Once invisible to the general public, election administrators are at the center of an ongoing public debate about the integrity of our democracy. By the People is a verite film that tells the story of election officials across the state of Rhode Island. Amidst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President, and the deadly […]
Korean Independence Day is celebrated annually on August 15, when the United States and the Allies liberated Korea from 36 years of Japanese colonial rule. Every year, Koreans gather to celebrate this momentous day, much like Americans celebrating their Independence Day on July 4. It's a time to show off national identity and pride. This […]
The Womxn Project Education Fund we've been working behind the scenes for the last two years on a humor-driven video series about civic engagement in our state…, and it premieres live on Zoom & Facebook: Tuesday, August 23rd at 7:00 pm EST! Sign up to join the Zoom (or Facebook Live) for maximum fun, but be reassured […]
Queer & Trans Zinefest (QTZ) is an annual small works festival celebrating the creations of queer, trans, and gender non-conforming artists. This year, we welcome 50 exhibitors from RI and beyond to the The Steel Yard in Providence, RI, on Sunday, September 4, from 11 am–4 pm. Come join us! QTZ is totally free and open […]
One hundred years ago, Empire Street was home to a vibrant Chinatown, with shops, community organizations, subsidized housing, and more. How should we understand their stories, the stories of their descendants, and what it should mean to us today as Asian Americans? A "relational reconstruction" project which seeks to understand what it might have felt […]
Join MAP Director Meg Sullivan for three community autobiographical writing workshops to generate material for our fall musical project! Each workshop will be themed - see more below- and we will seek to answer the question, how do we envision the future? Can we go "back to normal" after the last three years? Do we […]
The Black Press in Rhode Island is a remarkable yet virtually unknown history. In 1857 we find Alexander P. Niger, an accomplished typesetter, in the Providence print shop of A. C. Greene. In 1860, the first African American newspaper, Rev. George W. Hamblin's L'Overture, began publication. In 1906, John Carter Minkins becomes the nation's first […]
View the Exhibit and Attend Dr. J. Stanley Lemons' talk on John Carter Minkins, the first Black editor of a white newspaper. Funded by Rhode Island Council for the Humanities & The Herman H. Rose Media Access Fund Please click the link below to register for this event. This program is supported by a Humanities […]
In April 2020, producer, filmmaker, photographer, and creative Dan Phillips curated a project called the 8 mm film festival, where he gave 20 artists their own 8 mm film camera to document their lives during the beginning stages of the pandemic. Join Dan and his fellow artists as they discover the ins and outs of […]
The My State House exhibition features six design proposals for a State House of the future and a selection of community-made maps of the building and grounds suggesting interventions that would make the State House more welcoming and accessible. The closing program includes remarks by Manuel Cordero, Becci Davis, and Ted Sanderson, and the announcement […]
