National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Awards $160,000 to RI Arts Organizations

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2023, with more than $34 million in funding to support the arts nationwide.

Eight organizations from Rhode Island received grants totaling $160,000.

This is the first of the NEA’s two major grant announcements each fiscal year and includes grants to organizations through the NEA’s Grants for Arts Projects, Challenge America, and Research Awards categories. This announcement also includes grants to individuals for Literature Fellowships in creative writing (poetry) and translation.

Rhode Island – Grant Recipients

• Island Moving Company ($10,000 Newport, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Dance)
• Newport String Project ($10,000 Newport, RI / Challenge America)
• Alliance of Artists Communities (aka Artist Communities Alliance) ($30,000 Providence, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Artist Communities)
• DownCity Design ($35,000 Providence, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Design)
• New Urban Arts ($15,000 Providence, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Arts Education)
• Rhode Island School of Design ($40,000 Providence, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Museums)
• Spectrum Theatre Ensemble ($10,000 Providence, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Theater)
• Woonasquatucket Valley Community Build, Inc. (aka the Steel Yard) ($10,000 Providence, RI / Grants for Arts Projects – Artist Communities)