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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Photobank: Arts and Culture Social Justice and the Arts at Ujima - Pt I

Buffalo Commons Photobank — Jan 14, 2020

Guidelines for using photos from the Buffalo Commons Photobank The Buffalo Commons Photobank is an issue-based Photobank for use by our partners and the general public. The purpose of making these photos publicly available is to enhance the work of the social sector in Buffalo-Niagara. We believe that our partners’ work will be more effective when it features high-quality and artistic images for any number of occasions: an event, a fundraiser, a report, etc.

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Photobank: Arts and Culture Social Justice and the Arts at Ujima - Pt II

Buffalo Commons Photobank — Jan 14, 2020

Guidelines for using photos from the Buffalo Commons Photobank The Buffalo Commons Photobank is an issue-based Photobank for use by our partners and the general public. The purpose of making these photos publicly available is to enhance the work of the social sector in Buffalo-Niagara. We believe that our partners’ work will be more effective when it features high-quality and artistic images for any number of occasions: an event, a fundraiser, a report, etc.

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Photobank: Arts and Culture Social Justice and the Arts at Ujima - Pt III

Buffalo Commons Photobank — Jan 14, 2020

Guidelines for using photos from the Buffalo Commons Photobank The Buffalo Commons Photobank is an issue-based Photobank for use by our partners and the general public. The purpose of making these photos publicly available is to enhance the work of the social sector in Buffalo-Niagara. We believe that our partners’ work will be more effective when it features high-quality and artistic images for any number of occasions: an event, a fundraiser, a report, etc.

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Photobank: Arts and Culture Social Justice and the Arts at Ujima - Pt IV

Buffalo Commons Photobank — Jan 14, 2020

Guidelines for using photos from the Buffalo Commons Photobank The Buffalo Commons Photobank is an issue-based Photobank for use by our partners and the general public. The purpose of making these photos publicly available is to enhance the work of the social sector in Buffalo-Niagara. We believe that our partners’ work will be more effective when it features high-quality and artistic images for any number of occasions: an event, a fundraiser, a report, etc.

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Buffalo Arts and Culture Organizations

Open Buffalo — Dec 8, 2016

Open Buffalo and Partnership for the Public Good collaboratively compiled a directory of organizations that promote social justice through locally based arts and cultural programmatic efforts.  This directory has contact information, as well as the mission and social justice commitment of the various organizations.   

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Young Audiences of WNY ARTWORKS College and Career Guidebook

Abigail Phillips — Jul 18, 2015

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Social Justice and the Arts

J.A. Dewald — Jan 1, 2015

This document is designed to provide a concise, but representative sampling of the many arts programs, projects, networks, and individuals involved in creative, progressive change in their diverse communities.  The purpose of this examination is to provide information to enhance the creative work of the Open Buffalo Arts Network as the initiative moves forward.  Not meant as an exhaustive list of relevant places to study, this report represents a variety of small and large …

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