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RACC announces final round of General Operating Support grants

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PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council has awarded its final round of General Operating Support grants for the fiscal year ending June 30. RACC distributes these funds three times per year, after organizations submit comprehensive annual reports to RACC.

To qualify for General Operating Support, nonprofit arts organizations must demonstrate artistic excellence and fiscal responsibility, have an annual budget of at least $75,000, and be based in Clackamas, Multnomah or Washington Counties. Additional eligibility criteria are described at https://racc.org/grants/general-operating-support-grants.

A total of $2,933,855 has been distributed this fiscal year as unrestricted support to 48 different arts organizations, including 22 organizations receiving $546,046 this cycle. The arts organizations receiving general operating support in 2015-16 are:

Artist Repertory Theatre, $81,785

Bag & Baggage Productions, $10,000

Blue Sky Gallery, $12,367

*Bodyvox, $33,247

Broadway Rose Theatre Company, $23,000

Cappella Romana, Inc., $14,558

*Chamber Music Northwest, $46,619

*Children’s Healing Art Project, $14,135

*Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, $14,615

*Echo Theater Company, $16,148

*Ethos Music Center, $31,101

Friends of Chamber Music, $19,996

*Hand2Mouth, $8,000

Hollywood Theatre, $45,056

*Imago Theatre, $16,305

*Independent Publishing Resource Center, $11,118

Lakewood Center for the Arts, $21,000

Literary Arts, Inc., $52,929

*Live Wire! Radio, $16,033

Metropolitan Youth Symphony, $20,762

Miracle Theatre Group, $22,125

Northwest Children’s Theatre, $61,495

Northwest Dance Project, $40,216

*NW Documentary Arts & Media, $8,000

Oregon Ballet Theatre, $163,663

*Oregon Children’s Theatre, $83,292

Oregon Symphony Association, $502,394

*PDX Jazz, $18,093

Pendulum Aerial Arts, $8,256

PHAME, $14,383

Playwrite, Inc., $10,581

Portland Art Museum/Northwest Film Center, $608,805

Portland Baroque Orchestra, $30,237

Portland Center Stage, $281,149

*Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, $13,857

*Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, $15,460

*Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, $49,320

Portland Opera, $267,092

*Portland Piano International, $20,065

Portland Youth Philharmonic, $25,030

*Profile Theatre Project, $18,041

The Portland Ballet, $25,376

The Third Angle New Music, $8,000

*Third Rail Repertory Theatre, $30,684

*triangle productions, $13,654

White Bird, $49,585

*Write Around Portland, $14,074

*Young Audiences of Oregon, $54,185

(*) denotes organizations awarded RACC support on June 22. All other organizations received their grant awards earlier this year.

RACC General Operating Support Grants are funded by the City of Portland general fund ($1,054,869) and Arts Education & Access Fund (or “arts tax”) ($1,828,686), plus Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties ($104,300 combined). In addition, RACC will allocate proceeds from its 2015-16 Work for Art campaign to these General Operating Support organizations in the fall.

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The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and awareness for the arts through Work for Art; convenes forums, networking events and other community gatherings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and oversees a program to integrate arts and culture into the standard curriculum in public schools through The Right Brain Initiative. RACC values a diversity of artistic and cultural experiences and is working to build a community in which everyone can participate in culture, creativity and the arts. For more information visit racc.org.

Regional Arts & Culture Council elects new board members and officers

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PORTLAND, ORE – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) board of directors has elected Mike Golub board chair for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016. Mike is the President of Business for the Portland Timbers and has more than 25 years of experience in professional sports marketing and management, including leadership positions with Nike, the Portland Trail Blazers, New York Rangers and the National Basketball Association. For the past two years Mike has co-chaired RACC’s annual Work for Art campaign. He also serves on the board of the Portland Business Alliance, Children’s Cancer Association, Oregon Sports Authority and the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Phillip T. Hillaire has been re-elected vice chair. Hillaire is a member of the Lummi Tribe. He is involved in protecting tribal sovereignty, cultures, arts and traditions. He has coordinated fundraising events for Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, and planned conferences and handled communications for the Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians.

