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Portland-based arts organizations receive public funding increases
Posted January 29, 2015
PORTLAND, ORE – On January 28, the RACC Board of Directors approved $1,471,626 in disbursements to 16 General Operating Support (“GOS”) member organizations that have submitted their FY2014 financial statements and other final reports to […]
PSU’s Robert Bucker and KeyBank’s David R. Lofland, Jr. join the RACC board of directors
Posted January 28, 2015
PORTLAND, ORE – Two community leaders were recently elected to the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) board of directors: Robert Bucker is Dean of the College of the Arts at Portland State University. From […]
Artists in residence move “The Watcher Files” exhibition to Portland State University through April 7
Posted January 26, 2015
PORTLAND, ORE – Artists Garrick Imatani & Kaia Sand have been in residence at the City of Portland Archives and Records Center (PARC) since 2013. In October 2014 they presented selections of their work at […]
Jessica Hickey’s “Pliable Planes” installation opens at the Portland Building January 12th
Posted January 7, 2015
PORTLAND, ORE – In 1957 iconic Bauhaus weaver Anni Albers wrote a piece titled The Pliable Plane; Textiles in Architecture. Her work begins, “If the nature of architecture is grounded, the fixed, the permanent, then textiles […]
RACC announces new grant opportunities for expanding Portlanders’ access to arts and culture
Posted January 5, 2015
PORTLAND, ORE – With funding from the City of Portland’s voter-approved Arts Education and Access Fund, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) plans to invest approximately $50,000 in nonprofit organizations that are making arts and […]
RACC awards $693,959 for arts-related projects in 2015
Posted December 17, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $693,959 in project grants for calendar year 2015, including 66 grants to nonprofit organizations and schools, and 80 individual artists in Clackamas, Multnomah, […]
18th annual City of Portland & Multnomah County employee art exhibit, “all the art that fits,” opens
Posted December 4, 2014
PORTLAND,ORE. – On Tuesday, December 9th the Regional Arts & Culture Council will be opening the 18th annual City of Portland and Multnomah County employee art exhibit, all the art that fits. The “salon style” […]
“Parts of No Sum,” an installation by Noah Greene, opens at the Portland Building November 10th
Posted November 3, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE. – In response to Michael Graves, the architect who designed the Portland Building, the installation Parts of No Sum by Noah Greene seeks to invert the architect’s emphasis on the union of symbol […]