California Lawyers for the Arts

ARTS RESOLUTION SERVICES

A National Mediation Program for the Arts

Arts Resolution Services, a national collaborative project funded by the NEA, several foundations and government agencies, coordinates alternative dispute resolution, facilitation and negotiations services for the use of the arts community throughout the country. Individual artists as well as arts organizations can use Arts Resolution Services to resolve conflicts concerning copyright, contracts, facilities, board and staff relations, artistic control and censorship. Our panels of trained mediators and facilitators include artists and arts administrators, as well as accountants, attorneys and others. Experience includes mediation of disputes and facilitation of organizational and community planning processes. All sessions are tailored for the needs of the participants, while confidentiality is assured throughout the process.

To discuss a possible mediation situation, or for more information about Arts Resolution Services, you may contact any of the following affiliated programs:

Network Members:

Washington (D.C.) Area Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: Eric Easter, Executive Director
1300 I Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20005
Tel: (202) 289-4440
Fax: (202) 289-4985

MEDIATEART
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: Alison Mattera, Mediateart Program Coordinator
1 East 53rd Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 319-2787 Ext. 1
Fax: (212) 752-6575
Email: amattera@vlany.org

LAWYERS FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS
Contact: William Rattner, Executive Director
213 West Institute Place, Suite 401
Chicago, IL 60610
Tel: (312) 649- 4111
IL only: (800) 525-ARTS
Fax: (312) 944-2195
Email: wrattner@law-arts.com

ARTS RESOLUTION SERVICES
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
Contact: Sue Greenberg, Executive Director
6128 Delmar
St. Louis, MO 63103
Tel: (314) 863-6930
Fax: (314) 863-6932
Email: vlaa@stlrac.org

ARTS MEDIATION SERVICE
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts
P.O. Box 48148
Denver, CO 80204
Tel: (303) 722-7994
Fax: (303) 778-0203
Email: cola@arttozoo.org

TEXAS ARTS RESOLUTION SERVICES
Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: Meg Walker, Director of Mediation Services
1540 Sul Ross
Houston, TX 77006
Tel: (713) 526-4876 or (800) 526-TALA
Fax: (713) 526-1299
Email: info@TALArts.org

ARTS ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION SERVICES
California Lawyers for the Arts

Contact in Southern California:

Victoria Goldfarb, Associate Director
1641 18th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Tel: (310) 998-5590
Fax: (310) 998-5594
Email: aamsla@aol.com

Contacts in Northern California:

Jill Roisen, Program Director
Fort Mason Center, Building B
San Francisco, CA 94123
Tel: (415) 775-7715 or 775-7200 ext. 273
Fax: (415) 775-1143
Email: aams@calawyersforthearts.org

Ellen Taylor, Director of Sacramento Programs
926 J Street, Suite 811
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 442-6210
Fax: (916) 442-6281
Email: Clasacto@aol.com

If you are not located near any of these regional offices, you may call the national mediation hotline at (800) 526-TALA for information.

NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Jean Paul Batiste - Ted Berger - Neal Blacker - Jerry Carlin - John S. Chapman - George Coombe - Jay Folberg - Richard Guggenhime - Jonathan Katz - Gladys Kessler - George Koch - Kelly Lindquist - Robert Lynch - Jill A. McGuire - Irene Namkung - Larry Ray - Milton Rhodes - Linda Singer - William E. Strickland, Jr. - Wilma Webb

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