ART! $300K from NEA for Rhode Island arts organizations, artists

11 R.I. arts organizations, 1 artist to receive $300,000 in NEA Grants The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2025 of more than $36.79 million with $300,000 divided among 11 Rhode Island-based arts entities and one artist, Julia Sanches of Providence.  In 2024, the reward…

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RISCA awards $900K to 149 arts entities

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State’s Arts Agency awards nearly $900,000 to be distributed among 149 area arts entities Providence, RI – R.I. State Council on the Arts announced today 149 grants totaling more than $898,653 were awarded throughout Rhode Island to arts and culture organizations, individual artists, folk apprenticeships and fellowships, arts educators and schools, and arts and health. The…

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School Vacation Idea: Camping with Color at Warwick Center for the Arts

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Camping with Color: 2024 WCFA School Vacation Art Camps are here! The Warwick Center for the Arts (WCFA) invites local students to join their annual school vacation and summer art camps for youth ages 6 to 15. WCFA’s fun and creative “April School Vacation Art Camp” will be held from April 15 – 19, 2024,…

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9 RI arts groups receive National Endowment for the Arts grants

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9 R.I. arts organizations, 1 artist to receive $275,000 in NEA Grants The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2024 of more than $32.22 million with $275,000 divided among 10 Rhode Island-based arts entities.  Nationally, 1,288 arts organizations from all 50 states, the District…

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ART! The lifeblood of new art in Rhode Island – RISCA awards and grant application time

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State’s arts agency awards 93 grants to arts and culture organizations, folk artists, individual artists, artists in healthcare  Agency to open grant applications on Feb. 1 with an April 3 deadline Workforce development in the arts, arts and culture organizations, individual artists, folk artists and artists in healthcare benefited from $452,206 in grants approved by the Rhode Island State…

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ART! Hop on the HopArts Studio Trail

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The 2022 HopArts Studio Trail will be held October 15 and 16 in South County. Hours are 10 to 4 each day. The group is a diverse group of southern Rhode Island artists and artisans. Artists galleries participating are: 1) Post Office Studio, 335 Canonchet Road, Rockville2) Gray Horse Studio, 124 Spring Street, Hope Valley3)…

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New RISCA grant program – Build the Future – supporting arts career development

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State Arts Council opens applications for an arts workforce-development grant program Application deadline is Oct. 28 The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today applications are now open for a new grant program that supports R.I.’s existing arts workforce development programs for arts and culture organizations, culturally specific organizations and secondary schools. …

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