Seminars and Workshops

VLA Seminar Series

The VLA regularly schedules seminars around the state in conjunction with local arts organizations that host, schedule and promote these seminars. We schedule many of these seminars based on interest generated through our newsletters, the website and individual arts organizations.

Proposed Topics:

• Contracts for Artists
• 104 A & Gallery Contracts
• Image Licensing
• Copyright & Trademark
• Estate Planning for Artists
• Marketing
• Effective Writing for Artists
• Creating an Effective Website
• Tax for Small Business
• The Business of Music
• Hiring a Manager
• Negotiating a Recording Contract
• Protecting the Written Word
• Copyright for Writers
• Using Others' Work
• Contracts for Writers
• Author Agreements
• Submission Agreements
• Illustrator Agreements

To be notified by email when our new seminars are scheduled, please send your name, mailing address, and email address to mail@vlama.org. To suggest programs that you would like to see, contact us at mail@vlama.org.

Upcoming Trainings:

• Non Profit Incorporation Seminar:This workshop will assist groups who want to learn more about becoming tax exempt organizations. The goal is to better prepare arts organizations for success in the pre and post registration process.
  
• There are two steps:
• Fill out and send in the registration form
• Fill out the Questionnaire and bring it to the seminar.
  
• June 17 at 4:30pm-6:30pm
  at Goodwin Proctor
  Exchange Place, 53 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

• Note: The VLA requires this questionnaire to be completed before finding you a referral attorney for non-profit incoporation. (Fee for the workshop is $35, with $20 for each additional person from the same organization. Members receive a 10% discount).

• Consignment of Fine Art, M.G.L. ch. 104A: The law governing the consignment of fine art was recently updated. The VLA is offering a series of workshops to artists, art dealers and attorneys to better understand the protections and obligations of this law. ($10)
  


• If you would like to request a workshop in your area, please contact James Grace at jgrace@vlama.org.

If you are interested in reserving a space, please email your name of organization, name of people attending and their relation to the organization, address and date of seminar to intern@vlama.org.

If you are interested in learning more about this topic and would like downloadable resources, please click here.

Membership

If you are interested in attending any of these workshops, please email intern@vlama.org with your name, phone, email and which seminar you wish to attend. If you are interested in becoming a VLA Member Artist or Member Organization, please download this form (DOC, PDF) and email it to intern@vlama.org. VLA members receive a 10% discount on workshop fees. To learn more about Membership, please click here.

Attorney Trainings

Nonprofit Organization Formation

For more information, please email msanohewitt@lawyersclearinghouse.org with your name, firm and contact information. To learn more about the attorney membership program please click here.

If the topic you are interested in is not listed above, please click here. The VLA offers a Speakers's Bureau to request seminars on specific topics.

Click here to get a pdf of the event flyer.