We announced the winners and honorees of the 7th annual Spark Awards on Monday, November 16 at 7:00 pm. The presentation was streamed for free through our YouTube page here. The presentation featured each of this year’s honorees through pre-recorded speeches. It also announced the winners of the Artist of the Year and Arts Organization [...]
It is with mixed feelings that we must say farewell to our Communications & Development Manager Rachelle Toarmino. While we’re sad to see her leave, our team is so proud to congratulate her as she embarks on her journey to the University of Massachusetts Amherst as an MFA candidate and teaching associate in poetry in [...]
Thank you to all the honorees, sponsors and supporters - our 6th Annual Spark Awards is SOLD OUT! See you on May 22! More information can be found HERE!
6TH ANNUAL SPARK AWARDS Wednesday, May 22, 2019 Hotel Henry 6PM – 9PM Join us for our annual fundraiser – celebrating those who ignite arts and culture. Once a year we hold this awards party honoring outstanding individuals and organizations in our arts community with food and drinks, entertainment, a live art raffle, and a [...]
Monday, October 29, 2018 Theatre of Youth 203 Allen Street Buffalo, NY 14201 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Speakers: Corinne Woods, Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York and Greg Taubman of ForgeNYC Join us for an information session to learn more about the Creative Opportunity Fund! The Creative Opportunity Fund is a state-wide regrant program [...]
$1,000 GRANT for an INDIVIDUAL THEATER ARTIST Deadline to Apply: Monday, August 27 (11:59pm) 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 [...]
Presented by Arts Services Initiative of WNY (ASI) Tuesday, August 21, 2018 Squeaky Wheel Media and Arts Center Artists are invited to this FREE workshop to learn more about the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship! ASI hosted Gabriella Calandro from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) to provide information about applying for the NYSCA/NYFA Artist [...]
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 Frank E. Merriweather Jr. Library Grant information sessions are mandatory for NEW applicants; optional but HIGHLY encouraged for everyone. The NYSCA DEC Arts Grant supports arts and cultural programming and the creation of artworks in Erie and Niagara Counties. This grant is administered by Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, [...]
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 2 pm Springville Center for the Arts 37 N Buffalo Street Springville, NY 14141 FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC RSVP to ASI at [email protected] or call 716-362-8389 x512 Grant information sessions are mandatory for NEW applicants; optional but HIGHLY encouraged for everyone. The NYSCA DEC Arts Grant supports arts and [...]
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS! Emmy-winning filmmaker and musician Ken Goldstein will be in Buffalo for a special screening of his documentary A Song of Bethlehem. His band, The LA Hustle, will perform following the screening at Sportsmen’s Tavern. The 30-minute documentary explores the impact of The Bethlehem Steel Company closures in the communities in which those factories resided, the reuse of [...]
