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Jacob Sorenson’s “A Landscape” installation at the Portland Building runs from April 29 – May 24th
Posted April 16, 2013

Project Background: “Is Bigfoot real? I hope so, but I’m pessimistic.” This quote from Jacob Sorenson might serve as a tagline for his installation which opens April 29th at the Portland Building Installation Space. Sorenson, known for his elaborately designed and elegantly constructed kinetic sculptures, will present a nature-circus landscape in the space that embodies […]
Nichols Norman’s “Waiting Room” kicks off a new season of installations at the Portland Building
Posted March 13, 2013

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 week installments. Since 1994 RACC has managed the Installation […]
Todays the day! “Feed the Arts” at all Burgerville locations
Posted March 11, 2013

On Thursday, March 21, Burgerville and Work for Art will host their third annual “Feed the Arts” community partnership day. Burgerville will donate a portion of all sales that day—up to $15,000—to Work for Art, a workplace campaign fund that supports arts and culture programs and services throughout the Northwest region. Burgerville puts a strong […]
Artists Garrick Imatani and Kaia Sand selected for the inaugural City of Portland Archives & Record Center Artist in Residence program
Posted March 7, 2013
This is the first in a series of residencies for the Portland Archives & Record Center (PARC). The artists will create work that engages and/or is a result of working with the collections and staff at PARC. City Archivist Diana Banning says “We hope that this artist residency will help to breakdown stereotypes of how […]
Nathan Sandberg brings his “Tally” installation to the Portland Building, 2/18 – 3/15
Posted February 4, 2013

Project Background: Artist Nathan Sandberg has developed a fascination with the repetitive nature of modern life. This fascination began when he started thinking about ways to mark the time he spent performing life’s everyday rote mechanical tasks—putting on socks, brushing teeth, walking out the front door. To both curse and honor the extraordinary amount of […]
The Right Brain Initiative challenged to raise $25,000 from individuals
Posted January 29, 2013

The Right Brain Initiative, an arts education program of the Regional Arts &Culture Council, has been awarded a significant matching challenge grant from the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund. This grant incentivizes program staff and stakeholders to raise $25,000 through individual gifts of $250 and higher by June 2013. Ready to meet this challenge, Right Brain […]
Artist Margot Myers presents “Radiate” at the Portland Building Installation Space,1/14 – 2/8
Posted January 8, 2013

Project Background: Bellingham artist Margot Myerscombines her drawings, prints and other media to create installations and works on paper. This month she will create a site-specific piece in the Portland Building Installation Space. Inspired by her study of turn-of-the-century scientific illustrations, she’s recently begun working with intricate stencils to describe complex biological forms of radiolaria—microscopic […]
Rebecca Burrell elected to Americans for the Arts’ Emerging Leaders Council
Posted January 4, 2013

The Regional Arts & Culture Council today announced that Rebecca Burrell, outreach specialist for The Right Brain Initiative, has been elected to the Emerging Leaders Council of Americans for the Arts. AFTA is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. In addition to developing communications and coordinating community engagement programs for […]