Educational Programs

St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts educates individual artists, arts administrators, students, faculty, board members, volunteers and the general public about legal and business issues that affect the arts  community.

Individual Artists

• Business Edge, ten seminars annually covering career planning and marketing in the fall and taxes, contracts/negotiation and copyright in the spring plus special topics
• Free publications such as Anatomy of A Contract, Copyright Basic and Artist as Bookkeeper
• Easy-to-understand music law pages
• Legal and business pages for low-budget independent filmmakers
• Library

Arts Organizations

• Accidental Arts Administrator, a twice annual opportunity for those running small and emerging arts to obtain affordable basic training in arts management
• Legal-Ease seminars focusing on new regulations or best practices
• Annual hands-on QuickBooks training that includes discounted software
• House Calls, free training for boards conducted during their regular meetings
• Free publications such as Arts Law Memo, Guide to Board Duties and Responsibilities and Guide to Financial Oversight
• Sample policies to save research and writing time
• BoardLinkStL, readiness to recruit training for organizations seeking new board members
• Library

College Students and Faculty

• No Artist Left Behind initiative
• Speakers
• Free publications Anatomy of A Contract, Copyright Basic and Artist as Bookkeeper
• Library

Volunteers

• Annual new volunteer orientation
• CLE/CPE sessions offered periodically
• BoardLinkStL, readiness to serve training for individuals who want to join nonprofit boards
• Library

General Public

• Public forums on "hot" arts law topics
• Free speakers
• Op-ed articles
• Library