Eileen L. Day has been re-elected treasurer. She became a CPA in 1997, and has experience in financial reporting, development and analyses of key performance indicators for finance and operations, budgeting and forecasting. In 2003 she joined Portland Center Stage as the Finance Director. In 2005, she joined Holmes & Company and has been the audit partner since 2007.

Steve Rosenbaum has been elected secretary. Steve is an independent marketing consultant and the founder of Pop Art, a digital marketing agency. He believes that arts education is critical to the innovation economy, and has served on the boards of City Club of Portland, the Software Association of Oregon, Tech America Oregon, Chess for Success and the Oregon Bus Project.

Other continuing RACC Board members include Nik Blosser, Verlea G. Briggs, Katy A. Brooks, Robert Bucker, Raymond C. Cheung, CPA, Representative Lew Frederick, Debbie Glaze, Osvaldo ‘Ozzie’ Gonzalez, Angela Hult, Dana Ingram, Susheela Jayapal, David R. Lofland, Jr., Linda McGeady, Brenda L. Meltebeke, Joanna Priestley and Shyla M. Spicer.

In addition, four new members have been elected to the RACC board:

  • Parker Lee is president of the design consultancy Compass52, and co-author of The Art of Opportunity. He is a veteran of the technology, entertainment and sports marketing industries. Most recently, Lee was president and executive vice president of business development at XPLANE. He also co-chairs RACC’s Business Committee for the Arts.
  • Anita Menon is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Anjali School of Dance. She is recognized as one of the leading exponents of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance form originating in Southern India. Anita has directed theatrical productions here in Oregon that are Indian adaptations of Classical Western plays by Shakespeare and Agatha Christie.
  • Mitchell Nieman is the Assistant to the City Manager in Milwaukie, Oregon. He liaises the city’s arts committee and manages public affairs, communications, and neighborhood services departments. He has experience managing public and private capital and redevelopment projects and bringing together diverse groups of stakeholders and underrepresented community members.
  • Anita Yap is the founding partner of the MultiCultural Collaborative, a partnership of professionals of color providing consulting services for equity, inclusion and diversity services for non-profits and governments. Her team focuses on authentic community engagement with culturally specific communities, urban design, equity policy, facilitation, strategic planning and organizational development.

Board and staff profiles are available online at http://www.racc.org/about/staff-board.

Eric Hormel and Joe Krumm rotate off the RACC Board on June 30, 2016. RACC greatly appreciates their long and committed service to the organization and the local arts community.

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New RACC board members (from left) Parker Lee, Anita Menon, and Anita Yap.

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The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and awareness for the arts through Work for Art; convenes forums, networking events and other community gatherings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and oversees a program to integrate arts and culture into the standard curriculum in public schools through The Right Brain Initiative. RACC values a diversity of artistic and cultural experiences and is working to build a community in which everyone can participate in culture, creativity and the arts. For more information visit racc.org.

Every Portland elementary school now has an arts teacher, thanks to the arts tax

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Find stories about the impact of the tax online in April at #pdxlovesart

PORTLAND, ORE —In November 2012, 63% of Portland voters overwhelmingly passed Ballot Measure 26-146 to create the Arts Education & Access Fund, now known as the “arts tax.” The tax directly funds 72 K-5, music, dance and visual art teachers in the city’s six school districts: Centennial, David Douglas, Parkrose, Reynolds and Riverdale School Districts and Portland Public Schools. Thanks to the $35 income tax, every elementary school in the City of Portland currently has at least one art, music or dance teacher on staff.

“The arts tax has nearly tripled the number of elementary arts teachers in Portland and we’re so proud of this early success. On that score, Portlanders got what they voted for,” said Eloise Damrosch, executive director of the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC). “Cities all over the nation are eager to replicate this sustainable funding stream for arts education.”

Arts Tax by the Numbers

  • In the 2012-13 school year – before Portland districts began receiving arts tax funds – City of Portland elementary schools had 31 arts teachers. By 2015-16, the total number of K-5 arts teachers has increased to 91.
  • Ballot Measure 26-146 ensures one arts teacher for every 500 students. As of 2015-16, districts have beat that promise, providing one arts teacher for every 398 students across the City.
  • Portland Public Schools has more than quadrupled its number of elementary arts teachers, jumping from 15 teachers in 2012-13 to 64 in 2015-16.

