Firstworks Inc Information

FirstWorks is a non-profit based in Providence, Rhode Island whose purpose is to build the cultural, educational and economic vitality of its community by engaging audiences with world-class performing arts and education programs. Over the past 15 years, FirstWorks festivals, performances and programs have attracted more than 500,000 participants. The FirstWorks Arts Learning Program reaches more than 4,500 students from public and charter schools across Rhode Island with transformative, arts-based learning experiences. Hailed as a national model for developing new audiences and featuring in-depth artist residencies, FirstWorks has brought to Rhode Island new works by Yo-Yo Ma, Urban Bush Women, Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet, and Paul Taylor Dance Company, among others. FirstWorks is honored to collaborate with the City of Providence as a founding partner of PVDFest. In this role, FirstWorks curates internationally celebrated artists and astonishing street spectacles to activate the public spaces of Providence and engage the community with spectacular performance experiences. Featured FirstWorks artists at PVDFest have included Angelique Kidjo, Jazz at Lincoln Center and artists from across the globe. Since 2012, FirstWorks and the Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism have been awarded three prestigious "Our Town" grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.