A historic first for A-Corps

Last Thursday was a historic day for Artist Corporations: we had our first public hearing, first vote, and first victory as the path to A-Corps becoming a reality took another big step forward.The setting was the Business, Labor, and Technology committee, a five-member body in the Colorado Senate, where the Colorado Artist Company Act was up for discussion. The five senators heard testimony from nine people about the bill: eight in favor (which included a painter, a poet, representatives from the Governor’s office and other key agencies, as well as us), and one opposed (a lawyer from the Colorado Bar Association who argued that because of existing LLC laws he helped author, the A-Corp law should not happen).You can watch a video of the proceedings below or on YouTube: 0:00 /43:37 1× During the testimony there were a number of noteworthy exchanges.Senator Jeff Bridges (D), a cosponsor of the bill, spoke about its benefits:“It’s a practical, bipartisan solution that allows artists to…