A total of $6,820,136 in arts tax funding went to Portland elementary schools in 2015-16. Broken down by district, total allocations are:

$4,558,212 – Portland Public Schools
$956,169 – David Douglas School District
$541,171 – Centennial School District
$393,788 – Reynolds School District
$324,847 – Parkrose School District
$45,950 – Riverdale School District

In addition to the arts tax dollars funneled to school districts for teacher salaries, $139,000 of the fund goes to RACC for arts education coordination expenses. RACC now offers professional development workshops for music and arts teachers hired through the arts tax, at no cost to districts. This training helps arts teachers connect their work to Common Core State Standards, and collaborate with colleagues in their buildings. RACC is also building new ways to connect the cultural resources of Portland to local schools.

The remaining dollars raised through the tax funds much-needed general operating expenses for local arts organizations, and projects that increase access to the arts for underrepresented communities. As tax collections increase, RACC will allocate additional funds to these causes.

The arts tax is due Monday, April 18 for City of Portland income earners at bit.ly/pdxlovesart. Read more about the arts tax at http://bit.ly/ArtsTaxFAQ.

Stories about the impact of arts tax-funded teachers can be found online throughout the month of April at #pdxlovesart.

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The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and awareness for the arts through Work for Art, a workplace giving program; convenes forums, networking events and other community gatherings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and oversees a program to integrate arts and culture into the standard curriculum in public schools through The Right Brain Initiative. RACC values a diversity of artistic and cultural experiences and is working to build a community in which everyone can participate in culture, creativity and the arts.

RACC launches new website

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PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has launched a new website at www.racc.org.  With an average of 452 unique visits per day, RACC’s website has been redesigned and reprogrammed to help constituents access RACC’s abundant resources more easily. The new website is also fully responsive for tablets and mobile devices, which now account for 30% of all visits.

Among the services available on racc.org:

  • Artists can apply for RACC grants, discover public art opportunities, find workshops and networking events, and tap into a wide variety of other online resources.
  • Arts organizations can learn more about RACC funding opportunities, find technical assistance programs and download research to help them be strong advocates.
  • Arts educators can learn more about The Right Brain Initiative and other opportunities for teaching artists in our community.
  • The public at large can browse the public art collection, find arts-related jobs, connect with organizations who offer $5 tickets through the Arts for All program, and learn more about how the Arts Education & Access fund, or arts tax, is making a difference in our community.

RACC’s online resource database is one of the most comprehensive in the region, and web visitors can now search and sort a myriad of opportunities including calls for artists, residency opportunities, arts-related jobs, live-work space, workshops, lectures and more. The new racc.org allows community members to submit additional opportunities online for RACC to share with its constituents.

The Regional Arts & Culture Council provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and awareness for the arts through Work for Art, a workplace giving program; convenes forums, networking events and other community gatherings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and oversees a program to integrate arts and culture into the standard curriculum in public schools through “The Right Brain Initiative.” RACC values a diversity of artistic and cultural experiences and is working to build a community in which everyone can participate in culture, creativity and the arts.

RACC extends the John C. Hampton Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts to The Standard’s Greg Ness

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PORTLAND, ORE — On February 24th the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) will host the annual Arts Breakfast of Champions where it will award The Standard’s Greg Ness with The John C. Hampton Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts. The award has only been given out three times and will be presented to Ness by Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish.

Ness is the Chairman, President and CEO of The Standard, where he started in 1979. He is a strong advocate for The Standard’s giving in the arts sector. He has personally given 16 years of service to Portland Center Stage, six of which he served as Board Chair. Ness has also chaired the Armory Theater Fund Board and was instrumental in securing funds for the acquisition, development and maintenance of the Bob and Diana Gerding Theatre.

Under Ness’ leadership, The Standard consistently ranks in the top five for arts giving, and each year runs an unsurpassed employee giving campaign during which the company matches employee giving dollar-for-dollar. In 2015 alone, The Standard’s employee campaign raised more than $2.2 million for the arts, schools and other nonprofits. They are leaders in the Work for Art program, and Ness’ personal commitment to supporting art is clearly infused throughout his company.

