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VSA Arts of Rhode
Island Provides an Artist Roster that lists 57 men and women from
artistic disciplines including dance and creative movement, music,
theater, visual arts and art and expressive therapy who have extensive
experience working with children and/or adults with disabilities.
The Rhode Island State Council on
the Arts (RISCA). Provides an on line data
base that you can sort by discipline or location, by the name of
the artist or group, or by a key word that might appear in a
description an artist has provided. The directory includes clowns,
jugglers, magicians, puppeteers, story tellers as well as festivals,
galleries, museums, and concerts. Find
>an artist by medium such as ceramics, clay, dance, glass, jewelry,
literature, metal or sculpture. Want to know what's going on in the
Arts in Rhode Island? Visit RISCA's
on line web blog where you'll find hundreds of listings by artists and art programs.
All Children's Theatre (ACT).
ACT is committed to offering fun, quality theatre education in a
supportive and inclusive environment which stresses building teamwork
and self-esteem. All children are welcome to join in the ACTion, and
learn to take pride in their own strengths while celebrating one
another's differences. Kaleidoscope
Theatre. Produces plays like Beauty & the Beast at Robert's Hall
Auditorium, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI. Kaleidoscope also
offers a variety of school touring productions that deal with difficult
issues including acceptance, peer pressure and drug abuse.
Atwater-Donnelly.
Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly present captivating programs of
traditional American folk music performed on the guitar, Appalachian
mountain dulcimer, Irish tin whistle, old-time banjo, mandolin,
harmonica, percussion, and other surprises. Both have extensive
experience working with children and adults with physical and mental
disabilities. They have presented music and dance programs in schools,
hospitals, community centers, nursing homes and festivals for nearly
twenty years.
The Toe Jam Puppet
Band. Offers a special brand of interactive children's
entertainment that grown-ups can actually enjoy. Performing more than
250 shows annually, their lively show is performed regularly at venues
around Rhode Island.
Magician Lon Cerel. Looking
to entertain a group that ranges from toddlers to grandparents? Lon
Cerel's FAMILY MagicPallooza is just that show. With a little something
for everyone, Lon draws from his 25 years of experience, combining just
the right blend of comedy, magic, balloon sculpture and tons of
audience participation! Cerel has specialized shows for church groups,
festivals, conventions, trade shows, recognition dinners, schools, and
even birthday parties.
Courthouse Center for the
Arts. A multidisciplinary community arts center located just West
of the University of Rhode Island.
Ask Olga! A one
woman comedy routine combined with a mental health lecture for Middle
school grades. Diane's outrageous character, Olga, delivers
autobiographical and often healing stories through the voices of
children's letters on topical issues such as being labeled, body image,
fashion, diet, exclusion, violence in entertainment and expressing
feelings.
The
Pawtucket Arts Festival takes place for three remarkable weeks in
the fall each year. Offers a citywide showcase of visual and performing
arts, interactive workshops, music, theater, and dance
performances. Blackstone
River Theatre. A nonprofit cultural arts center across from the old
Ann & Hope Mill on Broad Street in Cumberland that brings the best in
national, international, regional and local music to its stage,
emphasizing the folk music traditions of those groups that settled in
the Blackstone River Valley. |
