Building a successful and sustainable creative practice means understanding your legal rights and responsibilities.

Join Michael Tucak for and information-packed session, to learn must-know details about copyright, moralrights, contracts and negotiating a good deal, and the thrills and dangers of working in an online environment.

Topics covered include:

• Common misconceptions about law in the arts

• How awareness of the law can help you

• Contracting as a creative freelancer

• Intellectual Property and copyright

• Issues to watch in working online.

Tickets

$5 for Propel members

$10 for non-members

About Michael Tucak

Michael Tucak is an intellectual property, corporate and commercial lawyer with 25 years’ experience, both in-house and in private practice.

From 2008 – 2018 Michael was Principal Lawyer at creative|legal, a specialist legal practice for the arts & creative industries, based in Perth and in Melbourne. Prior to that he worked at Mushroom Group and Sony BMG. 

Since 2019, Michael has been offering his corporate/commercial and IP legal services as a dedicated sole practitioner, based in Perth and as a Board/Council Member. He holds a unique knowledge of the legal and relational framework of the creative sector in Western Australia.

For more information head to his website.

About Pivot

Pivot: Arts admin for sustainable careers is a new program presented by Propel Youth Arts WA that aims to build capacity among young and emerging artists and arts workers in Western Australia to make their careers sustainable and commercially viable.

Pivot is presented by Propel Youth Arts WA and is funded by the Government of Western Australia through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. Pivot is also sponsored by Lotterywest and supported by the State Library of Western Australia and the Art Gallery of WA.