<div dir="ltr"><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">There's still time to register for today's session!</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">Tax Season for Queer Artists | Friday, </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">February 27, 12:00 - 1:00 pm <br>FREE</span></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"> </div><div style="box-sizing:border-box">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><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://members.museum.bc.ca/public/event/details/85799128c3f4673762f33feff521ab39c1c3458b/1"><b>Registration Link</b></a></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><br></div><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><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;line-height:1.38">These sessions are funded by the Creative QueerPreneurs program. Learn more <a href="https://www.theoldschoolhouse.org/pageqp" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none">here</a>.</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;line-height:1.38"> </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;line-height:1.38"><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)">*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.</span></span></span></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;line-height:1.38"><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)"><br></span></span></span></p></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><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div>Save the date and <a href="https://museum.bc.ca/conferences-and-events/conference/bcma-2026-conference/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(18,100,163)" target="_blank">register now</a> for BCMA Conference 2026: People, Purpose and the Power of Gathering, November 3-6th!<span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="1" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></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>
 peoples (Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations). We respect past, present, and 
future Indigenous stewards and recognize that we are uninvited guests on
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