European Visual Artists

💡 #CulturalDealforEurope 2026 event: Europe needs a more ambitious vision for culture 🧭

Culture is both our foundation and our future — and it deserves 2% of the next MFF across all policy areas.

Artists’ work must be fairly paid, protected, and valued 🧑‍🎨

@culturaldealeu.bsky.social

📢 EVA welcomes the JURI's adoption of the report on copyright and AI by MEP Axel Voss.

Highlights:
🎨 Reinforcing authors’ rights protection
⚖️ Uphold the three-step test
🔍 Strengthen transparency

Innovation cannot come at the expense of visual artists 🚫

Read our PR➡️https://bit.ly/3LUVqUU

Missing AI training data summaries feed smouldering copyright debate | Euractiv Rightsholders also say EU rules on disclosing training data are insufficient

🤖🧑‍🎨 When it comes to AI, artists must regain control over their works.

Speaking to Euractiv, EVA SecGen Laetitia Nguala Masamba stressed the importance of transparency to claim due compensation.

Read the article 👉 bit.ly/4a0vf77

hashtag#VisualArtists hashtag#Transparency hashtag#AIAct hashtag#AI

Joint statement regarding the AI Act implementation measures Brussels, 29 July 2025 Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfa...

📢 Today, EVA co-signed a joint statement on the underwhelming outcomes of the GPAI Code of Practice, GPAI guidelines and the Template for disclosure of a sufficiently detailed summary of training data, which disregarded the input of European CCSs 👉 bit.ly/3IR80CH

Let the Culture Lead Us Forward ⏩💪

Today, EVA co-signed the open letter calling on the European Parliament, the European Commission, and Member States to preserve Creative Europe as a stand-alone programme in the next MFF 👉 bit.ly/4knyw3E

EVA wishes the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU @eu2025dk.bsky.social every success in its work 💙

We welcome the focus on the challenges posed by AI to the creative sectors and to copyright compliance that is proposed by the Presidency programme 👉 bit.ly/4ek4bkS

©️ @nguala.bsky.social

Paving the way forward together 🚀

This Monday, EVA held its first Board meeting and General Assembly of 2025 in Brussels 💜

Read more 👉 bit.ly/4kKI0qv

🗣️EVA was invited to express its position on #AI and #copyright during today's JURI Committee meeting at the @europarl.europa.eu

We addressed 3 key points:

🔹TDM exception
🔹licensing for visual arts
🔹respect of the EU copyright acquis

Follow the webstreaming 👉https://bit.ly/4mRL85E

EVA joins the campaign #StayTrueToTheAct 💪 and suggests 3️⃣ key principles that policy-makers should follow to ensure a faithful and effective implementation of the AI Act ✅

Learn more about the campaign 👉 staytruetotheact.eu

Will the role of creators in AI development be protected and valorized? 🤔
EVA joins the campaign #StayTrueToTheAct 💪 to reiterate the shortcomings of the 3rd draft of the CoP, which does not meet the adequacy requirement provided by the EU AI Act, endangered the Act as a whole 👉 staytruetotheact.eu

#culture #culturecompass #genai #copyright #codeofpractice #mff | Collecting Societies for European Visual Artists Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺 🎉 #Culture is the heartbeat of Europe ❤️ and the capital of the future. It is the core of our European values and it glues our societies and democracies together 🫂 This year, we...

Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺 🎉

#Culture is the heartbeat of Europe ❤️ and the capital of the future. It is the core of our European values and it glues our societies and democracies together 🫂

Read EVA resolutions for Europe Day 👉 bit.ly/3SuRrhe

📢 Creators for Europe United calls for our support 📢

The German creative sector mobilized to protect Europe's creative soul with an open letter to EVP Henna Virkkunen ✍️

Sign the open letter 👉https://bit.ly/42GujkB

⚠️Check your mailbox❗You will have to confirm your signature via email

Ahead of #WorldIPDay ⏳@wipo.int

What would music be without art⁉️
As this year we celebrate the power of music in bridging tradition and innovation 🎨 we also acknowledge the role of visual arts in making sounds and feelings tangible and appealing 🎧

©️ @nguala.bsky.social

Happy @unesco.org World Book & Copyright Day ©️ 📚

A story is never just that: it is fundamental to support the work of authors and of the visual artists that bring the written page to life to unlock the full potential for our societies 🫂

🎨©️ @nguala.bsky.social

Today is World Art Day 🎨 🌍 @unesco.org

Isn’t it amazing how an artist alone can build connections all over the world? 🤝 We must make sure that artists’ fundamental role in our societies is acknowledged 🏅and that they are adequately supported in their careers💸 #payartists

©️ @nguala.bsky.social

🤝EVA joined forces with a coalition of EU’s rightsholders in cultural & creative sectors to denounce the shortcomings of the 3rd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice 📄which undermines the objectives of the AI Act and doesn't take into account feedback of rightsholders 📢https://bit.ly/43vMJ9Y

Today at the @ecsa.bsky.social Creators Conference at the EP, to discuss AI and authors’ rights and unfair contractual practices ©️⚖️ which affect all creators, including visual authors 💪🏻

The forum was opened by Vice-Chairs @emmarafowicz.bsky.social, @zdrojewski.bsky.social, and Commissioner Micallef

Can we afford to be 128 years late on the gender equality goal? ⏰ By empowering female artists and creators ♀️ with concrete actions, we can fill that gap in the cultural sector, starting from now!💪

#InternationalWomenDay #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

©️ Laetitia Nguala Masamba

Joint letter to the Czech Ministry of Culture on cuts to private copying tariffs Dear Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Dear Mr. Baxa, Tuesday 4 March 2025    Concerns: recent development on private copying compensation in Czechia  We are writing to you as the organisat...

📢📄 EVA co-signs a letter addressed to the Czech Ministry of Culture to strongly oppose the recent proposal of amending the Copyright legislation, which would affect private copying compensation & Czech cultural and creative industries ➡️ bit.ly/41Hq1dt

@ecsa.bsky.social @aepoartis.bsky.social @ifjglobal.bsky.social @saabrussels.bsky.social @ceatl.bsky.social @uniglobalunion.org @screendirectors.eu @efjeurope.bsky.social FIA, IAO, EWC, UVA, FSE, FIM

EVA calls for urgent action on the AI Code of Practice Brussels, 17 February 2025 Dear Executive Vice-President Virkkunen, Dear Commissioner Micallef, The AI Office is currently tasked with the critical responsibility of successfully finalising the ‘Gen...

📢📄EVA & several authors’ organisations sent a joint letter to EVP Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef to denounce the lack of progress in the 2nd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice. We urge policymakers to develop an #AI strategy that respects authors’ #IP rights.

📄Read the letter ➡️ bit.ly/3EH1qwh

Ahead of the #ParisAISummit, EVA joins forces with 37 creators’ organisations to demand respect for ©️ in AI development.

🔹No trusted AI without respect for #IP rights.
🔹No ethical AI without authors' #authorisation.
🔹No sovereign AI without a fair business model.

The call 👉 bit.ly/4jZn27w

📖New version of the @wipo.int CMOs toolkit available !

#CMOs are the most effective for ©️ enforcement, protecting and paying #artists. They also provide cultural, social, and educational services for the benefit of artists 🧑‍🎨

Take a look at the latest version of the toolkit 👇https://bit.ly/4aOXOEp

EVA is now on Bluesky 🦋🌤️💙

We’re excited to be here — let’s connect and stand united in support of visual artists' rights! 👨‍🎨

#EuropeanVisualArtists #VisualArtists #PayArtists