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 April 6, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2022 Catch the artist at work at Open Signal’s building on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Artist Zeinab Saab pays homage to the intimacy of porch conversations with their […]
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Posted February 23, 2022
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Posted February 15, 2022
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Posted February 7, 2022
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Posted January 28, 2022
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Posted November 19, 2021
Funding will enhance RACC grantmaking for Clackamas, Washington county artists, and art organizations The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) will receive a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for the […]
Posted November 3, 2021
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