Join the Sustainable Economies Law Center for a dynamic conversation between attorney Alex Glancy and artist-attorney AnaV Avila as they explore the legal and business challenges that muralists face in their day-to-day work. This fireside chat will highlight the unique vulnerabilities and creative triumphs of mural artists navigating contracts, intellectual property, and public visibility. The session will close with a presentation on moral rights—what they are, why they matter, and how communities can use them to defend and preserve public art.
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Anavictoria, known as “AnaV,” is a Bay Area muralist and painter deeply connected to her Mexican-American and California roots. AnaV creates large-scale art as a form of healing and visibility for the experiences of Latiné families, the working class, and resilient communities. She elevates the beauty of overlooked spaces by mixing Mexican patterns and symbols with all the nuances that unite communities through colorful compositions that inspire collective growth, perseverance, and hope.
Growing up in a broken family and in domestic violence shelters as a kid, the concept of “home” was not a place but instead the people who embraced AnaV as family. She moved a lot as a kid, from city to city throughout SoCal, but eventually the Bay Area became home in 2010 when she was a student at UC Berkeley. So many communities have embraced AnaV and she is forever grateful to find home in many cities, with much love for Chicago, Oakland, and San Francisco as the cities that uplifted AnaV as an artist.
AnaV’s specialties are in mural design, portraits, and illustration. Her style is constantly evolving but her art is inspired by music, dance, and the legacy of the 1920s Mexican Muralism movement, which transformed public art globally by uplifting liberation movements and social justice commentary in public spaces. AnaV creates murals to elevate community stories while revealing the layers of history, life, and how moments impact our human and collective experiences.
Complimenting her artistic half, AnaV is an Intellectual Property Attorney, supporting artists of all disciplines through her work with the Sustainable Economies Law Center. She is a passionate advocate for youth justice, education, and the economic success of emerging artists. AnaV has collaborated with organizations such as the East Bay Community Law Center, Oakland First Fridays, and the Bay Area Community Land Trust, using her art and law skills in support of economic sustainability and community revival efforts.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Alex Glancy is a partner and founding attorney at GGH LLP, where she practices transactional law. Alex advises startups, social enterprises, impact-oriented companies, and creatives. She focuses in the areas of corporate structuring and governance, fundraising, business transactions, and intellectual property.
Alex is experienced with the formation of business entities including LLCs, corporations, benefit corporations, nonprofits, and cooperatives. She also counsels on fundraising strategies and handles securities compliance at the federal and state levels.
In addition to her corporate and securities work, Alex leads the intellectual property (IP) practice. She counsels on copyright and trademark matters for entrepreneurs and creatives, including negotiating, reviewing, and drafting IP-related contracts of key importance to clients’ IP portfolios. She has represented graphic designers, visual artists, and producers in these areas.
Alex graduated from Harvard Law School, where she participated in the Community Enterprise Project. She holds a bachelor’s degree with honors from Northwestern University in Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS) and Anthropology. Prior to joining GGH LLP, she worked at the Arts Law Centre of Australia, the Office of the General Counsel of New York University, and at a global law firm.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Alex prides herself on being a community lawyer of service to her city. She has presented to groups at UCLA, CalArts, and the California Center for Cooperative Development.
Alex is proficient in Spanish.
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