PROVIDENCE – More than $176,000 in federal funding has been awarded to Rhode Island arts and humanities organizations from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, according to a press release from U.S. Sens. Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Reps. James R. Langevin and David N. Cicilline.
A total of $136,000 in NEA funding will go to five recipients in Rhode Island for theater productions, research, and instruction and mentorship programming for young people. Another $40,322 in competitive grants from the NEH will go to three recipients for digital projects and preservation.
“I am pleased that Rhode Island arts and humanities organizations have been selected to receive these federal grants to help build stronger communities and boost economic growth and education through the arts and cultural engagement,” Reed said in a statement.
Said Langevin, “Rhode Island’s vibrant arts scene is a huge part of what makes this state an exciting place to live and visit. These federal funds will further enhance an already-thriving industry. I am particularly pleased to see a strong focus on youth programming, inspiring the next generation of talent in the Ocean State.”
NEA recipients include:
- The Everett Company (in partnership with Brown University) – $10,000 for Everett’s “Freedom Project” theater production
- The Alliance of Artists Communities – $40,000 for research into connections between art and science
- The Trinity Repertory Company – $20,000 for a theater production
- Providence City Arts for Youth Inc. – $55,000 for instruction and mentorships in music, dance, theater, creative writing, visual arts, and design
- New Urban Arts – $11,000 for instruction in photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, fashion design, printmaking, screen-printing, poetry/spoken-word, video and digital media.
NEH recipients include:
- Brown University – $29,755 for a digital history project entitled, “Exploring the Four Elements: Toward a Digital Environmental History of the Americas”
- Newport Art Museum and Art Association – $4,984 to improve lighting at the Newport Art Museum
- Preserve Rhode Island – $5,583 to develop an environmental monitoring program for the Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum.
