User:JKizzieHumanities/Robert Rizzo

Robert "Bob" Rizzo is an artist, arts and culture administrator, and a major catalyst in the Rhode Island underground arts scene. His work fostered the beginnings of major Rhode Island arts institutions AS220 and WaterFire.

Rizzo was the former cultural affairs officer for the Providence, Rhode Island Parks Department. In 1988, he developed the Covergence International Arts festival at Roger Williams Park; Convergence was the first host of the internationally renowned art-event WaterFire.

His work has been exhibited at Newport Art Museum, Warwick Art Museum, Rhode Island School of Design, Mobius Artists Group, and the New England Arts Biennial.