EP Arts Council

Meet new member Vera Gierke! 🤩 "I love taking one form of printed material and converting it into an entirely new image. Something catches my eye, a scene, an image, a photo, and I begin to transform it in my mind into a collage. #ArtforEveryPlace #artforEveryPerson

Meet new EPAC member Roberta Lamb! 🤩 A native Texan, Roberta is based out of RI, & can be found performing at cafes, bars, farmers mkts & wherever artists share their voices in New England, NY, Israel, the UK & Germany. Find her on Spotify, Apple Music, AmazonMusic, & Bandcamp.

The Looff is back in 2021! 🤩🥳 👉IMPORTANT: Limited spaces available due to possibility of COVID restrictions. Artists taken on first come, first served basis. Get those applications! Access the application here: eastprovidencearts.org/the-looff-east… #theLooff #EastProvidenceArtsCouncil

We're celebrating Black History Month. ❤ Our members shared their favorite African American artists & how they influenced and impacted their life & work. EPAC member Sandra Desano favorite African American storyteller and poet, Daisy Turner. ❤🌼 #BlackHistoryMonth #ArtforEP

Throughout February, we're celebrating Black History Month.❤ Our members will share their favorite African American artists, creators, & makers. We're kicking off with EPAC member Sue Dussault-Eddins' favorite African American artist, #jeanmichelbasquiat. #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

@bhenriesri Thank you for everything you do and will do for EP! :)

Congratulations! Happy to see the arts supported!

@risca1967 just announced their grant awards and the Looff was a grantee!💙Thank you RISCA,@GovRaimondo, @LGDanMcKee, @RISpeaker, @senatorruggerio, @GreggAmore1, @repkazarian, @Val_Lawson, @Cynthia_Mendes_ , & @bhenriesri. #riarts #artistheanchor #RISCAgrantee #ArtforEP

Welcome Abigail Worden to the East Providence Arts Council! ❤️ Abigail is a senior at East Providence High School. In 2018, Abigail won the DC Congressional Art Competition and had her work on display in Washington, D.C.

Welcome to EPAC Cindy!🥳 Cindy's an intuitive painter and collage artist; she approaches each canvas as a blank slate, applies layers of media & color in a spontaneous, intuitive way. She loves abstract painting--it's transformative, tells a story, and opens up new worlds.

EP is looking for 1-3 public sculptures to line the East Bay Bike Path in Riverside Square. 👉If you are a sculptor, or know of someone who is, share this call for artists with them. 🤩 The link to all of the info: eastprovidence.com/news/?FeedID=2…

Welcome new EPAC artist member Susan Dussault-Eddins. 😍 To see more of Susan's work, visit her FB page: facebook.com/ArtofSDE

October is Arts & Humanities month in RI. Author Alison O'Donnell about how the arts have helped her create hope: “The arts have helped me cope by giving me the time to sit back and reflect, then write, in a way I never have before.❤️ #ShowYourArt2020 #artscreatehope #risca

This October we'll be showcasing our artist members and sharing how they find hope through their art. ⚓️EPAC artist John Hunter Housley finds hope in "the interplay of color and texture," & the shared experience of "getting through this together."#ShowYourArt2020 #artscreatehope

Our scholarship program is now open and accepting applications. 😍 This is a merit-based scholarship for emerging artists. Customized, private art instruction conducted by Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon of the HeARTspot Art Center & Gallery. For more info: eastprovidencearts.org/scholarships/

October is Arts & Humanities month. 😍 RISCA asked RI artists to share how the Arts & Humanities have helped them create hope during the pandemic. EPAC will be sharing stories of hope from our artist members throughout the month.❤️ #ShowYourArt2020 #artscreatehope #RISCA

We're keeping our promise to "connect artists to the resources they need to succeed," even during a pandemic. ❤️ Next week, we'll be posting about our new EPAC scholarships! Stay tuned!🤩

12 artists 14 food businesses 1 amazing community😍 We put this promo together to bring attention & revenue to our artists & eateries; joy in a time that feels anxious & sometimes ugly. Thank you City of EP for sharing the costs so that we could keep these packages affordable.

Get this beautiful package for $125.🤩 You get: 1- original painting by Melissa Linhares Spurr, 2- $25 gift card to Cafe Zara, ☕️ 3- pound of Borealis coffee, ☕️ 4- 4 custard tarts from Taunton Ave Bakery,🍮 and more! Here's the link to buy this package: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr…

Get this beautiful package for $250. 🤩 You get: 1- an original painting by Sandra DeSano, 2- a $25 gift card to Fuse & Spark, 🍔 3- pound of Borealis coffee, ☕️ 4- 2 cinnamon buns from Scialo's Riverside, and more! Here's the link to buy this package: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr…

Get this beautiful package for just $75. 🤩 1- painting by Cathren Housley, 2- a $25 gift certificate to Fork'n Sammich, 🥪 3- pound of Borealis coffee, ☕️ 4- 2 cinnamon buns from Scialo's, and more! Here's the link to buy this package: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr…