Umberto Crenca is a co-founder of nonprofit community arts organization AS220. He’s also been active as an artist in Providence for decades. WaterFire Arts Center is now showing his series of paintings called “Divine Providence.” Artscape producer James Baumgartner visited the space to talk with Crenca about his work.
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Artists & Performers Struggle In A World Where Everything Is Canceled
On Artscape, we usually talk about arts and cultural events coming up in the next few days. But now, pretty much every event has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. So this week, we talked with a few people involved in the arts about how they are making adjustments.
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‘How Many Bushels Am I Worth?’ Opens At AS220
The play is based on the life of Bena Shklyanoy who left Kiev, Ukraine in 1976, eventually settling in Chicago.
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“Escape From Jollyworld” From AS220 Youth
FUTUREWORLDS 5: Escape From Jollyworld is a multi-media, multi-disciplinary, hip-hop theater event created and performed by AS220 Youth at the Black Box Theater on Empire Street.