Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program’s Monthly Newsletter
DECEMBER 2021 NEWSLETTER
(Master Folk Artist, Lesly Pineyro, featured above)
RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION
Giving circles support Black and Latino Communities
Two giving circles established earlier this year at the Rhode Island Foundation – the Black Giving Circle and the Latino Giving Circle – have made inaugural grants to nonprofits in Rhode Island serving their respective communities.
Giving circles are one facet of the Foundation’s broad, three-year, $8.5 million plan to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and access.
“Giving circles are a tried and true model for bringing peers together in a social setting who share a vision for helping the community by collectively supporting local nonprofits with charitable donations,” explains Christine Pellegri, senior philanthropic advisor, who co-facilitates the giving circles with Daniel Kertzner, also a senior philanthropic advisor.
For more information about the Rhode Island Foundation or to read the rest of this article clickhere.
Rhode Island Foundation awards $660,000 to strengthen nonprofits led by people of color.
Funds will focus on helping BIPOC-led organizations expand services to communities of color across Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island Foundation announced it has awarded $660,000 in grants to build the capacity of nonprofits led by people of color. Eleven organizations will receive $60,000 apiece over the course of the two-year program. Only nonprofits led by people identifying as Asian, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Indigenous or multi-racial were eligible.
“Structural racism is a growth barrier to many organizations. Our grants give them the resources necessary to break the ‘starvation cycle’ that limits their ability to maintain or grow their programs.” – Angie Ankoma, Executive Director of the Foundation’s Equity Leadership Initiative and a Vice President at the Foundation.
The nonprofits will co-create the learning curriculum, which will cover topics such as good governance, fundraising, communications planning and financial planning. In addition, consultants of color will provide workshops and technical assistance.
For more information and to read the rest of this article click here.
RHODE ISLAND STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
The Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program would like to thank the State Arts Council Executive Director Randy Rosenbaum for his service as the state’s arts advocate for nearly 3 decades.
We wish Randy a well deserved, happy, and healthy retirement! Thank you Randy for your dedication!
After 27 years of service as the leader of the RI State Council on the Arts (RISCA), Executive Director Randy Rosenbaum is retiring. Rosenbaum has led the State’s Arts Council under five governors and is widely credited with building support for an arts sector that now contributes over $2 billion annually to the Rhode Island economy.
Watch a video of Congressman Langevin’s floor speech on Randy’s retirement, clickhere.
Call for Individual Artists of Color, 2022-2025 Art Exhibits
Do you know any Rhode Island visual artists of color who are interested in showcasing their artwork (paintings, drawings, etchings, mixed media, etc.) at theAtrium Gallery @ One Capitol Hill? We are looking to schedule one or two solo art exhibits per year, between 2022 and 2025. A small stipend will be provided. If you are interested, please send your artist statement detailing your proposal, 5 images of your artwork, and label information (title of artwork, size, medium and year), to Elena.Patino@arts.ri.gov by Friday, January 14, 2022.
The Atrium Gallery was developed to exhibit the work of public artists in the State Capitol Complex. It hosts exhibits on a rotating basis, in partnership with community artists and arts organizations from across the state. The Atrium showcases artwork from a variety of groups from diverse communities. We are pleased to showcase the talent of various artists at the Atrium Gallery @ One Capitol Hill.
Works by N.E. Chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators is on exhibit at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill
An educational art exhibit by the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, New England Chapter, called Rivers to the Sea, is currently on display at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill on the main floor of the state’s Administration Building in Providence. Artwork by three Rhode Island artists, Albert Pointe, Riverside; Melissa Guillet, Johnston; and Frances Topping, Charlestown, are featured in the show. Pointe has three illustrations, and they are of Dobsonfly Nymph, Stonefly and Alderfly larvae; Moose; and Moon Jellyfish. Guillet’s is a Zebra Clubtail Dragonfly, and Topping’s is a North American River Otter.
For more information about this exhibit (open to the public, weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) on display through January 7, 2022 click here.
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts – Folk Arts Program
(Master Folk Artist, Nadar Molina, featured above left), (Master Folk Artist, Sidy Maiga, featured above right)
State Arts Council awards 74 grants to RI artists, arts organizations, and nonprofits
Arts and culture organizations, arts education and healthcare programs, individual and teaching artists, culture workers, and related community projects benefited from $215,011 in funding announced today by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). The 74 grants, of which 34 went to individual artists, were approved by the Arts Council’s Board on December 13, 2021, and will assist RI’s arts and culture community throughout the 2022 fiscal year.
Some examples of grantees are:
State Cultural Facilities Grants- Oasis International, Educational Center for Arts and Sciences (Teatro ECAS), and the Tomaquag Museum
Art Access Grant – Oasis International
Folk Arts Apprenticeship – Lesly Pineyro, Nadar Molina, Jason Roseman, Marina Ekelova, Nancy Brown-Garcia, and Titilola Martins
The National Museum of African American History and Culture recently launched The Searchable Museum, bringing together some of the five-year-old institution’s 40,000 artifacts documenting the African American experience in digital exhibits and experiences now accessible to audiences around the world.
For information on The Searchable Museum click here. For more Humanities in Context click here.
NEWS FROM COHORT & ALUMNI
Korean American Association of Rhode Island (KAARI)
Korean American Association of Rhode Island Cultural Center Open House
Last Saturday Elena Calderón Patiño, Director of the Community Arts Program for the RI State Council on the Arts, attended the Korean American Association of Rhode Island’s open house celebration of their newly decorated cultural center. Their warm welcome to the community featured a beautiful performance of the Korean Harp “Gayageum” by Junghee Oh. (The Korean American Association of Rhode Island is part of the current RIEAP Cohort).
For more information about the Korean American Association of Rhode Island click here.
Oasis International
The 12th Annual Oasis International African Gala Night
This Saturday, December 18th, 2021, Oasis International will celebrate their 12th Annual African Gala Night at the Rhodes on the Pawtuxet in Cranston, RI. For more information about this event click here.
Oasis International’s 2022 Spring Break Trip to Washington, D.C.
Join Oasis International as they tour the Nation’s Capital April 18-20, 2022. For information, tour pricing, and to sign up click here.
Tomaquag Museum
Away from Home: Native American Boarding School Stories
The nationally touring exhibit will be on display through January 7, 2022 located on the URI campus.
Open Tuesday – Saturday from 10am-4pm. Admission is free, donations are appreciated.
For additional information on the event clickhere.
ECAS Theater
La Dama Duende
Calderón de la Barca, nos da claramente su mensaje como autor y quien quiere dar la libertad a la mujer. La trama entre enredos y bromas se centra en el amor que sienten Doña Ángela y Don Manuel; y como no, en los celos y la obsesión por los códigos del honor de los hermanos de Doña Ángela.
An adaptation of a classic romantic comedy, La Dama Duende is full of jealousy, constraints of the code of honor, and hilarious mix-ups and entanglements. Doña Angela, widowed at a young age and left with many debts, her brothers Don Juan and Don Luis resolve to lock her up at home to keep her from being seen by anyone. Doña Angela stops existing to the outside world…but she secretly looks for a way to escape.
Plays are performed in Spanish with English translations simulcast supertitles
For more information about Teatro Ecas click here. For January 2022 tickets and information about this production click here.
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