Tag: Kathleen Pletcher
Five Questions With: Kathleen Pletcher
Kathleen Pletcher is the executive director of FirstWorks, a Providence-based performing arts nonprofit. The organization is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Pletcher spoke...
PVDFest returns to downtown Providence Sept. 6-7
PROVIDENCE – The city’s largest outdoor arts and culture celebration will once again be held in early September.
Additionally, the festivities will return to a...
FirstWorks receives $60K grant from National Endowment for the Arts
PROVIDENCE – FirstWorks announced on May 25 that it received a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help support a...
PVDFest set to return June 10-12
PROVIDENCE – PVDFest, the annual citywide arts celebration, will officially return to the city’s downtown in June.
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced Wednesday the free...
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...
PVDFest launches virtual scavenger hunt to replace in-person art festival
PROVIDENCE – Providence's signature art festival has historically drawn locals and visitors to the Creative Capital each summer, where Downtown is transformed into an...
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...
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...