The Arts Services Initiative announced Wednesday the completion of its 2013 decentralization grant program, which will distribute $98,700 to arts groups in Erie County.
The grants are scheduled to be announced in a ceremony at 3 p.m. today in Suzuki Strings, 4 Webster St., North Tonawanda. The event includes performances from Tony-nominated actor Stephen McKinley Henderson and the Suzuki Strings Quartet along with an exhibition of artwork by Scott Reagan.
The program has been in disarray in recent years because of problems at the defunct Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County, and staffing and funding changes at the New York State Council on the Arts, which has funded the program since 1978. Arts Services Initiative assumed control last year.
By Colin Dabkowski | News Arts Critic | on May 23, 2013 – 12:01 AM
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