CRAWFORD, Tad 1946-

PERSONAL: Born August 8, 1946, in New York, NY. Education: Tufts University, B.A., economics; Columbia University Law School, J.D.

ADDRESSES: Home—New York, NY. Office—10 East 23rd St., Ste. 400, New York, NY 10010. Agent—Jean V. Naggar, Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, 216 East 75th St., New York, NY 10021. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer and lecturer. Attorney, New York, NY, 1971-86; School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, instructor in humanities, 1973-98; Allworth Press, New York, NY, founder and president, 1989—. Served as general counsel for Graphic Artists Guild; has served as counsel for the Copyright Justice Coalition; regular columnist and editor for Legal Affairs, Communication Arts magazine; has appeared as guest on television and radio programs, including The O'Reilly Report, Fox on Money, Good Day, It's Only Money, Wake Up, and New York & Company; lecturer on business practices for artists.

MEMBER: Small Press Advisory Committee.

AWARDS, HONORS: Body, Mind, Spirit Award of Excellence for The Secret Life of Money: How Money Can Be Food for the Soul, 1997.

WRITINGS:

(With Kay Murray) The Writer's Legal Guide, Hawthorn Books (New York, NY), 1977, 2nd edition, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1999, 3rd edition, Allworth Press and Authors Guild (New York, NY), 2002.

Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, Hawthorn Books (New York, NY), 1977, 4th edition, 1999.

The Visual Artist's Guide to the New Copyright Law, Graphic Artists Guild (New York, NY), 1978.

(With Arie Kopelman) Selling Your Photography: The Complete Marketing, Business, and Legal Guide, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1980.

(With Arie Kopelman) Selling Your Graphic Design and Illustration: The Complete Marketing, Business, and Legal Guide, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1981.

(With Susan Mellon) The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consignment, American Council of Arts (New York, NY), 1981, 2nd edition published as The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consigning Art, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1998.

Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, revised edition, Madison Square Press (New York, NY), 1985.

Business and Legal Forms for Fine Artists, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1990, fourth edition, 1999.

Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1990, 4th revised edition, 2000.

Business and Legal Forms for Illustrators, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1990, revised edition, 1998.

(With Eva Doman Bruck) Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1990, 3rd edition, 2003.

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, All-worth Press (New York, NY), 1991, 3rd edition, 2002.

The Secret Life of Money: Teaching Tales of Spending, Receiving, Saving, and Owing, Putnam (New York, NY), 1994, published as The Secret Life of Money: How Money Can Be Food for the Soul, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1996.

Business and Legal Forms for Crafts, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1998.

(Editor) AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design, American Institute of Graphic Arts and Allworth Press (New York, NY), 1998.

(With Eva Doman Bruck) Business and Legal Forms for Interior Designers, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 2001.

The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 2001.

(With Kay Murray) The Writer's Legal Guide: An Authors Guild Desk Reference, Allworth Press and Authors Guild (New York, NY), 2002.

Starting Your Career As a Freelance Photographer, Allworth Press (New York, NY), 2003.

Also author of play, Cradle Me, produced in Wood-stock, NY, at Little Theatre Off the Green. Contributor to art and literary journals and magazines, including Art in America, Art and Artists, Art Workers News, Communication Arts, Central Park, Family Circle, Harper's Bazaar, Glamour, Lapis, New Age Journal, Self, Nation, National Review, The Writer, and Writer's Digest.

SIDELIGHTS: New York City attorney, economist, publisher, and supporter of the arts and artists, Tad Crawford has written books on marketing and selling an array of artistic works, from interior design to novels, providing the necessary legal forms for making a career in the arts successful. In 1989 he founded Allworth Press, which continues to publish new books on the business of the arts and new editions of Crawford's standard works, in addition to general-interest nonfiction and a series of critical essays on fine art and design. Also an economist, Crawford has published two books on personal finance, The Secret Life of Money and The Money Mentor. In an interview with Calvin Reid of Publishers Weekly on the tenth anniversary of Allworth Press's founding, Crawford said that his mission is the same as when he started the company: "To serve the creative community by generating content for them."

Crawford's best-selling title, Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, was published in a fourth edition in 1999. The book devotes five chapters to copyright issues and also covers studio and gallery contracts, sales, licensing, disputes with clients, reproduction and publishing, taxes and estate planning, leases, and even moral rights. It also contains model contracts and a listing of artists' organizations and legal assistance for artists. In the preface, Crawford states, "Artists should never feel intimidated, helpless, or victimized." A reviewer for American Artist wrote, "Artists now have the information they need to protect their artwork and reputation—all in one source." A companion book, The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consigning Art, deals in detail with the artist-gallery relationship, covering such topics as pricing and commissions, insurance coverage, transportation of artwork, and promotion of consigned work.

A related book is AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design. It includes standard forms of the American Institute for Graphic Arts (AIGA) and covers topics that include contracts; fees; audits; insurance; Internet and print marketing; relationships with employees, suppliers, and clients; copyright, trademarks, and licensing; and ethical standards. A reviewer for Independent Publisher referred to the book as having "exacting and up-to-date legal precision and ethical thoughtfulness."

