RIFF ARTS INSTITUTE

The RIFF Arts Institute (RAI) is a community partner of the festival. It is a non-profit organization opened in 2018 as a result of the festival’s programming and a demand for project development and educational initiatives year-round. RAI’s focus is on industry level artist fellowships for film, writing and music along with film development, artist and project grants, apprenticeships, and artist in residency programs for the arts and business leadership.

RAI is the Signature Co-Presenting Sponsor of the FLOW Collective Series at RIFF each year, plus supports a wide variety of educational programming for youth in an effort to assist in early artist development and critical thinking. In a combined effort between RIFF and RAI, the Institute’s programming places an extensive focus on workforce development and being a platform for collaboration and growing the film and music industries across the Commonwealth of Virginia.

For more information on RAI , visit the Institute website at www.riffartsinstitute.org

GRANT APPLICATIONS

Artist Grants: Applications have closed for the COVID-19 Artist Grants. For more information on future grants for artists or those impacted due to the pandemic, you may visit the Institute’s website to learn more. Grants generally range from $100-$500. Please see the Fellowship page here to apply to be considered for funding. Grants are open to all artists including film, music, writing, visual and performing artists. The initial Central Virginia COVID-19 Response Fund was made possible by the Community Foundation for a greater Richmond and RAI’s essential work efforts in response to the coronavirus outbreak in the Richmond community.