RiverzEdge Arts Project

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Established 2002
68 So. Main Street
Woonsocket, RI 02895
Phone: 401.767.2100
Fax: 401.767.2102
Website: www.riverzedgearts.org
Email: info@riverzedgearts.org

Girl working on a painting.RiverzEdge Arts Project is a youth development program giving educationally and economically disenfranchised youth (ages 12-24) in northern Rhode Island paid employment in the arts and a voice in their community. Based in Woonsocket, one of RI's poorest cities, RiverzEdge engages teens in a lifestyle of creative expression, disciplined effort, and economic self-reliance.

Fundraising & Administrative Percentage
 18%

RiverzEdge is both a not-for-profit organization and a social enterprise. Through real-world work running 3 micro businesses, DesignWorks, ScreenWorks and the Mobile Studio, RiverzEdge provides teens a leg up and out of poverty. Teen participants receive daily arts instruction and practice creating their own works of art and work for clients. To participate and get paid for their work, participants must keep their grades up, be on the path to high school graduation and apply to college. 100% of our youth get accepted to colleges and art schools around the country and most of them attend.

Woman in front of a map.

Mentoring Youth

Laurencia mentorProfessional artist and designers mentor youth as they learn to create products, prepare proposals, negotiate with clients and produce commissioned work. These young designers are participating in a design charette for the City of Woonsocket in conjunction with the firm hired to produce a plan to reconnect the City to the Blackstone River. Their ideas were incorporated into the final product.