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State’s arts agency awards 122 grants to arts and culture organizations, individual artists, artists in healthcare

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Agency currently is accepting grant applications with an Oct. 3 deadline

Arts and culture organizations, individual artists and artists in healthcare benefited from $754,767 in grants approved by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) during the summer. The 122 grants will support arts and cultural activities throughout the state.

“Congratulations to our State’s Arts Agency for all of the thorough work and long hours of updating and revamping to make our arts and culture grant programs more relevant and better serve the needs of RI communities,” Governor McKee said. “The grants being announced today, in addition to continuing to ensure RI’s reputation nationally as an arts and culture destination, provide key investments in programs that play an important role in the lives of Rhode Islanders.”

“Our grant programs are transformative, inclusive, open and transparent,” RISCA’s Executive Director Lynne McCormack said. “By convening a diverse group of key members of our arts community for input and feedback, we were able to ensure these grant programs aligned with our work to be more accessible, equitable and transparent.”

Additionally, the R.I. State Council on the Arts is accepting applications for grants to arts and culture organizations, folk and individual artists, arts educators and artists in healthcare. The deadline to complete an application is Monday, Oct. 3.

The staff is hosting workshops and help session to assist with the application process.  Click here or visit www.arts.ri.gov to schedule a session. To learn more about RISCA’s grants, click here or visit https://risca.online/grants/.

for the listing of grantees, click here.

Some examples of projects supported in the current round of RISCA grants include:

  • Musician Michelle Kaminsky, Barrington, hosted Xylos and Marimbas in the Parks, which featured xylophones and marimbas of varying sizes in parks throughout Providence. Passersby are invited to try out the instruments, (with wind chime-like sounds), which lend themselves to spontaneous music making.
  • Artist Jaeyon Jo, Providence, oversaw the Atlantic Mills Photogram Project, a community darkroom located at the Atlantic Mills, Providence. The community is invited to explore camera-less darkroom photography through free workshops and resources. All works will be archived, and participants can choose to be part of a public showing at the end of the project.
  • Musician Yacouba Diabate, Coventry, will complete an album in C/D and electronic form. This album, called Seigan (a word meaning “tired” in the Bamara language of West Africa) is themed around past slavery and continued racial problems. Yacouba will get input from other family members still in Burkina Faso and will perform the songs in public in Rhode Island.
  • Artist Lisi Raskin, Central Falls, for Cry Hiking, will reinvent artistic practice by learning to use digital technologies to create a series of painted constructions despite the severe nerve pain that has prevented Raskin from using hand tools since 2019.
  • Looking Upwards, Middletown, Out of the Box—Looms & Libraries will provide inclusive, accessible opportunities for communities to create and exhibit collaborative woven tapestries. The textile arts project for all ages engages patrons from 10 Rhode Island libraries and 10 artists with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
  • Haus of Codec, Providence, hosts monthly marketplaces featuring LGBTQ+ and BIPOC vendors in Providence’s West End in Dexter Park. The organizations partner with more than 100 local artists, performers and community organizations to provide enriching experiences for marketplace patrons to bring together local businesses, neighbors and residents.
  • Hands in Harmony, located at the University of Rhode Island, provides Neurologic Music Therapy services to anyone from birth to end of life. The grant will fund The Aphasia Clefs: Aphasia Doesn’t Discriminate, a choir comprised of individuals with aphasia will compose and perform original songs giving those with language restrictions a voice through music in the community.
  • Seven Hills Rhode Island’s Integrated Performing Visual Arts Program in Woonsocket is a performing and visual arts educational experience for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. RISCA funding supports the therapeutic arts program and two 14-week performing arts programs with a concluding performance.

These grants received support from the State’s General Assembly, federally funded through National Endowment for the Arts, and some matching dollars raised through contributions from businesses, individuals and earned income from ticket sales and admissions.

State Arts Council opens arts grant applications with an Oct. 3 deadline

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The RI State Council on the Arts announced today that applications are now open for grants to arts and culture organizations, folk and individual artists, arts educators and artists in healthcare. The deadline to complete an application is Oct. 3.

