The truth is, it takes guts to apply for grant funding. That's why when we award grant funding, we like to celebrate the individuals who took the time to pitch us the ideas they were passionate about and will make the WNY arts scene pop! Special thanks to Buffalo & Brandy, Elizabeth Hayes, Gary [...]
Arts Services Inc. will be joining Visit Buffalo Niagara and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning to present on funding opportunities for area theatre companies as part of the "Business of Theatre" conference hosted by Erie County Legislator Jeanne M. Vinal, Esq. As an economics major, a lawyer who has represented small businesses, [...]
Arts Services Inc. (ASI), on behalf of Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera’s Office, invites artists in all appropriate mediums (2-dimensional and 3-dimensional) from throughout Western New York to submit proposals for an outdoor public art project located at 136 Evans Street in Hamburg, NY. This building is owned by Kirst Construction and faces Legion Field. [...]
To fundraise for ASI’s Give for Greatness grant program, eight all-lawyer musical groups will give it their all on stage when KeyBank presents the 9th annual Lawyers for the Arts fundraiser on Saturday, March 12th from 1-5:30 p.m. at the Tralf Music Hall (622 Main Street) in Buffalo. Tickets for the 9th annual Lawyers [...]
Creatives Rebuild New York (CRNY) and Arts Services Inc., Tri-County Arts Council, and Seneca-Iroquois National Museum invite you to an online information session to learn more about CRNY’s three-year $125M investment in the financial stability of New York State artists and the organizations that employ them. Creatives Rebuild New York Information Session March [...]
One of our favorite times of the year is when we get to announce the recipients of our Statewide Community Regrants. Formerly known as DEC grants, this funding comes from NYSCA and is distributed by ASI through the recommendations of four sets of panelists made up of industry leaders representing Erie, Niagara and Chautauqua [...]
ASI: How did you get involved in the arts and arts administration? HG: I've always kind of been involved in the arts. I took dance lessons as a child, I was in plays, talent shows, chorus. It wasn't until I was in high school and my guidance counselor asked me what I wanted [...]
An interesting conversation popped up on the ASI Twitter page the other day about the potential economic impact of building a new Bills stadium. We have no horse in the race about stadium plans, but that conversation did lead to someone asking us about the economic impact of the arts in Western New York [...]
(Featured image is "Trailblazer of the Arts" Spark Award winner Aitina Fareed-Cooke) In 2021, a year marked by turmoil and transformation, Arts Services Inc. (ASI) had a record-breaking nine Erie and Chautauqua County artists selected to receive $10,000 each in funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for their Round 3 [...]
The Alexander Technique was developed in 1890 by Frederick Mathias Alexander, an actor who used the power of posture and mindful movement to overcome debilitating voice loss after repeatedly performing Shakespeare for crowds. Since then, the Alexander Technique has been used by musicians, actors, and non-arts folk alike to improve air flow, vocal focus, [...]
