Brian Taylor Goldstein, serves as board member of the Board of Directors at the Arts Council of Fairfax County, and is also one of the principals in the law firm of Fettmann, Tolchin and Majors, PC (FTM Arts Law).  The prestigious  2010 Yates Award for Arts Advocacy was given to FTM Arts Law on Monday, January 11, 2010 in New York City during the 2010 Association of Performance Arts Presenters National Conference.

FTM ARTS LAW HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY THE ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTERS AS THE 2010 RECIPIENT OF THE SIDNEY R. YATES ADVOCACY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE PERFORMING ARTS. The Sidney R. Yates Advocacy Award is given to an individual or an organization for a particular advocacy effort or for a sustained advocacy campaign at the national, state or local level that has had a significant impact on the performing arts. The award honors New York Congressman Sidney R. Yates, who died in October 2000 at the age of 91 and whose commitment to the arts was legendary. Past recipients of the Sidney Yates Award have included Billy Taylor (2008), Senator Edward M. Kennedy (2007), Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (2006), the Wallace Foundation (2005), and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (2003).  

FTM ARTS LAW, a division of Fettmann, Tolchin & Majors, PC, is comprised of Jonathan Ginsburg, Brian Taylor Goldstein, Robyn Guilliams, and Andi Floyd. With offices in both New York City and Fairfax, Virginia, they blend superior legal skills and services with an uncompromising dedication to strengthening artistic relationships, creative problem solving and prevention, and empowering the arts and the arts community. In addition to being a nationally and internationally recognized firm in the specialized field of visa, immigration and tax issues for foreign artists and performers, FTM Arts Law provides a comprehensive range of business, consulting, and legal services to clients in all fields of entertainment and the arts—including music, theater, dance, motion pictures, television, the fine arts, the performing arts, publishing, graphic art and design, artist and arts management, and non-profit arts-related organizations. FTM ARTS LAW was selected for the award in recognition of its successful advocacy efforts to improve the process by which foreign artists and performers obtain visas and work authorization to enter the United States; its acclaimed workshops and seminars proving basic legal knowledge and business skills to artists and arts professionals; and the fundamental impact of its work on the arts industry. The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is an international membership organization representing both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors of the industry and including disciplines ranging from all forms of dance, music, theater and family programming to puppetry, circus, magic, attractions and performance art. Arts Presenters members hail from all 50 states and more than 15 countries across the globe and range from large performing arts centers in major urban cities, outdoor festivals and rural community-focused organizations to academic institutions, individual artists, artist managers, and performing arts administrators. Its over 1,900 members bring performances to over 2 million audience-goers each week.

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