Ness believes that arts and cultural organizations play a major role in vibrant communities and that they have the potential to change the way we look at things. The Hampton Award honors and celebrates his commitment to supporting the arts in the Portland metropolitan region.

John C. Hampton was head of Oregon’s largest lumber manufacturer, Hampton Affiliates. In the early 1980s he took the idea to provide long-term funding for three of Portland’s major arts institutions—Portland Opera, Portland Art Museum and Oregon Symphony—and helped establish permanent, restricted endowments for each.

Hampton has said to business leaders, “The arts are not a frill. The arts are not a luxury. The arts are vital to our existence. Without art, without literature, without theatre, without music, without culture, we are a barren society that will atrophy and die. The arts are essential components of the fabric of our society. The arts stimulate the part of our being that is central to progress. The arts are not peripheral to our existence. They are fundamental to our core values.”

The award is for a business leader who not only gives, but inspires others to give; shares his passion for the arts; encourages his employees to participate in the arts and has chaired arts boards or major fundraising campaigns.

The Arts Breakfast of Champions was started in 1995 by Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts as an annual celebration of corporate philanthropy. As NWBCA closed its doors in the summer of 2015, RACC adopted this important event and established a new Business Committee for the Arts that is continuing this breakfast.

In addition to the John C. Hampton Award, the event will honor Business Champions for the Arts,  Work for Arts Champions, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, a Small Business Champion and an Inspirational Creative Partnership.

The Regional Arts & Culture Council serves artists, arts organizations, schools and residents throughout Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. RACC values a diversity of artistic and cultural experiences and works to build a community in which everyone can participate in culture, creativity and the arts.

Event details:

Wednesday, February 24, 2016
8AM event, with pre-event coffee and networking starting at 7:30AM

Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97205

Tickets are $125 at www.regonline.com/2016ABOC.  

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RACC unveils new “Arts Equity” grant opportunity; letters of interest due February 24

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PORTLAND, ORE — With funding from Multnomah County and the City of Portland’s voter-approved Arts Education and Access Fund, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) will invest a total of $100,000 in nonprofit organizations that are providing arts and culture programs and services for marginalized communities, including geographically underserved neighborhoods; communities of color, immigrants, and refugees; persons with disabilities; LGBTQ  communities; and other under-represented populations.

Nonprofit organizations that are based in Portland and/or Multnomah County are encouraged to submit proposals for artistic programs and projects occurring between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017. To begin the application process, organizations should submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) online at racc.culturegrants.org by February 24 at 5:00 p.m. Applicants whose LOIs best meet the objectives of this grant program will be invited to submit a full application in March.

Grant awards will be announced in May, and will range from $1,000 to $7,000 each. The types of activities that RACC intends to fund include, but are not limited to:

  • Community events that highlight and promote the art and culture of a particular community
  • Events or programs that give underserved artists increased outlets to promote and market their work
  • Programs that provide technical assistance and other learning opportunities for artists in culturally specific communities
  • Arts programming within underrepresented communities

“In terms of audience and impact, these new Arts Equity Grants are similar to the Expanding Cultural Access grants that RACC has funded for the last three years,” said RACC grants officer Helen Daltoso. “After piloting these grants for the last three years, we’ve formalized the program, doubled the budget and improved the online application process,” Daltoso explained. All guidelines and application materials are available online atracc.culturegrants.org.

RACC provides one-on-one assistance to applicants as needed, including feedback on draft applications and letters of interest; contact Quinn MacNichol at 503- 823-2928 or qmacnichol@racc.org for more information.

RACC will also host three free information sessions to help community members learn more about the Arts Equity Grant and how to apply:

  • Thursday, January 28, 3-5pm at RACC’s offices, 411 NW Park Ave, Suite 101, Portland
  • Thursday, February 4, 3-5pm at Gresham City Hall Council Chambers, 1333 Eastman Parkway, Gresham
  • An additional information session in East Portland is being scheduled and information will be posted atracc.culturegrants.org as soon as it is available.

To RSVP for an information session, contact Quinn MacNichol at qmacnichol@racc.org. For more information about the Arts Equity Grant, and a summary of other grant programs and deadlines, visit racc.culturegrants.org.

