http://www.arts.ri.gov/Rhode Island State Council on the Arts - Press Releasesen-usrigov@neinetwork.comThu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 GMTU.S. Senators Jack Reed D-RI and Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI today announced that ten Rhode Island organizations will receive $946,000 in federal grants through the National Endowment for the Arts NEA. These grants will support activities in communities throughout Rhode Island that effect our...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6327Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:00:00 GMTAccording to a new regional website, Rhode Island's 1,750 "creative economy" organizations pay over $350 million to their employees each year, and annually contribute over $750 million to the Rhode Island economy. This is according to CultureCount.org, a new cultural database launched by the New...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6287Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMTTwo Rhode Island artists and one scholar were recently awarded fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, one of the most prestigious and coveted awards in the arts, humanities and sciences. The Rhode Islanders are Forrest Gander, poet from Barrington Andrew Stein Raferty visual artist and...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6193Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:30:00 GMTProvidence, RI - "Art has helped me to see who I really am inside" begins a statement from a former inmate at the Adult Correctional Institution ACI in Cranston. The artistic expressions of current inmates at the ACI are on display during April and May at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6173Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:00:00 GMTThe faces - and artwork - of Rhode Island's artists with disabilities are well represented at VSA arts of Rhode Island's 5th Annual Paul V. Sherlock Memorial Art Show held in collaboration with the RI State Council on the Arts at the Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill in Providence. This exhibit...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6050Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:15:00 GMTCranston, RI - Students from the Rhode Island Training School will participate in the creation of public art for the new Rhode Island Youth Detention Facility in Cranston. Through Rhode Island's Allocation for Art for Public Facilities Act, more commonly known at the 1 for Public Art Law, Rhode...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6049Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:45:00 GMTBurrillville High School student Andrew Westlake took top honors at Tuesday evening's Poetry Out Loud state finals at Rhode Island College, sponsored locally by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and VSA arts of Rhode Island. As Rhode Island state winner, Westlake will go on to compete at...http://www.ri.gov/press/view.php?rss=1&id=6018