Artists of all ages and career stages can lay the groundwork for their future legacies by crafting a long-term plan for it. Join a conversation with the Arts & Business Council Executive Director, Jim Grace, for a workshop designed to align your strategy for legacy planning and what comes next.

This workshop is presented in partnership with the Boston Public Library, located at the Central Library in Copley Square. This event takes place in the Kirstein Business Library’s Exchange classroom, located on the lower level of the Boylston Building.

Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund’s website:https://bplfund.org/

Accessibility Notice: We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the department listed in the “Contact Info” pane on the right. Please allow at least two weeks to arrange accommodation.

ABOUT JIM GRACE: For the past 26 years, Jim Grace has been a leader in the movement to support artists and arts organizations. Jim serves as the Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston and previously served as the Executive Director of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts. Jim is the founder of the A&BC’s innovative Cultural Land Trust initiative, which employs a systems approach to preserving safe, affordable, permanent, and more equitable spaces where art is made, rehearsed, and shared. Jim is a local and national speaker, leader, and educator in working with artists and arts organizations in the areas of public art and social practice art projects, copyright, estate/legacy planning for artists, nonprofit incorporation and mergers, and nonprofit boards. Jim was an adjunct professor for Boston University’s Master’s in Arts Administration Program, focusing on legal and business issues in arts administration. Jim currently serves on the board of the AIR Institute, a national arts service organization. He was a founding board member of the Arts Services Coalition and the Fort Point Cultural Coalition (the developer of Midway Studios, 89 units of artist live/work space in downtown Boston). He previously served on the boards of Philanthropy Massachusetts, the Private Sector Council of Americans for the Arts, the Brookline Community Foundation and the Friends of The Record Co.

This is an in-person event. REGISTER HERE.