Western New York is well represented at this year's Americans for the Arts National Arts Action Summit as ASI's Jen Swan-Kilpatrick and Holly Grant take the lead as Federal Arts Advocacy Captains for New York State. Usually in-person in Washington DC, the National Arts Action Summit will take place virtually this year from March 28-30th and is free for anyone to [...]
If we asked you who your County Legislator was right now, would you know? How about what district your organization located in? So if someone asked your legislator right now which organizations in their district could use additional funding, do you think they would think of you? It can be intimidating to reach [...]
NEW: ASI is now compiling an active list of advocacy action items on our website. These are available for anyone to participate in and will be updated frequently. Some are simple such as adding your signature of support to a proposed piece of legislation and some are more involved such as attending a national [...]
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 [...]
