PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Dozens of arts, culture, heritage and historic sites across Rhode Island are getting almost $3.5 million in help from the state government for renovation, repair and program expansion projects, officials say.
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts is providing about $2.3 million from and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission is adding another $1.2 million, the agencies and the administration of Gov. Dan McKee announced this week.
“Rhode Island is rich in history, arts and culture, which play a significant role in our economy in every city and town,” McKee said in a statement. “Through this funding, our state will continue to be a leader nationally in historic preservation, and arts and culture.”
The 42 grant recipients include Teatro ECAS, Rhode Island’s only Spanish-language theatre, which is getting a roughly $200,000 grant to renovate a new performance space in the Valley Arts District of Providence; Historic New England, which will use a $69,000 grant to replace the roof and gutter system of the circa 1796 barn at Watson Farm in Jamestown; and the Tomaquag Museum in Exeter, which will use a $250,000 grant to build a new campus in a partnership with the University of Rhode Island.
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