Providence, RI – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) continues to hold in-person and online meetings to improve and simplify its grant guidelines and application process. Key staff members will host and discuss changes to the grant programs they manage.
The arts agency is...
Todd Trebour, Executive Director of R.I. State Council on the Arts:
On behalf of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), we are thrilled that Rhode Island voters overwhelmingly approved ballot Question #5, which is the Cultural Arts and Economy Grant Program.
We want to thank Gov.
Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green, Providence Public School District (PPSD) Superintendent Dr. Javier Montañez, and Rhode Island state, city, and school leaders gathered with students today at Hope High School for the Arts to...
Providence, R.I. – R.I. State Council on the Arts has awarded $6,000 per year for three years to three Providence-based artists, Claire Andrade-Watkins, Miguel Enrique Lastra and Sara Young.
Now entering its third year, recipients of this grant receive support to work toward large, specific,...
Providence, RI – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) has partnered with UMass Amherst Arts Extension Service and Culture Climate Strategy to present a three-part virtual series Culture for Climate Action--Rhode Island. The free webinars cover how arts and culture organizations can...
Providence, RI— The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that works by three Charlestown-based artists Robin Spears Jr., Narragansett Indian Tribe citizen, his cousin, River Spears, Narragansett member, and Mikala Jackson, Kutzudika'a Paiute, Paiute Shoshone member, are...
This school year marks the 20th anniversary of Poetry Out Loud®, the national and local arts education program and dynamic poetry recitation competition for high school students. A partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Poetry Foundation, and Rhode Island State Council on the...
RI's Arts and Humanities Month is themed Culture: A Beacon of Resilience
Providence, R.I. --The R.I. State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and Rhode Island Humanities (RI Humanities) have partnered to celebrate national Arts and Humanities Month in October. The Councils will host programs, webinars...
Providence, RI — The New England Foundation (NEFA) for the Arts joined the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to announce 112 organizations, including 13 organizations in New England, have been recommended for awards under a new pilot program called ArtsHERE. The R.I. State Council on the Arts (...
Providence, RI – The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) will be hosting meetings throughout the state this fall to hear from the public ideas for streamlining and simplifying its arts and culture grant applications and processes.
The meetings will examine the following RISCA grant...
