Renewing Support for the Arts | Buffalo in Transition

Caitlin Love Crowell — Jun 6, 2025

Buffalo has benefited from a vibrant, innovative arts and cultural sector, which strengthens community ties, supports well-being, and makes our city more livable. In 2022 alone, the nonprofit arts and culture sector in Western New York generated $352 million in economic activity and supported over 4,000 jobs. Yet public funding has dropped sharply from over $1 million a year to a low of $6,500 in 2021-2022. From 2019 to 2025, only 7.7% of the City’s allocated arts budget was actually …

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