The Providence Phoenix - local listings and news.

http://www.providencephoenix.com

Rhode Island Monthly - Good RI Calendar - Rhode Island based magazine serving residents of and visitors to Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts.

http://www.rimonthly.com/calendar

Lots of Noise - Listings and reviews

http://www.lotsofnoise.com

Rhode Island's Future - About This Blog: An insider's guide to politics and culture in Rhode Island. Reform needs to come to Rhode Island. We need to come together, discuss our common problems - lack of good jobs, affordable health care, failing schools, rising property taxes - and find common solutions. Democracy at its best is when we engage goverment and change it. Let's begin.

http://www.rifuture.org/blog

AmeriCorps*VISTA - For 40 years, AmeriCorps*VISTA has been helping bring communities and individuals out of poverty. Today, nearly 6,000 AmeriCorps*VISTA members serve in hundreds of nonprofit organizations and public agencies throughout the country -- working to fight illiteracy, improve health services, create businesses, increase housing opportunities, or bridge the digital divide.They leave behind lasting solutions to some of our country's toughest problems.

The Steel Yard is proud to be supported by AmeriCorps*VISTA.
http://www.americorps.org

Firehouse 13 - Built as Goodwill Engine Company in 1856 and abandoned in 1951, Firehouse13 is reborn in 2005. An open jury gallery exhibiting work of local, regional, and international artists is the anchor of the facility and encompasses the first floor. The second and third floors contain artist studios and public silk screening facilities. With historic restoration near completion, Firehouse13 proves itself a community leader in Providence's sustained renaissance.

http://www.firehouse13.org

PUENTE - PUENTE's current projects include the redevelopment of 60 Valley Street, the historic Providence Bleaching Dyeing and Calendering Co. Stop by their office at 104 Valley Street or call 454-3570 for more information about our projects and programs. PUENTE's mission is to catalyze economic self-sufficiency and provide opportunities to neighborhoods that are facing gentrification and displacement. Our model is to gain control of distressed commercial and industrial sites and redevelop them into environmentally, economically and socially sustainable community assets.

http://www.puenteprovidence.org/

Art In Ruins - We at ArtInRuins believe that decay is beautiful, but not necessary. Artists live and work in the buildings that the city or developers have often forgotten, and now that Providence is becoming a hip town (or a suburb of Boston) these buildings and the artists, musicians and businesses who lived and worked in them are getting used for purposes that do not contribute to the community in the same way. We are not against new development, we are only opposed to unsustainable or irresponsible development.

http://www.artinruins.com

Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic Studies is an artist collaborative founded on principals of urban sustainability, lost space recovery, experimental public art making, and contemporary psychogeography. In order to create understanding and transformation of the world we must create adventures. Society's emancipation will not be found in the existing structure of the world, but in the cracks and lost spaces. PIPS works to facilitate and create actions and adventures that exercise human potential in new and inventive ways. Our intention is the creation of a better world through community and action.

PIPS can be contacted at pipswork@gmail.com
or
http://www.pipsworks.com

AS220 - AS220's mission is to provide an uncensored and unjuried forum for Rhode Island artists. This means that any artist living in the state of Rhode Island will get an opportunity to perform or exhibit at AS220.

Witness an ever-changing host of programs that provide artists with a context and community for their work.

www.as220.org

Monohasset Mill - The Monohasset Mill Project, LLC is a unique adaptive reuse of an historic mill complex for subsidized and market rate artist live/work condominiums. Developed by four artists who share a commitment to the arts and arts community, this project represents a vision for the city's underused and vacant commercial and industrial buildings. This development also shares in the wider concern that rising real estate prices in Providence and other cities are driving the once rich and vibrant artist communities out of the city. In recognizing this, the MMP seeks to minimize the potential negative effects of gentrification to the existing community

http://www.millproject.org/

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council - In 1998, hundreds of watershed residents joined in the successful effort to have the Woonasquatucket River designated as one of fourteen American Heritage Rivers. This important federal designation honors the historic, cultural, economic and environmental significance of this Rhode Island treasure. Watershed residents, now organized as the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, continue their efforts to revitalize the river and the six communities in the watershed - Gloucester, North Smithfield, Johnston, North Providence and Providence. The Council works closely with local partners businesses, nonprofit organizations, and state and federal agencies to advance local goals. Together we will improve the River and enhance the quality of life for the residents of the Woonasquatucket River Watershed.

