The RACC Arts3C Grant Program is for the Creation, Cultivation & Community in the Portland metropolitan tri-county region. Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas County applicants who are creating and sharing arts and culture programming in all disciplines could apply for support for projects or activities in the arts. The following 193 RACC Arts3C Grants were awarded in December 2022 for a total of $745,000.
2022-23 RACC Arts3C Grant awards (Sept 2022 cycle):
| Individual Artists | Working Title | Primary Artistic Discipline | County | Award |
| Aaron Kahn | new, ambient musical work | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Abbylyn Williams | The Next Step | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Adrienne Hatkin | “Everything is for Sale” Music Video and Community Screening | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Akela Jaffi | BASS After Dark | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Alberta Poon | Hi-Chews & Haikus | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Ali Godil | Bliss Journal | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Alyson Provax | Risograph book project | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Amanda Harris | Whet Studio Expansion | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Andre Buenacosa | Instead of Loneliness, I Feel Loveliness | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Andrea Stolowitz | Elegy Play Workshop/Presentation | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Andrew Krissberg | Family Worship – Kicked Out of the Garden | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Angela Sagues | Stories in the Making | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Anna Miller | Scaling illustration | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Anne Greenwood-Rioseco | PSU residency TC2 Weaving for Exhibition w/ talk | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Anthony Hudson | Portland Drag Theatre Festival | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Ashley Montague | mural and music video | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Bebe Montoya | Supporting Sustainable Growth For My Art Practice | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Becky Springer | resources to develop online teaching offerings | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Bo-Mandela Cordeta | The Teachings (Album) | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Brance Berry | Brancesuniverse x RACC | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Bridget McBride | Black Light | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Bryan Smith | Folkways | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Caixin Huang | Rocks | Folk Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Callum Angus | artifacts of smoke and mold | Literature | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Carolyn Hazel Drake | Wild Peninsula: Color & Sound in North Portland | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Catherine Lee | Purchase of audio equipment | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Cheyne Queezy | Roses 2 the World | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Chisao Hata | THE ASSEMBLY CENTER | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Claire Barrera | Grammar of the Imagination Tour | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Crystal Cortez | Tools for Immersive Audio | Media Arts (Computer/technology) | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Dani Townsend | SHOW OUT; Community Showcase | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Douglas Detrick | The Lost Colony fully scored audio book | Media Arts (Audio) | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Elise Wahl | Drawing Tablet for Interpretive Media Design Work | Visual Arts | Washington | $1,000 |
| Elizabeth Arzani | New Harmony Clay Projects Artist Residency | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $1,000 |
| Emily Haswell | educational videos on singing | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Emily Running | Gold Suit | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Emma Barrow | Other Plans | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Emma Josephson | Sew into You | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Eric Mast | Spoiler Room | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Estevan Muñoz | romantic dramedy novel ‘Between Detroit & Me’ | Literature | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Ezra Weiss | Golem’s Gift Development | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Washington | $2,000 |
| Felicia Murray | Keep Growing | Literature | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Fuchsia Lin | Future Cosmos Flow | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| G. Chesler | dysConnect: Trans Lives during COVID-19 | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Hailee Evans | Tattoo private studio | Folk Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Hampton Rodriguez | Lotería | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Heather Lee Birdsong | Participation costs for artist-run gallery membership | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $1,000 |
| Heather Watkins | Blindspots & Throughlines | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Jayanthi Raman | Samatvaa: Celebrating Equity | Dance/Movement | Washington | $5,000 |
| Jeremy Rotsztain | “Walking a Turtle” pop-up installation at the Lloyd Center | Media Arts (Computer/technology) | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Jesica Glas | Blown glass studio | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Jessica Daugherty | Get Your ‘A’ In Oregon | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Jessica Mehta | Spring 2023 Projects | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Jessica Riehl | Art Like Us Elementary School Curriculum | Visual Arts | Washington | $5,000 |
| Joanie Fox | Beatlore | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Joe Kye | Tiger Tiger PDX 2023 | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Johanna Kunin | Always Falling | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Johnny Franco | LaurelThursday | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Joni Whitworth | Future Prairie Radio | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Jordan Vale | No Work In The Summer | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Joshua Faber-Hammond | Koto Studies and Music Residencies in Tokyo, Japan | Music | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Juan Trujillo | Mapping Masculinity: Queer of Color Perspectives on Masculinity | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Judith Wilding | “Resonance: A Memoir” Completion and Writing Class | Literature | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Julia Bonnheim | Oil in the Water | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Julia Calabrese | Character and Special FX Makeup Certificate Program | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Kate McCallum | In Sea and Air | Literature | Washington | $2,000 |
