Artist Mentor Applications for 2010-11 are now available! Apply today. Download one or, to have an application mailed to you, please contact Sarah Meyer. Application deadline is September 13.

Summer Programs Have Begun. Check out our
Summer Program Menu

Announcing our 2010 Sandra Olson Award Winners! At the annual campaign event on April 15, we announced the winners of the 2010 Sandra Olson Award, given annually to individuals who go above and beyond for New Urban Arts. For more stories from the annual campaign event, check the blog.

New Urban Arts students host our first ever Zine Fair! The Zine Fair, held on April 10, was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who attended, tabled and volunteered.

GOVERNOR PROPOSES DRASTIC CUTS TO STATE ARTS COUNCIL FUNDING! RISCA is not only vital to New Urban Arts' work but the broader and amazing ecosystem here that makes our work and impact possible. Visit RI Citizens for the Arts to learn more.

NEW URBAN ARTS IS A 2009 COMING UP TALLER AWARD WINNER!!!
First Lady Michelle Obama presents New Urban Arts a Coming Up Taller Award in Washington DC! New Urban Arts is nationally recognized as one of 15 youth arts and humanities programs to receive the prestigious 2009 Coming Up Taller Award. An initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Coming Up Taller award is the nation’s highest honor for the field of out-of-school time arts and humanities programs. Read more about it here. Follow live updates today from DC on twitter or on our blog!

Click Here to download the official Press Release.

See New Urban Arts in the Press. Click here.

 

 



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Studio Zine Swap - Sat, August 7; 3-6pm
Self publish a comic or zine and trade it for new zines created by friends. You must copy and collate your zine before the Swap. Bring 40-45 copies ready to distribute. Students and alumni can copy zines at New Urban Arts the first week of August, during Zine Camp. (Open to New Urban Arts students, mentors, fellows, staff, volunteers and alumni.)

Summer Open Studio - Mon-Thurs; 4-7pm
Open enrollment! Drop in anytime! Free for high school students! Open studio runs until August 12.

ONGOING Enroll in our Youth Mentorship in the Arts Program. To learn more and download a Student Registration form, click here.

*All New Urban Arts events are located at our 743 Westminster Street studio in Providence, Rhode Island. These events are free and open to the public.

2009 Coming Up Taller Award Winner

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2010-11 Artist-Mentor Applications are now available!

"Be the Change" paperweight available for purchase. Makes a great holiday gift! Only $35.

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Contact us for information about enrolling, mentoring, collaborating, exhibiting, volunteering, donating, or anything else you would like to do for, with, or at New Urban Arts!

New Urban Arts
743 Westminster Street (map)
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: 401-751-4556
Fax: 401-273-8499
Email: info@newurbanarts.org

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