[PRESS RELEASE] In 2023, Arts Services Inc. (ASI) will receive an unprecedented $1.2M in funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). A special $1M appropriation was awarded to bolster ASI’s existing Statewide Community Regrant program. Also included in the total award amount is $180K that will be equally distributed to [...]
Arts Services Inc. of Western New York (ASI), on behalf of Assemblymember Monica P. Wallace’s Office, invites artists in all appropriate mediums from throughout Western New York to submit proposals for an outdoor public art project located at Cheektowaga Town Park on Harlem Road in Cheektowaga, NY. This request is for a sculpture to [...]
ASI invites nonprofit arts administrators from every discipline to join our Grants and Programming Director, Holly Grant, at one of our four "Grant on Grants" workshops. These workshops are for nonprofit arts administrators currently working in the nonprofit arts field who have a working knowledge of writing grants but are eager to perfect their operations [...]
The success of unpaid internships rely on a number of assumptions. Assumptions like the individual has the financial stability to forgo paid work during that time; that they have the time flexibility to adapt to a new workplace’s schedule; that the organization has a staff member who has the capacity to provide individualized guidance; and, that the internship [...]
The board and staff at ASI thanks everyone for such a wonderful year for the arts in Western New York. We're taking the rest of the month off so we can kick off our most exciting year yet, with more professional development, funding opportunities, and exciting new programs than ever before. If you're not [...]
Arts Services Inc. of Western New York (ASI), on behalf of Assemblymember William Conrad’s Office, invites artists in all appropriate mediums (2-dimensional) from throughout Western New York to submit proposals for an outdoor public art project. The selected mural will provide the front and side façade of the building which can be seen by [...]
As we move into the holiday season, we want YOU to consider buying a gift from a local artist for your friends and family. We asked our Facebook followers to send us their unique art to be included in our very first ever ASI Gift Guide. Use the button below to check out these beautiful [...]
The Leadership and Entrepreneurship in the Arts program at Daemen University, in collaboration with Arts Services Inc. and Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology, has issued a call for work to artists under the age of 30 for EMERGENCE ‘23. The application deadline has been extended to December 21st at 11:59pm. Billed as a [...]
Amherst resident Umar Azam was recently selected as the winner of Arts Services Inc.’s 2022 David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund Grant. Azam’s project titled, “Echoes of a Faraway Land: Unheard Voices of Pakistani People in America” is a new production that will use first-hand narrative to tell the stories of Pakistani immigrants now living [...]
Murals are springing up around Western New York all the time, but do you ever sit and wonder where they come from or how they came to be? We can't speak on behalf of all the murals around town, but we've been at the helm in a few of them and thought it might be [...]
