Announcing…
The Artist Legal Cafe
A cross-sector collaboration between Movement Law,
the Sustainable Economies Law Center, and Vital Arts,
the Artist Legal Cafe is an artist-led initiative
that offers direct services and capacity-building support
to individual artists, artist collectives, and arts organizations.
Each monthly Cafe kicks off with a 30-minute “nano-training”
followed by 1:1 support with licensed attorneys on a range of topics.
The ALC is generously supported by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation,
the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Gerbode Foundation,
Bay Area Cultural Funders for Equity, and the City of Oakland.
UPCOMING CAFES
The September 16 Legal Cafe is ONLINE
in partnership with BLACspace Cooperative
3-5:30 PM
Starting with a FREE training 3-3:30 PM
“Protecting Artist IP in Contracts”
featuring Hope Mohr
Sign-Up HERE for the training
September Legal Consultations 3:30-5:30
Sign-Up Link HERE
Keep an eye out for an e-mail when you RSVP.
The e-mail will have your appointment slot and an intake form.
October 22 Free Online Training is
Developing Internal Governance Roadmaps with Alex Glancy
3-4 PM PST
Sign-Up HERE
Sign-Up for October Legal Consults (4-6 PM PST) HERE
November 5 Free Online Training is
Bookkeeping Basics for Artists with Kindle Dunning
10-10:30 AM PST
Sign-Up HERE
Sign-Up for November Legal Consults (10:30-12:30 PST) HERE
PAST CAFES
August 2026: Mindfulness and Movement
at Dance Mission Theater, with Sharmi Basu and Hope Mohr
July 2026: Working Together Joyfully:
Preventing and Addressing Patterns of Resentment in Collaborations
Online, featuring Dean Spade
Video of training HERE
June 2026: Entity Selection for Artist Collectives
Online, featuring Renee Hatcher, Kyle Schmolze and Richie Reseda
Co-presented with Art.coop
May 2026: Individual Donor Cultivation
at Bandaloop, featuring Nicole Lugtu
April 2026: Boundaries & Consent for Artists
Online, featuring Mia Schachter
March 2026: How Arts Organizations Can Become Worker-Led
Online, featuring Hope Mohr
February 2026: Grant Hacks for Artists
at Southern Exposure, featuring Therese Davis of Arts Collab
January 2026: Tax Hacks for Artists
Online, featuring Sarah Lockhart
December 2025: Immigration Emergency Preparedness
Online, featuring Ali Saidi
November 2025: Navigating Commercial Leases
at ARTogether, featuring Jesse Palmer
October 2025: Tenant’s Rights
at Local Economy, featuring Jason Wolford
September 2025: Mutual Aid
Online, featuring Michael Haber
August 2025: Get Your (Art) House in Order
At PLACE, featuring Hope Mohr
