Ruth Davis Associates

Thinc Design

Public relations for this international, award-winning exhibition design studio, resulting in worldwide and national media coverage.

Thinc Design is an international award-winning museum and exhibition design firm based in NYC. For nearly 20-years, Ruth has promoted all of Thinc’s projects, including: the Ocean Pavilion, Seattle Aquarium; the reimagining of The Empire State Building Observatory Experience; the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in NYC; the California Academy of Science’s Steinhart Aquarium; the USA Pavilion at the 2015 Milan World Expo; Showstoppers! Spectacular Costumes from the Stage and Screen; and Terra, the Sustainability Pavilion for Dubai at the World Expo 2021. By positioning the firm for its outstanding and award-winning work, Ruth's efforts have resulted in feature stories about the firm, its principal and founder, Tom Hennes, in key national and international broadcast and print media.

Southside Community Land Trust

Public relations and marketing strategy for the opening of new headquarters of an organization that provides healthy food and programs to the local community.

Ruth worked with a marketing partner to reposition Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT) in new headquarters, a 12,000-square-foot “Healthy Food Hub" located in a largely underserved neighborhood of Providence. The new building houses a marketplace of locally grown fruits and vegetables, educational programming, and food retail businesses. As such, the organization makes fresh, healthy produce available to the local community as well as providing an outlet for urban farmers to sell their goods via a farm-to-market produce processing center. Ruth uilized the culminating event as a point of focus for the media—a ribbon-cutting which drew state and city officials, local community leaders, and a vast array local community members. The resulting coverage in local and regional features helped elevate the profile of the organization and its efforts.

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Revolve Dance Project

Communications and marketing for one of Rhode Island's youngest and most original professional dance and music collaboratives.

Since its inception in 2020, Ruth's has publicized Revolve Dance Project's performances. The company strives to bring world class performance art to Rhode Island and to impart the somatic experience of live music and dance to as many people as possible.

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Providence Inner City Arts / Roots Cultural Center

Launch and manage promotion of Providence' s first Black-owned building/cultural center in downtown Providence.

Ruth developed and implemented a strategic public relations campaign that promoted this organizations mission and cultural significance in downtown Providence. In addition to placement in multiple media, she initiated website, social networking outlets, and consistent e-newsletter blasts. Ruth also helped restructure "Sound Session," an annual highlight of the summer in the city center, which had been operated previously by another non-profit. For this new event, she targeted potential sponsors and created fundraising packages, conceptualized a scaled down version of the event, and consulted on the programming. Ruth secured a nationally-known headliner and created a buzz and excitement for the event through continuous press and media attention. The result was attendance of more than 10,000 people.

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Splendor of Florence

Communications and marketing consultation for Splendor of Florence’s Sott’ Acqua: A Tale of Two Cities Underwater, an international cultural series, in Providence, RI.

Ruth directed communications for Splendor of Florence’s Sott’ Acqua: A Tale of Two Cities Underwater, an international cultural series celebrating the Friendship Pact between Providence and Florence and their shared histories of catastrophic floods and ongoing work in climate resilience. The program drew over 10,000 attendees. We are currently leading international communications the next Splendor of Florence: Rising from the Arno, a 2026 commemoration in Florence marking the 60th anniversary of the 1966 flood and celebrating the city’s legacy of restoration and renewal.

Bannister Community Art Project

Communications for this city-wide celebration of Edward M. Bannister, a 19th century black artist of African descent, who lived and worked in Providence.

A city-wide celebration of Edward M. Bannister, a 19th century black artist of African descent, who lived and worked in Providence, and who was nationally recognized during his lifetime. The project centered around a life-sized sculpture of the artist that was installed prominently in the downtown area.

Brain Waves Rhode Island

Brain Waves RI’s mission is to make brain science accessible to everyone and highlight neuroscience research happening in the Ocean State. Since 2016, Ruth has promoted their annual Brain Fairs, and year-round community events.

In the ten years since its founding, Ruth has supported Brain Waves RI in its mission to make brain science accessible to everyone. Thanks to a robust public relations campaign, the organization’s annual Brain Fairs and expanding school and library programs have reached and engaged more than 17,000 parents, children, students, and teachers.

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