He has been working with artists and nonprofit arts organizations for more than twenty years. He is a frequent speaker and writer on a variety of arts law issues. He teaches a course in the Duke Theater Studies Department – “Legal Issues for the Performing Arts” and this coming fall, at Duke, will teach a new course – “Introduction to Non-Profit Cultural Institutions.” He regularly teaches workshops and courses on legal issues for photographers and writes a bi-monthly column on legal issues for the Southeastern Theatre Conference Newsletter. He is a past president and executive director of the North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and former chair of the North Carolina State Bar Association’s Arts Law Committee. He developed Durham Arts Place, which recently celebrated its fourteenth anniversary of providing affordable artist studio spaces. He is a 2007 recipient of an Indie Arts Award. back to top