Like many of our community partners, Arts Services Initiative is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on arts and cultural activity in Western New York. With news of the outbreak evolving daily, we will continue to share resources geared toward impact and challenges for our region’s arts community. We recommend following information provided [...]
Now that Black History Month has come to a close, it’s important to remember that Black American culture and history can and should be celebrated year-round. Below is a sampling of Western New York’s many arts projects and organizations that provide creative and critical programming on Black American art, culture, and history all year.  [...]
The application for funding through the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is now open. Individual artists of various disciplines may seek funding in the Individual Artist Category by requesting fiscal sponsorship through ASI. Please note that individual artists are only able to seek NYSCA funding if they have a fiscal sponsor. Deadlines [...]
Like many others in our community, we’ve spent January reflecting on 2019 and creating resolutions for 2020. Last year, we noticed a trend in questions about what it means to promote a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility in the nonprofit sector and beyond, so we’ve decided to dedicate our vision for the new [...]
Arts Services Initiative and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce have partnered to bring Western New York’s arts and cultural sector access to group rate health insurance. Arts organizations are eligible for a Small Group plan by providing a NYS-45 to show that one or more employees work at the business who will register for the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
In 2017, after the initial launch our Financial Services program offering low-cost bookkeeping and financial services to local nonprofit organizations, CEPA Gallery reached out to ASI and became our first fiscal client. Several years and reports later, we caught up with Lawrence Brose, the executive director of CEPA, to learn more about the gallery's mission [...]
ASI is excited to welcome Alana Kelley as our new Arts Access Program Coordinator. Our Arts Access program, which is in its sixth year of operation, seeks to make the arts accessible to everyone by partnering with local organizations to provide low-income members of the Western New York community with free and affordable arts and [...]
