Please join us in welcoming Sherman D. Webb-Middlebrooks as the closing keynote speaker for CPX: Refresh. The keynote will take place on Saturday, June 4th at 4PM. Sherman is currently the Director of Youth Development at The Foundry, a youth education, empowerment, and employment training organization located on the East Side of Buffalo. Previously, Sherman [...]
On Saturday afternoon, our beloved City of Buffalo was the targeted location of a terrorist attack in one of Buffalo's most vulnerable neighborhoods. Our hearts are broken for the victims, their families, and for our city. There are two truths that those of us who live in Buffalo must hold right now; one is [...]
Niagara Falls State Park and Arts Services Inc. (ASI) have released a “call for artists” to create a lenticular mural that will be part of the new Welcome Center Plaza in the park. The welcome center is slated to open in May 2023. The Niagara Falls State Park Welcome Center will be the centerpiece [...]
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has recently announced their funding guidelines for 2023 including a round of funding for individual artists of various disciplines. Artists can apply for a $10,000 grant for project support with an eligible fiscal sponsor. Individual Artist categories eligible to apply: Choreography Commissions Composer Compositions [...]
Originally scheduled for January of 2022, Arts Services Inc. (ASI) is moving forward with the third annual Creative Professionals Exchange (CPX) mini conference for artists and arts administrators which will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 3rd and 4th, 2022 at the Herb & Jane Darling Environmental Education Center at [...]
Whether you’re interviewing for a new job or you’re ready to ask for a raise in your current job, salary negotiation is always an uneasy topic. Tom Hausler comes to us with over ten years of recruitment experience and is ready to share what he’s learned from being a part of hundreds of salary [...]
Over the course of the next year we're hitting the road and collecting data for the Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study through Americans for the Arts at events across the five counties of Western New York. At each event, we'll be surveying a sample of audience members which will paint the picture of [...]
We're so excited to introduce you to our two interns from the University of Buffalo's Arts Management Program, Adriana Torres-Trinidad and Riley Nahlik! They've been such a fantastic help to ASI as we coordinate our advocacy efforts and find new ways to serve our community. Here's the link to their advocacy survey: Take the [...]
Arts Access passholders are invited to meet our Arts Access Coordinator Cameryn at the Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda (240 Goundry Street) at 12:30pm on Saturday, April 23rd for a meet-and-mingle with fellow passholders followed by a talk by featured artist Salvatore Santospirito. Come view and learn about Santospirito's work while meeting new friends and community members. From the [...]
New YouTube video! Our latest series "Devon and Nicole Learn Things" has a new episode in which Devon and Nicole learn how to make a lightbox for product photos. (See second picture for a photo we took with our lightbox setup!) You can make a lightbox of any size, depending on what you'll [...]
