Helping Hands, David Flores
Building and encouraging support for a strong arts and culture community and ecosystem. Embedded into RACC, we actively promote increased arts funding at all levels, encouraging more private sector giving; connecting artists to opportunities, and organizations to artists and creatives, through an equitable lens.
● Reduce and eliminate barriers to access and promote equity in the arts and culture through support and
promoting among city, state, and federal officials
● Encourage the expansion of the role of arts in community services, especially in health and recovery
● Foster, build, and grow partnerships and collaborations with community leadership in local, state, and
national arts and culture councils, commissions, and committees
● Initiate and support calls to action including state and national legislative initiatives
RACC helps build support for a strong arts and culture community. We actively promote increased arts funding at the local, state, and federal level, while also encouraging more private sector giving.
Posted June 7, 2016
The Arts Education and Access Citizen Oversight Committee will deliver its annual presentation to Portland City Council on Thursday, June 16 at 2 p.m. The public is welcome to come hear how the arts tax is making a difference in our community. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/revenue/article/579356.
Posted May 25, 2016
Issued by Americans for the Arts on May 25, 2016. Today (May 25) the House Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations approved a $2 million increase in federal funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), matching the President’s budget request for a total of $149.8 million for fiscal year 2017. The National Endowment for the […]
Posted May 16, 2016
Seven employee bands competed in Work for Art’s first annual Battle of the Bands, which drew more than 400 music fans to the Crystal Ballroom on Thursday, May 12. Celebrity judges Christopher Brown, Steve Pringle and Rindy Ross awarded the top prize – best company band – to Pencil Skirt Paula and The Straight Edge […]
Posted April 28, 2016
The City of Beaverton needs your help to plan a proposed Arts and Culture Center facility that is currently under consideration. We need your help to plan the Arts and Culture Center. Please take the following survey and let us know how often you would use the facility, what type of performances you would like […]
Posted April 28, 2016
Eloise’s Blog: Many thanks to all who attended our annual presentation to City Council when we thank Council for their on-going support. While we also talk about how we invested the City’s allocation to RACC over the past year, we focus even more on how powerful the impacts of these dollars are to artists, arts […]
Posted April 18, 2016
Commissioner Steve Novick (Candidate for Portland Commissioner, Position 4) responded April 14, 2016: (1) In what specific ways have you supported arts and culture in Portland? Personally, I’ve always been a big music fan (Commissioner Fish likes to point out how often I use musical quotes in Council comments) and an occasional local theatergoer. I really […]
Posted April 13, 2016
Bankers, lawyers, surgeons and engineers will be among the unlikely musicians competing in Work for Art’s first annual Battle of the Bands on Thursday, May 12 at the Crystal Ballroom. Tickets are only $10, on sale now at the Crystal Ballroom box office and online. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $100 […]
Posted April 7, 2016
Sarah Iannarone (Candidate for Mayor) responded on April 7, 2016: (1) In what specific ways have you supported arts and culture in Portland? Personally, I attend arts and culture functions throughout Portland almost weekly, from performances at the Schnitzer and Gerding theaters to independent theater, gallery shows, and live music performances throughout the city. […]