<div dir="ltr"><div><p style="font-size:13px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1.7em;font-family:"Open Sans";color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px">Friday, February 27 & Friday, March 20<br style="box-sizing:border-box">12:00 pm PT | on Zoom<br><a href="https://members.museum.bc.ca/public/event/details/85799128c3f4673762f33feff521ab39c1c3458b/1" target="_blank">Registration link</a></span></span></span></p><div style="font-size:13px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </p><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Tax Season for Queer Artists | </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">February 27, 12:00 - 1:00 pm </span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Arts and maths famously go together like oil and water, leaving many artists feeling lost, frustrated, and vaguely hopeless whenever tax season comes around. This is where Sarah Peace comes in. With a degree in accounting, and years of entrepreneurial experience with her own artistic practice, she aims to marry these two complex subjects, and help her fellow artists prepare for their income taxes this winter. In this session, we will go over self-employed income, which expenses are eligible for deductions, and more!</div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Setting Yourself Up as a Small Business | </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">March 20, 12:00 - 1:00 pm </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Join artists bailey macabre and Kels Valenzuela Delamarter, and accountant and artist Sarah Peace, for this panel discussion that will cover all of the little things to keep in mind as you go about setting yourself up as a small business as a queerpreneur.</div><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i>These sessions are funded by the Creative QueerPreneurs program. Learn more <a href="https://www.theoldschoolhouse.org/pageqp" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">here</a>.</i></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><i> </i></p><p dir="ltr" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0pt 0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(84,88,90)"><i>*Please note that these sessions are specifically for self-identified 2SLGBTQIA+ professionals, students, or volunteers in the arts, culture, and heritage sector. We thank you for respecting this affinity space.</i></span></span></span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Desirée Hall<br>Program & Communications Coordinator<br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/" target="_blank">Pronouns</a>: She/Her</font></span></div><div><br><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">The BC Museums Association office is located on the traditional, unceded lands of the <a href="https://vimeo.com/275788251" target="_blank">Lekwungen</a>
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