| Kate Simmons | Landscapes and Surfaces | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Clackamas | $5,000 |
| Keana Marrero | Keeks Mag Issue 02 | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Kelda Van Patten | RAW Peaches and Perfume | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Kesiah Manival | “Dancing Across the Water” – 16mm short film | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Washington | $2,000 |
| Kim Lakin | PDX Red Wall Project | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Kimberly King Parsons | Support for Travel to an Artist Residency at San Ysidro Ranch | Literature | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Kyle Yoshioka | Provecho Magazine | Literature | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Lamiae Naki | Al-Tayaarat | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Lara Messersmith-Glavin | Spirit Things audiobook recording | Media Arts (Audio) | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Lava Alapai | Middletown Mall | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Leticia Ramirez | Angel Academy Painting Intensive / May 2023 | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Linda Austin | 3 miles of possible | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Lindsey Ferguson | Welcome Home Ned and Wendy | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Loulou Fernandez | Calling Them Home | Social Practice | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Maggie McCloskey | Stranger Inside | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Mark Brody | Glencoe Mural Renovation | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Marlow Jay | Constellation Collective screenprinting equipment | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Matt Blairstone | Tenebrous Press 2023 publishing calendar and operating budget | Literature | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| May Anuntarungsun | Food Exhibition at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in NYC | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Megean McBride-Sanchez | LATE TO MOMS FUNERAL | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Melanie Ooi | World of Henna: Morocco | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Michael Espinoza | snapshots for future lovers | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Mike Vos | A Thin Wall of Vellum | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Misty Eddy | Queer: A Celebration | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Molly Light | Pork Chopped | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Monica Parra | Dance on Film Self Portrait | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Nancy L Ives | Ed Edmo video recording for Celilo Falls performances | Music | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Oliver Daofu | tattoo business | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Onry Henreid | Honoring Black Elders | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Orquidia Velasquez | Ecotone | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Pamela Chipman | Afraid/Not Afraid | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $1,000 |
| Pan | reviver | Music | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Paola De La Cruz | Dance Of The Butterfly: The Art of Healing | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Pearlyn Tan | childrens book on disability, ableism centering BIPOC family story | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Pedro Parra | Chiibalkan | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Pepper Pepper | The Moon Beneath Us – Performance | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Pilar Gallego | Lust Killer | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Prashant Kakad | full-length album of original music | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Quincy Davis | REBELWISE Album #2 | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Rachel Ward | “Love Me Bait Me” Documentary | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Rebecca Boraz | Relief Printmaking Expansion | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Rebecca Sanborn | Shadow Work | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Rebel Sidney Fayola Black Burnett | Art on Our Bodies: Being Black, Gender Expansive, and Disabled in the Arts | Social Practice | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Rhys Thomas | Strolling kinetic sculpture repair and creation | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Rimona Eskayo | Workshop Series and Expanded Access for “I’m Having Top Surgery: An Illustrated Guide For You And Me” | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Robert Blatt | Works on Paper | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Roger Peet | Mapping the Mine- A printmaking project connecting DR Congo and Portland | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Ruben Rivera | Community 3D workshop and home studio equipment | Media Arts (Computer/technology) | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Sadie Wechsler | Field Capacity | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Samara Andre | Art Heaux projects | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Sandra Lanz Sánchez-Penichet | self-portrait porcelain sculptures | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Shelbie Loomis | Park Arts Workshops | Social Practice | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Solomon Gessesse | PDX Hip-Hop Collaboration Album | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Stephanie Gervais | AADK Spain Artist Residency | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Stephanie Schneiderman | Record a song with many members of the local music community in honor of a departed friend/supporter | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Stephen Cohen | Breathing with the Trees | Music | Clackamas | $4,000 |
| Summer Luu | The Untold Stories of BIPOC Adoptees | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Suzanne Savaria | Director: Vestival Film Fest | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Tallon Jakson | Yamatala | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Theresa Tran | Archipelago Dispatches | Literature | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Tie Li | Art Bridgt the Conmmunity-a artshow for the Chinese new year | Visual Arts | Clackamas | $3,000 |
| Tonya Jones | Superstition | Literature | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Twig Cosby | Queer Cat Firing: An LGBTQIA+ Ceramics Workshop and Wood-Soda Kiln Firing Experience | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Ulysses Harmony Garcia | Finding My Voice, a Memoir | Literature | Washington | $2,000 |
| Wendy Hambidge | Standing Together | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Xiaolin Jiang | Intersection of mental health and art | Visual Arts | Clackamas | $1,000 |
