About
Mission
ARITA is a non-profit entity based in Zurich with the aim to promote artistic development by providing artists and art professionals the legal guidance needed to navigate their career and activities. ARITA provides monthly legal consultation sessions for its members, organizes various events open to the public (workshops on art law topics, social meet & greets at local art spaces, and a yearly talk during the Zurich Art Weekend). ARITA also publishes useful resources for artists and art professionals, including common art contract check-lists, art law guidelines, and links to third party websites with further information.
Team
Active ARITA lawyers are: Soumeya Ferro-Luzzi, Valentin Fluor, Clément Jaton, Sarah Mostafa, Silvana Rohr, Sabrine Schnyder, Gaëlle Waeber, Noémie Weill and Christina Hirschberg-Weinekötter, Rinon Memeti, Julia Wismer.
Left photo: Massimiliano Rossetto
History
ARITA was founded as a non profit association in summer of 2021 by Tatiana Jullier, Aliénor de Dardel, Gaëlle Waeber and Laura Mostert – three lawyers and an art historian – all passionate about art and inspired by the work of ARITA's sister association, Lab-of-Arts, located in the French speaking part of Switzerland. Together they decided to set up a similar concept in Zurich for artists and art professionals in this region with a launch event – At the Bar: Talks on Artists' Rights – during the 2021 edition of the Zurich Art Weekend hosted at ACRUSH. They were quickly joined by Giulia Walter on the committee and by many other motivated lawyers for the monthly consultations.
Collaborations
- Since September 2024, ARITA consultation sessions take place at our kind host Theater Gessnerallee. Previously, from Summer 2021 to 2024, the consultations took place at artFAQ, a production platform for dance, theater and performance in the city of Zurich.
- The ARITA identity was created by graphic designer Ella Paleni – a graduate from the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL).
