# RI.gov: Rhode Island Government


State Government Press Releases

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03/05/2024
PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, Governor Dan McKee named Colin Channer as Rhode Island's 7th Poet Laureate. "Colin Channer is an accomplished writer whose talent and work have touched the lives of so many people," said Governor McKee. "I'm excited to see him continue his craft here in the Ocean State...
02/20/2024
Opening Reception is Feb. 29 Providence, RI— The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that works by Monique Rolle-Johnson, Cranston, are currently on display until April 17 at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill. The exhibition features mixed-media paintings on wood...
02/06/2024
Warwick, RI—GREEN SPACE Gallery at TF Green International Airport, a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC), announces the opening of its winter/spring exhibit with works by Mandy Howe, Portsmouth, Tiffany Mendez,...
02/06/2024
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 Airport Corporation (RIAC), announced the opening of its winter/spring exhibition featuring works by Fior De La Cruz, Cranston. The exhibition...
02/06/2024
Providence RI —The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2024 of more than $32.22 million with $275,000 divided among 10 Rhode Island-based arts entities. Nationally, 1,288 arts organizations from all 50 states, the District...
02/06/2024
Providence, RI—The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that applications are now open for selected grant programs to arts and culture organizations, arts educators, individual, folk and traditional artists, and arts and health. One grant program for arts and culture...
01/17/2024
Providence, RI – Arts and culture organizations, arts educators, artists, and folk fellowships and apprentices benefited from $224,663 in grants approved by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) in December. The 71 grant awards will further advance arts and cultural activities...
01/16/2024
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced applications have opened for a grant program that supports schools' in-person arts and cultural field trips. The Big Yellow School Bus grants have been engaging R.I. students in meaningful arts cultural activities since 2010. The...
11/17/2023
R.I. State Council on the Arts has awarded $6,000 per year for three years to three notable local artists, Aleksandra "Sasha" Azbel, Bob Dilworth and Edwige Charlot. Recipients of the grant, General Operating Support for Artists, will receive support for large, specific, self-identified...
11/01/2023
Providence, RI—Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) announced today that the arts agency will be adding 12 new teaching artists to its official R.I. Teaching Artist Roster. The Roster is widely used as a public resource for educators and individuals looking to engage an artist for arts...