| yrus Nabipoor | In Lieu of Tears | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| Zephyr Brown | Rebuild the Hands on juggling school that comes to you! | Social Practice | Clackamas | $2,000 |
| Organizations | Working Title | Primary Artistic Discipline | County | Award |
| 45th Parallel | Femenine | Music | Multnomah | $4,000 |
| AFRU Gallery | AFRU Gallery Website Re-Envisioned | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| All Classical Portland | Artist in Residence Recording [Yuko Uebayashi’s Sonata for Flute and Piano] | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Belong Art Community | Belong Art Community Podcast | Media Arts (Audio) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Blackfish Gallery | Blackfish Gallery Operational Aid | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Bridger Elementary School PTA | Bridger Community Mural | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Bridging Voices | LGBTQ+ and allied youth chorus operating support | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Center for the Arts Foundation | Center For The Arts Foundation Little Theatre and Conference Room | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Centro Cultural of Washington County | El Grito 2023 | Folk Arts | Washington | $5,000 |
| CETI | XRchive – Community-Created Augmented Storytelling Experiences-(Hi)stories and Visions of Lone Fir | Media Arts (Computer/technology) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Clinton St. Theater | Clinton Street Theater – Community Space Improvements | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Color Outside the Lines | Art Outreach for Youth in Need 2022 | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Crave Theatre Company | Make More Art | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Curvy Chic Closet Foundation | Curvy Chic Closet Foundation Spring Fashion Show 2023 | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Washington | $3,000 |
| Depave | Oliver Middle School Playground Mural | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Earthtones Music Therapy Northwest | Stipend to staff, sensory-friendly instruments, and rent | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| en Taiko | “Taiko & Light” and Community | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Fear No Music | “Locally Sourced Sounds” concert | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| First Matter Press | First Matter Press Annual Publishing Cycle 2023 | Literature | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Growing Gardens | Mural | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest | Sin Maíz No Hay País | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Hillsboro Downtown Partnership | Window Artist Takeover | Visual Arts | Washington | $5,000 |
| HOLLA School | HOLLA School Native American Programming | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| India Cultural Association | India Festival 2023 | Multi-Discipline | Washington | $5,000 |
| Japanese Ancestral Society – Ikoi no Kai | Inter-generational Storytelling & Food Event | Social Practice | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Jazz Society of Oregon | Cathedral Park Jazz Festival | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Latino Network | Supporting Studio Latino Teaching Artists in Portland Public Schools | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Montavilla Jazz | Mt. Tabor Celebration Concert – 10th Annual Montavilla Jazz Festival | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Nat Turner Project | Black Whole Press (Printmaking Residency and Workshops) | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| New Moon Productions | Drama Literacy Program | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| New Year in the Park | 2023 Annual New Year in the Park | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| North Pole Studio | Participation in 2023 Outsider Art Fair | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Open Space | Outsider | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Oregon Arts Watch | Operating Support | Literature | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Painted Entertainment LLC | Art as an Outlet | Multi-Discipline | Washington | $5,000 |
| PDX Suite Spot LLC | Crossing the Red Line/Black Beyond February | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble | The Most, The All of It: New Music, New Spoken Word | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Portland Latin American Film Festival | XVII ANNUAL PORTLAND LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Portland Symphonic Choir | Summer Sings Series | Music | Multnomah | $3,000 |
| Portland Winter Light Festival | Portland Winter Light Festival 2023: Art Coordinator Support | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Pride of Portland Chapter of Sweet Adelines Intl. | Sound Improvement in Rehearsal/Performance Hall | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| QDoc: Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival | QDoc Film Fest / Portland’s LGBTQ+ Documentary Film Festival | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Risk/Reward | Risk/Reward 2023 Operating Support | Multi-Discipline | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Roots and All Theatre Ensemble | Ritual Treatment | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Samewave Radio | Sunday Syncs | Media Arts (Audio) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Shaun Keylock Company | Queer Archive Project 1995-2015 | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Sincere Studio | Sincere Studio | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Sojourn Theatre | Don’t Go | Theatre/Musical Theatre | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Souvenir | Souvenir: Artist/Curator Stipends and Staff Support for 2023 | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Steps for Youth | DanceAbility Program | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Synth Library Portland (S1) | Operating Expenses – Staff and Workshops | Media Arts (Audio) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| The Ink Lab Custom Apparel LLC | Equipment purchase | Visual Arts | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| The Old Church Society, Inc. | SOL: SING OUT LOUD | Music | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Tualatin Valley Creates | Main Street Commons Public Art Initiative | Visual Arts | Washington | $5,000 |
| Venezuela’s Voice in Oregon | Cultural Afternoon/ Tarde Cultural | Folk Arts | Multnomah | $2,000 |
| Vino Veritas | LIVE Jazz @ Vino Veritas | Music | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Water in the Desert | Water in the Desert Subsidized Space Program (SSP) | Dance/Movement | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| We Are The Most Beautiful People LLC | We are the Most Beautiful People | Adults with Disabilities | Media Arts (Film/Video) | Multnomah | $5,000 |
| Willamette Falls Symphony | Oregon Mahler Festival 2023 | Music | Clackamas | $5,000 |