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. Less than one week after opening applications, this event marks the first round of funding through our WNY Arts Emergency Relief Fund, a granting program designed to assist Western New [...]
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 cultural organizations, are now available. The application will open on Friday, May 1. This fund was created in response to the state of emergency caused by COVID-19 and its profound [...]
The current state of emergency caused by COVID-19 has profoundly impacted Western New York's arts and cultural sector. With the cancellation of events, performances, workshops, and gigs, individuals and organizations who rely on event-based income are losing essential revenue that is key to their continued operations. We're in the initial stages of creating this fund [...]
We are very excited to announce that Kyla Kegler, Alexis Oltmer, Derek Roland, and Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology have been selected to receive funding through our Global Warming Art Project granting program. The program support projects created in response to the rising dangers of global climate change, and administers grants to a selection [...]
ASI is seeking a creative and qualified graphic designer or design firm to create strong graphic logos as well as a secondary and sub-brand logo for our Arts Access program. This is an open and competitive process for all freelance designers and reputable design firms located or headquartered in Erie and Niagara Counties. Details Proposals [...]
Grantee Spotlight: Buffalo Youth Media Institute Looking back on 1988 and the first year of ASI’s Global Warming Art Project It’s 2019: All communications, media channels, and consumer products are controlled by one corporate behemoth, and reality is comprised of nothing more than a nonstop stream of television programming. Fortunately for the world as we [...]
On behalf of 551 Seneca Street LLC, ASI invites Western New York-based visual artists working in two-dimensional and three-dimensional mediums to submit proposals for an outdoor public art project located at 550 Seneca Street in Buffalo, New York. The mural will appear on the south-facing façade toward Seneca Street. Details Deadline: January 13, 2020; 5 [...]
ASI is excited to announce that application materials for our annual Give for Greatness granting program are now live. The grants, which support nonprofit arts and cultural organizations in Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, and Allegany counties by providing general operating funds, are administered by ASI every year in anticipation of year-end goals and the holiday [...]
Fendrick Theatre Fund Awardee Announced “Knock Knock, Jesus Calling”, a play by Heather Fangsrud ASI announced the 2018 awardee of the David R. Fendrick Theatre Fund. A grant in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded to Heather Fangsrud for “Knock Knock, Jesus Calling” – a one-woman play where Fangsrud recounts her experiences as a [...]
FUNDING for Environmentally Themed Art Projects in WNY Fall Deadline: October 1 (rolling) Spring Deadline: May 1 (rolling) Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, Inc. (ASI) is seeking proposals from qualified individuals in Western New York to create artistic projects related to the dangers of global warming and climate change. We are seeking strong [...]
