Artist Jea Alford kicks off a new season of installations at the Portland Building

Posted March 17, 2014

PORTLAND, OR — New Season at the Installation Space: The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is pleased to announce a line-up of nine new installations by local artists at the Portland Building Installation Space. Over the next twelve months artists representing a wide range of approaches to art making will be featured in 4 […]

Now available: RACC’s 2013 annual report

Posted February 18, 2014

PORTLAND, OR — Today the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) released its annual report for 2013. This year’s report, designed entirely as an online experience, is available at www.racc.org/2013annualreport. It includes highlights of RACC’s activities last year in service to artists and arts organizations in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties.   Among the organization’s […]

Joseph Kucinski’s installation “The Tenacity of Change” opens at the Portland Building February 18

Posted February 11, 2014

PORTLAND, ORE –  Joseph Kucinski’s upcoming installation at the Portland Building is aimed at capturing a moment of wonderment and curious expectation. To accomplish this he looks to his childhood for inspiration: “The world was alive and everything in it could be a new adventure, even the mundane garage had infinite possibilities.” Kucinski’s exuberance is […]

The Regional Arts & Culture Council seeks proposals to provide arts access for underserved communities

Posted February 6, 2014

Portland, Ore – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) invites nonprofit organizations in the City of Portland to submit proposals for projects that provide arts-related services to communities of color, immigrants, refugees, Disabled and LGTBQ communities. Applications are due by March 14 at 5:00 p.m. In May, RACC will announce grant awards ranging from […]

RACC announces first wave of Arts Education and Access Fund investments

Posted January 29, 2014

44 local arts organizations will receive grants immediately   PORTLAND, ORE – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) today announced it has awarded 44 grants totaling $150,072 to local arts organizations. The announcement comes on the heels of the first round of payments from the City of Portland’s Arts Education and Access Fund (AEAF). […]

Paul Clay’s interactive video installation “Leda and the Swan” opens at the Portland Building

Posted January 8, 2014

Portland, Ore –  Working in his medium of choice, interactive video, artist Paul Clay will present his interpretation of the classic “Leda and the Swan” story in the lobby of the Portland Building. The project, which draws on the long artistic tradition of interpreting the Greek myth, consists of a real-time digital projection that responds to […]

RACC awards $661,543 to nonprofit organizations, schools, and individual artists for arts-related projects in 2014

Posted December 19, 2013

PORTLAND, ORE. — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $661,543 in project grants for calendar year 2014, including 60 grants to nonprofit organizations and schools, and 88 individual artists in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties. This sum is 10.7% less than RACC awarded for project grants last year, attributable primarily to across-the-board […]

Cambia Health Solutions contributes $50,000 to Work for Art

Posted December 17, 2013

PORTLAND, ORE. — Work for Art, an annual campaign to raise money for arts and culture organizations in the Portland tri-county area, has received a $50,000 grant from Cambia Health Solutions. This is the largest corporate contribution in Work for Art’s eight-year history.   Angela Hult, the director of corporate philanthropy for Cambia Health Solutions, […]