Mayor David N. Cicilline and the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism are pleased to announce that the City of Providence has been selected by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, to be one of 100 communities that will participate in the inaugural Local Arts Index. These local arts agencies will be part of an 18-month research initiative that serves as a complement to the National Arts Index. The findings from the Local Arts Index will be reported in Fall 2011.
Randy Cohen, Vice President of Local Arts Advancement for Americans for
the Arts, is in Providence today for the announcement. Cohen will speak at The Hotel Providence at 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
March 10-11, 2010 | The Biltmore Hotel, Providence, RI
New
England is at the
forefront of the creative community movement. In a period of economic
uncertainty, many individual communities are achieving success by tapping into
one of their greatest natural resources - the
creative sector.
Is
your community thinking about the creative economy?
How
can a regional network of creative communities help strengthen your work?
The City of Providence and the New England Foundation for the Arts invite New
England's creative
sector to highlight projects and talk about how cities,
towns, and regions can leverage these activities to enhance their communities. This conference is
targeted at those working on creative sector development in their city, town,
or region - arts administrators, artists, government officials, business and
civic leaders, students, and funders.
Hotel rooms available at special conference
rate of $139/night if booked before February 14, 2010.Details about registration will be posted soon.
For more information call Stephanie Fortunato, 401-421-2489 x456 or sfortunato [at] providenceri.com.
Creativity
matters in all aspects of society. If you want to reconnect with your
inherent creativity and explore new ways of expressing it, don't miss this
series, which will be held at 2 p.m. on the second Sunday of each month at
The Silo at Hunt Hill Farm in New Milford, Connecticut. The series will
cover topics about creativity in all forms (including, but not limited to,
arts) -- creative thinking, creative communities, creativity
and education, creativity in organizations, creative persons, the creative
process, creative aging, creativity and movement, creativity
and spirituality, and more. In the first session on January 10, come and
explore the general topic of "what is creativity?" -- plus, who has it,
and how one can tap into more creativity both ersonally and
professionally. Steven Dahlberg,
who will host the series, also will lead
the kick-off session in January. Dahlberg is the
head of the International
Centre for Creativity and Imagination and teaches "Creativity +
Social Change" at the University of Connecticut.
The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism received $30,000
from the Rhode Island Foundation to undertake a feasibility study of the Greater Providence Cultural Authority.Establishing a Cultural
Authority is one of the key recommendations called for by the community. The
goal is to centralize, strengthen, and coordinate downtown
cultural activities.
The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism is now accepting
proposals to facilitate exploratory research leading to the establishment of a
Greater Providence Cultural Authority. The deadline to submit proposals is
December 1, 2009 at noon, 12:00 p.m. EST.Download the RFP
Five local artists were selected to represent the 2009
series of the BUY ART Providence buttons now available to the public on
November 19, 2009 at all BUY ART venues and viewable online.
The open call for art received over 80 local artist submissions. Jenine
Bressner (glasswork), Jungil Hong (print making), Seung-Hea Lee (metalsmith
jewelry), Angel Luis Quinonez (painting) and Susan Starkweather (drawing) were
chosen by a jury to represent the 2009 BUY ART Providence buttons.
Mayor David N. Cicilline's BUY ART Providence highlights the
sale of locally produced original art and art experiences in Providence, RI.
The program works to collectively promote galleries, individual artists, art
retailers, museums and performing arts venues throughout the city by providing
limited edition I BUY ART buttons as a creative thank you to each person
purchasing art from a BUY ART Providence
participant. The program's web site serves as an online "one-stop
shop," unifying the city's art sellers under one roof so consumers can
click through to view and purchase art created or sold in Providence.
Creative Providence Cultural Assessment Findings Report (
Art New England Dec 09 -Jan 10
