On August 7th RISCA escorted budget analysts from the House and Senate Fiscal Staff and the State Office of Management and Budget on a tour of cultural facilities and public art sites throughout the State of Rhode Island.
This was an opportunity to provide direct “off-the-page and in-the-field” experience about state investment in cultural facilities and public art to our colleagues in the House, Senate and State Budget Office. It was a full day of traveling to a variety of sites.
RISCA’s amazing Public Art Manager, Elizabeth Keithline, organized the day’s tour. Here’s where we went:
9:00 am – Cultural Facilities project at the Common Fence Improvement Association, 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth
Senator James Seveney (left) joins members of the Common Fence Point Community Center project in Portsmouth
10:00 am – Public art projects at the Veterans Home, 480 Metacom Ave, Bristol
Artist Allison Newsome describes her work “The Eagle Has Landed” at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in BristolArtist Deborah Baronas with one of her installations at the Rhode Island Veterans Home in Bristol
11:30 am – Cultural Facilities projects at the RI Philharmonic, 667 Waterman Ave, E Providence
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School Executive Director David Beauchesne conducts a tour of the Carter Center for Music Education in East Providence
1:00 pm – Public art projects at RI College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave, Providence
RISCA’s Public Art Manager Elizabeth Keithline shares information on public art on the Rhode Island College campus with participants in the tour
2:30 pm – Cultural facilities projects at the Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St, E Greenwich
Senator Bridget Valverde (center) and her children visit the Greenwich Odeum in East Greenwich
4:00 pm – Public art projects at URI, 45 Upper College Rd, Kingston
Visiting a large bronze sculptural work by Rhode Island artist Peter Diepenbrock in front of Lippitt Hall on the University of Rhode Island campusAn installation at URI’s Beaupre Center for Chemical, Forensic Sciences by artist Erwin RedlParticipants in the day-long tour included (from left to right) Timothy Donahue, House Fiscal staff; Randall Rosenbaum, RISCA Executive Director; Elizabeth Keithline, RISCA Public Art Manager; Kelly Carpenter, Senate Fiscal staff; and Loren Spears, RISCA Council Member.
