Workshops on How to Prepare for
RISCA's October 1 Grants Deadline -
Coming to a city or town near you!
In this issue
Project Grants to Organizations
Project Grants for Education
Grants to Individual Artists
Folk Arts Apprenticeships
撥給組織的項目補助款
Project Grants to Organizations
Through Project Grants to Organizations (PGO) RISCA provides support directly to non-profit organizations that run programs that make the arts an integral part of life in Rhode Island. (Organizations without 501c3 non-profit status may be able to apply through a non-profit fiscal sponsor.) Please review PGO guidelines here.
Elizabeth Keithline, Grants to Organizations Program Director, will hold two information sessions:
Tuesday, September 7th starting at 5pm at the Portsmouth Arts Guild
Monday, September 13th starting at 5pm at the Cross Mills Public Library in Charlestown
Please click on the workshop that you would like to attend in order to reserve a seat and please email Liz if you cannot attend a workshop, but have questions about applying for a PGO grant.
Project Grants for Education
Project Grants for Education are available to schools and to non-profit organizations (PGE) and teaching artists (PGA) who are interested in partnering with schools and educational institutions. Learning in and through the arts plays a critical role in the growth and development of our youngest citizens. PGE and PGA grants provide funding for programs that: increase access to high quality curriculum-based arts learning; foster the professional development of artists and educators; engage the participation of families and other community members in arts learning for children and youth; help to ensure that RI youth are able to demonstrate proficiency in one or more art forms at or before graduation from high school. Please review PGE and PGA guidelines here.
Dan Kahn, Education Grants Coordinator, will hold an information session on PGE and PGA Grants on Tuesday, September 7th beginning at 4pm at the International Charter School in Pawtucket.
To reserve a seat at Dan's grants workshop, please click on the link above. If you are an artist, school or non-profit organization interested in applying for education grants, please contact Dan.
Project Grants to Organizations
Through Project Grants to Organizations (PGO) RISCA provides support directly to non-profit organizations that run programs that make the arts an integral part of life in Rhode Island. (Organizations without 501c3 non-profit status may be able to apply through a non-profit fiscal sponsor.) Please review PGO guidelines here.
Elizabeth Keithline, Grants to Organizations Program Director, will hold two information sessions:
Tuesday, September 7th starting at 5pm at the Portsmouth Arts Guild
Monday, September 13th starting at 5pm at the Cross Mills Public Library in Charlestown
Please click on the workshop that you would like to attend in order to reserve a seat and please email Liz if you cannot attend a workshop, but have questions about applying for a PGO grant.
Project Grants for Education
Project Grants for Education are available to schools and to non-profit organizations (PGE) and teaching artists (PGA) who are interested in partnering with schools and educational institutions. Learning in and through the arts plays a critical role in the growth and development of our youngest citizens. PGE and PGA grants provide funding for programs that: increase access to high quality curriculum-based arts learning; foster the professional development of artists and educators; engage the participation of families and other community members in arts learning for children and youth; help to ensure that RI youth are able to demonstrate proficiency in one or more art forms at or before graduation from high school. Please review PGE and PGA guidelines here.
Dan Kahn, Education Grants Coordinator, will hold an information session on PGE and PGA Grants on Tuesday, September 7th beginning at 4pm at the International Charter School in Pawtucket.
To reserve a seat at Dan's grants workshop, please click on the link above. If you are an artist, school or non-profit organization interested in applying for education grants, please contact Dan.
個別藝術家補助款
Grants to Individual Artists
RISCA Grants to individual artists are available to those who are: Rhode Island residents; over 18 years old; and not currently enrolled in an arts degree program. These grants do not require a non-profit (501c3) umbrella.
Photo by Scott Lapham
Project Grants to Individuals (PGI) support highly creative and talented artists who seek to produce, perform, teach or share their work with the Rhode Island public. Project grants to individuals might include the coordination of community arts events, public performances, arts-based workshops, creative collaborations, exhibitions or installations with a strong public component. Please review PGI guidelines here.
Fellowships encourage the creative development of artists by enabling them to set aside time to pursue their work and achieve specific creative and career goals. Fellowships are highly competitive awards. Artists are encouraged to apply when they have created a substantial body of work that they are prepared to present in a professional manner. Fellowship categories for the October 1 deadline are Choreography, Drawing & Printmaking, Music Composition, New Genres and Painting. Please review the Fellowship Guidelines here.
