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By MARTINA WINDELS -- Currently on view at the RISD Museum of Art is a 40 year retrospective of drawings by artist Pat Steir.  Mostly known for her large paintings, this exhibition, titled "Drawing out of line" focuses on Steir's drawings.

On this month's edition of Rhode Island Artscape, we hear readings and an interview with the Rhode Island Black Storytellers.

There are working artists, and then there are artists who work so they can create their art. You will find them everywhere, especially in Providence. Our special Arts Correspondent Marina Windels introduces us to one of them: C.W. Roelle.

Natural disasters are not usually seen as subjects for the musical stage. But, then, there was "Titanic" on Broadway and in film. Now being worked on in New York, there's another idea for an improbable production. But it is centered in Rhode Island. Bill Gale has the story

As part of our One Square Mile: Focus on Newport reporting series, Bob Seay spends some time with Newport gallery owner William Vareika.

Vareika has a story to tell about John LaFarge, the multi-talented and influential artist based in Newport in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Take a look at some of LaFarge's stained glass.

Images courtesy of William Vareika Fine Arts

The theater can be a very tenuous proposition.  That's why it's notable when an acting troupe lasts for 25 years.  Now in Pawtucket, the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre has done just that.  Bill Gale has a look at the past and present of a Rhode Island theatrical winner.

Providence is known internationally as a center for glass art, thanks to Dale Chihuly, renowned as the most inventive glass sculptor in the history of the medium - and the program he created at Rhode Island School of Design in the 1970's. Many graduates have gone on to distinguish themselves in the art world, often working with glass in ways much different than those of the renowned Chihuly. One of them is Daniel Clayman, who works out of a 12,000 square foot factory building in East Providence.

On this month's edition of Rhode Island Artscape, we profile a local artist who recovered a treasured diary lost in the nineteen eighties and turned it into a uniquely personal piece of art. Correspondent David Golann has the story.

For this month's Rhode Island Artscape we turn to a major artists who had emerged from the city of Central Falls.  Anyone who has seen the film doubt can not forget about the riveting performance of Viola Davis.  WRNI's Bob Seay visits Viola's sister, Deloris Grant, who teaches acting at Central Falls Highschool.