Welcome At RISCA, our work ensures that the arts grow, thrive and prosper in our towns and cities. The arts add $2.2 billion to the state’s economy and accounts for 3.2 percent of the state's GDP. The creative sector employs nearly 17,000 workers. Since 2021, our grantmaking to organizations and individual artists totaled $2.8 million and supported nearly 800 arts entities. Grants News Next grants cycle opens: Feb. 1 Project Grants, Organizations General Operating Support for Organizations Arts and Health Grant Community Engaged Projects Make Art Grant State Galleries Atrium at One Capitol Hill: Andean Cultural Center Block Island Airport Gallery: Monica Hurley T.F. Green International Airport: Abu, Stephen Brunelli, and Tyler O’Grady Call: R.I. airport galleries' deadline is Monday, Oct. 9 Read Our E-News Sept. 27: Celebrate Arts and Humanities Month Sept. 10: Grants Closed Oct. 2 July 12: NEA Chair Visits June 22: RIEAP Cohort May 16: Update CreativeGround E-News Sign-up Upcoming RISCA Events Oct 9 RISCA Offices Closed All day Oct 11 Conversation: Community Primer on Arts and Health Location: Online 12:00pm 1:00pm Oct 12 Celebrating the Life and Work of Jeannine Chartier Location: RISD Museum, 20 North Main St., Providence 5:00pm 7:30pm Oct 25 R.I. Arts Data Dashboard for Community Based Organizations Location: Online 10:00am 11:00am Nov 9 Opening Reception: Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill Location: Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill, Providence 02908 4:00pm 7:00pm Nov 10 RISCA Offices Closed All day All events Press Releases All press releases Panel discussion honors an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Providence, R.I.— For October’s Arts and Humanities month, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, RISD Museum and Arts Equity (formerly VSA Arts Rhode Islan ... Read article Block Island Airport Gallery features the works of artist Monica Hurley Tuesday, October 03, 2023 Block Island, RI—The gallery at the Block Island Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airpo ... Read article Arts Agency ushers in October’s Arts and Humanities Month with arts and culture events, exhibits and program Monday, August 28, 2023 Immediate Release Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 ... Read article All press releases
Oct 12 Celebrating the Life and Work of Jeannine Chartier Location: RISD Museum, 20 North Main St., Providence 5:00pm 7:30pm
Nov 9 Opening Reception: Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill Location: Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill, Providence 02908 4:00pm 7:00pm
Panel discussion honors an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities Wednesday, October 04, 2023 Providence, R.I.— For October’s Arts and Humanities month, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, RISD Museum and Arts Equity (formerly VSA Arts Rhode Islan ... Read article
Block Island Airport Gallery features the works of artist Monica Hurley Tuesday, October 03, 2023 Block Island, RI—The gallery at the Block Island Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airpo ... Read article
Arts Agency ushers in October’s Arts and Humanities Month with arts and culture events, exhibits and program Monday, August 28, 2023 Immediate Release Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 ... Read article
