Welcome At RISCA, our work ensures that the arts grow, thrive and prosper in our towns and cities. The arts add $2.37 billion to the state’s economy and accounts for 3.25 percent of the state's GDP. The creative sector employs more than 18,000 workers. Since 2021, our grantmaking to organizations and individual artists totaled $2.8 million and supported nearly 800 arts entities. Application News Opening Aug. 1 with Oct. 1 Deadline: Community Engaged Project Grants Make Art Grant Project Grants for Organizations Big Yellow School Bus (Opens Sept. 1) State Galleries Atrium GalleryArt Connection R.I. Block Island AirportFior De La Cruz T.F. Green International Airport Mandy HoweTiffany MendezIzzy Rodriguez Our E-News June 18: Trebour named E.D. May 30: July 1 deadline May 10: Opportunities for Artists Read Our FY23 Annual Report E-News Sign-up RISCA Events Aug 1 Selected Grants and program applications open for Oct. 1 Deadline 9:00am 9:30am Aug 12 RISCA Offices Closed -- Victory Day All day Sep 2 RISCA Offices Closed -- Labor Day All day Sep 19 Opening Reception: Artist Fernando Pezzino Location: Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Providence 5:00pm 7:00pm Oct 1 Selected Grants and Program Applications Deadline 11:29pm 11:59pm All events Press Releases All press releases State Arts Council Opened Applications for Individual Artists and R.I.'s Teaching Artist Roster Thursday, May 16, 2024 Help sessions planned for General Operating Support for Artists applicants ... Read article National Endowment for the Arts announces funding to the state's Arts Agency and 4 R.I. arts organizations Wednesday, May 15, 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. ... Read article Portsmouth Abbey School Junior to Travel to Washington, D.C., to Compete in the Poetry Out Loud Finals, April 30-May 2 Thursday, April 18, 2024 Providence, R.I. – Portsmouth Abbey School junior Jennifer Shon will represent Rhode Island in Washington, D.C., for the 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Finals, April 30-May 2. ... Read article All press releases
Sep 19 Opening Reception: Artist Fernando Pezzino Location: Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Providence 5:00pm 7:00pm
State Arts Council Opened Applications for Individual Artists and R.I.'s Teaching Artist Roster Thursday, May 16, 2024 Help sessions planned for General Operating Support for Artists applicants ... Read article
National Endowment for the Arts announces funding to the state's Arts Agency and 4 R.I. arts organizations Wednesday, May 15, 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. ... Read article
Portsmouth Abbey School Junior to Travel to Washington, D.C., to Compete in the Poetry Out Loud Finals, April 30-May 2 Thursday, April 18, 2024 Providence, R.I. – Portsmouth Abbey School junior Jennifer Shon will represent Rhode Island in Washington, D.C., for the 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Finals, April 30-May 2. ... Read article