Happy National Arts and Humanities Month! Established more than 30 years ago by Americans for the Arts (AFTA) in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts, National Arts and Humanities Month is a coast-to-coast collective celebration and recognition of the importance of culture in America. According to AFTA, the goals [...]
Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) is excited to present its inaugural Creative Professionals Exchange, a two-day mini conference administered by the region’s leading changemakers in the arts. With topics spanning exhibition etiquette, the rise of public art, and ways for artists to make a living, these professional development seminars are designed for [...]
ASI is excited to announce that we will be bringing representatives from the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) to Buffalo on Monday, October 7 to discuss their Creative Opportunity Fund grant application process. The fund, which awards between $2,000 and $6,000 in New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) regrants to theaters and [...]
This weekend is the last chance for candidates for public office in Niagara County, Erie County, and the City of Buffalo to complete ASI’s Arts Sector survey. The survey, which was distributed to the 62 candidates in early August and which is due next week, spans yes-or-no questions (with space for comment) related to continued [...]
We are so excited to announce that Holly Grant has joined the ASI team as our new Grants and Programming Manager. Bringing more than a decade of experience working in the Western New York arts and cultural sector to this position, Holly is dedicated to exposing young people to the arts and helping tomorrow’s artists [...]
ASI's Arts Access program aims to break the barriers of inaccessibility to the region's arts and culture sector, which are often money, transportation, and knowledge of events. We partner with local theaters, galleries, and other arts and culture organizations to offer free or reduced-cost opportunities to low-income Western New York residents and their families. ASI envisions [...]
We are so excited to announce that Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) will be the benefitting organization for Calhoon Pub's fifth annual Fall Fest on Saturday, September 7. The festival will feature booze, bites, raffles, and a live music performance by Workingman’s Dead, Buffalo’s favorite Grateful Dead tribute band. All funds from [...]
View the PowerPoint from these sessions here: DEC Grant Info Session Powerpoint Join ASI Grants and Programming Director Natalie Brown next week for one of four free information sessions benefitting new and returning DEC Grant applicants. At workshops in Niagara Falls, Springville, Buffalo, and North Tonawanda, Natalie will offer grant-writing tips and best practices [...]
Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI), a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in Buffalo, NY, is seeking a full-time individual to manage our grant-giving programs and relationships within the arts and cultural field, and to play a key role in programmatic, event, and administrative activities. ASI is the local arts council that provides tools [...]
It is with mixed feelings that we must announce the departure of Grants and Programming Director Natalie Brown. While we're sad to see her leave, our team is so proud to congratulate her on her new role as the program coordinator of Carnegie Art Center. Natalie joined ASI as an associate in April of 2016. [...]
