Recordkeeping Resolutions
Posted Dec 26, 2025 | Financial Matters,
By Sue Greenberg, executive director emeritus As we begin 2026, here’s a suggestion that will pay off: Take deliberate control of your creative business by spending 15 minutes per week on recordkeeping. A complete set of records will help you track your income, assets, and expenses. Additionally, your records...
Our Opportunity Reserve Fund
Posted Dec 09, 2025 | News & Events,
Established in 2025 in honor of longtime Executive Director Sue Greenberg’s retirement and seeded by gifts received in memory of former Associate Director Ken Konchel (1959-2025), our Opportunity Reserve Fund will provide a flexible internal source of capital. The Board-restricted Fund will allow us to advance our mission by...
Meet Our New Executive Director
Posted Oct 24, 2025 | News & Events,
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts (VLAA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathaniel Carroll as its new Executive Director, effective November 10, 2025. He will succeed Executive Director Sue Greenberg, who is retiring at the end of 2025 after 39 years of service. Nathaniel...
Celebrating “And Tango Makes Three”
Posted Sep 11, 2025 | News & Events,
Please join us for our 2025 Banned Books Week program, Celebrating “And Tango Makes Three” on October 9 at noon at the High Low, 3301 Washington. “And Tango Makes Three” tells the heartwarming true story of two male penguins who create a family at the Central Park Zoo. Published...
Meet Marissa Camp
Posted Aug 28, 2025 | News & Events,
We are pleased to announce that Marissa Camp is our new part-time Associate Director. Her primary responsibilities are managing our referral service and college outreach program. She succeeds Brianna McIntyre. Born and raised in Ferguson, Camp holds a BA in studio art with a certificate in illustration from Webster...
The Power Shift from Label to Artists
Posted Aug 26, 2025 | Law Student Blog,
By Alexis Trimm, Honors College of Arts and Science Student at the University of Missouri-Columbia The music industry has long been shaped by a rocky relationship between artists and record labels. For decades, labels acted as the gatekeepers of music in exchange for owning master recordings and controlling the...
Why Mediation Remains Underutilized
Posted Aug 24, 2025 | Law Student Blog,
By Omowunmi (Wunmi) Odeja, Washington University School of Law, Juris Doctor Candidate, 2027 Although mediation can be a valuable tool for resolving intellectual property (IP) and other disputes, it is underutilized by creatives here in St. Louis. Mediation offers flexibility and freedom, something unique in its nature, qualities rarely...
Copyright vs. Campaigns: A Breakdown of Eddy Grant’s “Electric Avenue” vs. Donald Trump
Posted Aug 24, 2025 | Law Student Blog,
By Alexis Trimm, Honors College of Arts and Science Student at the University of Missouri-Columbia In a legal dispute between an artist and a politician, Guyanese-British singer Eddy Grant successfully sued the Trump campaign for copyright infringement after his song “Electric Avenue” was used without permission in a 2020...
HITS Act: New Tax Law Will Benefit Independent Musicians and Producers
Posted Aug 14, 2025 | Law Student Blog,
By Olivia Miller, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School, Juris Doctor Candidate, 2027 The music industry is celebrating the recent passage of a new federal tax law that will allow independent musicians and producers to deduct up to $150,000 in sound recording expenses incurred within a single tax year....