St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center is currently closed.
We need your help!
Make a tax-deductible donation today.
Dear Friends,
We hope you and your family are all safe and well.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center has closed by order of the Governor of the State of Rhode Island until further notice.
This October, the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center will mark its 20th anniversary. During these 20 years, we have overcome many obstacles and achieved recognition in the community, both locally and nationally, as a historical landmark, destination of travel and tourism, as well as a wedding and special event venue.
Over the last two decades, the Center has cultivated many relationships by helping individuals, non-profits and local businesses connect with each other through the Center.
At this time we are experiencing financial loss due to lack of donations, recent cancellations of fundraisers and postponements of tours, private events and weddings. Even as we postpone events and rentals, this will mean that we may not be able to schedule additional events or rentals for the remainder of the year in order to accommodate the postponements. This will result in additional losses of income for the Center.
We are reaching out to ask you to donate to the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center.
While no longer having to heat the building and with major cost cutting measures in place, we have managed to lower our operating expenses to approximately $3,000 per month during this shut down. Every dollar raised goes directly into the building and not into payroll as we continue to be an organization entirely operated by volunteers.
There is no quick solution during this pandemic. We do not qualify for the federal or state grants and loans that are part of the government's Coronavirus aid. The travel/tourism and wedding industry sectors of the economy will most likely be the last to reopen.
Due to social distancing and for the safety of our volunteers, only our Chairman, Wally Rathbun and Executive Director, Dominique Doiron have expanded their scheduled days at the Center to keep the building safe.
If there was a time the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center left an impression in your heart, a smile on your face or a sound in your ear, we ask you to remember us during this time of need.
We humbly ask you to make a tax-deductible donation today to help us through to when we can begin to open the doors again. Right now our doors are closed but your donation today will help to make sure the doors open again.
Or
Mail a donation to:
St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center
PO Box 79
Woonsocket, RI 02895
Thank you for your support and generosity!
Celebrating Over 100 years of History &
Saving the Faces of Our Past
Saving the Faces of Our Past
Help us to continue preserving the faces of our past
by making a tax deductible donation today.
by making a tax deductible donation today.
The St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center is home to North America's largest collection of fresco paintings. Executed by a small hunchback, the Italian artist Guido Nincheri used members of the community as the models for the 475 faces that adorn the walls and ceilings that complete his masterpiece.
In 2011, Yankee Magazine voted the St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center as "best Attraction" saying "The walls, vaults and ceilings of this former church are covered in frescos beautiful enough to convert an atheist." The magazine then dubbed it "The Sistine Chapel of America."
