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WE ENVISION A JUST & EQUITABLE WORLD WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN REALIZE THEIR FULL CREATIVE POTENTIAL.

LIVE ARTS & GALLERIES: WE PROVIDE AN UNJURIED, UNCENSORED, ALL AGES FORUM FOR THE ARTS; EVERY ARTIST RESIDING IN RHODE ISLAND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXHIBIT OR PERFORM THEIR ORIGINAL WORK IN OUR VENUES. AS220 PRESENTS AN EXTRAORDINARY RANGE OF ACTIVITIES AND OUR UNJURIED AND UNCENSORED BOOKING POLICY ENSURES THAT A LIMITLESS VARIETY APPEARS ON OUR STAGES AND ON OUR WALLS. LIVE ARTS VENUES INCLUDE THE MAIN STAGE, THE BLACK BOX THEATRE, PSYCHIC READINGS AND THE DANCE STUDIO, AND THESE VENUES HOST LIVE MUSIC, THEATER, DANCE, PERFORMANCE ART, FIGURE DRAWING, POETRY SLAMS, FILM SCREENINGS, LATE NIGHT PROGRAMMING, FASHION SHOWS, WORKSHOPS, FESTIVALS AND MORE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, LIVE ARTS PROGRAMMING WAS SEVERELY REDUCED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)BEGAN OFFERING STREAMING EVENTS WITH HIGH QUALITY VIDEO PRODUCTION TO ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES. LIVE ARTS PRESENTED 60 STREAMING PERFORMANCES, WHICH HAVE BEEN VIEWED OVER 38,000 TIMES BY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.THE AS220 GALLERIES INCLUDE THE MAIN GALLERY, THE PROJECT SPACE, THE READING ROOM, THE RESIDENT GALLERY, THE ABORN GALLERY AND THE WINDOW GALLERY AND FEATURE VISUAL ARTISTS IN VARIOUS MEDIUMS ON A MONTHLY ROTATING SCHEDULE. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, THE GALLERIES STILL CURATED EXHIBITIONS FEATURING 50 VISUAL ARTISTS (INCLUDING 41 FIRST-TIME EXHIBITORS) WITH ATTENDANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 375, MOSTLY BY APPOINTMENT. DURING COVID-19, MANY ARTISTS RESCHEDULED OR CHANGED THEIR SHOWS, WHICH ENABLED THE PROGRAM TO EXPERIMENT WITH CURATED, TIMELY EXHIBITIONS. THIS MODEL IS NOW BEING USED TO SUPPORT ARTISTS AND CURATORS WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WORK, WITH A FOCUS ON PROJECTS THAT: ENGAGE WITH CRITICAL SOCIAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO AND URGENT IN OUR COMMUNITY; PRESENT PROJECTS THAT BRING NEW VOICES TO THE GALLERY AND AS220 COMMUNITY; UPLIFT ARTISTS AT CRITICAL JUNCTIONS IN THEIR CAREER; AND MIGHT BE OUTSIDE THE TRADITIONAL PARAMETERS OF A GALLERY EXHIBITION AND/OR PUSH AGAINST BOUNDARIES OF THE MAINSTREAM.

AS220 YOUTH WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 14-21 IN 5 CREWS: APPAREL, DIGITAL MEDIA, MUSIC, DANCE AND VISUALS. AS220 YOUTH OPERATES OUT OF 3 PRIMARY LOCATIONS: THE DOWNTOWN YOUTH STUDIO IN OUR EMPIRE STREET COMPLEX; NOWELL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY; AND THE RHODE ISLAND TRAINING SCHOOL, THE STATE'S JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, WHERE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OVER 20 YEARS. THIS EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS TAPS INTO AN OFTEN-OVERLOOKED CREATIVE POTENTIAL, OFFERING A POWERFUL ALTERNATIVE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. IN FY2021, AS220 YOUTH RAN PROGRAMMNG VIRTUALLY, INCLUDING THE SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM AND ONGOING PAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH. IN THE SPRING OF 2021, AS220 YOUTH BEGAN TRANSITIONING BACK TO IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING. DESPITE COVID-19 CHALLENGES, AS220 YOUTH SERVED 130 YOUNG PEOPLE IN FY2021 AND INCREASED PAID OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH.

LIVE/WORK: AS220 OWNS AND MANAGES THREE MIXED-USE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 100,000 SQ FT. WE OFFER AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STUDIO SPACE FOR OVER 60 ARTISTS ON THE UPPER FLOORS OF EACH OF OUR THREE DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS, INCLUDING 47 LIVE/WORK STUDIOS AND 8 WORK-ONLY STUDIOS. EACH OF OUR BUILDINGS INCLUDES A MIX OF AFFORDABLE RESIDENCES, ARTIST STUDIOS AND PUBLIC AS220 PROGRAMMING. WE ALSO PROVIDE SPACE FOR THREE OTHER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND HAVE 6 COMMERCIAL TENANTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE LOCAL, ONE-OF-A-KIND BUSINESSES. PERMANENT, AFFORDABLE ARTIST HOUSING HAS BEEN KEY TO TRANSFORMING DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE INTO A VIBRANT PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS. OUR TENANTS ARE ALSO PART OF THE CORE FOUNDATION OF THE AS220 COMMUNITY, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)HAVE ACCESS TO AS220 RESOURCES, AND HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH VOLUNTEER WORK.AS220 IS PROUD TO HAVE SUPPORTED RESIDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC REGARDLESS OF FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO PAY RENT.