Goodbye Liz!
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| Abby Suckle of CultureNOW addresses the crowd at a reception coordinated by Liz (center) for the Visual Resources Association Conference in Providence. Rachel Caine of WESTAF at right. |
Liz Keithline, RISCA'S Grants to Organizations Manager and Public Art Director, has decided to return to work in the private sector. During her five years with RISCA, Liz managed the selection and installation of nine major works of public art and established Rhode Island's airport galleries program. Liz was instrumental in transitioning the agency's support to organizations into Arts Access Grants and Investments in Arts and Culture grants, as well as helping Rhode Island organizations to enter into the Cultural Database Program. Liz has been a tireless advocate for Rhode Island artists and arts organizations, and she will continue that work as an independent artist and consultant. Liz will be working part-time for the Governors Island Art Fair in New York and she will continue to consult on RISCA's public art program. She plans to write more articles and essays about the arts and she has an exhibition at Wheaton College openingAugust 24th. Liz says that she will miss her constituents and the staff at RISCA. I am sure everyone will agree when we say - not as much as we will miss you, Liz!
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Ten Rhode Island Creative Entrepreneurs Join Assets for Artists
A Partnership Program to Enhance
the Business Skills of Rhode Island Artists
Ten Rhode Island artists are participating in Assets for Artists, a program that provides free financial and business training, as well as $2000 in matched savings to help implement the business plans of these creative entrepreneurs. To date, our ten artists have attended a full-day Personal Finance "Bootcamp" by Esther Robinson of ArtHome, a Day of Legal Training for Artists by James Grace, Esq., Director of the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and an all-day Business Planning for the Artist workshop by Bill Atherton, Director for Microenterprise and Asset Development at the International Institute of New England. In July, Deborah Obalil will provide a two-part Marketing Workshop to complete the artists' training. To learn about each of our Assets for Artists entrepreneurs, click here. The Assets for Artists site is also running features on each of the participating Rhode Island artists, so be sure to check here often!
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| Esther Robinson of ArtHome ran an all day Personal Finance Bootcamp |
The next Assets for Artists workshop is open to the public!
Arts Marketing 101 - Tools of the Trade Wednesday, July 10, 2-6PM in ProvidenceLead by Deborah Obalil, Director of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. This session covers the basics of how to better understand your own arts business and where to look to increase your base of support and achieve your overall career goals. This workshop is FREE, but you must pre-register here. Space is limited.
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Registration is NOW OPEN for TAAC's Open Dialogue 13
People, Places, and Policy August 2-4 in Providence, RI
The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) invites leaders both established and emerging to Open Dialogue 13 to formulate action-agendas promoting equity in cultural policy, funding and leadership in the 21st Century. At Open Dialogue 13 participants will discuss policies and programs which individuals, organizations, foundations, and policy makers are encouraged to strategize and organize around in order to further advance cultural democracy and cultural equity platforms AND programs in today's new era of change. Recognizing some quantitative progress in equity and diversity issues over the last three to four decades, it is most urgent at this historic time of change to evaluate and set forth action-agendas around TAAC's foundational pillars for real, substantive, long-term change.
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RISCA Grant Program Updates
Fellowships and Project Grants
RISCA Fellowship and Grant panels met throughout the months of May and June and decisions will be announced by mid-July (pending passage of a state budget). Applications for the October 1 deadline will open online in mid-July. Guidelines for Fellowships, the Design Innovation Grant and Project Grants to Individuals can be found here. Guidelines for Project Grants in Education can be found here. Questions? Contact Cristina or Dan
AAG and IAC GrantsChanges are being made to the IAC application, and should be ready to access by June 26th. The deadline is July 30th and this application also serves as the organization's final report for the 2012-13 season. Guidelines can be accessed here. IAC applicants should also be working to update their financial and programming information in the Rhode Island Cultural Data Project.
PAD Grants
Professional Arts Development (PAD) grants provide funds to entrepreneurial artists to help address business and professional development needs. Applicants must submit a completed business/career plan as part of the PAD application. The next PAD Grant deadlne is Thursday, August 15. PAD Guidelines and a link to the application can be found here. For more information on the PAD Program contact Cristina DiChiera.
