7th, CARFAC submitted a brief as part of the upcoming Federal Budget 2023 consultations. Our submission was a collaborative effort in partnership with Quebec artist association, RAAV. Our submission included the recommendation that the government amend the Copyright Act to include… Read More
CARFAC and RAAV have been busy meeting with the Federal Government about the Artist’s Resale Right (ARR), and momentum is growing. Now is the time to write to your MP, asking for their support for ARR in a review of… Read More
