We are very excited to announce the 13 winners and finalists of the seventh annual Spark Awards, presented by M&T Bank. The awardees will be honored at a ceremony on Wednesday, May 13 at Forbes Theater (500 Pearl) in Buffalo, where guests will enjoy food, drinks, entertainment, a silent auction, and more. Tickets will go [...]
The application for funding through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is now open. Individual artists of various disciplines may seek funding in the Individual Artist Category by requesting fiscal sponsorship through ASI. Please note that individual artists are only able to seek NYSCA funding if they have a fiscal sponsor. Deadlines [...]
We are very excited to announce the 2020 recipients of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization (DEC) Grants! This year, we will award $122,500 to artists and arts organizations for the production of 41 art projects in Erie and Niagara Counties. The projects span nearly every discipline of art, including concerts, theater [...]
Like many others in our community, we’ve spent January reflecting on 2019 and creating resolutions for 2020. Last year, we noticed a trend in questions about what it means to promote a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility in the nonprofit sector and beyond, so we’ve decided to dedicate our vision for the new [...]
Arts Services Initiative and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce have partnered to bring Western New York’s arts and cultural sector access to group rate health insurance. Arts organizations are eligible for a Small Group plan by providing a NYS-45 to show that one or more employees work at the business who will register for the [...]
ASI is seeking a creative and qualified graphic designer or design firm to create strong graphic logos as well as a secondary and sub-brand logo for our Arts Access program. This is an open and competitive process for all freelance designers and reputable design firms located or headquartered in Erie and Niagara Counties. Details Proposals [...]
Grantee Spotlight: Buffalo Youth Media Institute Looking back on 1988 and the first year of ASI’s Global Warming Art Project It’s 2019: All communications, media channels, and consumer products are controlled by one corporate behemoth, and reality is comprised of nothing more than a nonstop stream of television programming. Fortunately for the world as we [...]
Nominations are now open for the 2020 Spark Awards, our annual celebration where we recognize outstanding individuals and organizations in the Western New York arts and cultural community. Every year, ASI honors leaders and heroes within our region for their dedication, talent, and critical impact on the sector. Award categories for the 2020 Spark Awards [...]
ASI will award 32 Give for Greatness grants—up from 25 in 2018—of $1,000 each to 32 arts and cultural nonprofit organizations based in Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties. The 32 organizations were selected from 78 total applications by a panel of local leaders in the arts and cultural sector. Recipients 1891 Fredonia Opera [...]
On behalf of 551 Seneca Street LLC, ASI invites Western New York-based visual artists working in two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums to submit proposals for an outdoor public art project located at 550 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York. The mural will appear on the south-facing façade toward Seneca Street. Details Deadline: January 13, 2020; 5 [...]
