Come Learn About Legal Issues for Artists December 6

NORTH ADAMS, MA – Berkshire Cultural Resource Center (BCRC) and Northern Berkshire Creative Arts (NBCA) will continue their series of talks and seminars for working
artists on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., with “Legal Issues for Artists.”

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts will speak on how legal issues affect artistic and creative endeavors at the BCRC at MCLA Gallery 51, at 51 Main St., as part of the “Tricks of the Trade: Talks for Artists” series.
The event is free and open to the public with pre-registration.

The Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts are advocates on behalf of the arts community in different ways, ranging from participation in litigation, making public statements about matters of interest to the arts community and making recommendations about pending legislation.

The series will continue with “Become a Creative Teaching Artist” with David Marshall, education programs manager at the Massachusetts Cultural Council, at NBCA on Jan. 24, 2008; “The Business of Art” on Feb. 7, 2008, at MCLA Gallery 51; “The Creative Process” with John MacDonald on March 6, 2008, at NBCA; “Sol LeWitt Comes to North Adams” on April 3, 2008, at MCLA Gallery 51; and “What do Galleries Want?” with area gallery owners on May 1, 2008, at MCLA Gallery 51.

The artist talks generally will be held the first Thursday of every month, 6-8 p.m., at either NBCA – at 115 State Street, Bldg. 1, Heritage State Park, or at the BCRC – in MCLA Gallery 51, 51 Main St.

To pre-register, call Veronica Bosley, program coordinator of the Berkshire Cultural Resource Center, 413-663-5253.  For more information about the BCRC, go to www.mcla.edu/bcrc . For more information about the NBCA, go to www.nbcreativearts.org .