Visual Artists’ Immigration Clinic

The Visual Artists’ Immigration Clinic is designed to guide emerging and established international visual artists through the process of obtaining a visa to the United States.

Schedule:

• 5:30–6:00 PM EST: Keynote Address by Teresa Woods Peña.
• 6:00–8:00 PM EST: participating artists will be paired with a Volunteer Attorney for a confidential 15-min consultation.

Volunteer Attorneys:

• Rakhel Milstein, Milstein Law Group
• Cielomar Puccio, Brandlett Law
• Kimberly Xavier, Covey Law
• Michael Lehach, Lehach & Filippa, LLP
• Teresa Woods Peña, Woods Law Group, P.C.

Are you interested in becoming a participating attorney? Please contact us at clinic@itsartlaw.org.

About the Speaker:

Teresa M. Woods Peña | Principal Attorney, Woods Law Group, P.C.

Teresa Woods Peña is an immigration attorney whose work focuses on Artist Visas and Green Cards. For the past twenty years, she has zealously advocated for clients seeking to remain in the United States in their applications with USCIS. She has also appeared in immigration court on behalf of clients in removal proceedings and successfully litigated their cases. She has worked as a consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and has taught Asylum and Refugee Law at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School while leading the Human Rights Clinic’s asylum work. Formerly a Senior Program Associate with the Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Immigration and Justice and Managing Attorney of KIND’s (Kids in Need of Defense) New York office, she now continues her work by representing artists and innovators looking to make the United States their home.

Hosts:

The Center for Art Law is a Brooklyn-based research and education nonprofit that offers resources and programming for the advancement of a vibrant arts and law community. Through its website and monthly Art Law Blast newsletter, the Center disseminates information and keeps readers updated on art- and law-related news, events, cases, and publications. The Center facilitates conversations by hosting and participating in programs including conferences, workshops and clinics for visual artists, film screenings, and more. Today a world-renowned asset to the art law field, the Center serves artists, attorneys, students and scholars of both disciplines, art market professionals, and members of the general public.