Key deadline: February 24, 2016 at 5:00 pm – LOI due online at racc.culturegrants.org.

How Arts Equity Grants are funded:

  • $50,000 is funded by Multnomah County, which increased its general fund investment to RACC in FY16 for the purpose of expanding arts access and support for East County and other underserved populations.
  • $50,000 is funded by The Arts Education and Access Fund (AEAF), approved by Portland voters in November, 2012. The AEAF funds at least one art or music teacher in every public elementary school in Portland, and funds RACC to bring arts, culture and creativity to life for every Portland resident. For more information, visit www.racc.org/aeaf.

About RACC: The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) was established in 1995 and is funded by public and private partners to serve artists, arts organizations, schools and residents throughout Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties. RACC provides grants for artists, nonprofit organizations and schools; manages an internationally acclaimed public art program; raises money and awareness for the arts through workplace giving and other programs; convenes forums, networking events and other community gatherings; provides workshops and other forms of technical assistance for artists; and integrates the arts into K-8 curriculum through The Right Brain Initiative. Online at www.racc.org.

RACC awards $665,595 for artistic projects in 2016

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PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $665,595 in project grants for calendar year 2016, including 54 grants to nonprofit organizations and 77 grants to individual artists in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties.

“Once again, the region’s artists and nonprofit organizations have brought a tremendous variety of interesting projects to our attention,” said executive director Eloise Damrosch. “We received a record number of applications, 359 total, and although we couldn’t invest in them all I am truly excited about the 131 projects that we were able to fund.”

A summary of every funded project can be found at www.racc.org/2016projectgrants. Some examples of projects supported within each discipline include:

  • Dance projects included new solo works and ensemble pieces, performance festivals, and a competitive residency program at New Expressive Works, which will support eight diverse choreographers with space, professional feedback, and a showcase performance.
     
  • Literature projects ranged from the sixth annual arts journal “Leaf Litter” produced by Signal Fire to memoirs, humorous essays, chap books and short fiction. Examples including a new book by Laura Moulton with her collaborator Ben Hodgson about the evolution of a bicycle-powered street library, its patrons who live outside, and the way literature can form a bridge between people from many walks of life, as well as a long-form nonfiction essay by Paul Martone entitled “Denny’s 1996” examining racial discrimination in the 1990s.
     
  • Media Arts covers audio, film and video works, from the avant-garde to documentaries to film festivals. This year, supported projects include a documentary by Lenore Eklund called “Food As Medicine,” a web series by Pamela Chipman looking to engage the person on the street with conversations about art, and Jennifer Lamastra’s stop motion animated short of a sad paper girl who encounters 1000 swirling origami paper cranes.
     
  • Multi-Discipline projects support a wide range of performances and presentations that combine and transcend specific categories. Liminal will present a “film-play hybrid” in real time; Luciana Proaño will produce a dance, poetry, music performance inspired by Peruvian folklore and photography; CymaSpace is producing six artistic showcases that facilitate accessible performing arts for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community; Douglas Detrick is leading creation of a collection of musical-storytelling episodes for his chamber-jazz quintet inspired by Melville’s Moby Dick.
     
  • Music includes a variety of genres from ukulele and tango music to ragas and opera. Okaidja Afroso will work on and release a new album in collaboration with innovative musicians from his native Ghana, and Maria Garcia and her partner Momoko Muramatsu will record and release a new CD as XX Digitus Duo at a two piano/four hand event.
     
  • Theatre projects can be published scripts like “Heathers: the Musical” (Staged! Musical Theatre) or works-in-progress like Dmae Roberts’ new play “The Courtesan.” They reflect local issues such as the city of Vanport (Damaris Webb to produce and direct “Cottonwood in the Flood” by local playwright Rich Rubin) and classic inspirations (Cerimon House to support a re-imagined Shakespeare story in a playwright residency project with Jennifer Le Blanc).
     
