June 3 – Art Law Talks: Everything You’ve Wanted to Ask a Lawyer, But were Afraid to – A Q&A with Artists’ Legal Outreach Director

Art Law Talks: Everything You’ve Wanted to Ask a Lawyer, But were Afraid to – A Q&A with Artists’ Legal Outreach Director

Wednesday, June 3, 12–1PM

with PLEO Director of Programs Martha Rans

Artists and cultural workers are currently facing many uncertainties as a result of COVID-19. Many are navigating legal issues surrounding human resources, landlord/tenant negotiations, commercial tenancy, artist contracts, force majeure clauses, and more.

Lawyer Martha Rans, Legal Director of the Artists’ Legal Outreach in Vancouver will address current pressing legal issues of importance to the arts and cultural sector, covering discussion points driven by the questions that you provide in the online registration form. This webinar is presented by the Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture in partnership with Artist’ Legal Outreach (ALO).

About Martha

Martha Rans is a lawyer specializing in the legal needs of non-profit societies as well as many visual and multimedia digital artists. She has been practicing law in British Columbia since 1997 and spent 10 years as a labour employment and human rights lawyer/mediator with the BC and Ontario governments. She is a recognized expert on both Canada’s Copyright Act as well as the BC Societies Act. She advises on copyright, charity law, incorporation, privacy, employment, labour, health & safety and human rights and is an advocate for public legal education and information.

SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS HERE: https://bit.ly/ArtLawTalks

REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR: HERE: https://zoom.us/webinar/89643759480