{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/ri-receives-115k-to-support-arts-projects-and-community-enrichment", "RI Receives $115K to Support Arts Projects and Community Enrichment", "2016-12-14", "2016", "2016-12", "Democrat", "House", "RI", "Jack Reed", "R000122", "www.reed.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12/14/2016\u00a0\u2014\u00a0PROVIDENCE, RI -- In an effort to support community arts programs and enhance the state\u2019s creative and cultural assets, U.S. Senator Jack Reed today announced that AS220; Alliance of Artists Communities; Downcity Design; Everett: Company Stage and School; New Urban Arts; and Trinity Repertory Company will receive a total of $115,000 in federal grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support various programs relating to arts education, production, and community development.\r\nAS220 will receive $10,000 to support opportunities for artists to connect with underserved populations; Alliance of Artists Communities will receive $35,000 for several professional development programs; DownCity Design will receive $25,000 to support design education throughout Rhode Island; Everett: Company Stage and School will receive $10,000 to support the production of a performance about the justice system and mass incarceration; New Urban Arts will receive $15,000 to support the Youth Mentorship in the Arts program and the Summer Arts Internship program for teens; and Trinity Repertory Company will receive $20,000 to support a production of the Spanish Golden Age drama \u201cFuente Ovejuna\u201d by Lope de Vega.\r\n\u201cThese federal grants will provide new opportunities for cultural enrichment in Rhode Island by strengthening arts education, bringing the arts to underserved populations, and supporting new programs that will help our state further assert itself as a national leader in the arts,\u201d said Senator Reed, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees NEA funding.\r\nThese federal grants form part of the NEA\u2019s first major round of grant funding for fiscal year 2017, in which over $30 million is being provided to non-profits and individuals nationwide through the NEA\u2019s Art Works; Art Works: Creativity Connects; Challenge America; and Creative Writing Fellowships grant programs. \u00a0Grants are being awarded to 48 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and will cross all artistic disciplines while supporting partnerships between the arts and non-arts sectors. \u00a0\r\nNEA grant funding decisions are made through a competitive, merit-based, transparent and rigorous grants process.\u00a0 For more information, visit: http://www.arts.gov.\r\nIn May of this year, Senator Reed helped secure over $1 million for Rhode Island in federal grants from the NEA to help support both new and established art projects, including workshops, free performances, exhibitions, and arts education programs.\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/ri-receives-115k-to-support-arts-projects-and-community-enrichment"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4770437739789486, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}