2008-09 RACC Project Grants to Organizations & Individual Artists

The Regional Arts & Culture Council has announced a record amount of grant funds to be invested in artistic projects in calendar year 2009. A total of $458,676 in Project Grants – 12.5% more than RACC awarded last year – were awarded for 102 art projects to be presented by artists, nonprofit organizations, and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties.

The following 50 organizations were awarded a total of $222,930 in Project Grants for 2009:

Adelante Mujeres** - Folk Arts Project $ 2,130
Agnieszka Laska Dancers - Multi-Discipline Project $ 5,400
Art on Alberta - Presenting Project $ 6,000
Art Walk Etc. - Multi-Discipline Project $ 4,570
Beaverton Arts Commission** - Presenting Music Project $ 4,305
Children’s Healing Art Project - Visual Arts Project $ 4,800
Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon - Theatre Project $ 4,000
Cooper Mountain Elementary** - Visual Arts Project $ 3,924
Dance Coalition of Oregon - Dance/Movement Project $ 3,969
defunkt theatre - Theatre Project $ 4,993
Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center - Visual Arts Project $ 3,700
Elemental Summer Camp - Multi-Discipline Project $ 3,866
Estacada Area Arts Commission* - Presenting Project $ 5,041
Fear No Music - Music Project $ 5,400
Hand2Mouth Theatre - Theatre Project $ 5,238
Independent Publishing Resource Ctr. - Media Arts Project $ 4,752
India Cultural Association - Presenting Project $ 4,536
Innovative Housing Inc. - Visual Arts Project $ 5,100
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC) - Visual Arts Project $ 4,540
Krayon Kids Musical Theater Company* - Theatre Project $ 850
Kukatonon - Dance/Movement Project $ 6,000
Live On Stage - Theatre Project $ 5,439
Merlo Station High School/BSD** - Visual Arts Project $ 4,250
Multnomah Arts Center Association - Visual Arts Project $ 4,437
My Story - Visual Arts Project $ 3,175
New Avenues for Youth - Literature Project $ 3,518
New Century Players* - Theatre Project $ 6,000
Newspace Center for Photography - Visual Arts Project $ 1,058
Northwest Film Center - Media Arts Project $ 4,505
Oregon Historical Society Folklife Program - Folk Arts Project $ 4,459
Oregon Women’s Caucus for Art- Visual Arts Project $ 4,800
Orlo - Literature Project $ 4,600
PassinArt: A Theatre Company - Theatre Project $ 4,140
PDX Pop Now! - Music Project $ 5,770
Portland Children's Museum - Visual Arts Project $ 5,400
Portland Jazz Orchestra** - Music Project $ 3,719
Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival - Media Arts Project $ 5,700
Portland Theatre Works - Theatre Project $ 1,768
Quest Center for Integrative Health (QC) - Visual Arts Project $ 5,378
Sowelu Theater - Theatre Project $ 4,780
Stumptown Stages* - Theatre Project $ 3,732
Terra Linda Elementary PTC** - Visual Arts Project $ 5,109
The Art Gym* - Visual Arts Project $ 6,000
The Deep Roots Music Project - Multi-Discipline Project $ 2,448
The Media Project - Media Arts Project $ 5,400
The PDX Film Festival - Media Arts Project $ 4,800
The Young People’s Theatre Project** - Theatre Project $ 4,800
Third Angle New Music Ensemble - Music Project $ 4,800
Tribal Leadership Forum (TLF)** - Media Arts Project $ 5,031
Wisdom of the Elders - Folk Arts Project $ 4,800

The following 52 individuals were awarded a total of $235,746 in Project Grants in 2009:

Devon Allen - Theatre Project $ 4,000
Peter Armetta - Theatre Project $ 5,665
Susan Banyas - Multi-Discipline Project $ 6,000
Emily Beleele - Theatre Project $ 5,668
Andrew Blubaugh - Media Arts Project $ 5,705
Tracy Broyles - Dance/Movement Project $ 4,382
Kevin Burke - Music Project $ 4,800
Ryan Burns - Visual Arts Project $ 3,200
Peter Burr - Multi-Discipline Project $ 4,800
Brandy Cochrane - Visual/Media Arts Installation Project $ 3,864
Alissa Creamer - Media Arts Project $ 5,548
Suniti Dernovsek - Dance/Movement Project $ 5,096
Sarah Dougher - Music Project $ 2,450
Travis Ezell - Media Arts Project $ 5,175
Liz Fuller - Media Arts Project $ 5,157
Jackie Gabel - Music Project $ 5,387
Dan Gilsdorf - Visual/Media Arts Installation Project $ 3,392
Faith Helma - Multi-discipline Project $ 4,463
LeAnne Hitchcock - Visual Arts Project $ 2,848
Tahni Holt - Multi-Discipline Project $ 5,011
Jody Hughes - Music Project $ 4,584
Eric Hull - Multi-Discipline Project $ 1,014
Bethany Ides - Multi-Discipline Project $ 4,419
Abraham Ingle - Media Arts Project $ 4,750
Kazuyo Ito - Music Project $ 4,205
Ryan Jeffery - Visual/Media Arts Installation Project $ 4,320
MyLinda King - Music Project $ 4,536
Brian Lindstrom - Media Arts Project $ 5,032 (Artistic Focus)
Brian Lindstrom - Media Arts Project $ 5,700 (Neighborhood Arts)
Carla Mann - Dance/Movement Project $ 5,960
Matt McCormick - Media Arts Project $ 3,492
Mack McFarland - Visual/Media Arts Installation Project $ 1,940
Kristen Miller - Visual Arts Project $ 5,646
Motoya Nakamura- Visual Arts Project $ 5,241
Lorna Nakell - Visual Arts Project $ 4,707
Seth Nehil - Multi-Discipline Project $ 5,700
David Oates - Literature Project $ 4,972
Bruce Orr - Theatre Project $ 4,743
Mary Oslund - Dance/Movement Project $ 4,798
Chris Parkhurst - Media Arts Project $ 4,760
Leif Peterson - Media Arts Project $ 4,687
Ryan Pierce - Visual Arts Project $ 1,422
Dmae Roberts - Literature Project $ 5,750
Stephen Slappe - Visual/Media Arts Installation Project $ 4,277
Desmond Spann** - Multi-Discipline Project $ 3,060
Tim Stapleton - Multi-Discipline Project $ 3,908
David Stein - Visual Arts Project $ 4,228
Carl Vandervoort - Media Arts Project $ 4,643
Megan Ward - Theatre Project $ 5,100
Marie Watt - Visual Arts Project $ 6,000
Alan Wone* - Multi-discipline Project $ 4,973
Sharon Wood Wortman - Multi-Discipline Project $ 4,568

For descriptions of each project receiving RACC funding in 2009, click here.