The Arts Council train is leaving the station and we need your help.
Have you been just sitting around watching the TV and really wanting to do something meaningful in your life? Now is your chance. The Arts Council of Buffalo and Erie County is embarking on its vision to regain its position as a protector and provider for the cultural arts community. It’s expanding its board. If you have a passion for protecting, cultivating and enriching the cultural fabric of the community and can commit some time and expertise to re-building this important art institution please call 856-7520 or email a brief bio/CV/resume to info@artscouncilbuffalo.org.
The new Emerging Leaders in the Arts Buffalo (ELAB) group is up and running!
The kick-off event at Sample Restaurant on January 13th was a great success! Over 50 emerging leaders in the arts were in attendance for the leadership seminar plus a 'Core' group of individuals has come forth to plan upcoming events and steer the group. Anyone interested in the group is welcome attend upcoming meetings which can all be found on the ELAB's Facebook group.
NYFA SOS ROUND 2 Grant Appliation deadline: January 27, 2010
Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS) grants are available to residents in the five counties of Western New York: ALLEGANY, CATTARAUGUS, CHAUTAUQUA, ERIE, or NIAGARA. The grants range from $100-$600 and are to be used for upcoming opportunities that will significantly benefit your artistic career, artists of all disciplines are eligible to apply.
To download a PDF of the application please click on Application and Guidelines.
More information on how to apply and past winners can be found on the Arts Council's SOS webpage.
Please contact Lauren Albrecht at (716) 856-7520 or regrantsoffice@gmail.com with questions regarding your application.
NYFA SOS Western New York Winners Art Exhibition
November 24, 2009 – January 29, 2010
Download Press Release & FACT SHEET
Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County
700 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
This exhibition features a selection of works by artists that have won NYFA SOS grants over the past year from the Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County. Many of these artists have received grants for exhibition, promotional and travel opportunities to present their work locally or around the globe. Some artists have been able to leverage their SOS grant into additional career advancing opportunities beyond the initial award. A Fact Sheet outlining what each artist received funding for and how it benefited his or her career is available now. We encourage the media to take advantage of this unique event to learn more about the grant program and to promote the talent, caliber and excellence of these individual artists that reside within Western New York.
What is a NYFA SOS Grant?
NYFA Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS) grants are designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of specific, unique opportunities that will significantly benefit their work or career. These are $100-$600 grants for forthcoming opportunities (not necessarily projects) that are distinct from an artist's ongoing work. All the artists in the exhibition have received an SOS grant over the past year for unique career advancing artist opportunities. More information can be found at: http://www.artscouncilbuffalo.org/what_we_do/funding/sos.asp
Created with flickr slideshow.
Artists that have won WNY NYFA SOS grants over the past year:
Melanie Aceto (Dance/Erie), Priscilla Bowen (Visual/Erie), Lukia Costello (Visual/Erie), Madelene Cutrona (Folk/Visual/Erie), Kara Daving (Visual/Erie), Brian DeAngelo (Music/Erie), Jax Deluca (Craft/Folk/Erie), Kate Doody (Visual/Allegany), Dorothy Fitzgerald (Visual/Erie), Anna Kay France (Theatre/Erie), Christopher Fritton (Visual/Erie), Greg Gerke (Literary/Erie), Kathleen Golde (Dance/Erie), Amy Greenan (Visual/Niagara), Ani Hoover (Visual/Erie), Tom Hughes (Visual/Niagara), Felice Koenig (Visual/Erie), Paul Christopher Kozlowski (Music/Erie), Lise Lemeland (Visual/Allegany), Michael Lent (Visual/Erie), Paul Leone (Music/Performance/Chautauqua), Amanda Maciuba (Visual/Erie), Douglas Manson (Literary/Erie), Michael J. Mully (Visual/Erie), Justin Printup (Visual/Niagara), Dave Ruch (Music/Erie), Claire Sands (Visual/Allegany), Amy Taravella (Dance/Erie), Jeffery Vincent (Visual/Erie), Ben Wickerham (Visual/Chautauqua), and Patrick Willett (Visual/Erie).
The PETropolitan Auction of Art is taking place at the Butler Mansion on Thursday, April 29, 2010. The PETropolitan Auction of Art will feature silent and live auctions of animal inspired artwork, drinks, and fabulous food. Proceeds raised will support the Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project, a coalition of animal welfare agencies working to end the euthanasia of healthy and treatable dogs and cats in Erie County.
The group is currently seeking donations of art work in any medium at a minimum value of $75, that it is not a mass produced piece, and that it is animal-inspired. This does not necessarily mean it must depict an animal.
Art donation benefits: (Please click to view Artist Donation Letter)
· A complimentary ticket to enjoy the festivities
· Acknowledgment of your name, and the title and description of your art on display near the piece
· Acknowledgment of your name, and the title and description of your art on the Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project website
To participate, please return the artist donation form by April 1st, 2010.
We also invite you to visit www.maddieseriecounty.org for more information about the Maddie's® Pet Rescue Project, and our historic endeavor to become one of the first "no-kill" counties in the USA. Contact Kara Lee, Project Coordinator for more information: karal@spcaec.com 716-343-0253
2009 Erie County DEC Grant Information
The 2009 Erie County Decentralization (DEC) program is in full swing and the Arts Council has created an online calendar of all DEC funded events happening throughout the year. If you are a 2009 DEC grant recipient please make sure you have a complete program information sheet into the Regrants Office.
2009 DEC Forms to Download:
Program Information Sheet (required to receive 2009 DEC grant payment)
2009 DEC Final Report (due 1 month after your project's end date)
2009 DEC Final Report Budget Form (must be included with final report)
DEC Project Change Request (the Regrant Office must be consulted before submitting this form)
2009 Erie County DEC awardees: Amherst Symphony Orchestra Assoc.,
Aspire of WNY, Inc.,
Blossom Garden Friends School,
Buffalo Contemporary Dance,
Community Music School of Buffalo,
Earth's Daughters: A Feminist Arts Periodical,
East Buffalo Sculpture Center,
Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts,
Freudig Singers of Western New York,
Friends of Music at St. Paul's Cathedral,
Impact Artists Gallery, Inc,
Juneteenth Festival Inc.,
King Urban Life Center,
Music is Art,
Neglia Ballet Artists,
Parkside Community Association,
People Inc.,
Pilgrim-St. Luke's United Church,
Playhouse of American Classics,
Subversive Theatre Collective,
Summer Theatre Arts Group Experience (STAGE),
Summerstock Theatre Co.,
SYNERGY/Holocaust Resource Center of Buffalo,
Town of Boston Arts Council,
Town of Brant,
Town of Collins Public Library,
Town of Elma,
Town of North Collins Recreation Dept.,
Triveni Inc,
Village of Blasdell,
Village of Hamburg,
Village of Sloan Arts & Cultural Council,
Vocalis Chamber Choir,
West Side Community Services,
Western New York Artists Group, Inc,
Youth Orchestra Foundation of Buffalo.
Arts
Council in Buffalo & Erie County
