The RACC Professional Development Grant Program individual artists and arts organizations in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties with activities that improve their business management development skills and/or brings to them to another level artistically. 33 Professional Development Grants were awarded for Individual Artists and 3 for Organizations. A total of $45,676 was awarded. These grants were approved by the RACC Board on May 27, 2015:
** From Washington County. The remainder are Multnomah County.
***First-time Professional Development Grantee
Individuals
Danny Bell***, Conversation on Plays program at OSF in Ashland, $750
Jin Camou, Two week choreography intensive at Ponderosa in Germany, $1800
Meshi Chavez***, Two week butoh training at eX…it! festival in Germany, $1500
Eliott Cherry***, Professional promotional video for performance, $1400
Samantha Estrella-Boyland***, Photography workshop at Anderson Ranch in Colorado, $1000
Emily García***, Two week traditional bookbinding workshop in Idaho, $1000
keyon gaskin***, One month Impulstanz International Dance Festival in Austria, $2000
Leanne Grabel***, Book arts classes at IPRC and OCAC, $430
Alison Gradischer, Work preparation and shipping for show in Colorado, $1300
Allie Hankins***, Two week Tanzland Festival at Ponderosa in Germany, $850
Lori Henriques(***) **, Computerized musical score training, $1400
Sara Himmelman***, One week MELT intensive dance workshop in NYC, $400
Linda K Johnson***, Alexander Technique teachers convention in Ireland, $1316
Leah Kohlenberg***, Self-publish creativity teaching book for marketing tool, $1750
Stephanie Lanckton***, Two week butoh training at eX…it! festival in Germany, $1145
Margaret Malone, Website upgrade in preparation for debut book, $1500
Lara Messersmith-Glavin***, One week at Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers, $833
Linda Olson-Osterlund***, Learn to frame own artwork from local artist and framer, $1200
Frank Omier***, Four day plein air painting workshop in Idaho, $1750
Eugenia Pardue, One month artist residency in New York, $1400
Cora Pearl***, Nine days master calligraphy classes in Pennsylvania, $1800
Vanessa Renwick, Website upgrade in preparation for PAM show, $1500
Alex Riedlinger***, Photophaphy archive plan and consultation, $1500
Johanna Robinson***, Four months of Turps Banana correspondence course, $650
Kaia Sand, Two month artist residency in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, $1500
Joe Sneed, International exhibition and symposium in Uraguay, $1750
Antonio Sonera, One month at Festival Fringe in Edinburgh, $1750
Jack StockLynn***, New promotional performance photos and video, $1652
Ted Vogel***, Website development, $1400
Lisa Ward, One month artist residency in Utah, $600
Mel Wells***, Two week writing residency in Belgium, $1800
Libby Werbel, Attend the Printed Matter Book Fair in New York, $1400
Lucy Yim, One week dance festival in Mexico, $650
Organizations
Portland ‘Pataphysical Society***, Hand-in-Glove alternative space conference in Minneapolis, $1000
Signal Fire***, Website update, $1000
triangle productions, Visual Arts marketing materials and branding, $1000