NEA awards $1M for R.I. arts projects, education programs

WATERFIRE on Tuesday received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to host a series of events celebrating the life and history of Roger Williams. / COURTESY WATERFIRE/JENNIFER BEDFORD
WATERFIRE on Tuesday received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts to host a series of events celebrating the life and history of Roger Williams. / COURTESY WATERFIRE/JENNIFER BEDFORD

PROVIDENCE – More than $1 million in federal grants were announced Tuesday to support the arts and expand cultural education opportunities in the state.

The grants from the National Endowment for the Arts will help support new and established art projects, including workshops, free performances, exhibitions and arts education programs, according to a news release from the state’s congressional delegation.

The grant recipients are:

  • Rhode Island State Council on the Arts: $744,500 to support the arts and partnership agreement activities
  • City of Providence: $100,000 for the Cranston Street Armory animated by art project led by the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism
  • City of Providence: $25,000 to support the Prometheus Project; this will be used to commission a collaboration between Trinity Repertory Company, The Steel Yard and neighborhood residents to produce six free, outdoor public performances of bilingual English-Spanish adaptations of Shakespeare this year during PVDFest and next summer
  • Community Musicworks: $75,000 to support free music education and performance programs targeted to reach at-risk children and youth
  • FirstWorks: $30,000 to support its performing arts and education programs
  • DownCity Design: $30,000 to lead after-school programs working with students to design and build small-scale structures
  • WaterFire Providence: $25,000 to host a series of events celebrating the life and history of Roger Williams
  • RiverzEdge Arts Project Inc.: $30,000 to support the Artist in Experience Program, a public art mentoring program for high school students
  • Rhode Island School of Design Museum: $15,000 to support a professional development program for artists
  • Island Moving Company: $10,000 to support Open for Dancing, a biennial dance and art festival in Newport

“Rhode Island has earned a national reputation as a leader in promoting the arts,” U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said in a statement. “This significant federal investment will boost our arts economy and ensure that more residents and visitors can enjoy the creativity of our local artists, designers and performers.”

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