October is National Arts and Humanities Month! National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a nationwide collective recognition of the importance of culture in America. NAHM was launched over 30 years ago by Americans for the Arts (AFTA), the lead arts advocacy organization in the United States, in order to raise public awareness about the critical role arts and culture play in our communities.
In recognition of National Arts and Humanities Month, Governor Raimondo declared October Arts and Humanities Month in Rhode Island! Check out the video here, and see a electronic copy of the proclamation here.
Learn ways you or your organization can amplify the value of arts and culture this month here.
RI Expansion Arts Program featured in Equity Choice Points!
Published by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), Equity Choice Points’ goal is to “exemplify the many types of policy and procedural decisions that undergird grant making that may be reservoirs of unintended structural bias.” The Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program was listed in the document as an example of “Eligibility and Adjudication inspiration from the state arts agency network.” You can read more in Equity Choice Points here.
For more information on the RI Expansion Arts Program, click here.
Business Basics Bootcamp is a free, eleven week, sequential course designed to get your small business formalized.
Focused on artists who are self employed or sole proprietors, this course will cover legal and tax entities; marketing basics; finance basics; intellectual property; contracts; and accessing other resources. This will help you access small business funding and supports, as well as organize your business skills in support of your artistic practice. You are encouraged to attend all of the sessions, but it is not required. The classes will be recorded and available to view here the day after the class. Mollie will hold office hours each week, you can either drop in to Zoom office hours between 3 and 4pm and Thursdays, or set up an appointment to ask questions, get additional support, or fill out/start paperwork discussed in the course. All resources, links, class slides, and readings will be available on this page.
Classes will be Tuesdays from 4 – 6 PM, from October 6th – December 15th. Read more here.
Upcoming Peer Support Calls for Arts and Culture Organizations!
Changing Timelines and Donor Engagement: Fundraising During (and Beyond) the Pandemic.
Friday, October 2nd, 12 – 1 PM.
Planning During a Pandemic: Is There Such a Thing???
Friday, October 9th, 12 – 1 PM.
With Todd Trebour, RISCA’s Organizations Program Director. Gently facilitated, Peer Support Calls are spaces to listen, talk, share resources, brainstorm ideas, and co-create solutions. For more information – including call-in credentials – click here.
Teaching Artist COVID-19 Resource Survey. The RISCA Teaching Artist Resource Committee is building resources for RI Teaching Artists working – or trying to work – during the pandemic.
If you are a teaching artist working in Rhode Island, please take five minutes to complete this survey and to inform the comittee’s work. Read more here.
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