The Arts Services Initiative of Western New York will map the economic impact of the arts and culture in the region with help from a new $25,000 grant. The funds come from the Arts & Culture Research Fund established last year by the New York Community Trust to answer exactly what arts and culture contribute [...]
Arts & Culture Research Fund Awards $110,000 to Measure the Impact of the Arts Throughout New York State New York, May 21 - What exactly do arts and culture contribute to New York City and State's economy and to community development efforts? Are neighborhoods with cultural organizations safer, healthier, more economically vital or stable? The [...]
With its first full year completed, the Arts Services Initiative of WNY is looking ahead with plans to create an economic impact report for the nonprofit cultural sector as well as new programming. The financial report, last collected in 2005, will use figures collected for the group’s cultural data project as well as new information. [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The Cuomo administration is hoping a new statewide series of roadside signs designed to promote New York's rich history will help boost the state's economy by steering visitors to historic sites and cultural attractions. More than 200 signs were unveiled this week in Albany as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "Path [...]
Governor hosts a conference designed to exploit state's cultural tourism resources ALBANY — Forget about natural gas trapped in the Marcellus shale or the glories of the Adirondacks, at least for a moment, and consider a man-made natural resource that New York could do more to exploit: its history. More than 200 historians, museum directors, [...]
