A Conversation with Bert Crenca
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works Podcast
Length: 26:04
Last fall, NEA Arts focused on the interaction of artists and the communities in which they live and work. The article “Young at Art” looks at a few of the programs serving kids in distressed urban neighborhoods in the city of Providence, Rhode Island . Among the programs discussed was AS 220 which gives the arts a place in their community through residential and work studios, galleries, and performance spaces as well as to providing a blend of arts education and supportive services to the city’s at risk youth. Bert Crenca founded AS 220 25 years ago and continues as its Artistic Director.
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Last fall, NEA Arts focused on the interaction of artists and the communities in which they live and work. The article “Young at Art” looks at a few of the programs serving kids in distressed urban neighborhoods in the city of Providence, Rhode Island . Among the programs discussed was AS 220 which gives the arts a place in their community through residential and work studios, galleries, and performance spaces as well as to providing a blend of arts education and supportive services to the city’s at risk youth. Bert Crenca founded AS 220 25 years ago and continues as its Artistic Director.
Transcript
Transcript of conversation with Bert Crenca
The current issue of NEA Arts focuses on the interaction of artists and the communities in which they live and work. The article “Young at Art” looks at a few of the programs serving kids in distressed urban neighborhoods in the city of Providence, Rhode Island . Among the programs discussed was AS 220 which gives the arts a place in their community through residential and work studios, galleries, and performance spaces as well as to providing a blend of arts education and supportive services to the city’s at risk youth. Bert Crenca founded AS 220 25 years ago and continues as its Artistic director. He and I recently had a conversation about AS 220 in general, and its youth programs in particular. Let’s listen:
Jo Reed: Bert Crenca, you are the founder, or one of the founders, of AS220. Can you explain what it is, and how it began?
Ber...
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Interview conducted and edited by Jo Reed
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