Navigating Your 2024 Artist Taxes

Workshop: Navigating Your 2024 Artist Taxes

Get ready to tackle your 2024 taxes with clarity and confidence. This workshop, led by textile artist and tax-savvy expert Laura Marsh, is designed to demystify tax preparation for creatives. Whether you’re flying solo or working with a paid preparer, you’ll gain practical insights into:

• Tracking income and expenses effectively
• Unlocking deductions that benefit creatives
• Choosing the right entity type for your practice
• Navigating Schedule C forms and balance sheets

Open to artists of all disciplines and career stages, this session will arm you with tools to simplify the tax filing process and make tax time less daunting.

Meet Your Guide: Laura Marsh

Laura Marsh (b. 1982, Binghamton, NY) is a Miami-based textile artist with a flair for embroidered stories of social and class topics through fabric and text. A graduate of Yale University School of Art (MFA) and the Cleveland Institute of Art (BFA), Marsh has exhibited her work in prestigious venues such as The Whitney Museum of American Art, Printed Matter, Locust Projects, and Dot Fiftyone Gallery.

Her solo exhibitions, including Unsolicited Advice (2023) and Knots Hold Intentionality (2022), spotlight her poetic musings and collaborations with iconic feminist and labor voices. Her art resides in collections such as those of Francie Bishop Good, Dennis and Debra Scholl, and Mindy and Michael Solomon. Marsh has also been a resident artist at Oolite Arts, Mana Contemporary, and the Siena Art Institute.

She works with artist and art institution clients to prepare grants and budgets, and she files both business and personal taxes every year while taking an active role in her own bookkeeping.

DISCLAIMER: This workshop provides general information for educational purposes and is not intended as legal or financial advice. Always consult a financial professional for personalized guidance.

Host or Publisher The City of Pembroke Pines Recreation Department