In preparation for the 2020 Erie County Cultural Funding process, ASI has offered several public workshops on topics that the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning see as needs for Cultural Funding Applications. These topics include: Board of Directors/By-Laws/Non-Profit Revitalization Act, Governance, and Finance (including Cash Flows). For more information on past public workshops [...]
NOLA FEST is a fundraiser for Arts Services Initiative of WNY and NOLA Pay It Forward. Friday, September 22 5 PM - 8PM Flying Bison Brewery 840 Seneca Street, Buffalo The event is FREE with $5 beer and food tickets available upon arrival. Cajun style food buffet Music by Buffalo Brass Machine Soda by Saranac [...]
Arts Services Initiative of WNY brings Make Music Day to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY for a second year on June 21, 2017 (the first day of summer)! Make Music Day is a free celebration of music EVERYONE is invited to participate no matter your skill level or genre of music. This year’s Make Music [...]
The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, in conjunction with the Erie County Arts and Cultural Advisory Board (“EACAB”), will be kicking off the annual Arts and Cultural Funding Program with an applicant briefing on Thursday, April 20 5:00 PM WNED/WBFO Studios 140 Lower Terrace, Buffalo, NY 14202 A review of the 2017 funding [...]
Arts Services Initiative of WNY Announces 4th Annual “Spark” Cultural Awards Winners & Finalists Event “Celebrating Those Who Ignite Arts & Culture” is May 10 at Hotel Henry Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) announced details of their 4th Annual “Spark” Cultural Awards. The awards party, “Celebrating Those Who Ignite Arts & Culture”, [...]
Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) is seeking a full time Associate to play key roles in ASI’s operational, fiscal, and grant management activities, including being a key part of the launch of our fiscal sponsorship and shared service programs. The successful applicant must have excellent attention to detail, time management and organizational [...]
Check back soon for more Professional Development Series workshops coming in 2018. You can anticipate topics such as marketing, economic impact study, individual artist topics, grant seeking, business planning, and more. Contact us at [email protected] if you have any questions. All ASI workshops and classes are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
At ASI, advocacy for the cultural sector is an important part of what we do in service of the area’s 300-plus not for profit cultural organizations, their thousands of employees, and the hundreds of thousands who invest in the cultural sector through their attendance, service, and donations. Each election cycle, Arts Services Initiative poses a [...]
GRANTS TO INDIVIDUAL THEATER ARTISTS Deadline to Apply: Friday, October 7 at 12pm (noon) Call for applications from actors, directors, writers, producers, designers, storytellers, dog acts, performance artists, musicians, dancers, puppeteers, multimedia theater artists, and more! Since 1989 the David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund has awarded grants to individual artists to enable them to realize or [...]
This is a grant opportunity for three New York State artists to go to Quebec for a three month residency with a partner in that region. All artistic disciplines and host sites (in the Province of Quebec) are welcome. Applications for residencies outside of Montreal are encouraged. Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at [...]
