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Regional Arts & Culture Council awards $1.7 million to 48 local arts organizations
Posted September 13, 2013
PORTLAND, ORE. – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded a total of $1,745,354 in grants to 48 local arts organizations. Awarded annually, these grants provide general operating support to 501(c)(3) arts organizations […]
The Right Brain Initiative slated to serve 14,000 children this school year
Posted September 12, 2013
In honor of National Arts in Education Week, The Right Brain Initiative has announced that six new public school partners are joining the program for the 2013-14 school year. Between September and June, the integrated […]
Work for Art’s 2012-13 campaign raises $761,359 for a seven-year total of $4,686,681
Posted August 2, 2013
The Regional Arts & Culture Council announced on Thursday evening that the seventh annual Work for Art campaign raised $761,359, bringing its seven-year total to $4,686,681 raised for local arts organizations. More than 1,900 donors […]
Michael Sell presents “Untitled Photoswatch 2” at the Portland Building Installation Space August 12 – September 6
Posted July 29, 2013
Project Background: Photographer Michael Sell’s current work explores the point at which fine art intersects with décor, and investigates how one supports or subverts the other: “I have recently begun a body of work that […]
Portland public art project wins national award
Posted July 25, 2013
The Public Art Network of the Americans for the Arts (AFTA) has named a local project, “Dekumstruction,” to its 2012 Year in Review, which highlights the 50 most outstanding public art projects in the United […]
Student show celebrates national arts education partnership
Posted July 16, 2013
Who: The Right Brain Initiative and King PK-8 School What: Student art show Where: Community Room at North Portland Library, 512 N Killingsworth When: Reception Tuesday, July 23, 5-7 p.m. Show on view through Aug. […]
Two new public art murals underway and one mural restored
Posted July 11, 2013
Two large scale mural projects are underway in Portland this summer – all recipients of grant funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. RACC’s public art mural program, financed by the City of Portland, […]
Regional Arts & Culture Council elects new board members and officers
Posted July 10, 2013
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) board of directors has re-elected Lina Garcia Seabold as the Chair of the board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, and Bonita Oswald, has been elected […]