Big Yellow School Bus Grants During the 2012-13 school year RISCA awarded over 60 grants through the Big Yellow School Busprogram. With major support from Bank of America, these grants enabled Rhode Island schools to rent buses to transport their students to arts events statewide. Big Yellow School Bus grants are closed for the summer and will be available again in September for the 2013-4 school year. For more information on the Big Yellow School Bus Program, contact Dan Kahn.
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RISCA Seeks Public Art Managers to Oversee Future Projects
RISCA is currently recruiting skilled administrators to join its Public Art Projects Management Team and manage future public art projects here in Rhode Island. Qualified individuals will be chosen to coordinate calls for public art in a variety of settings, including the commissioning of new work for state buildings. There is no deadline for applying for this "continuous recruitment" opportunity.
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INTERMEDIARY at GREEN SPACE Gallery
Sam Duket I Emma Hogarth l Wilson Lawrence
INTERMEDIARY, the current exhibit at GREEN SPACE gallery at T.F. Green Airport, is on view through September 6, 2013. The exhibition features 2 and 3-dimensional works by Sam Duket, Emma Hogarth and Wilson Lawrence. Each of the artists is engaged in art making that makes direct reference to the structural support upon which their pieces rely, allowing the support to emerge as a subject of the work. Employing materials that range from traditional ink a  nd wood to industrial steel and digital reproduction, these artists utilize their materials to mediate the practice of drawing to generate pictures and objects that manipulate pictorial space and challenge interpretation. The artists were selected for exhibition by an accomplished panel: Peter Crump, owner of design-build firm Site Specific; Rossana Martinez, artist and co-director of MINUS SPACE; and Sue McNally, artist.
GREEN SPACE is a partnership between the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. GREEN SPACE is located in the airport terminal where the skywalk meets the main building. Art is exhibited on both levels of the terminal.
Call for Art: The Airport Galleries
Gallery spaces at the Block Island Airport and T.F. Green Airport are accepting submissions for their 2014 exhibitions. The airport gallery program is a partnership between RISCA and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation that promotes outstanding work by artists living and working in Rhode Island. The spaces will present art to an ever-changing audience of local, national and international travelers. Work in all media will be considered. Block Island Airport Gallery includes opportunities for exhibiting indoors and outdoors. GREEN SPACE includes several large walls and open spaces that are particularly well suited to large scale works. This call is open to all Rhode Island artists, who are not currently enrolled in high school or college. Artists will be selected for the 2014 exhibitions by a review panel that will include practicing artists, arts professionals and community members. Artists included in the 2014 exhibitions will receive a $100 stipend for participating in the program.
All submitted work will be considered for both gallery locations unless applicants indicate an interest in only one of the galleries. Please note that larger work is better suited to GREEN SPACE while smaller scale pieces are best for The Block Island Airport Gallery.
To apply, please email ONE of the following to riairart@gmail.com:
- A link to an up-to-date web site that includes images with captions (title, year, media, size), a current cv and artist's statement
- A link to a Flickr page with 10 images with captions (title, year, media, size) and attach to the email a current cv and artist's statement
To learn more about this opportunity and view photos of the exhibition space, please visit:http://www.arts.ri.gov/public/airports |
The First Annual IonaFest
IonaFest will celebrate the life and legacy of Iona Dobbins and her contributions to the arts in Rhode Island. Each year, the event will be hosted by an arts organization (visual, performance, theatre, etc.) to raise funds benefiting the host organization in three categories: scholarship, program, or operating expense. Art League of Rhode Island will be the host organization for the 2013 event. The funds raised will provide a scholarship created in Iona's name, to honor her passionate belief that young artists should be given a chance to study visual art professionally. The Iona B. Dobbins Art Fund, held at the Rhode Island Foundation, will also benefit from Iona Fest. |
Place Your Bid Now for the IONAFEST Online Auction
Each month (June, July and August) leading up to "IonaFest," an armchair auction will highlight and offer for sale through on-line bidding works by members of the Art League of Rhode Island, emerging artists and other Rhode Island artists. Artists whose work will be highlighted from now until July 15thinclude: Michele Leavitt, Libby Manchester Gilpatric, Wayne Collins, Cynthia Whalen Nelson, Leah Grear and David Kendrick. The online auction can be accessed here. Select the number next to the artwork you wish to bid on along with the dollar amount of your bid, your name, email address and phone # and email it to: ngaucherthomas@cox.net Winners will be notified.
