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new partnership between RISCA and The Steel Yard designed to support apprenticeships with master traditional artists in occupational art forms. DEADLINE: OCTOBER 27, 2006. For more information:

Click here for a Microsoft Word copy of the guidelines and application form

Click here for an Adobe Reader (.pdf) copy of the guidelines and application form

RISCA Weblog Information for Folk & Traditional Artists

Benefit Concert: Help Rebuild Russell Spear?s House, June 11th, Courthouse Center for the Arts, West Kingston

Fishel Bresler?s Klezmer Hassidic Trio, June 19th, Rochambeau Public Library, Providence, RI

A French Soiree Contra-Dance at Slater Mill, May 24th!

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Folk Arts

Information on Folk Arts

Some of many folk and traditional artists supported by RISCA

Folk or traditional arts are aesthetic genres that are community-based and are therefore found throughout our state. Because traditional skills are passed along informally from one generation to the next, these artist are part of the fabric of life in Rhode Island. The original inhabitants of the state and the diverse communities that have chosen Rhode Island as their home each offers traditional artists who increase the range of art forms citizens can enjoy, from Narraganasett ceramics and Portuguese lace to Armenian, Cambodian, Irish and Latin music.

Application Deadlines
Folk Arts Apprenticeship guidelines and application forms
Use RISCA online grant application system to apply for grants
- Register to use the system
- Apply for fellowship or project grants
Current List of Grant Recipients
RISCA logos and grant acknowledgement requirements
RISCA final report forms (required of all grant recipients!)