Umberto Crenca

Umberto "Bert" Crenca was born in North Providence in 1950, and is best known as the founder of AS220. Before creating and becoming the Artistic Director of AS220, Bert briefly studied at Rhode Island College and worked at Fleet Bank. In 1985, he and two friends established AS220, a local forum and home for the arts that is unjuried and uncensored. Besides running AS220, Bert creates his own visual art, experiments in music, and works with incarcerated youth at the Rhode Island Training School. He continues to serve as the Artistic Director at AS220.