The Design Innovation Grant (DIG) is a competitive annual award of $6000 for design ideas that are highly creative and show potential for innovation and/or implementation. Grant proposals should address one of the following goals:
Innovation of a specific kind of design, process or application
Creation of a product or service that has a potential public benefit
Awards are based upon samples of past work and proposals for future work. Grant recipients are not required to pursue implementation of winning design proposals or completion of design projects. However, award recipients will be asked to pursue the next phase of their project such as meeting with potential partners, creating more detailed schematics, creating a project development plan, etc. Please review DIG guidelines here.
Cristina DiChiera, Director of Artist Programs, will hold two information sessions on RISCA Funding for Individual Artists:
Friday, September 10 starting at 5 PM at Shady Lea Mill in North Kingstown
To reserve a seat at one of Cristina's grant workshops, please click on the appropriate link above. If you cannot attend a workshop, but are interested in applying for a Fellowship or grant, please contact Cristina.
Photo by Bob Votava
Grants to Individual Artists
RISCA Grants to individual artists are available to those who are: Rhode Island residents; over 18 years old; and not currently enrolled in an arts degree program. These grants do not require a non-profit (501c3) umbrella.
Photo by Scott Lapham
Project Grants to Individuals (PGI) support highly creative and talented artists who seek to produce, perform, teach or share their work with the Rhode Island public. Project grants to individuals might include the coordination of community arts events, public performances, arts-based workshops, creative collaborations, exhibitions or installations with a strong public component. Please review PGI guidelines here.
Fellowships encourage the creative development of artists by enabling them to set aside time to pursue their work and achieve specific creative and career goals. Fellowships are highly competitive awards. Artists are encouraged to apply when they have created a substantial body of work that they are prepared to present in a professional manner. Fellowship categories for the October 1 deadline are Choreography, Drawing & Printmaking, Music Composition, New Genres and Painting. Please review the Fellowship Guidelines here.
The Design Innovation Grant (DIG) is a competitive annual award of $6000 for design ideas that are highly creative and show potential for innovation and/or implementation. Grant proposals should address one of the following goals:
Innovation of a specific kind of design, process or application
Creation of a product or service that has a potential public benefit
Awards are based upon samples of past work and proposals for future work. Grant recipients are not required to pursue implementation of winning design proposals or completion of design projects. However, award recipients will be asked to pursue the next phase of their project such as meeting with potential partners, creating more detailed schematics, creating a project development plan, etc. Please review DIG guidelines here.
Cristina DiChiera, Director of Artist Programs, will hold two information sessions on RISCA Funding for Individual Artists:
Friday, September 10 starting at 5 PM at Shady Lea Mill in North Kingstown
To reserve a seat at one of Cristina's grant workshops, please click on the appropriate link above. If you cannot attend a workshop, but are interested in applying for a Fellowship or grant, please contact Cristina.
Photo by Bob Votava
民俗藝術學徒
Folk Arts Apprenticeships
Through practice, apprenticeship, and revitalization of traditional arts, folk and traditional artists ensure the longevity of their cultural expressions. Passed on from one generation to the next, these art forms survive not as the result of instruction within formalized institutions, but through the course of daily life: techniques passed on from generation to generation through familial, tribal, and community instruction. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program provides opportunities to apprentices to acquire traditional skills from a traditional master artist from the same cultural community. The Program expects the apprentice to work towards perfecting the skills s/he has acquired through the Apprenticeship Program and to pass those skills on to others in their community.
Elena Calderon Patino, Community Arts Program Director, will hold a workshop on the Folk Arts Apprenticeship program and the application process for the October 1 deadline. She will also talk about RISCA's new Sustainable Community Connections Program and other opportunities for Rhode Island's diverse community of artists.
Thursday, September 9th from 5pm to 6:30pm at the Providence Community Library, 441 Prairie Avenue, Providence.
To reserve a seat at Elena's grants workshop, please click on the link above. If you are not able to attend the workshop, but are interested in the Apprenticeship Program, please contact Elena.
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