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 accounts for 3.25 percent of the state's GDP. The creative sector employs more than 18,000 workers. Since 2021, our grantmaking to organizations and individual artists totaled $2.8 million and supported nearly 800 arts entities. Grants News Nearly $900,000 in grants announced for 2025 CY1 Full listing Press release Big Yellow School Bus (Opens 9/1) Read Our FY23 Annual Report State Galleries Atrium GalleryFernando Pezzino Block Island AirportFior De La Cruz T.F. Green International Airport Mandy HoweTiffany MendezIzzy Rodriguez Our E-News July 23: Grants Announced June 18: Trebour named E.D. May 30: July 1 deadline May 10: Opportunities for Artists E-News Sign-up RISCA Events Aug 12 RISCA Offices Closed -- Victory Day All day Sep 2 RISCA Offices Closed -- Labor Day All day Sep 3 Deadline: R.I. Fire Academy, Phase 3 11:29pm 11:59pm Sep 19 Opening Reception: Artist Fernando Pezzino Location: Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Providence 5:00pm 7:00pm Oct 3 Meet the Artist: Robin Spears Location: Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Providence 12:00pm 1:00pm Oct 14 RISCA Office Closed -- Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day All day All events Press Releases All press releases State’s Arts Agency awards nearly $900,000 to be distributed among 149 area arts entities Tuesday, July 16, 2024 RISCA announced today 149 grants totaling more than $898,653 were awarded throughout Rhode Island to arts and culture organizations, individual artists, folk apprenticeships and fellowships, ... Read article State Arts Council Opened Applications for Individual Artists and R.I.'s Teaching Artist Roster Thursday, May 16, 2024 Help sessions planned for General Operating Support for Artists applicants ... Read article National Endowment for the Arts announces funding to the state's Arts Agency and 4 R.I. arts organizations Wednesday, May 15, 2024 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today its recommended grant awards of about $1.089 million to five Rhode Island-based arts and culture organizations. ... Read article All press releases
Sep 19 Opening Reception: Artist Fernando Pezzino Location: Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Providence 5:00pm 7:00pm
Oct 3 Meet the Artist: Robin Spears Location: Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill, Providence 12:00pm 1:00pm
State’s Arts Agency awards nearly $900,000 to be distributed among 149 area arts entities Tuesday, July 16, 2024 RISCA announced today 149 grants totaling more than $898,653 were awarded throughout Rhode Island to arts and culture organizations, individual artists, folk apprenticeships and fellowships, ... Read article
State Arts Council Opened Applications for Individual Artists and R.I.'s Teaching Artist Roster Thursday, May 16, 2024 Help sessions planned for General Operating Support for Artists applicants ... Read article
National Endowment for the Arts announces funding to the state's Arts Agency and 4 R.I. arts organizations Wednesday, May 15, 2024 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today its recommended grant awards of about $1.089 million to five Rhode Island-based arts and culture organizations. ... Read article
