Missouri Western State University offers a special presentation for artists and what they need to know to file their taxes.

The Art Entrepreneurship Speaker Series at Missouri Western State University continues at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 with Dean Vivian’s talk titled “Figure Out the Numbers: Taxes for Artists.”

The 90-minute seminar is free and open to the public.

Vivian will review the details of what self-employed artists need to know to file their taxes. A graduate of Webster Conservatory and a working actor for 35 years, Vivian joined Actor’s Equity in 1981, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in 1983 and the Screen Actors Guild in 1995.

He was a representative of his peers in Equity for eight years, and in his 18th year of serving on the AFTRA National Board and the SAG-AFTRA Joint Board of Directors. He was also recently elected as one of the 11 member-trustees for the multi-billion-dollar AFTRA Health & Retirement Fund.