2021 Initiatives

2021 Community Agenda

FAB is proud to be a selected plank on the 2021 Partnership for the Public Good Community Agenda. This year we are focused on the establishment of equitable and sustained arts funding from the City of Buffalo directly to frontline arts organizations and artists.

Our full policy plank reads as follows:

The City of Buffalo should establish a sustained annual fund at the level of 0.25% of the city’s budget for frontline arts organizations and artists. The fund should be managed by the Community Services & Recreational Programming Department. Frontline arts organizations and artists are defined as those who are from the communities that are first impacted by climate, economic, and racial injustice. They are also institutions and individuals who have served frontline communities, communities of color, and low-income communities since their founding.

In order to achieve this goal, members of Frontline Arts Buffalo met with Common Council Members and the Mayor’s office. Because of this process of presenting frontline arts priorities to Buffalo’s legislators, our work was prioritized in the American Rescue Plan funding process.

Frontline Arts Fund

Frontline Arts Buffalo is thrilled to announce the creation of the Frontline Arts Fund , part of the Buffalo Transformation Fund plan, made possible by American Rescue Plan funds awarded to the City of Buffalo.