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RACC celebrates National Arts in Education Week
Posted September 12, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE —The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) joins colleagues across the country to celebrate National Arts in Education Week, September 11-17, 2016. Throughout the week, RACC and The Right Brain Initiative will share […]
Benz and Chang highlight the Hawthorne Bridge with an installation at the Portland Building, September 19 – October 14
Posted September 9, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE – Beginning September 19th the artists known as Benz and Chang will present a site-specific art installation in the Portland Building lobby. The project, titled The Bridge, 1910, is a visual homage to […]
Bukola Koiki presents “JJC (Journey Just Come)” in the Portland Building Installation Space, August 15 – September 9
Posted August 9, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE – Beginning August 15th artist Bukola Koiki will present JJC (Journey Just Come) in the Portland Building Installation Space located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland. This four week long exhibition, held […]
RACC announces final round of General Operating Support grants
Posted June 28, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council has awarded its final round of General Operating Support grants for the fiscal year ending June 30. RACC distributes these funds three times per year, after organizations […]
Yelena Roslaya brings “Visual Sound” to the Portland Building, July 5 – August 5
Posted June 27, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE – Multimedia artist Yelena Roslaya works to represent sound visually. “The idea of visually displaying sound is inspired by my experience with hearing-motion synesthesia, which occurs when one sense triggers another…personally it happens whenever […]
Regional Arts & Culture Council elects new board members and officers
Posted June 23, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) board of directors has elected Mike Golub board chair for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016. Mike is the President of Business for the […]
RACC seeks submissions for the “Visual Chronicle of Portland”
Posted June 15, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is seeking works on paper—prints, drawings, paintings on paper and photographs—to purchase for the Visual Chronicle of Portland collection. Deadline for submissions is Monday, July 25, […]
“Industry of Aloha,” an art installation by Kanani Miyamoto opens at the Portland Building, June 1 – June 24
Posted June 3, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE — Employing a unique color palette that ranges from vivid and natural to strange and artificial, artist Kanani Miyamoto has covered the Portland Building Installation Space with images of tropical Hawaiian flora. (Miyamoto paints […]