| Jazz Night at the Clipper Mill Pool June 19 | ||
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Join MLA and Smalltimore Events on Thursday, June 19, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Clipper Mill Pool, 2010 Clipper Park Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211. IMPORTANT NOTE: Paypal donations made for this event after 4:30 pm on June 19 cannot be honored UNLESS you show your Paypal receipt at the door. Celebrate local art and music by "Baltimore's Best Pool" while helping MLA in its mission of providing pro bono legal assistance to low-income artists and arts organizations.Tickets for Jazz Night are $35 in advance, $40 at the door, which includes two drinks per guest. Send checks made out to Maryland Lawyers for the Arts to |
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| May 1: Join MLA at Center Stage for “These Shining Lives” | ||
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May 1: Join Maryland Lawyers for the Arts for a special performance of “These Shining Lives,” at Center Stage, 700 North Calvert St. Art meets law in this world premier play by Melanie Marnich, based on the true story of the “Radium Girls,” a group of Chicago women sickened by the radioactive paint they used to make glow-in-the-dark faces on watches. MLA members and their guests receive $10 off “A” location seating (reg. $45). Mention promo code 08SLMLA when ordering. Box office: 410-332-0033 or online at www.centerstage.org. Performance starts at 8:00 p.m. |
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| MLA Preview Party for "Exploratory Searchery" | ||
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Please Join Maryland Lawyers for the Arts and the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys on April 29 at a special preview party for “Exploratory Searchery” at An Die Musik, 409 North Charles, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The exhibition features map-related paintings by artist Daniel Stuelpnagel, shown along side antique map prints by cartographer Ferdinand von Stuelpnagel, a distant relative of the present-day artist. Artist’s talk at 8:00 pm. RSVP to a.ebstein@gmail.com. |
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| Read and/or Subscribe to MLA Arts Brief, Legal News Artists Can Use | ||
| The inaugural issue of MLA Arts Brief is now online in MLA's Library. Read about the Visual Artists' Rights Acts, which allows certain artists to prevent intentionl distortion, mutilation or modification of their work. Get one dealer's take on the "Top Ten Ways to Increase Your Art Sales" and find out if ASCAP requires you to pay to play music at your opening. | ||
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| Become a "Friend of MLA" | ||
| Friends of MLA show their support for MLA's mission to assist artists and arts organizations by making an annual donation to MLA. Friends enjoy reduced admission at MLA education conferences, access to MLA's speaker's bureau, access to publications and form contracts on MLA's soon to be published password restricted section of our website and invitations to MLA networking events. As a token of our appreciation Friends of MLA also get our fabulous, specially designed T Shirt! For more information about Friends of MLA email msemmes@mdartslaw.org | ||
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| Art Miller & Associates MLA's First Official Sponsor | ||
| Art Miller and Associates , court reporters and videographers have signed as the Maryland Lawyers for the Arts first official sponsor. Art Miller & Associates/AMA Reporting and Technology Group is a court reporting, videography and videoconferencing company with four locations in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area. Art Miller and Mike Miller attended a signing ceremony on February 15, 2006 to finalize their 2006 sponsorship. | ||
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| Best Lawyers in America 2006 | ||
| Five of the MLA board members have been included in the 2006 Edition of "Best Lawyers in America" published by Woodward/White, Inc.: James B. Astrachan Esq. of Astrachan Gunst and Thomas, P.C.; E. Scott Johnson Esq. of Ober Kaler; Charles F. Morgan Esq. of Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, PA; Michael D. Oliver, Esq. of Bowie & Jensen LLC; Joel A. Smith Esq. of Kahn Smith & Collins PA. | ||
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