Arts Day at the State House
Arts Day is an arts and culture community event and meet up focusing on the importance of the arts in developing thriving communities.
Schedule for the day:
2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.: Live performance in the State Room at the R.I. State House by members of the Newport String Project.
3 p.m. - 4 p.m.: Speaking program
- Elected officials and Todd Trebour, Executive Director of RISCA.
- Keynote speaker Harold Steward, Executive Director of the New England Foundation for the Arts.
- Poetry reading by R.I.’s State Poetry Out Loud Champion, Emmanuel Obisanye, a senior at Classical High School.
There will be a tabling event, 2:30 p.m.-4 p.m., around the second-floor rotunda featuring artists and organizations showcasing how their work contributes to community vitality. Arts and cultural areas represented at the tables will be arts and health, arts education, career and technical education and artists as small businesses. There will also be representatives from local arts agencies and local arts commissions, who will discuss their catalytic work.
At the close of the program, attendees are welcome to migrate to the House and Senate chambers to meet with their legislators and hear the reading of resolutions declaring May 8 Arts Day in Rhode Island. Staff will help direct attendees to the House and Senate galleries and chambers.
Free and open to public. Space is limited in the state room.
Please register for the event via Eventbrite: Arts Day at the State House Tickets, Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM | Eventbrite.