PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES:
"ASK THE LAWYER" WORKSHOP BY VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS
Thursday, November 19, 2009
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Karpeles Manuscript Library - North Hall Foyer
220 North Street,
Buffalo, New York 14201
Call or Email Lauren Albrecht at the Arts Council today at 716.856.7520 to make your reservation!
The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County with support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) begins the 2009-2010 Professional Development Workshop Series with an informational session by the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. A New York based firm that is a lead provider of educational and legal services, advocacy and mediation to the arts community. As the first arts-related legal aid organization, VLA is the model for similar organizations around the world.
Benjamin J. Brandow, Esq., Assistant Director of Legal Services will discuss issues involving the arts and intellectual property, contracts, corporate/business law, as well as information about nonprofit incorporation. Benjamin will also cover VLA's services, program areas, membership and most importantly take questions from all workshop attendees. This is an excellent opportunity to get answers and more information about legal issues as working artists, art-business related matters and non-profit incorporation.
Arts & Culturals' Resources Showcase
Thursday November 19, 2009
4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Kleinhans Music Hall
3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201
After the VLA workshop stop by the Arts and Cultural's Resources Showcase at Kleinhans presented by AAC's Coordinating Council:
* Meet the region's technical service and resource providers in an "open-house" setting and learn about how their programs can assist you
* Network with your arts and cultural sector colleagues and the resource providers.
* Enjoy a reception featuring the culinary delights of Buffalo State College's Hospitality and Tourism School and fine wines from Premier Wines
* Free to staff and Board members of WNY non-profit arts and cultural organizations and to WNY artists
Pre-registration is required
Contact Florine Luhr, AAC
(716) 512-5267 or luhrf@buffalostate.edu no later than November 16, 2009
Coordinating Council of AAC
* Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
* Binational Tourism Alliance
* Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau
* Carnegie Art Center
* Empire State Development
* Kenan Center
* Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.
* Niagara University Hospitality Training & Research Center
NYFA SOS Western New York Winners Art Exhibition
November 24, 2009– January 29, 2010
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The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County would like to celebrate all the NYFA SOS Western New York region grant winners from the past year (November 2008 to Present) on their career advancing accomplishments will an exhibition in our gallery space at 700 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. The exhibition will be on view November 9, 2009 through January 29, 2010 with a special media event on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 4:30pm-6:30pm. Call Lauren Albrecht or Jerry Burgin for more information at 716.856.7520.
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).
SHOW ME THE MONEY! The secrets of successful grant writing for arts and culturals
Reine Hauser, Executive Director of Graycliff Consevancy
Monday, November 30, 2009
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center - Cinema
341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
Space is limited please call 716.856.7520 or email Lauren Albrecht at the Arts Council today at to make your reservation!
The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County with support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is presenting a workshop on the basics of successful grant writing for arts, cultural organizations and artists. Reine Hauser, Executive Director of Graycliff Consevancy (Debry, NY) has raised millions of dollars nationally for numerous cultural institutions over the course of her career. She will cover a variety of important grantwriting topics such as best practices in generating competitive grant applications, the 'how-tos' and 'how-not-tos' of grant writing, building relationships with grant officers/funders. Furthermore, she will disclose tricks of the trade in fundraising, explain the logic of funding sources and answer questions from workshop attendees.
Reine Hauser, has worked at several prestigious arts and cultural organizations, institutions, universities and publications throughout her illustrious career. Reine has raised millions of dollars for arts and cultural organization across the county such as Graycliff Conservancy, UB's Anderson Gallery, the New Hampshire Humanities Council, Kimball-Jenkins Estate (NH), Midtown Art Center (TX), New Museum (NYC), SoHo 20 Inc. (NYC) amongst others. Reine is a board member of many local arts organizations, has served on the NYSCA Visual Arts grant panel, DEC grant review panels and lectured several times on the business aspects of being an artist.
The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County strongly urges emerging artists and arts organizations to attend these upcoming workshops to gain more information on advancing your artistic career or organization's mission. All Erie County Decentralization (DEC) grant applicants and past recipients are strongly encouraged to attend.
