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Eighteen WNY Artists Receive $10,000 NYSCA Grants

Arts Services Inc. congratulates the 18 Western New York artists who have been awarded a $10,000 grant each from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). The grants, part of the Support for Artists program, will fund various artistic projects to be completed in 2024 through Fiscal Sponsorship. These grants represent a [...]

Eighteen WNY Artists Receive $10,000 NYSCA Grants2024-02-04T19:24:16-05:00

ASI Helps Record-Breaking Number of Local Artists Receive NYSCA Support for Artists Funding

(Featured image is "Trailblazer of the Arts" Spark Award winner Aitina Fareed-Cooke) In 2021, a year marked by turmoil and transformation, Arts Services Inc. (ASI) had a record-breaking nine Erie and Chautauqua County artists selected to receive $10,000 each in funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for their Round 3 [...]

ASI Helps Record-Breaking Number of Local Artists Receive NYSCA Support for Artists Funding2022-01-13T10:29:48-05:00

Arts Services Inc Logos for Download

Please see below for downloadable versions of the ASI logo. If you need the logo in another format other than JPG, please contact us at [email protected]. To download: 1. Click on the image to view it full screen. 2. Right click on the image. 3. Select "Save As"  ASI Primary Logo full color: ASI Primary [...]

Arts Services Inc Logos for Download2024-04-10T11:38:20-04:00

ASI Awards Additional $94,820 in Relief to Local Artists and Organizations

Arts Services Initiative has awarded an additional $94,820 in emergency grants to local artists and nonprofit arts and cultural organizations affected by the COVID-19 crisis. This event brings the granted total from our WNY Arts Emergency Relief Fund to $192,790, supporting a total of 69 organizations and 56 individuals. Grants were awarded to artists and [...]

ASI Awards Additional $94,820 in Relief to Local Artists and Organizations2023-08-31T15:20:44-04:00

ASI Awards Nearly $100,000 to Local Artists and Nonprofit Organizations in First Round of Emergency Grants

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 [...]

ASI Awards Nearly $100,000 to Local Artists and Nonprofit Organizations in First Round of Emergency Grants2023-08-31T15:21:20-04:00

ASI Is Now Accepting Proposals for a Public Art Project in Niagara Falls

On behalf of 1702 Pine, LLC, Arts Services Initiative (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 1702 Pine Avenue in Niagara Falls, New York. The mural will appear on the building’s west-facing façade facing 17th Street. Details Deadline: [...]

ASI Is Now Accepting Proposals for a Public Art Project in Niagara Falls2019-11-06T10:05:20-05:00

Arts Services Initiative Welcomes Holly Grant

We are so excited to announce that Holly Grant has joined the ASI team as our new Grants and Programming Manager. Bringing more than a decade of experience working in the Western New York arts and cultural sector to this position, Holly is dedicated to exposing young people to the arts and helping tomorrow’s artists [...]

Arts Services Initiative Welcomes Holly Grant2019-08-28T15:40:25-04:00

Sugar City Wins the 2019 Spark Award for Arts Organization of the Year

Arts Services Initiative of Western New York has named Sugar City the winner of the 2019 Spark Award for Arts Organization of the Year. The arts collaborative was honored at the sixth annual Spark Awards on Wednesday, May 22 at Hotel Henry. “Winning the award was a big surprise for us,” said Curtis A. Guy, [...]

Sugar City Wins the 2019 Spark Award for Arts Organization of the Year2019-05-24T12:38:00-04:00

ASI Appoints Executive Director

Arts Services Initiative of WNY Appoints Executive Director Jennifer Swan is appointed as ASI’s permanent Executive Director Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) is proud to announce the appointment of Jennifer Swan as the organization’s permanent Executive Director.  Arts Services Initiative is a nonprofit organization that promotes the cultural sector’s vital role in [...]

ASI Appoints Executive Director2018-09-24T12:49:04-04:00

ASI is Hiring

Arts Services Initiative of Western New York (ASI) is seeking a full time Associate to play key roles in ASI’s operational, fiscal, and grant management activities, including being a key part of the launch of our fiscal sponsorship and shared service programs. The successful applicant must have excellent attention to detail, time management and organizational [...]

ASI is Hiring2017-02-12T01:02:30-05:00
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