All community members and interested parties are invited and strongly encouraged to attend and participate! For some ideas on how to contribute your time and knowledge, try our section on Getting Involved.

http://www.woonasquatucket.org

RISD (RIZ-dee), founded in 1877 in Providence, RI, is a vibrant community of artists and designers that includes 2,200 students from around the world, approximately 350 faculty and curators, and 400 staff members. Each year more than 200 prominent artists, critics, authors and philosophers visit our historic College Hill campus.

http://www.risd.edu

Providence Preservation Society - The Providence Preservation Society was formed in 1956 to respond to the proposed demolition of a number of 18th- and early 19th-century houses on College Hill. The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) has grown from that small neighborhood group to a multi-faceted citywide preservation organization.


http://www.ppsri.org

Glow Lab - New York based group of urban experimenters. These folks have created an amazing clearinghouse for information on the urban experience.

http://glowlab.blogs.com

The Providence Department of Art, Culture & Tourism - "Art holds the power to create a shared cultural language, to connect communities and to transform the urban environment. Our vibrant arts and cultural community is essential to the health and well being of our citizens, and is what guarantees the quality of place that makes our city uniquely Providence. - Mayor David N. Cicilline

The Providence Department of Art, Culture & Tourism ensures the continued development of a vibrant and creative city by integrating arts and culture into community life while showcasing Providence as an international cultural destination.

http://www.providenceri.com

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts - RISCA serves as a catalyst for the advancement, appreciation and promotion of excellence in the arts, by encouraging leadership, participation, and education in the arts for all Rhode Islanders.

http://www.arts.ri.gov

Rhode Island Council for the Humanities - The mission of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH) is to inspire and support intellectual curiosity and imagination in all Rhode Islanders through lifelong learning in the humanities.

http://www.rihumanities.org

Providence Recycle A Bike - Recycle A Bike is an earn-a-bike program located in Providence, RI. Open to young and old, novice and expert, the Recycle A Bike program gives everyone the chance to learn proper bike maintenance skills, and earn a bike for themselves doing so. With winter at an end, RAB will soon be kicking into high gear, so check back here for more details.

http://www.recycleabike.org

Broad Street Studio - is a transitional arts program that employs and engages Rhode Island youth, but focuses specifically on those recently released from the state's Juvenile Detention Facility, the Rhode Island Training School (R.I.T.S.) and those under the wing of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families.

A major goal of the Broad Street Studio is to transition youth from the R.I.T.S. back into the community in order to break the cycle of recidivism, using the arts. The Broad Street Studio focuses on three mediums: Visual Arts, Performance Art, and Literary Art. The Studio also offers young women an educational program which combines these mediums in the Broad Street Sisters. At the heart of each Broad Street Program is the dedication to AS220's core belief that everyone should have an opportunity to develop their creative voice and present it to the world without censorship.

http://www.bss220.org

West Broadway Neighborhood Association - The WBNA organizes neighbors and businesses on the West Side of Providence to preserve and promote our diverse, historic, urban community as a safe, vibrant, and sustainable place to live,work, and play.

http://www.wbna.org

Steve Wood & Public Art Associates - "PAA" is a network of artists, artisans, planners, architects, engineers and teachers who make public art HAPPEN. Founded as a collaboration of fellow artists working on group and community projects in 1991, Public Art Associates acquired LLC status in 1999. We work COLLABORATIVELY to create site-specific, permanent, public art for municipalities, neighborhoods, public schools, private institutions and collections.

http://www.publicartassociates.com

The State Wide Arts Mission - The Statewide Arts Mission (S.A.M.) is a collaboration between the Corporation for National Service and AS220. The initiative is the only AmeriCorps*VISTA project that uses the arts and humanities to reach youth. S.A.M. currently has seventeen VISTAs placed at nine nonprofit organizations. SAM is an AmeriCorps*VISTA project made possible by a collaboration between AS220 and the Corporation for National and Community Service. SAM works with up to 20 VISTAs and 9 to 12 non-profit organizations in Rhode Island at any given time. Our goals are to expand arts opportunities to all youth, and to increase communication and collaboration between agencies in order to obtain these goals.

SAM VISTA members design arts programming, raise funds, recruit volunteers, create community partnerships, and publicize programs for nonprofit organizations throughout the Providence area.

Visit the AmeriCorps website (bellow) to find out more about VISTA, or to apply to become a VISTA.

http://www.as220.org/as220/weblog/access/sam.html?seemore=y

English For Action - English for Action (EFA) creates innovative educational programs that positively impact immigrant neighborhoods. We empower learners and educators to use language as the basis of building stronger communities and bringing about social change.

http://www.englishforaction.org

Everett Dance Theatre - was founded in 1986 and quickly gained national recognition for its theme-based evening length concert works. These original works use dance, theater, and video to explore themes ranging from science to labor to family.

In 1990, Everett incorporated and founded the Carriage House Stage and School. The company transformed an old carriage house, located in the heart of an ethnically diverse neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, into a studio/theater space.

