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08/13/2024
Warwick, RI—GREEN SPACE Gallery at Rhode Island TF Green International Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced today the opening of its summer exhibition featuring works by Ken Moran, Cumberland,...
08/13/2024
The gallery at the Block Island State Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced today the opening of its summer exhibition featuring works by Luke Morrison, Providence. The exhibition runs through...
08/09/2024
Opening Reception is Sept. 19 Providence, RI— The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that works by Fernando Pezzino, Providence, are currently on display until Sept. 24 at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill. The exhibition features acrylic on wood pieces. The...
07/16/2024
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 grants...
05/16/2024
Providence, R.I.—The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today applications have opened for the individual artist grant program, General Operating Support for Artists, and R.I.'s Teaching Artist Roster, a directory of approved arts educators. The Teaching Artist Roster is...
05/16/2024
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today its recommended grant awards of about $1.089 million to five Rhode Island-based arts and culture organizations. The allotment included $938,825 to the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) to support arts programs, services and...
04/16/2024
Opening Reception is June 13 Providence, RI— The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that works by the Art Connection Rhode Island (ACRI), Pawtucket, to be on display from May 2-July 10 at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill. The exhibition features original...
03/21/2024
East Greenwich, R.I. -- With the recitation of "Say Grace" by Emily Jungmin Yoon, Jennifer Shon, a junior at the Portsmouth Abbey School, won the 19th R.I. Poetry Out Loud State Finals, the Rhode State Council on the Arts announced today. Shon, who is from Seoul, Korea, will represent Rhode Island...
03/05/2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Governor Dan McKee named Colin Channer as Rhode Island's 7th Poet Laureate. "Colin Channer is an accomplished writer whose talent and work have touched the lives of so many people," said Governor McKee. "I'm excited to see him continue his craft here in the Ocean State...
02/20/2024
Opening Reception is Feb. 29 Providence, RI— The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that works by Monique Rolle-Johnson, Cranston, are currently on display until April 17 at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill. The exhibition features mixed-media paintings on wood...