Funding expands assistance reach to more vulnerable and hardest-hit organizations
Some 121 RI culture, humanities and arts nonprofits benefit from the RI Culture, Humanities and Arts Recovery Grant (RI CHARG) program, a historic collaborative partnership between the State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (Humanities Council).
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded $968,000 in assistance to Rhode Island from their American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and is not part of the $1.1 billion in ARPA funding awarded to the state.
These federally appropriated cultural assistance funds administered by RISCA and the Humanities Council provide general operating support grants of $8,000 each to 121 culture, humanities, and arts nonprofits:
● 95% are small to midsize and/or Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) centered organizations;
● 65% are organizations based outside the city of Providence; and
During National Arts in Education Week, Sept. 12 – 18, we announced 11 new teaching artists to our Rhode Island Teaching Artist Roster.
The new members were reviewed by public panels and selected based on their mastery of an artistic discipline, experience and training to work in educational settings.
RISCA is accepting applications for artists for 2022 exhibitions at the Block Island Airport Gallery and GREEN SPACE Gallery at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport. The galleries are a partnership with the RI Airport Corporation (RIAC).
The entry deadline is Sunday, Oct. 10, at 11:59 p.m.
The call for artists will consider artists who work in all media and applicants must be Rhode Island residents. No students, please. Read more.
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