2023 Erie County Budget Advocacy Workshop In response to the release of the proposed 2023 Erie County budget, ASI Executive Director Jen Swan-Kilpatrick, with guest speaker Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo, will present information on next steps for successful advocacy to the Erie County arts organizations that were recommended for funding by the County [...]
Motion Capture and Game Space This workshop will focus on the accessible and innovative uses of motion capture for the creation of immersive experiences. Motion capture allows for anyone to animate a humanoid avatar with the simple movement of their body in real-time. This allows for performative and rapid development of animations for use in [...]
ASI is excited to host ART/NY this coming Monday, September 19 from 5-7:00 pm for an in-person info session at ASI's office in Buffalo. Representatives from ART/NY will be here in WNY to present information about their NYSCA-ART/NY Creative Opportunity Fund theatre grant. The Creative Opportunity Fund grant provides general operating support grants of $2,000-$5,000 to small professional [...]
ASI is excited to introduce our newest professional development series, "From the Ground Up," which will feature workshops and trainings for newcomers in a number of exciting topics. For our first two events, we're thrilled to have our board member, Attorney Mike de Freitas, at the helm to present two workshops about starting a [...]
ASI is excited to introduce our newest professional development series, "From the Ground Up," which will feature workshops and trainings for newcomers in a number of exciting topics. For our first two events, we're thrilled to have our board member, Attorney Mike de Freitas, at the helm to present two workshops about starting a [...]
Virtual Reality Theory and Praxis In this two-day intensive for intermediate media students, filmmaker Deniz Tortum will introduce participants to a critical history and practice of virtual reality, from the stereoscope from the 1850s to the Unity / Unreal based systems of today. Participants will leave the workshop with a sense of serious play of [...]
ASI and the Arts Council for Wyoming County are excited to co-present a series of free Art & Immersive Technology workshops for artists who are interested in utilizing virtual and augmented reality to create and/or enhance their work. This program is designed to introduce VR and AR platforms and programs to rural and urban artists [...]
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 [...]
Arts Services Inc. will be joining Visit Buffalo Niagara and the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning to present on funding opportunities for area theatre companies as part of the "Business of Theatre" conference hosted by Erie County Legislator Jeanne M. Vinal, Esq. As an economics major, a lawyer who has represented small businesses, [...]
