Guess Who's in the Greenroom: Elena M. Paul, Esq., Executive Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Friday, July 6, 2012
Guess Who's in the Greenroom: Elena M. Paul, Esq., Executive Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Guess Who's in the Greenroom offers 1:1 advice sessions with innovators in the dance field at Gibney Dance Center (GDC). Once a month, GDC hosts a different "expert" to provide priceless advice at no charge- on a first come, first served basis. The expert summarizes their session content in a digital debriefing that is catalogued on Vimeo here: vimeo.com/gibneydance
Next up in the Gibney Dance Greenroom:
Elena M. Paul, Esq.
Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
"Arts and Entertainment Law"
Monday, July 9th
11:30am - 2:30pm
reserve a FREE, 30 minute consultation by emailing allie@gibneydance.org
Gibney Dance Center
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
Greenroom
Elena M. Paul, Esq., is the Executive Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA). In addition to being VLA’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Paul represents clients at VLA on a pro bono basis, acting as general counsel and a legal advisor to arts and cultural organizations and individual artists, specializing in nonprofit governance and corporate matters, strategic planning and risk-management, transactional work and intellectual property, and the management of legal matters placed with outside counsel. She also serves as business and development consultant for various cultural, entertainment and arts projects and productions with a focus on dance, film and fashion. In her tenure, VLA has enjoyed record growth, program improvement and expansion, and productivity. Ms. Paul conceives and develops many educational and other programs as well as teaching and presenting at national conferences and educational institutions, including American Society of Journalists and Authors, Julliard, The French Culinary Institute, South by Southwest Conference & Festivals (SXSW), The School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, The College Art Association, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the New Art Dealers Alliance’s Miami Art Fair, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Columbia Law School, Georgetown Law School, and Harvard Law School. Ms. Paul serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Producing and Documentary Programs at the New York Film Academy and taught at Fordham Law School in the Fashion Law Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Pratt Institute of Art & Design and Brooklyn Law School.www.vlany.org
Gibney Dance Center (GDC) is an integrated complex of seven spacious studios located in the historic 890 Broadway building. Featuring beautifully appointed studios that are exceptionally spacious and enhanced with natural light, GDC offers a friendly, focused working environment housed in a distinguished building known for its history of quality and professionalism. Fueling the creative machine of dance in New York City, GDC makes high quality affordable rehearsal space more broadly available and accessible to nonprofit dance endeavors. GDC provides a creative hub for the dance community through unique programs and services, as well as partnerships with NYC artists, presenters andservice organizations. www.gibneydance.org
Next up in the Gibney Dance Greenroom:
Elena M. Paul, Esq.
Executive Director, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
"Arts and Entertainment Law"
Monday, July 9th
11:30am - 2:30pm
reserve a FREE, 30 minute consultation by emailing allie@gibneydance.org
Gibney Dance Center
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
Greenroom
Elena M. Paul, Esq., is the Executive Director of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA). In addition to being VLA’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Paul represents clients at VLA on a pro bono basis, acting as general counsel and a legal advisor to arts and cultural organizations and individual artists, specializing in nonprofit governance and corporate matters, strategic planning and risk-management, transactional work and intellectual property, and the management of legal matters placed with outside counsel. She also serves as business and development consultant for various cultural, entertainment and arts projects and productions with a focus on dance, film and fashion. In her tenure, VLA has enjoyed record growth, program improvement and expansion, and productivity. Ms. Paul conceives and develops many educational and other programs as well as teaching and presenting at national conferences and educational institutions, including American Society of Journalists and Authors, Julliard, The French Culinary Institute, South by Southwest Conference & Festivals (SXSW), The School of Visual Arts, Fashion Institute of Technology, The College Art Association, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the New Art Dealers Alliance’s Miami Art Fair, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Columbia Law School, Georgetown Law School, and Harvard Law School. Ms. Paul serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Producing and Documentary Programs at the New York Film Academy and taught at Fordham Law School in the Fashion Law Institute, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Pratt Institute of Art & Design and Brooklyn Law School.www.vlany.org
Gibney Dance Center (GDC) is an integrated complex of seven spacious studios located in the historic 890 Broadway building. Featuring beautifully appointed studios that are exceptionally spacious and enhanced with natural light, GDC offers a friendly, focused working environment housed in a distinguished building known for its history of quality and professionalism. Fueling the creative machine of dance in New York City, GDC makes high quality affordable rehearsal space more broadly available and accessible to nonprofit dance endeavors. GDC provides a creative hub for the dance community through unique programs and services, as well as partnerships with NYC artists, presenters andservice organizations. www.gibneydance.org