Crawford's successful Business and Legal Forms series—with actual sample forms and a computer CDROM for customizing and printing the forms—provides much-needed guidance for others in the arts. Ivan E. Johnson and Jerome J. Hausman of Arts & Activities found that Business and Legal Forms for Illustrators offers "much more" information about art and design itself than other computer-based legal manuals. Gayle A. Williamson of Library Journal "highly recommended" Business and Legal Forms for Interior Designers, written by Crawford and coauthor Eva Doman Bruck, a professional designer. Business and Legal Forms for Crafts contains twenty-three forms, including invoices, sales and consignment contracts, copyright and trademark applications, licensing contracts, gallery agreements, exhibition loans, and many others. Business and Legal Forms for Photographerscontains a complete set of forms and checklists for all types of photographers. The third edition covers photography in relation to the Internet as well as video photography.

Crawford turns his attention to the literary arts in Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers, a field in which his expertise allows him to provide information on negotiating with publishers. In addition to sample publishing contracts, the book contains forms for agreements with agents and collaborators, contracts with printers, copyright forms, and licensing agreements. A contributor to Writers Write called the book "a valuable reference for any writer who wants to understand contracts and maximize potential revenue." In 2002 Crawford and coauthor Kay Murray published the third edition of The Writer's Legal Guide, containing the latest information on electronic publishing rights, changes in copyright law, and the Freedom of Information Act, plus information on fair use and permissions, agency contracts, collaboration agreements, and more.

Crawford's The Secret Life of Money: Teaching Tales of Spending, Receiving, Saving and Owing—published in 1996 as The Secret Life of Money: How Money Can Be Food for the Soul—takes money and all its accoutrements to a deeper level after analyzing surface points like debt, the stock market, credit cards, and consumerism. Crawford uses philosophy and classic tales to bring home his theory that money represents life forces and energy. A Publishers Weekly contributor commented that the book will "enlighten those who tend to view money only in the most literal terms." In a second money book, The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, Crawford follows the story of a fictitious but typical 23-year-old woman and her money woes. An injured and unemployed dancer, the young "Iris" is burdened with credit card debt, so common among young Americans in the twenty-first century. As Crawford follows Iris through her steps to financial freedom, he speaks to persons of any age. Anyone with a similar situation can apply the financial advice he presents within the engaging tale.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Afterimage, January, 1999, review of The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consigning Art, p. 19.

American Artist, June, 1981, review of Selling Your Photography: The Complete Marketing, Business, and Legal Guide, p. 21; July, 1986, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, p. 10; August, 1999, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, 4th eition, p. 80.

American Reference Books Annual, 1998, review of Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers, 2nd edition, p. 261; 1999, review of Business and Legal Forms for Crafts, p. 357, review of Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, revised edition, p. 359.

Art Direction, October, 1981, review of Selling Your Photography, and Selling Your Graphic Design and Illustration: The Complete Marketing, Business, and Legal Guide, p. 84; February, 1986, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, p. 88; November, 1989, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, p. 95.

Arts & Activities, May, 2002, Ivan E. Johnson; Jerome J. Hausman, review of Business and Legal Forms for Illustrators, p. 56.

Bloomsbury Review, May, 1990, review of Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers, p. 14.

Booklist, June 15, 1981, review of Selling Your Graphic Design and Illustration, p. 1327.

Bookwatch, September, 1995, review of Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers, p. 11; November, 1996, review of The Secret Life of Money: Teaching Tales of Spending, Receiving, Saving, and Owing, p. 7; March, 1999, review of The Writer's Legal Guide, 2nd edition, p. 3.

Ceramics Monthly, June-August, 1998, review of Business and Legal Forms for Crafts, p. 34; October, 1998, review of The Artist-Gallery Partnership: A Practical Guide to Consigning Art, p. 30; June, 1999, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, p. 32.

Choice, September, 1999, H. Leskovac, review of The Writer's Legal Guide, 2nd edition, p. 103.

Communication Arts, November, 1991, Byron Ferris, review of Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers, p. 240.

Independent Publisher, September-October, 1998, review of AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design.

Kliatt Paperback Book Guide, fall, 1980, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, p. 61.

Library Journal, June 1, 1981, review of Selling Your Graphic Design and Illustration, p. 1214; November 1, 1990, review of Business and Legal Formsfor Authors and Self-Publishers, p. 45; November 15, 1994, Joseph Barth, review of The Secret Life of Money, p. 74; July, 1997, review of Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers, 2nd edition, p. 50; June 1, 2001, review of Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, p. 109; January, 2002, Gayle A. Williamson, review of Business and Legal Forms for Interior Designers, p. 99.

Modern Photography, April, 1987, review of Legal Guide for the Visual Artist, p. 7.

Petersen's Photographic, September, 1991, review of Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, p. 34.

Publishers Weekly, November 7, 1994, review of The Secret Life of Money, p. 56; November 15, 1999, Calvin Reid, "Allworth Press: Ten Years of Arts Business Titles," p. 20; March 19, 2001, review of The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, p. 94.

School Library Journal, September, 1981, review of Selling Your Graphic Design and Illustration, p. 149.

Small Press, June, 1990, review of Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers, p. 11.

Writer, November, 1999, review of The Writer's Legal Guide, 2nd edition, p. 47; June, 2003, Stephanie Dickison, review of The Writer's Legal Guide: An Authors Guild Desk Reference, p. 45.

ONLINE

Allworth Press Web site,http://www.allworth.com/ (August 5, 2002), "Tad Crawford," reviews of The Writer's Legal Guide, 3rd edition, and The Secret Life of Money.

Writers Write: The Internet Writing Journal Web site,http://www.writerswrite.com/ (March, 2000), review of Business and Legal Forms for Authors and Self-Publishers.*