Appearance Release: I authorize the Center, its contractors, and other individuals or entities under its direction and control, including artists, affiliates, subsidiaries, licensees, successors and assigns, to take photographs, video and sound recordings or other images or recordings which may include Participant’s likeness or image in connection with their participation in the Program.
By signing this form, I authorize the Center, and any others under its direction and control, to use any such photographs and recordings, as well as any materials created for or during the course of the Program, such as artistic works (which may include paper based artwork, musical compositions, dramatic compositions, dramatic works or creative writing) or written materials (together with any images, photographs or recordings, the “Materials”), in connection with Center publications, handouts, websites, presentations, videos, social media postings, documentary productions for non-commercial and commercial distribution, and other materials for use in connection with the Center’s performing arts mission and educational and institutional activities, which may include the creation of videos or other materials for distribution online or via hard copy among other non-profit entities with similar educational and/or artistic missions, any artist involved in the Program, or the advertising and promotion of Center’s educational and institutional programming. The rights granted to Center are irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, and include the right to use the Materials in any form, media, language or technology, now known or later developed.
I expressly acknowledge that the Materials may also be used in connection with press coverage related to the Center generally and/or Program, which may include photographs, video footage and interview responses. Unless I specifically opt out below, I expressly permit the Kennedy Center to disclose Participant’s name, age, and address to members of Congress and state and local elected officials for purposes of broader awareness of Center’s educational programming.
I do not expect any compensation, monetary or otherwise, in exchange for the use of the Materials. I hereby waive any right of inspection or approval of the Materials or the uses to which such Materials may be put, and I understand that they may be used with or without direct attribution. I shall have no copyrights or other rights to the Materials or the uses thereof or any benefits derived from either. I acknowledge that Center will rely on this permission potentially at substantial cost to itself and hereby agree not to assert any claim of any nature whatsoever against anyone relating to the exercise of the permissions granted hereunder, nor to seek any compensation for such use.
