Wednesday, October 19 Flying Bison Brewery (840 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY) Leadership Packet from NYFA: leadershippacket_v14 Speakers: Lindsay Riggs, Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BN360 Program Coordinator) Rachel Adams, Senior Curator, University at Buffalo Art Galleries Arts administrators working in Western NY area joined New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) for [...]
These grants are intended to support arts and cultural programming and the creation of artworks in Erie and Niagara Counties. Administered by Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, Inc. (ASI) and funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). New this year: We now accept applications through a new, online grants [...]
Wednesday, July 13 - at WNY Library Resources Council (4950 Genesee Street, Cheektowaga, NY) Courtney Mealy (from the Cattaraugus County Arts Council) led several 45 minute individual sessions on effective website design and creating websites using Weebly or other platforms. Part of the ASI professional development series, made possible by Fund for the Arts, [...]
Event "Celebrating Those Who Ignite Arts & Culture" is May 25 at The Hotel @ The Lafayette Arts Services Initiative of Western New York has announced details of its third annual "Spark" Cultural Awards, presented by M&T Bank. The awards party, "Celebrating Those Who Ignite Arts & Culture," will take place from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, [...]
For anyone who might not be familiar with Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, there's a lot of catching up to do. To start, the initiative was forged in 2011 in order to fill the need for a non-profit organization that could be instrumental in a range of services for artists and art organizations. [...]
As of April 1, two local organizations will be launching a collaborative effort to help keep the members of Western New York's cultural community in good health. The Amherst Chamber of Commerce and the Arts Services Initiative (ASI) of Western New York will be partnering to provide group health insurance to those who work [...]
When the troubled Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County went out of business in 2010, so did its popular group health insurance plan that provided affordable coverage for hundreds of area artists and cultural workers. But thanks to a deal struck this week between the newly formed Arts Services Initiative and the Amherst Chamber [...]
Amherst Chamber of Commerce Announces Partnership with Arts Services Initiative Partnership between Amherst Chamber of Commerce & Arts Services Initiative formed The Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce (CoC) today announced a partnership that will provide group health insurance for the cultural sector, effective April 1, 2012. [...]
A deal through the Amherst Chamber of Commerce will make health benefits available to the arts community. More than 1,000 artists and cultural workers will gain access to health insurance programs through a new agreement between the Arts Services Initiative of WNY and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce. The partnership provides group health insurance, [...]
