Aug. 26, 2026

Be ready for the Sept. 1 grant application deadline

There is still time to get last-minute application assistance for the two grants that are currently open and will close on Sept. 1. See our help-session schedule listed below. RSVP is required.

General Operating Support for Organizations provides multi-year operating support to arts and culture organizations that engage and inspire their community through arts and culture programming. The drop-in hours are:

General Operating Support for Organizations Drop-In Office Hours Tickets, Thurs., Aug. 27 at 11 AM / Eventbrite.
General Operating Support for Organizations Drop-In Office Hours Tickets, Tues., Sept. 1 at 2 PM / Eventbrite.

General Operating Support for Artists program provides grants for three consecutive years to three artists to work toward large, specific, self-identified goals in their art practice. The drop-in hours are:

Grant applications for artists’ studio tours
Now open, rolling deadlines

Applications are now open for grants for artists to conduct open studio tours. The program has rolling deadlines. Artist Open Studio Tour grants support marketing and administration for an 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.

To learn more about RISCA’s grants, click here.

Expanding arts opportunities for R.I. veterans

A shout out to the Providence Clemente Veterans Initiative (PCVI) and Operation Stand Down RI for a $25,000 Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant given to PCVI by the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance. Only 48 organizations nationwide received the grant. See the directory for a complete list of recipients and projects.

The 2026 Creative Forces grant will be used to support the PCVI’s work with veterans using drama, creative writing, storytelling, and the visual arts by partnering with Providence’s Trinity Repertory Co., Providence Athenaeum and RISD Museum. Each year Trinity actors join them for dramatic readings and discussions of plays that reflect on the experience of war and homecoming.