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Opportunity Grants is sponsored by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. Funds professional growth opportunities for artists in all disciplines, including projects in literacy, SEL, or youth arts programs.
Official opportunity description and requirements excerpt:
Official State of Rhode Island website Change the visual color theme between light or dark modes Adjust the font size from the system default to a larger size Adjust the space between lines of text from the system default to a larger size Adjust the space between words from the system default to a larger size Rhode Island Film & TV Office Frequently Asked Questions Arts and Cultural Sustainability Rhode Island Film & TV Office Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill Gallery at the State Health Laboratories Public Art Collection/Gallery Exhibitions Visit Applicant Resources for helpful information. Arts and Health Grants supports arts and cultural projects or artist in residence programs that contribute to overall health and well-being for individuals and communities. New for this fiscal year, this program will fund organizations, which design and implement arts-based projects that strengthen social connections and sense of belonging. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Arts and Health Incubator Grants , a one-time program, will fund organizations or artists for planning, professional development, capacity building, pilot projects, or coalition building that use the arts to address one of the Creating a Healthier Rhode Island priorities in the RI 2030 Health Plan: physical health and well-being, behavioral health, older adults and caregiving, healthcare system strengthening, and/or equity for underserved communities. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships are designed to foster sharing of traditional (folk) artistic skills between a mentor and an apprentice. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April. 1. Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowships support individual folk artists who demonstrate the highest level of skill and accomplishments in their craft. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Community Engaged Project Grants offer funding for artists or groups of artists to create arts and culture projects that are directly and actively engaged audiences. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Make Art Grants program funding is for artists or groups of artists to create or continue specific artwork in any discipline. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Project Grants in Education provide support to schools, non-profit organizations, arts educators and teaching artists. Recipients engage students in rich and meaningful artistic experiences in dedicated learning environments. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Project Grants for Organizations provide grants to support of arts and culture projects that are relevant and meaningful to Rhode Island communities. Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1. Big Yellow School Bus provides grants of up to $500 to support arts learning in the school. To qualify for this funding, schools must
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Official State of Rhode Island website Change the visual color theme between light or dark modes Adjust the font size from the system default to a larger size Adjust the space between lines of text from the system default to a larger size Adjust the space between words from the system default to a larger size Rhode Island Film & TV Office Frequently Asked Questions Arts and Cultural Sustainability Rhode Island Film & TV Office Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill Gallery at the State Health Laboratories Public Art Collection/Gallery Exhibitions Visit Applicant Resources for helpful information.
Arts and Health Grants supports arts and cultural projects or artist in residence programs that contribute to overall health and well-being for individuals and communities. New for this fiscal year, this program will fund organizations, which design and implement arts-based projects that strengthen social connections and sense of belonging. Opens: Feb.
1. Deadline: April 1.
Arts and Health Incubator Grants , a one-time program, will fund organizations or artists for planning, professional development, capacity building, pilot projects, or coalition building that use the arts to address one of the Creating a Healthier Rhode Island priorities in the RI 2030 Health Plan: physical health and well-being, behavioral health, older adults and caregiving, healthcare system strengthening, and/or equity for underserved communities.
Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1.
Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships are designed to foster sharing of traditional (folk) artistic skills between a mentor and an apprentice. Opens: Feb. 1.
Deadline: April. 1. Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowships support individual folk artists who demonstrate the highest level of skill and accomplishments in their craft.
Opens: Feb. 1. Deadline: April 1.
Community Engaged Project Grants offer funding for artists or groups of artists to create arts and culture projects that are directly and actively engaged audiences. Opens: Feb. 1.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Rhode Island residents aged 18+ in all career stages and disciplines. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $1,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Application snapshot: target deadline rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows; published funding information Up to $1,000; eligibility guidance Rhode Island residents aged 18+ in all career stages and disciplines.
Use the official notice and source links for final requirements, attachment checklists, allowable costs, and submission instructions before applying.
Deadline: April 1. Make Art Grants program funding is for artists or groups of artists to create or continue specific artwork in any discipline. Opens: Feb.
1. Deadline: April 1. Project Grants in Education provide support to schools, non-profit organizations, arts educators and teaching artists.
Recipients engage students in rich and meaningful artistic experiences in dedicated learning environments. Opens: Feb. 1.
Deadline: April 1. Project Grants for Organizations provide grants to support of arts and culture projects that are relevant and meaningful to Rhode Island communities. Opens: Feb.
1. Deadline: April 1. Big Yellow School Bus provides grants of up to $500 to support arts learning in the school.
To qualify for this funding, schools must plan an in-person arts and culture field trip with an arts and culture organization in Rhode Island. Grants for the 2025-26 school year open Sept. 1 with a rolling deadline.
The grant will remain open until April 15 or when all funds are awarded. General Operating Support for Organizations provide multi-year operating support to arts and culture organizations that meaningfully engage and inspire their community through arts and culture programming. The program will move to a deadline of once every three years.
It will open for applications on July 1 with a Sept. 1 deadline. After Sept.
1, the next deadline will be Sept. 1, 2029, with applications opening on July 1, 2029. Opens: July 1.
Deadline: Sept. 1. General Operating Support for Artists program provides grants for three consecutive years for three artists to work toward large, specific, self-identified goals in their art practice.
Opens: July. 1. Deadline: Sept.
1. Past Grants and Currently Paused Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program is supported by a collaboration with Rhode Island Foundation, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, the Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program. The program offers three years of funding and organizational assistance to community-based, arts and cultural organizations.
Artist Open Studio Tour grants provide support for marketing and administration of artist-initiated open studio tour. The studio tour must consist of multiple artists within one studio building or several nearby buildings and be open to the public. Rolling Deadlines.
Re-opens August 2026. The State Cultural Facilities Grant Program promotes careful planning for capital improvement, preservation, renovation, and new construction projects for public and nonprofit artistic, performance centers, museums and cultural art centers located around the state. Through its matching requirements, the program stimulates broader support and participation in cultural facility projects statewide.
Applications open Aug. 1. Rules and Regulations for Cultural Facilities Grant Program (665-RICR-20-00-1) - Rhode Island Department of State .
2026 State Cultural Facilities Grantees Past State Cultural Facilities Grantees listing . State Poet of Rhode Island is appointed by the Governor and serves as an advocate for poetry. The Poet Laureate also promotes the appreciation and participation in poetry and literary arts activities among the state’s residents.
The position of State Poet of Rhode Island was established by the legislature in 1987. The term is for 5 years. Currently closed; the next deadline will be in 2030.
Build the Future Grants, administered by RISCA's Arts Education and Arts Organizations programs, is a pandemic recovery grant program that will provide between $10,000 and $40,000 in support of existing workforce development programs for arts and culture organizations, culturally specific organizations or secondary schools in Rhode Island.
The grantees provide career and technical training to a cohort of individuals over the age of 14 to prepare them for career entry, career advancement or postsecondary education. Currently closed. Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (Humanities Council) and Rhode Island State Council for the Arts (RISCA) created the R.
I. Culture, Humanities and Arts Recovery Grants (RI CHARG) as a joint program to grant general operating support to Rhode Island cultural, humanities and arts nonprofits. The primary purpose of this grant opportunity is to support eligible nonprofits to preventing, prepare, respond, and recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
The funding was provided to the Humanities Council by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and to RISCA by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of the federal American Rescue Plan Act. Currently closed.
Euna Grant Application Portal Project Grants in Education Project Grants for Organizations Folk and Traditional Artists Arts and Health Incubator Grant 2026 State Cultural Facilities Program Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) One Capitol Hill, 3rd Floor Hours: 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Mon-Fri. RI. gov.
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