Holiday Opportunities with 464 Gallery

Dear Artists, Here’s the holiday scoop! 464 Gallery will once again be expanding its reach this year for the holidays. Not only will we be hosting our extremely successful annual Holiday Art Market at 464 on Amherst Street in Buffalo, but we are going to be opening an “anchor store” at the NIagara Holiday Market in Niagara Falls. Artists need not be present- drop your work with us, and we’ll do the rest! 464 Gallery Holiday Art Market (our third annual)We are seeking all art forms for inclusion in this five-week long event. 464 goes retail heavy for the holiday season. We will be hanging a salon style gallery- with as much work as will reasonably and comfortably fit on the walls, and have tables…

Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance Meeting

Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance Meeting

ALERT 10.12.11GBCA General Meeting/Salon October 26th at Merge Restaurant439 Delaware Avenue 142025:30-7pm It’s time to gather! Exciting updates about what the Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance (GBCA) has done in its first 18 months, news about Arts Service Initiative (ASI), and about Give 4 Greatness’s (G4G) 2012 campaign. We want to hear from you and how you want to be involved going forward and how we could better serve our member organizations. Come early to mingle with the members of the growing Western New York Arts Community. Meeting starts at 5:30 pm. Great food and drink available for purchase. http://mergebuffalo.com/. Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If you have not already joined the GBCA and would like to join as a member organizaton or friend and ally, go to http://www.greaterbuffaloculturalalliance.com/….

NYFA’s online application is now open!

NYFA’s online application is now open!

Artists’ Fellowships are $7,000 unrestricted cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York. Grants are awarded in 15 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in five categories each year. Since the awards began in 1985, NYFA has awarded over $22 million to over 3,788 artists. Peer review panels select up to 100 Fellows each year based on artistic vision, the goal being to buy recipients creative time to continue making work. The Fellowship award is free for artists to apply! Please go to nyfa.org/afp to apply and to review application guidelines. The following categories will be reviewed during the 2011 – 2012 cycle: PaintingPainting applicants also have the option to apply for the Basil H. Alkazzi Award for…

Opportunity – call for Public Art Installation proposal – deadline is October 6, 2011

Opportunity – call for Public Art Installation proposal – deadline is October 6, 2011

95 Perry Street, Suite 500Buffalo, NY 14203-3030P: (716) 846-8200F: (716) 846-8260www.eriecanalharbor.com For Immediate Release: September 13, 2011 Contact:Erich Weyant (ECHDC) | eweyant@empire.state.ny.us | 716.846.8258 ECHDC Authorizes Funding for Naval Park Bistro Updates provided on Request for Proposals for public art using the Skyway and Connecting Terminal Grain Elevator and efforts on the Outer Harbor The Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (ECHDC) today agreed to provide funding to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park for the construction of a restaurant on the ground floor and patio of the Naval Museum. The funding will consist of $182,000 with a 10 percent reserve used for construction contingency and will not exceed $200,000. The money will be used for capital improvements, such as improvements to plumbing,…

NYSCA names Regrants Administrator

The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakesto Administer Regrants for NYSCA Electronic Media and Film The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, has announced that The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes (The ARTS) is the new administrator of two state-wide regrant programs for NYSCA Electronic Media and Film (EMF). The two programs, Presentation Funds and Finishing Funds, were previously administered by the Experimental Television Center (ETC) in Owego, NY. Another previous ETC program, the Media Arts Technical Assistance Fund, is now being managed by free103point9 Transmission Arts, in Acra, NY. All three programs are supported with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. “NYSCA Electronic Media and Film is excited to welcome The ARTS…

Eye Candy Fundraiser

EYE CANDY FUNDRAISER Friday, September 23rd, 2011 The Buffalo Society of Artists will hold a Silent Auction Fundraiser to benefit the Video Archive Project (VAP). The Fundraiser will be held at Vern Stein’s Art Gallery, 5747 Main Street, Williamsville, N.Y. during the hours of 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, September 23rd. Approximately 85 small artworks will be available with all bids opening at $50.00. The artwork has been donated by BSA members and non-members. A program listing of contributing artists will be available at the opening event. The invitation and reply card for this event are below: Eye Candy Invitation Reply Card The Buffalo Society of Artists has begun the Video Archive Project, in collaboration with the Burchfield Penney Art Center, in order to…