Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (MdVLA), PNC Bank and Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) are teaming up with the Charles County Arts Alliance to bring their successful workshop on legal and financial literacy for artists to Southern Maryland for the first time, the organizations announced August 21. “Mind Your Business,” a workshop aimed at giving artists some of the essential legal and business information they need to run a successful arts business, will be held at the new Waldorf West Library, located at 10405 O’Donnell Place, Waldorf, MD 20603. The workshop will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2013, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, and is FREE. (Reservations required, light refreshments will be served.) Click here to view the flyer.
The workshop will feature expert speakers addressing a number of issues that face artists trying to make a living from their work, including copyright protection; insuring their work, workspace and tools; and budgeting and cash flow when income is irregular.
This is the next iteration of a workshop that has been offered to artists around Maryland. The Baltimore Sun said of the first workshop, held in January 2011 in Baltimore, that “Numbers and art typically don’t mix but both were on display at the American Visionary Art Museum.”
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (MdVLA) is a non-profit dedicated to protecting Maryland artists’ rights through pro bono legal referrals and legal education that enables them to protect themselves. Since 2008, MdVLA (www.mdvla.org) has seen a dramatic increase in the numbers of artists looking for business advice, whether to supplement their income from a day job or to replace income from a lost job.
Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) (www.mdarts.org) is a statewide arts advocacy organization that works to increase public recognition and support of the arts and the role they play in the quality of life and economic vitality of Maryland. In addition to its strong, successful advocacy work, MCA strives to create space and time for arts professionals to focus on sustainable capacity building, encouraging arts organizations and artists alike to become strong stewards of public and private investment.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (www.pnc.com ) is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services organizations providing retail and business banking; residential mortgage banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management.
The Charles County Arts Alliance (CCAA) (www.charlescountyarts.org) was founded in 1987 to stimulate, promote, encourage and provide recognition of the arts in Charles County. The CCAA promotes all the arts: music, visual art, drama, dance and literature. A non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization with over 160 members, it is dedicated to supporting a thriving and diverse arts community in Charles County. For more information about the Charles County Arts Alliance, call the office at 301-392-5900, or email at info@charlescountyarts.org.
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