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Updated 6/7/2022

Brown Arts Institute

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Institution/Business Type: Arts Center

The Brown Arts Institute (BAI) at Brown University seeks to cultivate creative expression and foster an interdisciplinary environment where faculty and students learn from one another and from artists and scholars in a wide range of fields across the campus and around the world. The BAI seeks to build on Brown’s reputation as a destination for arts exploration, contributing to cultural enterprise through the integration of theory, practice, and scholarship with an emphasis on innovation and discovery that results from rigorous artmaking and experimentation.

Find Me

Chira DelSesto (she/her)
Job Title: Director, Programs & Operations
Phone: 401-863-1934
Fax: 401-863-2193
Address:
154 Angell Street
Providence, RI 02912

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Arts Center

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

Brown University

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Arts Center

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural private organization

Parent Organization:

Brown University

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Multi-Disciplinary

Additional Disciplines:

  • Multi-Disciplinary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts Criticism / Journalism
  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Fiscal Sponsorship
  • Funding
  • Residency - Other
  • Film Showings
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Virtual Events
  • Community Arts
  • Exhibitions
Seasons Active: spring, summer, fall, winter
Events Per Year: 100

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • General Public
  • Teens

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • Town / City
  • County
  • State

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are blind, partially sighted, and have low vision
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Accessible website and/or multimedia for people with sensory disabilities