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Mission and History

Since opening in 2018, LitArts RI has become a centralized hub for the Rhode Island literary community, serving 500+ creatives.

In 2023, as we celebrated the launch of a new literary arts center in the Valley neighborhood of Providence, on the ancestral homelands of the Narragansett Nation, What Cheer Writers Club became LitArts RI to better represent the organization we have become and the community we serve. Read our Land Acknowledgment here.
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LitArts RI supports Rhode Island writers through community events, workshops, and shared creative workspace. Our mission is to build Rhode Island’s arts community by supporting the state’s creative writers and enriching the lives of readers. 
Photo by Brittanny Taylor
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Photo by Cat Laine

An idea that began as 'Coworking for introverts' became a thriving society of more than 300 members... [Lit Arts RI] has galvanized a network of writers and podcasters that was legion, but disparate and unconnected.

John Taraborelli, Providence Monthly

Staff

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Jodie Vinson

Program Director

jodie@litartsri.org

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Susannah Morse

Program Coordinator

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Board

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Cherie Rowe

Adminstrative Fellow

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Anne Holland

Dr. Michelle Cruz

Holly Gaboriault

Ana González

Cynthia Holt

Board Chair

Advisory Committee Members

Frank Maradiaga

LuzJennifer Martinez

Cherie Rowe

Sponsors and Partners

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Founded in 2018, LitArts RI serves as an umbrella organization supporting our state's writing-related nonprofits, as well as providing creative workspace, networking and career support to individual creatives.
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