PROVIDENCE – AS220; Alliance of Artists Communities; Downcity Design; Everett: Company Stage and School; New Urban Arts; and Trinity Repertory Co. will share $115,000 in federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to support arts projects and programs and community enrichment, U.S. Sen. Jack F. Reed said Wednesday.
The grant money breaks down as follows:
- AS220: $10,000 to support opportunities for artists to connect with underserved populations;
- Alliance of Artists Communities: $35,000 for professional development programs;
- DownCity Design: $25,000 to support design education throughout Rhode Island;
- Everett: Company Stage and School: $10,000 to support the production of a performance about the justice system and mass incarceration;
- New Urban Arts: $15,000 to support the Youth Mentorship in the Arts program and the Summer Arts Internship program for teens;
- Trinity Repertory Co.: $20,000 to support a production of the Spanish Golden Age drama “Fuente Ovejuna” by Lope de Vega.
“These federal grants will provide new opportunities for cultural enrichment in Rhode Island by strengthening arts education, bringing the arts to underserved populations and supporting new programs that will help our state further assert itself as a national leader in the arts,” Reed said in a statement.
These federal grants are part of NEA’s first major round of grant funding for fiscal 2017, in which more than $30 million is being provided to nonprofits and individuals nationwide through the NEA’s Art Works; Art Works: Creativity Connects; Challenge America; and Creative Writing Fellowships grant programs.
