An artist who is commissioned by the program to create a work of art has the following rights with respect to that work of art:

(1) all rights secured to the artist under federal copyright laws;

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Terms Used In Utah Code 9-6-409

  • Artist: means a practitioner in the visual arts, generally recognized by critics and the artist's peers as a professional who is committed to producing high quality work on a regular basis, and who is not the project architect or a member of the project's architectural firm. See Utah Code 9-6-403
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Program: means the Percent-for-Art Program created in this part. See Utah Code 9-6-403
(2) the right to claim authorship of the work of art;
(3) the right to photographic reproduction of the work of art;
(4) the right of first refusal:

     (4)(a) to conduct all repair and conservation work on the work of art in accordance with accepted principles of professional conservation; and
     (4)(b) to purchase the work of art if the state decides to sell it; and
(5) the right to deny further association of the artist’s name with or authorship of the work of art if conservation or repair work is done by a person other than the artist, which in the opinion of the artist damages its integrity.