William E. Bush, CPA, owner and director of the Fredericksburg Artists' School presents an informative discussion on the business side of art. With over 30 years of experience Bill brings a wealth of knowledge and practical information to the art community.

Bill graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA degree in accounting in 1969. Mr. Bush spent 25 years with the national accounting firm of Ernst & Young. His experience includes providing accounting, and business advisory services to privately owned businesses. He has been actively involved in providing support services to the legal community. Mr. Bush has testified before juries and has extensive experience in mediation and arbitration matters as well as having been deposed on numerous occasions.

Since 1992, Bill has been serving his own clients and continues to emphasize serving privately owned businesses and continues to provide support services to the legal profession.  Bill currently has numerous prominent artists from across the US as clients. He consults with them on ways to minimize their tax liability while improving their profit margins

His presentation will include discussion on various subjects facing the artist today, such as:

For the past 10 years , Bill Bush has been extremely active in the day to day operation of his wife’s artistic career from a business standpoint. He handles all non painting functions for his wife, artist – Nancy Bush. As a result he is uniquely qualified to discuss all phases of an artist’s career.