New Urban Arts (NUA) is a nationally recognized community art studio for young people and emerging artists in Providence, RI. Their mission is to serve as a welcoming community of high school students and adult mentors sharing space, skills, and resources to inspire creative expression.  

Most recently the Foundation funding has supported their Summer Art Inquiry Program, which is a four-week program that supports students’ deeper artistic expressions connected to a concern or theme brought up during the school year. Students collaborate with artist mentors and visiting artists on a range of projects. The program’s themes are explored through dialogue, artmaking, research, writing, reflective activities, and field trips outside the studio. Students also design and facilitate public workshops around Inquiry themes for the community.

 The support for NUA is managed by Holly Ewald.