Exhibition Dates: October 5, 2018 - June 30, 2019 A humble act first born of necessity, repair is an expression of resistance to the unmaking of our world and the environment. Repair and Design Futures is a multidisciplinary exhibition and programming series that investigates mending as material intervention, metaphor, and as a call to action. […]
January 10 – April 30, 2019 The exhibit showcases the rich history of art and science in Providence and provokes you to consider the consequences of environmental change on local biodiversity. Premiering original watercolors of plants by Edward Peckham together with matching specimens from the Brown University Herbarium, collected by William Bailey and others, explore […]
The Major Grant Program, for requests over $2,000, invites nonprofit organizations and schools to apply for funding in support of public projects, documentary films, and civic education initiatives beginning after April 1, 2018. MAJOR GRANT DEADLINES Register your Intent to Apply: October 1 – November 1, 2018 Submit Draft for Staff Review (optional): December 1, 2018 Final […]
Lincoln School is proud to present a screening of the critically acclaimed movie The Hate U Give, based on the lauded book of the same name. Free and open to the public, the screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Rhode Island leaders to explore and reflect on the themes and messages of the film. Panelists […]
This much anticipated and highly visible event is the flagship of Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) program and reaches a statewide audiences of thousands. Each January for the week of the Martin Luther King Holiday, RIBS tellers, local artists and invited national and international guests bring the best of Black Storytelling to Rhode Island and […]
The John Carter Brown Library invites you to its annual Sonia Galletti Memorial lecture by Coll Thrush, Professor of History at the University of British Columbia. Urban and Indigenous histories have usually been treated as though they are mutually exclusive. Coll Thrush’s work, however, has argued that the two kinds of history are in fact […]
The Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 invites individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, civic education initiatives, and individual research. MINI GRANT DEADLINES November 1, 2018 February 1, 2019 May 1, 2019 August 1, 2019 All materials must be submitted to […]
Providence is a city of hidden histories, some lying beneath the ground waiting to be unearthed and others tucked away in overlooked buildings and backstreets. Join Brown and RISD students as they share a diverse range of stories from Providence's past that they have uncovered through archaeological excavations, archival research, and collecting local memories and […]