Ask the Lawyer Panel Discussion

Presented by Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
2:00-4:30 pm
Free
at the Carnegie Art Center

The Carnegie Art Center, located at 240 Goundry Street in North Tonawanda, will present a workshop entitled, Ask the Lawyer, on Tuesday, November 15 from 2-4:30 pm. This workshop is free of charge and the public is encouraged to attend.

Ask the Lawyer is a unique opportunity for artists and individuals representing arts organizations to get legal advice from attorneys from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA). During this session, VLA attorneys will address arts-related legal issues and concerns in a question/answer format. Questions usually range from how to protect your work to when you need to have a contract.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts has been the exclusive provider of pro bono and low cost legal services, legal representation, mediation services, educational programs and publications and advocacy to the arts community in the greater New York Metropolitan Area since 1969. VLA makes essential legal services, representation and education accessible and affordable for low income artists and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. VLA also serves as a public information resource center about the legal issues that affect artists and arts organizations, regardless of income. The first arts-related legal aid organization in existence, VLA is the model for approximately 50 similar organizations around the world.

For more information, or to RSVP for this event, call the Carnegie at 694.4400 or email carnegie@broadviewnet.net

This event is funded, in part, by the State and Local Partnership Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. Additional support provided by the Tonawandas’ Council on the Arts, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, NYMAC (New York Multi-Arts Center Consortium) and the Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County.

Tonawandas' Council on the Arts
CARNEGIE ART CENTER
240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda, NY 14120
Phone: 716.694.4400
Fax: 716.995.0180
www.carnegieartcenter.org
Gallery Hours: Wed.- Fri., 11- 4 pm & Sat., 1-4 pm