  • Visual Arts projects will include documentation of the endangered oral history of Palestinian folk, fabric and fiber arts by Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim, black and white paintings by Ty Ennis that explore the day-to-day life of an artist and father, and an in-depth photography project by Geoffrey Hiller documenting the TriMet #75 bus route from St. Johns to Milwaukie. Japanese Garden Society of Oregon will present an exhibit about Japan’s most influential contemporary architect, Kengo Kuma, and Blackfish Gallery has a month-long exhibit and lecture by Native American artist James Luna coming in 2016.
     
  • Community Participation & Access projects support arts programs and services that involve community participants directly. Sisters of the Road will facilitate a short 10 minute film on homelessness in Portland, Hollywood Senior Center with host a writing and photography project between seniors and youth from Beaumont Middle School, and Congregation Beth Israel is receiving their first RACC grant to support their annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day evening Shabbat event. Other examples of community based projects will bring the Artosaur out into the community (Christine Martell), engage youth in the written, spoken and sung word to address social justice and personal transformation (Renee Mitchell), and connect artists and day laborers (Patricia Vazquez Gomez).

This year’s project grants are made possible by both public and private funding sources, including the City of Portland, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, Washington County, Metro and the Oregon Arts Commission. RACC’s first annual summer fundraising gala, In the Garden of Artistic Delights, brought in nearly $35,000 to fund some of the project grants for individuals, and RACC’s workplace giving program, Work for Art, contributed $27,000 to fund some of the project grants for organizations.

In addition, an anonymous donor continues to provide special funding for an annual “Innovation Prize” of $2,500. This year’s award for outstanding, innovative, media-oriented project goes to Brenna Murphy for experimenting with virtual reality as an artistic medium and building a series of virtual spaces with digital sculpture installations titled “Realms.”

RACC’s peer review process involved 43 volunteers who served on 12 different panels organized by discipline. They were guided by staff during the months of October, November and December, evaluating proposals based on artistic merit, audience development and financial accountability. Most volunteer panelists (91%) served on a RACC grants panel for the first time. The RACC Board of Directors approved all panel recommendations on December 16.

More detailed summaries of each grant are available atwww.racc.org/2016projectgrants.

RACC project grants for individuals, calendar year 2016

Note: (*) denotes Clackamas County applicants, and (**) denotes Washington County based applicants.  All other applicants are based in Multnomah County. AF = Artistic Focus and CPA = Community Participation & Access.

Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim *

AF

Folk Arts

$2,633

Chata Addy

CPA

Music

$6,188

Frances Payne Adler

AF

Multi-Discipline

$6,071

Okaidja Afroso

AF

Music

$5,250

Devon Allen

AF

Theatre

$4,538

Karl Anderson

AF

Social Practice

$6,318

Scott Ballard

AF

Media Arts

$5,313

Barbara Bernstein

AF

Media Arts

$6,300

Sascha Blocker

AF

Theatre

$3,162

Grace Carter

AF

Theatre

$6,224

Jamuna Chiarini

AF

Dance/Movement

$2,837

Pamela Chipman

AF

Media Arts

$5,209

Scott Conary

AF

Visual Arts

$5,065

Bruce Conkle

AF

Visual Arts

$5,226

Emily Counts

AF

Visual Arts

$3,609

Kerry Davis

AF

Visual Arts

$5,801

Douglas Detrick

AF

Multi-Discipline

$5,211

Catherine Duffly

CPA

Social Practice

$4,384

Lenore Eklund

AF

Media Arts

$5,496

Ty Ennis

AF

Visual Arts

$3,855

Adrienne Flagg

AF

Theatre

$4,845

Adam Friedman

AF

Visual Arts

$5,527

Hilary Galian

CPA

Visual Arts

$4,100

Maria Garcia

AF

Music

$4,672

Damien Gilley

AF

Visual Arts

$5,235

Gia Goodrich

AF

Visual Arts

$5,925

Laura Hadden

CPA

Media Arts

$5,201

Courtenay Hameister

AF

Literature

$5,900

Allie Hankins

AF

Dance/Movement

$5,760

Jen Harrison

AF

Music

$6,636

Megan Haupt

AF

Music

$5,235

Faith Helma

AF

Multi-Discipline

$4,816

Matthew Henderson

AF

Visual Arts

$3,524

William Raul Hernandez Molina

CPA

Visual Arts

$4,917

Geoffrey Hiller

AF

Visual Arts

$5,198

Justin Hocking

AF

Literature

$6,255

Tahni Holt

AF

Dance/Movement

$3,296

Anthony Hudson

AF

Multi-Discipline

$3,341

Chuck Israels

AF

Music

$6,300

Sara Jaffe

AF

Literature

$4,789

Avalon Kalin

AF

Multi-Discipline

$1,525

Jennifer LaMastra

AF

Media Arts

$4,477

Alain LeTourneau

AF

Media Arts

$4,924

Wisteria Fleming Loeffler

CPA

Theatre

$6,300

Elizabeth Malaska

AF

Visual Arts

$4,612

Brenda Mallory

AF

Visual Arts

$6,522

Christine Martell **

CPA

Visual Arts

$6,453

Paul Martone

AF

Literature

$4,763

Kayla Mattes

AF

Visual Arts

$4,763

Renee Mitchell

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$5,214

Ben Moorad

AF

Literature

$5,250

Laura Moulton

AF

Literature

$6,120

Brenna Murphy

AF

Multi-Discipline

$4,875

Brenna Murphy
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Innovation Prize

$2,500

Hunter Noack

AF

Music

$6,605

Chris Parkhurst

AF

Media Arts

$4,500

Jess Perlitz

AF

Multi-Discipline

$2,363

Vu Pham

AF

Media Arts

$5,054

Mo Phillips

AF

Music

$5,734

Ryan Pierce

AF

Visual Arts

$6,837

Luciana Proaño

AF

Multi-Discipline

$5,306

Jennifer Rabin

AF

Literature

$2,348

Sabine Rear

AF

Visual Arts

$1,982

Vanessa Renwick

AF

Media Arts

$5,806

Anne Rioseco Greenwood

AF

Visual Arts

$5,405

Morgan Ritter

AF

Visual Arts

$2,257

Dmae Roberts

AF

Theatre

$5,250

Ken Selden

AF

Music

$4,181

Norman Sylvester

CPA

Music

$4,104

Sharita Towne

AF

Multi-Discipline

$6,120

Philip Van Scotter

AF

Media Arts

$5,600

Sivagami Vanka **

AF

Dance/Movement

$5,239

Patricia Vazquez Gomez

CPA

Social Practice

$5,250

Matthew Vuksinich

AF

Music

$5,250

Samantha Wall

AF

Visual Arts

$6,749

Damaris Webb

AF

Theatre

$6,015

Ryan Woodring

AF

Visual Arts

$5,600

Jingzi Zhao

AF

Visual Arts

$4,418

 

RACC project grants for organizations, calendar year 2016

Note: (*) denotes Clackamas County applicants, and (**) denotes Washington County based applicants.  All other applicants are based in Multnomah County. AF = Artistic Focus and CPA = Community Participation & Access.

Architecture Foundation of Oregon

CPA

Visual Arts

$6,000

Blackfish Gallery

AF

Visual Arts

$6,297

Boom Arts Inc.

AF

Theatre

$5,250

Caldera

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$6,650

Cerimon House

AF

Theatre

$4,015

Cinema Project

AF

Media Arts

$4,608

Conduit Dance Inc.

