Support Indonesian Arts!
Support Our
2025 Campaign
Where would any of us be without the teachers who have inspired and guided us on our journeys? At Nusantara Arts, Indonesian teaching artists and performers transform lives through vibrant connections to living culture.
This year, Nusantara Arts is continuing a community dream, bringing master gamelan musicians to teach and perform in Buffalo.
Heri performing with our group in Springville, NY during a 2022 visit.
Heri Purwanto will be in Buffalo for five months(!), working with our inclusive community classes, world-class performance ensemble, and free refugee youth programs at Buffalo String Works—creating ripples that will resonate through Buffalo's entire arts community. In the past, teachers have only stayed for days at a time; it’s no exaggeration to say that Heri’s extended time here will transform Indonesian arts in Buffalo forever.
Through a partnership with Cornell University, we’ve secured initial arrangements to bring Heri from Central Java, but we still need funds to cover the main program expenses.
Your gift will provide:
Fair compensation for his expertise for 5 months
Housing, meals, and local transportation
Winter essentials for Buffalo weather (including a winter coat and boots!!)
Your investment in this vision will shape Buffalo's cultural history, launching five transformative months of arts education for students from all backgrounds, from children discovering music for the first time to advanced musicians presenting world class concerts. Time is short to secure this program, your generosity today will transform how thousands in Western New York experience and celebrate Indonesian culture for years to come.
With love and gratitude,
Nusantara Arts
Gusti Komin performing with Nusantara Arts in December 2024
Gusti Komin is our incredible Balinese gamelan instructor and composer. In 2025 he is preparing with Nusantara Arts an incredible new production of music, dance, and storytelling never before seen in Buffalo. Calonarang is an epic telling of some of the foundational beliefs in Balinese culture through the Semar Pegulingan gamelan and using elaborate costumes and dances. This project will be one of our biggest yet.
Ready to grow with us?
Join the Kayon Giving Circle—our new monthly giving program—before December 31st and receive a special thank you gift: a limited edition art print from our 2024 Bali Comes to Buffalo performance.
Like the sacred Tree of Life that inspires our program's name, your monthly gift provides lasting nourishment to Indonesian arts in our community.