Time is running out to submit your SCR application for up to $5,000 in community arts funding before the December 5th deadline! Here are six tips to follow before you hit that submit button: 1) Proof read for spelling 2) Proof read for grammar 3) Have someone not in your field read your application for [...]
Amherst resident Umar Azam was recently selected as the winner of Arts Services Inc.’s 2022 David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund Grant. Azam’s project titled, “Echoes of a Faraway Land: Unheard Voices of Pakistani People in America” is a new production that will use first-hand narrative to tell the stories of Pakistani immigrants now living [...]
Murals are springing up around Western New York all the time, but do you ever sit and wonder where they come from or how they came to be? We can't speak on behalf of all the murals around town, but we've been at the helm in a few of them and thought it might be [...]
We have big plans for our professional development programs in 2023 and we want your input on the topics you want to see included. We invite you to take this short survey and, in exchange for your time and thoughts, we'll provide you with a link to a video workshop that has never been released to the [...]
Arts Services Inc. (ASI) is seeking a full-time individual to help oversee our programs and relationships within the arts and cultural field, and to play a key role in event and administrative activities. The Programs & Outreach Coordinator will work closely with the Grants & Programming Director by being an active presence in the [...]
The program in Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the Arts at Daemen University, in partnership with Arts Services Inc. & Buffalo Center for Arts Technology proudly announces EMERGENCE: A Celebration of the Emerging Artist. Designed to highlight the accomplishments and support the growth of artists between the ages of 17-30, the second annual EMERGENCE exhibition [...]
If you are working full time, or have previously worked full time, at a nonprofit or government agency, you'll want to keep reading because you could be closer to full student loan forgiveness than you think. The limited PSLF waiver expires on October 31st, which allows borrowers to get credit for payments that may not have [...]
2023 Erie County Budget Advocacy Workshop In response to the release of the proposed 2023 Erie County budget, ASI Executive Director Jen Swan-Kilpatrick, with guest speaker Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo, will present information on next steps for successful advocacy to the Erie County arts organizations that were recommended for funding by the County [...]
At ASI, advocacy for the arts and cultural sector is an important part of what we do in service of the area’s independent artists, 500+ not for profit cultural organizations, their thousands of employees, and the hundreds of thousands who invest in the cultural sector through their attendance, service, and donations. Each election [...]
Motion Capture and Game Space This workshop will focus on the accessible and innovative uses of motion capture for the creation of immersive experiences. Motion capture allows for anyone to animate a humanoid avatar with the simple movement of their body in real-time. This allows for performative and rapid development of animations for use in [...]