AF

Dance/Movement

$6,300

Congregation Beth Israel

CPA

Presenting

$3,173

Creative Music Guild

AF

Multi-Discipline

$5,950

CymaSpace

AF

Social Practice

$3,649

Design Week Portland

AF

Presenting

$5,250

Disability Art and Culture Project

CPA

Media Arts

$5,916

en Taiko

CPA

Music

$3,600

Estacada Area Arts Commission *

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$5,055

Estacada Together *

CPA

Music

$4,200

Friends of the Children – Portland

CPA

Visual Arts

$4,492

Hoffman Gallery

AF

Visual Arts

$5,250

Hollywood Senior Center

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$6,108

In Mulieribus

AF

Music

$3,673

India Cultural Association **

CPA

Presenting

$4,131

Japanese Garden Society of Oregon

AF

Visual Arts

$7,000

Kukatonon Children’s African Dance Troupe

CPA

Dance/Movement

$7,000

Latino Network

AF

Multi-Discipline

$6,565

Liminal

AF

Multi-Discipline

$3,040

MediaRites

AF

Media Arts

$7,000

MetroArts Inc

AF

Music

$4,365

Museum of Contemporary Craft

AF

Visual Arts

$5,950

New Expressive Works

AF

Dance/Movement

$7,000

Newspace Center for Photography

AF

Visual Arts

$5,084

Northwest Animation Festival

AF

Presenting

$6,973

Opera Theater Oregon

AF

Multi-Discipline

$5,036

p:ear

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$3,926

Pacific Northwest College of Art

AF

Visual Arts

$5,600

PassinArt: A Theatre Company

AF

Theatre

$5,186

Performance Works NorthWest

AF

Dance/Movement

$5,250

Playwrights West

CPA

Theatre

$5,063

Portland Children’s Museum

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$5,250

Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble

AF

Theatre

$6,289

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble

AF

Multi-Discipline

$5,894

Portland Oregon Women’s Film Festival (POWFest)

CPA

Media Arts

$6,300

Portland State University Foundation

CPA

Visual Arts

$4,250

Portland Story Theater, Inc.

CPA

Theatre

$1,959

Portland SummerFest

AF

Music

$5,240

Portland Symphonic Choir

AF

Music

$5,600

QDoc: Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

AF

Media Arts

$6,251

RASIKA – India Arts and Culture Council **

AF

Presenting

$6,700

Resonate Choral Arts *

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$3,056

Risk-Reward

AF

Presenting

$5,243

Signal Fire

AF

Literature

$3,131

Sisters Of The Road

CPA

Media Arts

$6,650

Staged! Musical Theatre *

AF

Theatre

$7,000

The Old Church Society Inc.

AF

Presenting

$2,887

The Rosewood Initiative

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$3,857

Washington County Cooperative Library Services **

CPA

Multi-Discipline

$4,000

 

 
 
 

The Right Brain Initiative and Work for Art release reports

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PORTLAND, ORE — Two programs of the Regional Arts & Culture Council – The Right Brain Initiative and Work for Art – have published summaries of their accomplishments and finances for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2015. 

The Right Brain Initiative’s 2015 Progress Report illustrates RACC’s unique approach to supporting K-8 educators in the Portland tri-county region. Through workshops, coaching, and collaboration with artists, Right Brain helped 1,220 Portland area educators integrate the arts into their teaching during the 2014-15 school year. The report features profiles of teachers who are served by the program, all of whom describe how Right Brain has helped them and their colleagues learn to teach differently.

“Supporting and training teachers helps us catalyze a new relationship between public schools and the arts, making creative thinking a fundamental part of the learning process for all kids,” said Marna Stalcup, director of arts education at RACC. “We haven’t always talked a lot about this aspect of our work, but it’s part of our DNA.”

The Right Brain Initiative benefited 19,324 students last school year, 55% of whom qualify for the free and reduced lunch program. This school year, Right Brain is growing to serve 63 schools in seven Portland area school districts. Read more by downloading the full report.  

The Annual Report for Work for Art provides a summary of RACC’s 9th workplace giving campaign for the arts. A total of $750,350 was raised between July, 2014 and June, 2015, and the report includes the names of all campaign donors – including nearly 2,000 employees at 75 companies in the region. Work for Art donations are matched dollar-for-dollar by a public-private matching challenge fund, and proceeds are distributed to approximately 100 arts organizations every year.

“Over the past nine years, Work for Art has distributed more than $6.2 million in grants and direct gifts to arts and culture organizations based in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties,” said program manager Kathryn Jackson. “Their work plays out every day in theaters, concert halls, galleries, hospitals, libraries, classrooms and community centers throughout the region.”

Earlier this year, Work for Art announced that it has set an ambitious goal to raise $1 million in celebration of its 10th Anniversary Campaign that began in July, 2015 and runs through June 30, 2016. Mike Golub, President of Business Operations at the Portland Timbers, and Dave Lofland, President of KeyBank Oregon and SW Washington, are co-chairing the campaign. To learn more and contribute, visit workforart.org.

In late December, RACC will publish its “Year in Review” for all programs along with audited financial statements for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2015.