With 220 artists and supporters looking on, Portland City Council this morning unanimously accepted the Regional Arts & Culture Council’s (RACC’s) “State of the Arts” report.
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The Creative Advocacy Network is our partner in advocating for more local public funding of arts and culture.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition, The Oregon Arts Commission, and the Oregon Cultural Trust are our partners in advocating for arts and culture at the state level.
RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund for arts advocacy at the federal level.
Art. Ask for More is a national campaign to support arts education in the schools.
The Oregon Art PAC is non-partisan political action committee that supports local candidates who are committed to increasing public funding for arts and culture.
Act for Art, published in 2009, is a five-year action plan for arts and culture in the region.
RACC's local advocacy efforts help inform budgets and policies in the City of Portland, Metro, and Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. RACC is funded by all five of these jurisdictions and there are a variety of ways that our constituents can encourage public support for art and culture in the tri-county Portland region.
Below see a listing of current Local Issues:
RACC will deliver its annual “State of the Arts” report to Portland City Council on March 17
3/16/10
3/16/10
WHO: Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) Executive Director Eloise Damrosch and RACC Board Chair Carole Morse will deliver the annual “State of the Arts” report to Portland City Council. More than 200 members...
State of the Arts 3/17
2/19/10
3/12/10
On March 17th at 9:30 AM, RACC will be delivering its annual State of the Arts presentation to Portland City Council. Last year, more than 200 arts supporters packed City Hall for this...
RACC Budget Request to the City of Portland
2/4/10
2/10/10
On February 1, 2010, RACC submitted its FY11 budget request to the City of Portland. The requested amount of $3,682,829 is 1.3% higher than FY10 funding levels, based on a formula that was established when RACC was first created in 1995. RACC is...
Creative Advocacy Network and a taxpayer based arts funding mechanism
12/14/09
12/14/09
(December 14, 2009) Today, the Creative Advocacy Network (CAN) gathers 51 politicians, business leaders, arts professionals and educators from Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties to start crafting a request for a $15 million-$20 million...
Poll Results Show Clear Voter Support for the Arts
9/24/09
10/8/09
Creative Advocacy Network (CAN) released polling results today that show voter resolve to continue attending, supporting and funding the region’s arts and culture in expanded ways. “The economic crisis helped crystallize public...
Act for Art
9/25/09
10/28/09
RACC Executive Director Eloise Damrosch joined 400 artists, arts enthusiasts, civic leaders and elected officials from throughout the tri-county area to help unveil a new five-year action plan for arts and culture. “Act for Art”...
Portland City Council Accepts RACC’s “State of the Arts” Report
9/24/09
12/29/09
Arts advocates packed Council Chambers as RACC presented its annual “State of the Arts” report, a summary of our accomplishments in 2008 and the arts community’s challenges and opportunities moving forward. In addition, several...
