Steven Zelin, The Singing CPA, joined us once again for a workshop on Taxes this past Wednesday, February 20th, 2013. Steven has worked with many an animator and professional artist over the years, and being an artist himself – that…
Freelance Corner
Easy As Pie – When Animators Film Themselves
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A couple Saturdays ago, on Mo-vember 10th (mustache month) I saw the “Rise of the Guardians” at the Museum of Moving Image with some friends. Two of them, Stephen Brooks and Rob Yulfo, are animators who make a video movie-review…
Take A Break!
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If you’re like me, you don’t do this enough. Kayla Evans sends us this cool infographic full of fun doodles, explaining the importance of taking a break. Check it out! The original can be found at http://www.learnstuff.com/take-a-break/.
Health Insurance and Health Care Resources for the Under-Insured or Uninsured Artist
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To put it simply, finding decent and affordable health care as an artist can be an uphill battle. Jobs that provide it to you are scarce, and even when they do, it can be short-lived (due to the freelance…
Introducing The Productive: A New Kind of Workspace
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With the rise of freelance in the workforce, has come a need for a new kind of workspace; a workspace that operates and can look like your typical office environment, but within which everyone works independently of one another. These…
Steven Zelin Talks Taxes
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It’s not often you are treated to live music at an ASIFA-East event, and it makes it doubly special that our special guest was not only a talented song-writer but a fully certified CPA at that! Introducing, Steven Zelin, the…
Money Matters: On Invoicing
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I didn’t have to write my first invoice until 2005, when I was asked to do additional freelance work for promotional videos for a TV series production I was on at the time. Of course, since I’d never written one…