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 Dec. 13, and will assist RI’s arts and culture community throughout the 2022 fiscal year.
The next cycle of arts and culture grants will open on Feb. 1 with a deadline of April 1. Several grant programs have been updated to align with the agency’s ongoing work to ensure that arts and culture continue to be an essential part of Rhode Island life and thrive in our communities. For more information on grants, click here.
Some examples of grantees are:
Teaching Artist Harrison M. Grigsby (who performs under the name Jon Hope) is on the RI Teaching Artist Roster and was a 2019 RISCA fellow in music. Grisby will pilot his Hip Hop Scholars program at Charette Charter High School, Providence.
Sidy Maiga, Providence, is a master drummer originally from Mali, West Africa. Maiga is RISCA’s Folk Artist Fellowship recipient for 2022 and received the honor in 2012.
Cape Verdean American Community Development (CACD), Pawtucket, will sponsor painting and sculpture classes geared toward low-income teens. Each class, taught by a working Cape Verdean artist, will meet twice weekly for eight weeks.
Little Compton Community Center will present a portrait exhibit of Little Compton’s year-round residents painted during a one-year period.
Re-Emerge and Renew: Artist Residencies for Staff Wellness at Butler Hospital, Providence, provides the staff (including front-line nurses, housekeeping, maintenance and administrative staff) an opportunity to engage in arts programming. Read more.
The event on Fri, Dec. 17, at 4 p.m. features multihyphenate Aboriginal urban artist, speaker, writer and activist Joel Rosario Tapia- Chief Tureygua Taino Cay.
He is pushing the ideological envelope across multiple platforms. Click here to RSVP.
(4A Arts) has established a national web platform to connect audiences throughout America to individual artists and arts organizations.
4A Arts is hoping arts organizations and artists (for free) will list activities and events on the site to attract individual users and to build audiences for arts, education and advocacy. Read more.
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