“I am pleased to be announcing these grants, which include our roll out of the newly revamped Project Grants in Education, which continue our effort to be more accessible, equitable and transparent. This updated grant program is designed to better support arts education in the schools, arts educators and teaching artists,” said Lynne McCormack, Executive Director of RISCA. “Another grant opening today is the Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program, which only opens up every three years. Expansion Arts grants offer funding and organizational assistance to community-based, culturally diverse arts and cultural organizations.”

The grant programs being offered include:

  • Folk Arts Apprenticeships are designed to foster sharing of traditional (folk) artistic skills between a mentor and an apprentice. The program creates an opportunity specifically for individuals who share a common cultural heritage.
  • Folk Arts Fellowships support individual artists who demonstrate the highest level of skill and accomplishments in their craft.
  • The latest revamped grant program is Project Grants in Education, which offer support to schools, non-profit organizations, arts educators and teaching artists. Recipients engage students in rich and meaningful artistic experiences in dedicated learning environments.
  • Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program offers funding and organizational assistance to community-based, culturally diverse arts and cultural organizations. The program is a partnership between Rhode Island Foundation, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
  • Project Grants for Organizations (PGO) provides grants of up to $3,000 in support of arts and culture projects that are relevant and meaningful to Rhode Island communities.
  • Community Engaged Project Grants (CEPG) offer funding of up to $3,000 for artists or groups of artists to create arts and culture projects that are directly and actively engaged with Rhode Island residents.
  • Make Art Grant provides grants of up to $3,000 for artists or groups of artists to create or continue specific artwork in any discipline. Projects must have specific goals, although completion and public showing of the art is not required.
  • Project Grants in Healthcare offer matching grants for arts projects that connect teaching artists with healthcare settings such as hospitals, hospice and community health agencies. This Grant program is in the process of being restructured, and new grant guidelines will be available for the spring grant cycle.

To assist in the application process and meet the Oct. 3 deadline, Arts Council staff members have scheduled virtual workshops and office hours throughout August and September. The online meetings will focus on best practices as well as help with budget planning. First time applicants are encouraged to attend and apply.

To view a listing of the help sessions and workshops, click here or visit www.arts.ri.gov.

To learn more about RISCA’s grants, click here. https://risca.online/grants/

Applications open May 1 for Teaching Artist Roster and General Operating Support for Artists

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Applications are now open for the General Operating Support for Artists grant program and the Rhode Island Teaching Artist Roster! The application deadline for both programs is July 1 by 11:59 p.m.

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The Teaching Artist Roster is a list of teaching artists and arts organizations who have been reviewed by public panels and selected based on their mastery of an artistic discipline, experience and training to work in educational settings. For more information and/or questions on the Roster, contact RISCA’s Arts in Education Director at Maggie.Anderson@arts.ri.gov.

RISCA’s General Operating Support for Artists (GOS-A) program provides grants of $6,000 for each of three consecutive years (totaling $18,000) for artists to work toward large, specific, self-identified goals in their art practice. This funding is unrestricted, and artists can use the funds to support their goals however they need. RISCA’s Individual Artist Program Director, Mollie Flanagan, has scheduled virtual workshops and office hours throughout May and June, you can also reach her at Mollie.Flanagan@arts.ri.gov.

RSVP is required for all workshops, drop-in hours and one-on-one meetings. At this time, all meetings are virtual – by Zoom or phone.

  • Wednesday, June 1, 4 p.m., RSVP, click here.
  • Recording of previous grant workshop:
  • Saturday June 25, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., RSVP, click here.
  • Thursday, June 30, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m., RSVP, click here.
  • Friday, July 1, 1 p.m. -5 p.m., RSVP, click here.

Sign up for a 30 minute meeting with Individual Artist Program Director, Mollie Flanagan. You can use that time to ask questions, get feedback on your application, get technical support, or anything else you need to complete your grant application. Times and dates vary, and more may be added as slots fill up. RSVP, click here.