Legal and Business Bootcamp for Arts Professionals
in Westport, CT
When:
Tuesday, February 5, 2008: 10am — 5pm.

Where:
Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Court
Westport CT 06880
Note: There is no CLE credit for this class. Registration fees are non-refundable.
For program details and to register, please click here.
For directions to the Westport Country Playhouse, please click here.

VLA Legal and Business Bootcamp for Arts Professionals is a comprehensive program about the legal and business issues that affect individual artists and individuals within organizations and cultural institutions.

This program is for professionals within organizations, individual artists, and art students at all stages of professional development. Lawyers and other professionals who represent arts professionals will also benefit from the course. Launched in 2005 with over forty-five co-sponsors, this project is supported, in part, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Who Should Attend

This course is for arts students, individual artists, and individuals in arts or cultural institution. The program will present information important for people at all stages of their professional development from those just starting out to those who have been working in the arts for many years. Law students, attorneys and other professionals who represent artists may also benefit from this program.

The Legal & Business Bootcamp covers the legal and business issues that affect individual artists and professionals within arts organizations and cultural institutions. At Bootcamp, participants may also raise issues and questions they have at interactive panel sessions.

Sessions will include:
Intellectual Property
Contract Basics
Business Structures for Creative Endeavors
Special Considerations for Musicians
Special Considerations for Visual Artists/Dance
Special Considerations in Film/Video
Special Considerations for Nonprofits

For more information, please view our Legal and Business Bootcamp for Arts Professionals website.

Since 1969, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has been the leading provider of pro bono legal services, mediation services, educational programs and publications, and advocacy to the arts community in New York. The first arts-related legal aid organization, VLA is the model for similar organizations around the world. For more information about Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, please see www.vlany.org.