Our partners are very valuable to the Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island community, providing classes, workshops, performances and special events to a diverse range of audiences. In addition, several of these organizations also provide social advocacy, cultivate cultural preservation and support for individual artists. We are proud to be home to the following organizations:
Partners
Resident Partners
Rhode Island Black Storytellers
Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the awareness, appreciation, and application of Black Storytelling in Rhode Island through performance, educational, and cultural experiences.
RIBS hosts Gumbo Gatherings, a night of food and storytelling every third Wednesday of the month at Southside Cultural Center. In addition, their storytellers perform at SCCRI, and at local, national, and international venues. For more information, contact Valerie Tutson, Executive Director at vtutson@yahoo.com
The Rhode Island Latino Arts was founded in 1988 and today is Rhode Island’s leading nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to the promotion, advancement, development and cultivation of Latino arts, including the art, cultures, histories and heritage of Rhode Island Latinos.
RILA presents networking events, performances, and manages La Galería del Barrio located inside the Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island. For more information, contact Marta Martinez, Executive Director at marta@rilatinoarts.org
Virtual Partners
Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading
The Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading Committee is delighted to continue this beloved community event for its 23rd year.
In 1994, the Founder and Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Center for Arts and Education, Anne Edmonds Clanton participated in a presentation of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." the following year in collaboration with the RISD Museum she designed The Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading as a community celebration of the "Poet Laureate of Harlem's" birthday.
Photo provided by Elizabeth Succart