Their mission is to create, perform, teach and build community through the arts.

http://www.everettdancetheatre.org

Perishable Theatre - Perishable Theatre's Mission is to create and produce original groundbreaking, breathtaking works for the theater. Our work is dedicated to innovation in theatrical forms and content. All of our work urges audiences of all ages to challenge assumptions about how we live today.

http://www.perishable.org

The Gamm - presents plays of substance and distinction, acted with excellence and offered to the public in an intimate setting that allows the audience to be immersed fully in the ambiance of the production and the interchange between the actors themselves, and between the actors and the audience. As the cornerstone of the Arts Exchange at the Pawtucket Armory, The Gamm seeks to engage and enrich the community through affordable entertainment and educational programming.

http://www.gammtheatre.org

The Providence Black Repertory Company (Black Rep) - It recognizes the richness of this experience, its capacity to draw diverse individuals together for a common purpose, and its power to share universal stories across communities regardless of race or ethnicity, or background.

http://www.blackrep.org/

Trinity Repertory Company - is firmly rooted in and dedicated to the life of its community. Through its principal aesthetic of great stories, well told, Trinity Rep aspires to the continuous creation of a theater that represents all that is Rhode Island, all that is American, all that is human. With the unique performance style of a resident acting company, Trinity Rep nurtures the development of new work while keeping the classics alive and relevant to the new generation of theater audiences.

http://www.trinityrep.com

Institute for the Study and Practice Of Nonviolence - The mission of the Institute for Study and Practice of Nonviolence is to teach by word and example the principles and practices of nonviolence, and to foster a community that addresses potentially violent situations with nonviolent solutions.

http://www.nonviolenceinstitute.org

Olneyville Housing Corporation - is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, through construction and rehabilitation of housing units for purchase by first-time homebuyers or for rental at affordable rates; various community and economic development initiatives; and collaboration with neighborhood residents and with other organizations.

http://www.olneyville.org

The Pawtucket Armory - was designed by William Walker & Sons and built from 1894 to 1895. It is a 49,000 square foot Romanesque Revival brick castle with green copper crenellated turrets that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Armory was used by the Rhode Island National Guard from 1895 to 1994. In 1998, the State of Rhode Island transferred the Armory to the City of Pawtucket , providing some basic repairs to the structure. The City issued a request for proposals for the use of the Armory in the summer of 2000. The Pawtucket Armory Association (PAA) proposed to purchase the building for one dollar and raise the funds to renovate the Armory, oversee required reconstruction, and manage the restored building as The Arts Exchange, a center for the arts and arts education. The City of Pawtucket selected PAA to redevelop the Armory in 2000. Pawtucket formally transferred the Armory to PAA in December 2002.

http://www.arts-exchange.org

The Providence Public Library - is a private, nonprofit corporation providing public library services to the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island.

We provide access to information and opportunities for learning to the community at-large and other libraries by offering materials, staff support, and centers for meeting.

http://www.provlib.org

The Providence Plan - was founded to achieve six principal goals:

Put people to work
Retain the city's middle class
Make our neighborhoods safe and livable
Prepare today's children for tomorrow's jobs
Provide decent and affordable housing
Increase jobs and tax base in downtown Providence

http://www.provplan.org

The Center for Design & Business - is a joint venture between Bryant University and Rhode Island School of Design. It was established in 1997 to unite the design and business communities for purposes of economic development. The goal of the Center is to develop stronger and more profitable businesses by uniting design and business skills.

http://www.centerdesignbusiness.org

The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce - has been an active voice for the business community in Providence since 1868. The mission of the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is to develop a positive and productive business climate for our community through economic development, political action and civic endeavor. The Chamber is dedicated to helping member-businesses of all sizes grow and prosper in Rhode Island. The Chamber will promote programs of a civic, social and cultural nature, and through its growing membership, provide the leadership, ideas, energy and finances to help address major community challenges.

http://www.providencechamber.com

The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation - is first and foremost a business service organization. Our team of professionals is ready to provide your business with the tools, expert advice and proven partnerships you'll need to flourish in a locally diversified, globally connected economy.

http://www.riedc.com

Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts - seeks to secure a stable and growing base of public and private financial support for the arts to insure access to and participation in the arts for all Rhode Islanders. We are working to organize and educate the Rhode Island Arts Community for the promotion of legislative and financial support for the arts and, thereby, for the benefit of all Rhode Islanders.

http://www.ri4arts.org

Pawtucket Arts Collaborative - is dedicated to supporting, promoting and developing the arts for the community and its artists. We do this by creating awareness, education and involvement through its members.

http://www.pawtucketartscollaborative.org

Seventh Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival - September 2005 Pawtucket, Rhode Island
CALL FOR PROPOSALS / COME AND CELEBRATE: SEEKING ARTISTS, DANCERS & MUSICIANS


http://www.pawtucketartsfestival.org

Lu Heintz, one of the Steel Yard's Blacksmithing instructors, has a website! www.luheintz.net

Check out the work of local sculpture artist and fellow Steel Yarder Gillian Christy. www.gillianchristy.com.