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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 account for 3.3 percent of the state's GDP.
  • The creative sector employs nearly 18,000 workers.
  • Since 2021, our grantmaking to organizations and artists totaled $4 million and supported more than 1,500 arts and cultural entities.

Grants and Programs

Now open
Poetry Out Loud RI
  • Deadline 12/19
Big Yellow School Bus

Galleries

Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill
  • Arts Unite Communities
Gallery at the Health Labs
  • Artist Erin Starr

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  • Call for Artists
  • Deadline: Jan. 19
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