Materials: Burning Issues from Erie County Website Resources One of two workshops available to assist with the 2018 Erie County Cultural Funding application. Governance Topic Session Tuesday, May 2 Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center (Screening Room) This session explored committees of the corporation and of the board - their differences and duties; the NYS Nonprofit [...]
Wednesday, February 22 Darwin Martin House ***Ways in which these agencies promote and partner with the arts in the WNY region; ***How our TPAs best connect with our arts and cultural organizations; ***How arts and cultural organizations and groups serve and collaborate with TPAs; and ***Opportunities for arts and culturals to work with TPAs on [...]
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.
Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, Inc. (ASI) announced the 35 cultural organizations receiving 2016 Give for Greatness grants. The awardees were chosen from 78 applicants across five counties, and represent a cross section of innovative small and emerging cultural groups across multiple disciplines. Give for Greatness is a program of ASI. • African American Center [...]
Tuesday, November 8 (ELECTION DAY!!) Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens Lobbying in NYS Speaker: Carl Calabrese, Partner at Masiello, Martucci, Calabrese and Associates Carl J. Calabrese has been involved in government and politics in Western New York for over 30 years. As an elected high-ranking Republican Party official, Calabrese has built relationships with government [...]
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 [...]
Saturday, October 22 Daemen College Campus, 4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226 Presentation: NYFA Resources Presentation NYFA presented an overview of their free and low-cost national programs and services. Whether you’re trying to raise money to finish a particular project, seeking feedback on your work, looking for an artist residency, or trying to find 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 [...]
Monday, September 26 Museum of disABILITY History 3826 Main Street, Buffalo Americans with Disabilities Act PPT by FCammarata Accessible Events Presentation by Marcum Co-Hosted by ASI and Doug Farley of the Museum of disABILITY History Speakers: Frank Camaratta, Executive Director of the Office of the Disabled Sue Mann Dolce Ph. D., Associate Director of Consultation and [...]
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 [...]
