The 2022-2023 season of Arts Access here and we're excited to announce some new partners as well as the Arts Access Plus program. You can now register or renew for your pass online, in-person at ASI or one of our signup locations, or we can mail you an application. If you have any questions [...]
Photo: "As You Like It" performed by Shakespeare in Delaware Park The deadline to apply for the Fendrick Theatre Fund is this Friday, August 19th at 11:59 PM. The $1,000 Fendrick Theatre Fund award is distributed by ASI every other year to a creative theater artist. It was made in the memory of the fund's establishers, [...]
Virtual Reality Theory and Praxis In this two-day intensive for intermediate media students, filmmaker Deniz Tortum will introduce participants to a critical history and practice of virtual reality, from the stereoscope from the 1850s to the Unity / Unreal based systems of today. Participants will leave the workshop with a sense of serious play of [...]
ASI and the Arts Council for Wyoming County are excited to co-present a series of free Art & Immersive Technology workshops for artists who are interested in utilizing virtual and augmented reality to create and/or enhance their work. This program is designed to introduce VR and AR platforms and programs to rural and urban artists [...]
Each election cycle, Arts Services Inc. poses a series of arts related questions to candidates running for elected office across the region, focusing on the legislative and executive branches. Arts and culture is an important contributor to the area’s economic development, tourism, quality of life, education, and national identity and ASI feels it is important to gauge [...]
At Arts Services Inc., we believe that the arts are for everyone. Recently, some of the staff spent a couple of days out of the office, taking time to check out a few arts and cultural attractions that are close by. Just a few hours spent exploring the neighborhood made us remember what we [...]
Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Give 716 campaign for our new Arts Access Plus Fund! We are overwhelmed at the outpouring of support that we received. Thanks to the generosity of our community, we raised over $4,000 over the 36-hour event, surpassing our goal of $3,600. Big thanks also go out to the Bills [...]
Arts Services Inc. is delighted to be participating in this year’s Give 716, a collaborative effort between the Buffalo Bills Foundation and the Buffalo Sabres Foundation. The first-ever Give 716 event was launched last year to raise money and awareness for hundreds of local charities over the course of one epic fundraising day. In [...]
ASI is excited to announce that the Fendrick Theatre Fund is now accepting applications for individual theatre artists. The deadline to apply is Friday, August 19th. The Fendrick Theatre Fund grant is a one time award of $1,000 in memory of the fund’s establishers and founders, Neil Garvey and Jesse Kregal. Proposals that meet the following will [...]
Last month was Cameryn Handel's one year work anniversary as our Arts Access Coordinator. For passholders, Cameryn is the friendly voice on the other end of the phone when they call to ask questions or schedule transportation. She has been doing so much work behind the scenes to grow the Arts Access program in [...]
