Rhode Island Arts Council Opens Applications For Grants

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts is accepting applications for several arts and culture grant programs, including a new initiative focused on connecting arts and health.

The agency announced the launch of the Arts and Health Incubator Grant, which will support organizations or artists working on planning, professional development, capacity building, pilot projects or coalition-building tied to health priorities identified in Gov. Dan McKee’s RI 2030 Plan. Those priorities include physical and behavioral health, older adult support and caregiving, health care system strengthening, and equity for underserved communities.

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Grant recipients will take part in a peer learning cohort made up of artists, organizational leaders and health professionals who will meet to share information and evaluation strategies.

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“We are excited to be announcing this new grant program, which supports the work artists and organizations in Rhode Island are doing to improve individual and community health and well-being through the arts,” Todd Trebour, the council’s executive director, said in a statement. “A robust body of research links arts participation to positive health outcomes, demonstrating that the arts can improve the social, emotional, physical, and psychological well-being of individuals while also enhancing social cohesion and belonging, reducing the significant health risks posed by social isolation and loneliness.”

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The deadline to apply for all programs is April 1 at 11:59 p.m.

Council staff will hold information sessions, office hours and application walk-throughs for prospective applicants. Sessions are scheduled for Feb. 10 at noon online; Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. at the Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane; and March 3 at 6 p.m. at the South Providence Library, 441 Prairie Ave.

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Programs open for applications include:

• Project Grants for Organizations
• Project Grants in Education
• Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships
• Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowships
• Arts and Health Grants
• Arts and Health Incubator Grant
• Community Engaged Project Grant
• Make Art Grant

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