Providence gives $200,000 in awards to local arts, cultural organizations

Photo: KG Kitchen, Hope Street

Mayor Brett P. Smiley and Director of Art, Culture, Tourism Joe Wilson Jr. today announced WaterFire Providence, Community MusicWorks, Trinity Repertory Company, Hope Street Merchants Association, The Puerto Rican Professional Association of RI, RPM Voices of RI, West Broadway Neighborhood Association, AS220 and Rhode Island Black Storytellers as the grantees for the Special Events Nonprofit Arts and Cultural Sector funding through the American Rescue Plan Act.  

“Our local arts and cultural organizations are critical parts of what makes us the Creative Capital and we need to help them fight the lasting economic impacts of the pandemic,” said Mayor Smiley. “Like many of our local businesses, our arts institutions have shown tremendous resiliency and creativity adjusting after the pandemic and rebuilding their audience. I am proud to support their work and the many local artists that contribute to our reputation for world-class arts culture.” 

Mayor Smiley understands that Providence’s arts and cultural institutions were some of the hardest hit Businesses throughout COVID-19, and many are still struggling to rebound. These awards are part of a larger effort to ensure that the art institutions that make Providence unique can rebound and grow over the long-term. The $200,000 grants that were awarded are part of over $3 million the city has awarded to various art programs and cultural institutions fighting the economic impacts of COVID-19.  

“ACT is proud to support nonprofits and cultural organizations as they are slowly rebuilding from the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Joe Wilson Jr., Director of Art, Culture, Tourism. “These funds have proven essential to so many in the creative/cultural community, and we are thankful to our federal partners for making these vital resources available. Congratulations to all of the grantees!” 

The Hope Street Merchants Association‘s grant will support local merchants within the association address staffing, supply chain, and inflation issues and compensate for the loss in vendor fees when programming was cancelled due to public health concerns during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Another example of funding made possible through this grant program, Trinity Rep received $25,000 in ARPA funding after being closed for almost two years, suffering incredible economic loss and stopping the many programs they host supporting local artists and Providence youth that want to explore theater. 

“Trinity Rep is incredibly grateful to the City of Providence for this meaningful support. It is essential as we continue to rebuild audiences while experiencing the increased costs of producing theater after the 21-month pandemic-closure,” said Executive Director of Trinity Repertory Company, Katie Liberman. “This investment will help maintain our high-quality artistic and educational programming, like Sweeney Todd and Project Discovery, as we work to restore the momentum we were experiencing pre-pandemic.”  

To learn more about the Department of Art, Culture, Tourism please visit providenceri.gov/art-culture-tourism/  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Joyce Tsang of Stone & Star on Self-Care and Setting Intentions for the New Year

Image
Joyce Tsang, the founder of Stone & Star, shares her self-care routine and tells Prestige why 2024 is the year of ceremony, celebration and new rituals. This year is an eight-year in astrology, which is all about abundance and expansion. There’s a shift happening this year that will never happen again in this lifetime and it’s Pluto moving into Aquarius. And if you subscribe to feng shui, all the masters will tell you we’re entering a new 20-year cycle. Either way, it’s almost like a rebirth for everyone. It also fits nicely with the Year of the Wood Dragon too, which is all about building a foundation and growth. This is the Year of Ceremony for me. There’s so much around this word, it could mean a public ceremony, like a marriage, or it could mean an inner ceremony and setting new rituals. The most important thing to remember this year is to treat life as sacred and to celebrate life and to embrace all the joys and magnificent experiences tha...
Read more

'Parrot fever' outbreak in 5 European countries kills 5 people

Image
An outbreak of a respiratory infection that most often affects birds has killed five people in Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns. During 2023 and the start of 2024, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands have reported an "unusual and unexpected increase" in cases of so-called parrot fever, beyond what's been seen in previous years, the WHO said in a statement Tuesday (March 5). In all, the illness has affected almost 90 people, with five deaths reported among them.  Parrot fever, or psittacosis , is caused by a species of bacteria called Chlamydia psittaci (also spelled Chlamydophila psittaci ) . The bacteria can infect many mammals — including dogs, cats and horses — but most often infects birds.  Humans can catch psittacosis by inhaling airborne particles containing C. psittaci , but human-to-human transmission of the disease is very rare , with only a handful of cases ever reported. Instead, most people develop psittacosi...
Read more

Untrained bystanders can administer drone-delivered naloxone, potentially saving lives of opioid overdose victims

An onlooker – even one without prior training – can successfully administer naloxone to an overdose victim within about a minute of a drone delivering the lifesaving opioid reversal agent. That’s the key finding of my team’s newly published study. Naloxone is also known by the name brand Narcan. The study involved 17 participants responding to a simulated overdose . Each simulation included an un trained participant who portrayed a bystander , a box of naloxone deliver ed by drone , a mannequin as the overdose victim , and a panicked observer. The latter added a sense of urgency by continually shouting at the bystander throughout the simulation. Via a video playing on a screen carried by the drone, the bystander received instructions on how to use the naloxone, which is administered as a nasal spray. We timed each participant on how long it took them to correctly give the medication during this crisis moment. Our trial revealed that the average time for someon...
Read more