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Arts champions to be honored on February 24

Posted February 1, 2016

PORTLAND, ORE — The 2016 Arts Breakfast of Champions is coming up fast! More than 400 community leaders will celebrate some of the region’s most powerful partnerships between arts and business on Wednesday, February 24 […]

RACC celebrates Portland Winter Light Festival on First Thursday with Night Lights: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest

Posted January 26, 2016

WHO: Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), Hollywood Theatre, Portland Winter Light Festival WHAT: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest, part of the Night Lights video projection series WHEN: Thursday February 4 from 5:00 to […]

RACC unveils new “Arts Equity” grant opportunity; letters of interest due February 24

Posted January 11, 2016

PORTLAND, ORE — With funding from Multnomah County and the City of Portland’s voter-approved Arts Education and Access Fund, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) will invest a total of $100,000 in nonprofit organizations […]

Guestwork’s “Accounting for Public Interest” unfolds at the Portland Building January 11th – February 6th

Posted January 7, 2016

PORTLAND, ORE – Accounting for Public Interest, a playful interactive poll by artists Travis Neel and Erin Charpentier (a.k.a. Guestwork), opens at the Portland Building January 11th. The project examines the relationship between Portland residents and […]

Tickets on sale now for the 2016 Arts Breakfast of Champions

Posted December 29, 2015

PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) will announce and recognize the top corporate donors to the arts in 2015 at the Arts Breakfast of Champions on Wednesday, February 24, 7:30-9:00 a.m. […]

RACC awards $665,595 for artistic projects in 2016

Posted December 17, 2015

PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $665,595 in project grants for calendar year 2016, including 54 grants to nonprofit organizations and 77 grants to individual artists in Clackamas, Multnomah, […]

19th annual City of Portland and Multnomah County employee art exhibit, “all the art that fits”

Posted November 19, 2015

PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council will be hosting the 19th annual City of Portland and Multnomah County employee art exhibit, all the art that fits, opening on Thursday, December 3rd. The […]

The Right Brain Initiative and Work for Art release reports

Posted November 18, 2015

PORTLAND, ORE — Two programs of the Regional Arts & Culture Council – The Right Brain Initiative and Work for Art – have published summaries of their accomplishments and finances for the fiscal year that ended […]