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Celebrating self-expression as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, individuals and communities COMMUNITY ARTS ADVOCATES, INC. Stephen H. Baird, Founder and Executive Director 39 Robeson Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 info@BuskersAdvocates.org www.BuskersAdvocates.org Like the FaceBook page for blog updates on news alerts, court cases and legal battles at https://www.facebook.com/BuskersAdvocates Introduction and Services Links, Festivals and References Artists Directory Photo-Journalism Project Performance Locations Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas Historical References Books and References Fine Arts Paintings, Photographs and Films Legal Court Citations Model Regulations Sidewalk Democracy: Regulation of Public Space The Malling of America: The Selling of America's Public Parks and Streets India's Street and Transit Music Avenues of Self Expression Code of Ethics Amplification Ethics Subway Transit Artists Women Street Performers and Sexual Safety Women Buskers of Boston (Detailed site index at bottom of page) Sad to report the passing of legendary New Orleans busker Peter Bennett. RIP > Welcome! > > > Please explore this internet research and information center on the Street > > Arts and Buskers traditions. The index above will lead you to historical > > references, court cases, regulations, performance locations and links. Also, > > there is an artists data base listing street and vaudeville artists in the > > Greater Boston area and the world. There is a detailed index at the bottom > > of each page. > > > > The Street Arts & Buskers Advocates publishes model street performance > > ordinances, court decisions on street artists' rights, lists of traditional > > street performance locations throughout the world, maintains an internet web > > site and provides educational workshops, artists referrals and street > > festival production consultation. > > > > The streets arts are dynamic and constantly changing. This site is only one > > gateway to this world. Please forward comments, corrections, and ideas back > > this way. The information is only as good as we share it. > > > > This information has been published for over five decades now. This > > informational web site is provided to national news organizations, > > libraries, arts councils and legal clinics free of charge as part of the > > advocacy to expand the public support of the street arts. Please support > > this effort by becoming a member or making a donation on form below or > > online through the secure site Paypal on the links below. Many thanks. > > > > Stephen Baird, Street Arts and Buskers Advocates > > Statement of Purpose > > > Street Arts and Buskers Advocates cultivates ongoing fundamental > > relationships between artists and communities by celebrating self-expression > > as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, > > individuals and communities. > > > > Street Arts and Buskers Advocates is a program of Community Arts Advocates, > > Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding public awareness, > > participation in and support of the arts through performances and festivals, > > exhibits and workshops, publications and publicity, educational forums, > > nonprofit arts management consultation services, and collaborative projects. > > Background on Street Arts and Buskers Advocates > > * In May of 1973, a small group of street artists formed the Boston Street > Singers Cooperative to legalize and legitimize street performances. A > letter writing and media campaign resulted in new laws permitting street > performances in Boston. New laws permitting street performances were also > passed in Cambridge in 1976. The members also started cooperative bookings > of colleges and clubs. > * The street artists reorganized in the spring of 1978 as the Street > Performers Guild to negotiate performances at urban pedestrian malls being > developed in Boston. > * Street Performers' Festivals were developed with the Cambridge Arts Council > and Faneuil Hall Marketplace in 1983 and 1984 with support from foundations > and corporations. > * The Subway Artists Guild was formed in 1986 to negotiate performance spaces > in the Boston subway platforms. > * The Street Artists' Guild was formed in 1988, as a street artists advocacy > organization under the umbrella of the Folk Arts Network. > * The Street Arts and Buskers Advocates was formed in 1996, as a > international advocacy organization under the leadership of street artist, > Stephen Baird. It