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Advocate, promote and develop leaders through the Arts
The Puerto Rican Institute for the Arts and Advocacy, Inc. (PRIAA) is a non-profit organization founded in October 1994 by Puerto Rican artist Lydia Pérez, an internationally renowned performance and folklore artist, dedicated to promoting and facilitate citizenship and cultural awareness of Puerto Rico through the music and the arts. On October 30, 2021, PRIAA opened its Cultural Heritage Center in Pawtucket to continue internships and promotion in our collaborative space.
Sponsored by:
ArtsHERE is an initiative of the National Endowment for
the Arts in partnership with South Arts and in
collaboration with the other five U.S. Regional Arts
Organizations.
Pawtucket City Hall, Mayor Donald Grabien
CARIBBEAN ISLAND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
is being supported, in part, by federal award number SLFRP4014 awarded to Puerto Rican Institute for Arts and Advocacy by the U.S. Department of the Treasury
The Cultural Heritage Center is funded in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly, a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and private funders.
Individual program are funding by:
Dr. Rodriguez Family Funds
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