2002 Grant Awards: State Listings

Access/Arts Learning/Arts on Radio & Television/ Challenge America Access/ Heritage-Preservation/ Leadership Initiatives/Partnership Agreements

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

RHODE ISLAND

Brown University (consortium)
Providence, RI
$100,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the Arts/Literacy Project. The project will provide a year-round professional development program for teachers and artists linking performing arts and literacy skills. Consortium partner is the Providence Black Repertory Company.

Duncan Avenue Arts Collaborative
Providence, RI
$20,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support young artist mentorships. In this project, designed to create a formal training and development program for young artists, Everett Dance Theatre members will mentor youth in after-school arts programs at Everett's Carriage House Stage and School.

Perishable Theater
Providence, RI
$15,000
CATEGORY: Access FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Theater
To support the Shows for Young Audiences touring program, which provides access to touring productions of original musicals to K-8 schools, libraries and community centers in Rhode Island. The program includes a Web-based component and a residency project with an arts magnet school in Providence.

Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
$50,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the design and development of The Knowing Eye. This new initiative will provide interactive learning spaces and incorporate directed looking of the museum's permanent collection through supplemental educational materials.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$25,000
CATEGORY: Leadership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: Folk & Traditional Arts
To support the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program and other related costs. The program fosters the sharing and passing on of traditional skills within cultural communities.

Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Providence, RI
$584,300
CATEGORY: Partnership FIELD/DISCIPLINE: State & Regional
To support Partnership Agreement activities.

Trinity Repertory Company (consortium)
Providence, RI
$35,000
CATEGORY: Arts Learning
To support the expansion of the Trinity Summer Shakespeare Project. This outreach program provides free tours of Shakespearean productions to outdoor venues throughout southern New England during the summer. Consortium member is the Veterans Memorial Auditorium Foundation.

Total Dollars Awarded: $829,300
Total Grants Awarded: 7

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