Legal Primer for Artists: Leasing Commercial and Residential Space & Dealing with Tax Issues

Legal Primer for Artists: Leasing Commercial and Residential Space & Dealing with Tax Issues

Join NYFA for a panel to learn about your rights as a residential tenant, the basics of leasing commercial space, and income and sales tax issues

In cooperation with the New York State Bar Association’s Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Section (EASL), and EASL’s Committee on Fine Art, NYFA is pleased to present: “Legal Primer for Artists: Leasing Commercial and Residential Space & Dealing with Tax Issues”.

The panel will be a legal primer of basic information that artists in the NYC and surrounding area need to know about their rights as residential tenants, the basics of leasing commercial space, and income and sales tax issues.

Legal Primer for Artists: Leasing Commercial and Residential Space & Dealing with Tax Issues

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: New York Foundation for the Arts, 20 Jay Street, 7th Floor, Suite 740
Cost: Free
Registration required: Click here

This event is free and open to the public.

Panelists include:

  • Patricia Pernes, Esq.
  • Jill A. Ellman, Esq., Associate, M. Ross & Associates, LLC
  • David Frazer, Esq., Attorney at Law

Co-Moderators:

Judith B. Prowda, Esq., Senior Faculty, Sotheby’s Institute of Art; Founding Member, Stropheus Art Law LLC, New York City; Co-Chair, EASL Committee on Fine Arts

Carol J. Steinberg, Esq., Faculty, School of Visual Arts; Law Firm of Carol J. Steinberg, New York and East Hampton; Co-Chair, EASL Committee on Fine Arts  

This event is taking place in partnership with the Fine Art Committee, NY State Bar and the Entertainment Law and Sports Section.

This program is presented by NYFA Learning, which offers professional development programming throughout the year. Sign up for NYFA’s free bi-weekly newsletter to receive updates on future programs.

Image: IAP Meeting ‘15, photo by Mara Vlatkovic

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