The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts RISCA) has announced that thousands of artists will be employed in the coming year on projects supported by the Council's first round of grant awards for the 2013-2014 season.
The grants are funded through an appropriation from Governor Lincoln D. Chafee and the Rhode Island General Assembly as well as with federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. They are given to individual artists, arts organizations and non-profits, schools and educational organizations in communities throughout the state.
The State Arts Council awarded a total of $785,739 to 143 non-profit organizations, schools and individuals for art and arts programming across Rhode Island in this latest round of grants. The City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism was awarded $5,229 by RISCA as part of this funding.
Grant Awards Include:
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$40,000 to 17 individual artists for programs including an African drum and dance festival; a theatre piece for individuals with and without disabilities based on the Nutcracker story; and a series of jazz workshops and concerts based out of Community MusicWorks in Providence.
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$25,500 to 23 non-profit organizations for support of projects like the Olneyville Fall Festival; a program at Sojourner House titled "Voices Unfold"; support for Art Night, a community arts celebration in Bristol and Warren; and a documentary entitled "Slaterville: America's First Mill Village."
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$40,000 to 18 schools and non-profit organizations for arts education programs such as a project at the International Charter School using narrative photography to help with the 3rd grade social studies unit on "Documenting Cultural Communities"; a project at Smithfield High School that brings together the arts and science curriculum through the creation of small sculptures with a teaching artist; and a 10-week collaborative photography and writing program at Shea High School in Pawtucket.
- $608,239 to 60 major arts and cultural organizations across Rhode Island including New Urban Arts in Providence, The Gamm Theater in Pawtucket, Common Fence Music in Middletown, 2nd Story Theater in Warren, and Island Moving Company in Newport.
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