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\n\tOn June 2, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 133, a bill that creates a new type of limited liability company (LLC) called an Artist Company, or A-Corp, report the Art Newspaper<\/em> and the Colorado Sun<\/em>. The new business structure is designed to help artists in the state\u2014defined in the bill as \u201cindividuals that create works of authorship or artistic expression comprising written, oral, visual, graphic, literary, musical, audiovisual, digital, or performing art in any medium\u201d\u2014set up their own business while ensuring they retain creative control of their work.<\/p>\n \n\tThe idea for an A-Corp was first proposed by Yancey Strickler, the co-founder of Kickstarter, at a TED talk last year. According to Strickler, who spoke at the bill signing, an A-Corp might represent an individual artist, but it can also be a more dynamic entity such as a holding company that owns the work or business. \u201cA-Corps,\u201d he has written, \u201care designed around a simple, powerful, principle: creative people deserve the same economic advantages as everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhile an A-Corp, as defined in the bill, is an LLC, there are some differences between them: with an A-Corp, artists must control 51% of the voting securities at all times, guaranteeing them creative control of the company; investors may purchase shares of the company without getting voting power; ownership units can be based on either financial contributions or in-kind artistic contributions, enabling artists to build equity in the company; every A-Corp must define its artistic mission; and\u2014perhaps most importantly\u2014artistic work licensed to an A-Corp can never be transferred to non-artist investors or third parties, meaning that if the company is dissolved or sold, the intellectual property rights revert back to the artist owner(s).<\/p>\n \n\tBy July 1, 2027, the Colorado Secretary of State will provide long-form articles with check-box and fill-in-the-blank provisions \u2014 covering ownership structure, governance, IP terms, tax treatment, and more\u2014so artists can set up their own A-Corps without needing to consult a lawyer. \u201cMost of what the A-Corp offers is technically possible today \u2014 if you hire the right lawyers and draft the right agreements,\u201d writes Strickler on the Artist Corporations website. \u201cThe Colorado Artist Company Act makes it a standard form, accessible and affordable to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tColorado is the first state in the U.S. to create an A-Corp. \u201cI\u2019m interested to see the ripple effects that this will have in the community,\u201d Sarah Darlene, an independent artist with an LLC who testified during the bill\u2019s Senate committee hearing, told the Colorado Sun<\/em>, \u201cEvery artist is going to do something totally different with this business structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/colorado-passes-artist-corporation-bill-1234788275\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5934dc54-3f78-4b32-906b-d7d703c0101e_3024x4032.jpg?w=1024″] On June 2, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 133, a bill that creates a new type of limited liability company (LLC) called an Artist Company, or A-Corp, report the Art Newspaper and the Colorado Sun. 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