(WKBW release) The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation on Wednesday joined with Congressman Brian Higgins, Margaret Overdorf of the Valley Community Association, Tod Kniazuk of the Western New York Arts Services Initiative, entrepreneur Mark Goldman and representatives from Neto Hatinakwe Onkwehowe and the Hispanic Youth Music Project to launch the first season of summer programming along [...]
Poloncarz to name panel for review of 2013 requests Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz will create a new advisory board to review funding requests from arts and cultural groups for 2013. The panel — expected to be named in the next few weeks—will make recommendations for how to distribute millions of dollars of county [...]
Last year, if you were tuned in at all to the issues that preoccupy Western New Yorkers, you might have noticed that the regional cultural community of Western New York mounted a full-scale offensive against the government of Erie County. By Colin Dabkowski , News Staff Reports, The Buffalo News, Published:May 20, 2012, 12:00 AM May [...]
Arts and cultural groups and organizations working to combat violence in the City of Buffalo will share $200,000 in grants under a spending plan approved Friday that contains only minor changes from what was proposed by Mayor Byron W. Brown. City lawmakers unanimously ratified a budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year that establishes a “cultural [...]
Earlier this evening, members of Buffalo's cultural community dominated an hour-long public hearing of Buffalo Common Council. The cultural funding advocates, responding to a city budget that includes no funding for the arts, echoed and in many cases built upon the eloquent arguments of last year's Erie County cultural funding crisis. By Colin Dabkowski, The [...]
Arts and cultural groups Monday descended on City Hall seeking funding assistance in the upcoming city budget. Nineteen of the 21 speakers during an hourlong public hearing in Common Council Chambers requested aid from the Council and Mayor Byron W. Brown in the city's new spending plan. By Aaron Besecker, NEWS STAFF REPORTER, The Buffalo News, [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. ( release ) Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-27) announced the winners of the annual Congressional art competition, “An Artistic Discovery.” One piece from each Congressional district is chosen to be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the Capitol Building. “The arts play an important role in education,” said Congressman Higgins. “This is a great [...]
The Arts Services Initiative of Western New York today announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) for assisted programming along the Buffalo River between May 26 and October 31, 2012. A total of $82,500 is available to qualified organizations and individuals to conduct programs and events at several sites along the River corridor… Buffalo Rising, April [...]
A long-dormant slice of land along the Buffalo River will come alive with cultural activity this summer thanks to a new initiative by the Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. to build the area into an entertainment and leisure destination. By Colin Dabkowski, NEWS ARTS CRITIC, The Buffalo News, Published: April 7, 2012, 12:00 AM Initiative targets [...]
As of April 1, two local organizations will be launching a collaborative effort to help keep the members of Western New York's cultural community in good health. The Amherst Chamber of Commerce and the Arts Services Initiative (ASI) of Western New York will be partnering to provide group health insurance to those who work [...]
