Tag: FirstWorks
PVDFest staging a downtown comeback in June 2022
PROVIDENCE – PVDFest, the annual citywide arts celebration, is planning for a full comeback to the city's downtown in June.
PVDFest has been significantly modified...
HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island donates $85K to 12 nonprofits
WARWICK – HarborOne Bank through its charitable foundation, HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island, recently awarded $85,000 in grants to 12 community organizations, according to a...
PVD Fest canceled due to COVID case rise, delta variant
PROVIDENCE – This year's PVD Fest has been canceled due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the state and the prevalence of the...
PVDFest to return this summer and fall
PROVIDENCE – A citywide celebration of arts and culture will be returning this year.
PVDFest, marketed as the city’s signature summer festival, will take to...
Island Moving Company names Bramante new executive director
NEWPORT — Peter N. Bramante began his new role as executive director of the Island Moving Company Thursday as the third executive director in...
FirstWorks looks to expand horizons through the arts
Education is at the core of the longstanding partnership between Providence’s FirstWorks and the Brown Arts Initiative.
The collaboration has drawn performers and artists to...
National Endowment for the Arts grants $926K to R.I. art organizations,...
PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island arts organizations and agencies were awarded $925,800 in federal grants, the R.I. State Arts Council announced this week.
RISCA received...
15 R.I. civic and cultural groups receive $140K in Humanities Council...
PROVIDENCE – Fifteen civic and cultural organizations are receiving a total of $140,000 in grants from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities that...
Taylor to lead FirstWorks board of directors as new president
CATHERINE TERRY TAYLOR, former director of the R.I. Division of Elderly Affairs and former owner of Providence-based communications firm LangTaylor Ltd., was recently named...
RIF grants FirstWorks $270K for 3-year strategic plan
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit arts organization FirstWorks was awarded a $270,000 multiyear grant from the Rhode Island Foundation, FirstWorks announced Wednesday.
The funds will support...
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