On Thursday, December 5, ASI and The Establishment will present a workshop on taxes designed to help attendees navigate the various tax forms, rules, and regulations that often prevent us from maximizing our money and saving for the long haul. This workshop will be led by financial services professional Ryan McNulty, MBA, and will serve [...]
ASI and the Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance (GBCA) will present their fall gathering and public workshop on Erie County advocacy and arts funding on Tuesday, October 22 at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens. Our program will explore what advocacy means, how we use it, and how nonprofit professionals can interact with elected officials to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Download the Powerpoint presentation from this workshop HERE. ASI and The Bonadio Group have partnered to present a free professional development opportunity for budding organizations and those interested in demystifying nonprofit financial statements with a lunch and learn on Thursday, July 11 at the downtown branch of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Presentations will [...]
Monday, October 29, 2018 Theatre of Youth 203 Allen Street Buffalo, NY 14201 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Speakers: Corinne Woods, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York and Greg Taubman of ForgeNYC Join us for an information session to learn more about the Creative Opportunity Fund! The Creative Opportunity Fund is a state-wide regrant program [...]
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens Join us for the Fall GBCA Cultural Gathering in conjunction with Arts Services Initiative of WNY, Inc.. Materials: GBCA EC Funding Advocacy Plan 2018-19 GBCA ASI Advocacy Presentation 2018-19 ADVOCACY (followed by a GBCA presentation on the upcoming Erie County Budget Process, Timeline, and Advocacy Next [...]
Presented by Arts Services Initiative of WNY (ASI) Wednesday, September 19, 2018 UB Anderson Gallery View and Download the PowerPoint Presentation from this workshop HERE: PowerPoint Presentation FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Creatives, entrepreneurs, artists, and organizations that work with or represent artists are invited to this FREE workshop to learn about Intellectual Property law [...]
Presented by Arts Services Initiative of WNY (ASI) Tuesday, August 21, 2018 Squeaky Wheel Media and Arts Center Artists are invited to this FREE workshop to learn more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship! ASI hosted Gabriella Calandro from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) to provide information about applying for the NYSCA/NYFA Artist [...]