NEW MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT: ONLINE ART AUCTIONS!
www.artscouncilbuffaloauction.cmarket.com
The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County is excited to announce our new “ON-LINE AUCTION”
site.
This is a unique tool for our members and artists to sell their artwork or interesting original creations; for friends to “GO GREEN” and recycle works of art, or to donate new or used fascinating “COOL STUFF” to the auctions.
HOW TO GET STARTED:
- Download the Online Auction Form
- By November 6, 2009, please bring your items and entry forms to the Arts Council to take part in the first auction.
- First Auction begins November 12, 2009 and closes December 12, 2009
- It’s free to bid. And it’s only $35.00 per year to donate as much art and cool stuff that you’d like.
- Auctions will run throughout the year, and the $35 submission also gives you a year’s membership at the Arts Council.
- Artwork Donated by Individual Artists - Auctioned item will pay small fee to auction house then a 50/50 % split of the highest bid to artist donor and to the Arts Council.
- Artworks by Local Artists Donated by Private Owners - Auctioned item will pay small fee to auction house then a 25% split of the highest bid to donor and remainder to the Arts Council.
- All Donated Cool Stuff – Will be auctioned at a 100% donation to the Arts Council from the donor.
- Shipping Fee of $15.00 will be added to bidder for shipping out of town.
- All local bid winners can pick up items at the: Arts Council at 700 Main St. Buffalo, New York 14202, (716) 856-7520.
Never hide your talent! The National Arts ProgramŽ is designed to give all artists, at all skill levels, an uninhibited opportunity to exhibit their work in a professional manner and to compete for cash prizes. Sponsored by the National Arts Program Foundation in support and cooperation with the Arts Council of Buffalo
& Erie County and the City of Buffalo Arts Commission, the exhibit is judged by professional artists and visual art
professionals in Amateur, Intermediate, Professional and Youth classifications, and it is free to all. Don't miss this chance to be recognized for your creativity. Be proud of your art! Visit The National Arts ProgramŽ website where you can upload photographs of your artwork: www.nationalartsprogram.org.
RECEPTION & AWARDS CEREMONY
A reception and presentation of awards will be held on October 23, 2009
from 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Location:ARTSPACE Buffalo is located at 1219 Main St, Buffalo, NY 14209
Gallery Hours: Saturday from 12:00 - 4:00 PM (during exhibitions only), and by appointment Wednesday ~ Friday from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
PUBLIC EXHIBIT
The exhibit will be open to the public from October 23 -
December 5, 2009. The exhibit is free to the public. All
artists may upload photographs of their original artwork and
their personal biography on The National Arts Program®
interactive website: www.nationalartsprogram.org
RETRIEVING ENTRIES
Each artist is responsible for retrieving his/her artwork
from the Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County between
December 8-10, 2009 from 10:30am to 5:30pm. No work is
to be removed prior to the end of the exhibition. Neither the
Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County, the City of Buffalo
Arts Commission nor The National Arts Program®. will be
responsible for unclaimed works.
The application for the 2010 NYFA Artist Fellowship program is now live!
Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines, with applications accepted in eight categories each year. Since the awards began in 1985, NYFA has awarded over $22 million to over 3,688 artists. Peer review panels select approximately 100 Fellows each year, the goal being to buy recipients creative time to continue making work.
NYFA's online application is now open please go to www.nyfa.org/afp to apply.
The deadlines for NYFA's 2009-2010 Artists' Fellowships will be:
November 2, 2009
Fiction
Playwriting/Screenwriting
Photography
November 3, 2009
Painting
Music/Sound
November 4, 2009
Architecture/Environmental Structures
Choreography
Video
NYFA is also pleased to announce The Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting!
The Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting provides two painters with an award of $20,000 each. Basil Alkazzi has established the awards in order to recognize and encourage the work of all painters, because as he says: "Created works of art are in fact the tangible manifestations of man's highest aspirations- to create a sort of ultimate beauty and to visually express all intangible and elusive elements." The Award is open to painters of all nationalities, provided they are residents of New York State. All those who apply to NYFA's Artist Fellowship Program in Painting will automatically be considered for The Basil Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting.
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.
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