Helping Hands is a community art project based out of North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Community members of all ages, all ethnicities, and all religions, are invited to participate!
This project was launched in January 2023. It was designed to be a continuously evolving project and display that lifts and connects our community. We are so excited to have such a vast & growing collection of art flags! 

 

Upcoming Display Alert!!
The “Helping Hands” Community Art Flag Project will be shown in its entirety for the first time on Saturday, September 14th in celebration of North Kingstown’s 350th Anniversary!
 

4 outdoor sites will host displays of small artworks made by over 300 local children (& a bunch of adults too!) encouraging inclusion and community amongst our neighbors. The small works of art feature drawings, paintings, and collages.

Saturday, September 14th: all around Wickford! All outside! You can just stop by…

1. North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, Post Road.

2. Walking path from the North Kingstown library down to Main Street, Wickford.

3. Reconstruction site at the Wickford parking lot. 

4. Find the TANK tent at the 350th Family Day in Wilson Park.

Recent exhibitions:


Thank you to the many, many people who joined us at Celebrating the Dream on Martin Luther King Day in South Kingstown and in April at We Are ALL Readers diverse children’s literature festival at North Kingstown High School! Our displays &  making tables were a BIG hit and it was a joy to have so many enthusiastic new art flag artists take part.

More displays to come!

Interested in making/submitting art flags?

You or your group are welcome to submit an art flag on your own or submit multiple artworks on behalf of a group. These might be made by a class, religious school, scout troop, etc. Work should be 5”x7” (vertical is preferred). Each art flag will be placed in a plastic sleeve to protect and display it.

Note: Please attach a permission slip on the back of each art flag or include a letter from the director or owner on behalf of the group granting permission and label the name and age of each artist on the back of the art flags.

Email harborcreativearts@gmail.com to submit your work!

Interested in hosting a display of the Helping Hands Community Art Flag Project?! Please contact harborcreativearts@gmail.com – we would love to talk to you! 

History/Coordinators: The launch of this project was coordinated by Harbor Creative Arts in collaboration with and in support of Towards an Anti-Racist North Kingstown, a 501c3 non-profit organization working to make North Kingstown a community that values every resident, and treats all with decency, honor and kindness.