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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 […]
RACC awards inaugural Arts Equity Grants
Posted May 31, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $119,380 in Arts Equity Grants to 21 organizations for activities that advance RACC’s goals for equity in Portland and Multnomah County. These grants […]
Kaiser Permanente, The Standard and ZGF Architects win top prizes at Work for Art’s Battle of the Bands
Posted May 13, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE — Seven employee bands competed in Work for Art’s first annual Battle of the Bands, which drew more than 400 music fans to the Crystal Ballroom on Thursday night. Celebrity judges Christopher Brown, […]
The Right Brain Initiative receives funding from National Endowment for the Arts to catalyze change in public schools
Posted May 10, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE — The Right Brain Initiative has received a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to deliver systemic and equitable arts programming to local K-8 schools. Right Brain, a program of […]