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Call for Nominations: IonaFest (IF) Award
Honoring A life in the Arts, A life of the Arts, & giving to the Arts - the "IonaFest" Award will be given to a person who exemplifies Iona Dobbins' fearless and universal love of the arts in Rhode Island, regardless of medium or geographic boundaries. The Award will personify Iona's love of art in all media, her great skill at convening diverse artists and audiences, her tireless advocacy for all art forms and her profile as an honest broker who crossed boundaries everywhere and was present wherever art was being made, shown or dreamed. Iona made the pie bigger; she deepened the flavors. Rhode Island artist Peter Diepenbrock has been commissioned to create the first ever IF Award. The award will be presented at IonaFest, September 28, 2013. IF Award Nominations are due July 30, 2013 |
News and Events from RISCA Fellows and Grantees
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Ruth Dealy has a print available on Tiny Showcase. Five dollars from the sale of each print will be donated to AS220 Youth
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities' Major Grant Program for requests over $2,000 has a registration deadline on September 1, 2013 and a final application deadline on October 15, 2013. The monthly Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 will re-open with an October 1, 2013 deadline for projects that begin after November 15, 2013. Grants Director SueEllen Kroll will offer workshops that provide a general overview of the RICH funding opportunities available to non-profits and independent researchers for public humanities projects. Workshops are free and open to the public; however,attendees must register to reserve a space.
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Tomaquag Museum received a grant of Fifteen Thousand dollars to host The Big Read across Rhode Island. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The Big Read in Rhode Island will focus on Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich. Tomaquag will partner with 23 organizations including Brown University, Haffenraffer Museum, Amica, Met Schools, Warwick Museum of Art, RI College, Bryant University, Cross Mills Library, Block Island Free Library and many more. Activities will include book talks, round table discussions, lectures, performances, art reflection programs, and an author visit. For a full listings of events go to www.tomaquagmuseum.com. For more information about The Big Read please visit neabigread.org.
Roshkowska Galleries is pleased to announce a solo exhibition for artist Lloyd Martin at 538 Warren St, Hudson, NY. Opening on Saturday, June 29 - July 29. Hours: 12-5 pm Friday - Sunday, and by appointment.
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Silvio Cuellar's family of talented musicians includes the members of Voces de los Andes. View their performance of Suenos de los Andes here.
The Steel Yard, Rhode Island's industrial arts nonprofit, has been honored with a 2013 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence (RBA), a national award honoring innovative urban placemaking. The Steel Yard is one of four Silver Medalists and has been recognized for its game changing site design of a 3.5 acre historic steel fabrication site and its positive impact on the city of Providence.
The next full WaterFire lighting will be on July 13th. A new feature at this event will be the first WaterFire Arts Festival Plaza, produced by WaterFire Providence in partnership with Bryce Studio. The Arts Plaza is a juried arts market featuring wares for sale by local painters, photographers, ceramics artists, jewelers, and other fine artisans. WaterFire Arts Plaza will be open to the public from 6pm to 10:30pm, located on Washington Street in the heart of WaterFire. If you are interested in becoming a participating artist please submit your application online. |
Join RISCA's Facebook Page
 Log on to your Facebook account and search for RISCA. Our page feeds opportunities from our blog so it's a good way to find out about calls for entry or jobs in the arts.
Find out about upcoming arts events throughout the state on the RI Arts Calendar. To post your own arts event to the Arts Calendar, click here. |
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