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 Masters 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.