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Announcing Our Captain for Advocacy: Jen Swan-Kilpatrick
We are thrilled to announce that our Executive Director, Jen Swan-Kilpatrick, has been appointed as the sole “captain” for New York State during National Arts Advocacy Zoom-In Week. This role comes in recognition of her dedicated advocacy as both the Executive Director at ASI as well as the Vice [...]
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Making Magic: Q&A with Inclusive Theater Founder Aimee M. Levesque, PhD
Photo: The Inclusive Theater cast of the Shakespeare in the Parking Lot performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Aimee M. Levesque, PhD is the founder, [...]
ASI Awards Nearly $100,000 to Local Artists and Nonprofit Organizations in First Round of Emergency Grants
Arts Services Initiative (ASI) has awarded $97,970 in emergency grants to 60 local artists and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations affected by the COVID-19 crisis. [...]
Spark Spotlight: 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center
The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center is a finalist for this year's Spark Award for Arts Organization of the Year, an award that [...]
Time to Take Action: May Means Advocacy
For Western New York’s arts community, the economic impact of COVID-19 has surpassed millions of dollars, with $2.5 million in losses being reported for March [...]
Spark Spotlight: Lewiston Council on the Arts, DEC Program of the Year
Lewiston Council on the Arts is the winner of this year's Spark Award for DEC Program of the Year, an award that recognizes ASI's Decentralization [...]
WNY Arts Emergency Relief Fund: Application Materials Live
We are very excited to announce that the application materials for the WNY Arts Emergency Relief Fund, a granting program for struggling artists and arts and [...]