became a program of Community Arts Advocates, Inc., a > nonprofit organization founded by Stephen Baird, in 2002. > * The Street Arts and Buskers Advocates have consulted with city officials > and artists in Chicago, Saint Louis, Hartford, Worcester, Cambridge and > numerous other locations to develop ordinances and street performing > programs. > * Street Arts and Buskers Advocates led the battles to stop the supression of > street performances on MBTA subway platforms in 2003, through media, > petition and legal campaigns. > * The Street Arts & Buskers Advocates and Stephen Baird filed a Federal law > suit and repealed archaic and restrictive laws curtailing street > performances and art exhibits on Boston sidewalks and parks in 2004. > * Street Arts and Buskers Advocates developed this internet research and > information resource center web site in 1999 which receives site visits > from around the world. > > Street Performers Festival at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston, > > created in 1984, with consultant work by Stephen Baird > > founder of the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates > > Background on Stephen Baird > > > Stephen H. Baird is the founder and director of Street Arts and Buskers > > Advocates and Community Arts Advocates. He has over four decades of > > performances, arts advocacy and grassroots arts administration experience. > > > > Stephen Baird restructured Club Passim, the historic folk music venue in > > Cambridge, as a nonprofit organization in 1995-97. He co-founded the Bread & > > Roses Festival in Lawrence in 1986, founded and directed the Folk Arts > > Network from 1982-96, published the New England Folk Almanac and New England > > Folk Directory from 1982-1996. He produced Jamaica Plain Open Studios and > > directed the Jamaica Plain Arts Council from 1999-2001. > > > > Stephen Baird has been featured in Time, Newsweek, People, National Law > > Review, American Bar Association Journal and many other national magazines, > > a PBS documentary, a Discovery Channel documentary, and at the Kennedy > > Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. > > > > "Stephen Baird is the national authority on the history of busking" > > - Patty Campbell, Passing the Hat: Street Performers in America > > > > "But none has honored his roots--or his audience-- > > as fondly as the man street players now call > > 'the Dean.' Good show." > > - People Magazine > > > > Stephen Baird in "Street Art" from documentary film series America! > > > Black Light Films, Louis Schwartzberg, 1999 > > SERVICES > > > The Street Arts and Buskers Advocates publishes model street performance > > ordinances, court decisions on street artists' rights, lists of traditional > > street performance locations throughout the world, and provides educational > > workshops, artist referrals and festival production consultations. > > * Donations > > * Street Arts and Buskers Advocates > > > > * Advocate $10,000 > > * Busker $5,000 > > * Clown $1,000 > > * Mime $500 > > * Juggler $250 > > * Jester $100 > > * Pass The Hat $_________________ Donations can also be made to Community Arts Advocates, Inc. by mail at 39 Robeson Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 For additional information: info@BuskersAdvocates.org THANKS! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Street Arts and Buskers Advocates * Introduction, Background and Services * Street Arts Advocates Email List * Code of Ethics * Legal Issues * Legal Court Citations article by Stephen Baird * Goldstein v. Town of Nantucket, 477 F. Supp., 606, (1979) * Davenport v Alexandria, VA 683 F2d 853 (1983), 710 F2d 148 (1983), 748 F2d 208 (1984) * Friedrich v Chicago 619 F. Supp., 1129. (D.C. Ill 1985) * Carew-Reid v. Metropolitan Transportation Auth., 903 F2d 914 (2nd Cir. 1990) (Subway) * Jews for Jesus v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (1991) (Subway) * Bery v. New York, 97 F. 3d 684 (2d Cir. 1996) * Turley v. NYC 988 F.Supp, 667 & 675 (1997). See US 2nd Cir Appeal 98-7114 (1999) * Perry v. LAPD, US 9th Cir Appeals 96-55545 (1997) * Horton v. St. Augustine, Florida US 11th Cir Appeal No. 00-16220 (2001) * Christopher Mastrovincinzo (a.k.a. "MASTRO"), and Kevin Santos (a.k.a. "NAC" OR "NAK") v NEW YORK CITY 313 F SUPP 2D 280 (2004) * Boston Legal Battle 1972-on * Overview with articles and photographs * Police Rule 75 * Federal Law Suit to protect rights of street artists in Boston served on August 3, 2004 * Complaint Motion * Preliminary Injunction Motion * Response From City of Boston * Reply and Second Memorandum * Federal Court Hearing December 17, 2004 * City Repeals Police Rules and Regulations determined Unconstitutional in Federal Court on December 23, 2004 * Issues and timeline * Media articles * Petition * Boston MBTA Subway Legal Battle 1986-on * Overview with articles and photographs * December 2003 MBTA Restrictions Battle * Wesleyan University Olin Fellowship Thesis by Maggie Starr * MBTA-Radio Threatens Subway Performances October 2007 * Cambridge Legal Battle 1973-on * Overview with articles and photographs * Cambridge, MA Ordinance * Alexandria, Virginia Legal Battle 1982-1984 * Overview with articles and photographs * Historical statement by Stephen Baird * Davenport v Alexandria, VA 683 F2d 853 (1983), 710 F2d 148 (1983), 748 F2d 208 (1984) * Baltimore, Maryland Legal Battle 2002 on * Overview with articles and photographs * Chicago Legal Battle 1982-on * Overview with articles and photographs * Urban Studies Statement by Dr. Allan Schnaiberg, Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs at Northwestern University * Friedrich v Chicago 619 F. Supp., 1129. (D.C. Ill 1985) * Eureka, California legal case * Kansas City Legal Battle * Summary * Letter * Ordinance * Petition * New Orleans Legal Battle * New Orleans Code * New York City Street Entertainers 1700 to 2011 and beyond * Mayor LaGuadia bans New York City street entertainers 1935 * South Street Seaport * Provincetown, Massachusetts Street Performers * Saint Augustine, Florida Legal Battle * Horton v. St. Augustine, Florida US 11th Cir Appeal No. 00-16220 (2001) * Saint Louis, MO * Salt Lake City, Utah Legal Battle * Salt Lake City, Utah Ordinance * Santa Cruz, California Legal Battle 1978-2003 * Santa Cruz Street Performance Voluntary Guidelines * Santa Fe, New Mexico * Seattle, WA 1974 on * Spokane, WA Legal Battle * Waikiki Street Performers Win Lawsuit 2002 * Wilmington, North Carolina Legal Battle * The Malling of America: The Selling of America's Public Parks and Streets--The Economic Censorship and Suppression of First Amendment Rights article by Stephen Baird * Citizens to End Animal Suffering v Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Inc., 745 F. Supp. 65 (1990) * Amplification Ethics article by Stephen Baird * Model Regulations introduction and three samples * Cambridge, MA * Worcester, MA * Chicago, IL * Hartford, CT * East Lansing, MI * St. Louis, MO * Toledo, OH * Santa Monica, CA * Performance Locations * Introduction * North America * South America * Europe * Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa * History and Cultural Impact of Street Performing in America * Avenues of Self Expression article by Stephen Baird * Ben Franklin on the Streets of Boston in 1718 * Busking in Colonial Williamsburg in 1738 * Rope Walking from Church Steeple in 1757 * Patrick Henry and Sam Adams on the Revolutionary Streets * Nathaniel Hawthorne "All vagrants are interesting" * Boston Street Music 1869 * Irving Berlin to George Burns--Immigrants Fill The Streets With Music * Bessie Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Eubie Blake, Reverend Gary Davis, Louis Armstrong and the African American Diaspora on the Streets * Mayor La Guardia Bans Street Music in New York City in 1935 * Hurdy-gurdy man Marino Persechini in Boston 1899-1974 * Street Artists in Fine Arts Paintings, Photographs and Films * Books and References * Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space * Women Street Performers and Sexual Safety By Kirsten Anderberg * History and Cultural Impact of Street Performing International * Germany 1990 * "In Transit Railscapes" -- India's Street and Transit Music By Navin Thomas * Jakarta, Indonesia bans donations to buskers September 2007 * Links and References * General References * City and Government Regulation Web Sites * Sidewalk Democracy: Municipalities and the Regulation of Public Space * Individual Performer and Artists Web Sites * Professional Vaudeville Organization and School Web Sites * Busker and Street Performer Festival Web Sites * Performance Opportunities * Research Web Sites * Street and Vaudeville Artists Directory Data Base * Mimes, Magicians, Musicians, Jugglers, Jesters, Sidewalk Chalk Artists, Clowns, Puppeteers, Storytellers and !!! * Women Buskers of Boston * Profiles * Street Artists Photo-Journalism Project * Project Description * Consent and Release Agreement * The Photos For translations into different languages -- Arabic, Chinese, Italian, French, German, Russian, Spanish or others visit the web site: http://babel.altavista.com Community Arts Advocates Copyright © 1999-2024 by Stephen Baird