With the success of recent mural festivals and local mural projects in and around Sacramento, the City of Sacramento, in partnership with Sacramento City College and California Lawyers for the Arts, wants to engage artists, community members, and city government in a discussion regarding a long-term plan for murals in our city.

Should the city have a mural policy? Should murals be registered throughout the city? These questions and others will be discussed over a series of six speaker sessions designed to educate, inspire, and excite us about the possibilities for our growing mural collection in Sacramento.

This speaker series is an opportunity to begin the conversation through educating ourselves about mural making and the laws involved with contracts, property owner rights, artist’s moral rights, intellectual property, and more. The speaker, M.J. Bogatin, will present “Murals and the Law” from his own personal perspective as an attorney who’s law practice emphasizes art, intellectual property law, and employment and labor law, among other areas.