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FY26 Washington County Sponsorship Awardees

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In spring 2026, RACC piloted a sponsorship opportunity for nonprofit arts organizations in Washington County to support cultural events and arts programming slated for public presentation between May and August 2026. With a budget of $30,000 for sponsorships and an additional $10,000 to support direct community engagement, RACC was able to support 25 summer arts events. The program helps create vibrant and meaningful encounters with various artistic disciplines and happenings for community members across Washington County.

Organization Name  City  Project  Sponsorship Award 
ArtMax Academy  Portland  Tirgan Summer Solstice Celebration: June 14   $     1,500  
Bag&Baggage Productions  Hillsboro  2026 HYPE Showcase: July 17 & 18   $     2,500  
Beaverton Community Band  Beaverton  Concert in the Park series: July 11 & July 26   $     1,000  
Beaverton Symphony Orchestra  Beaverton  Travis Hatton Young Artist Program: May 29 & 31   $     2,000  
Bells of the Cascades  Tualatin  Premiere of “When All Else Fails…” A Groundbreaking Work for Handbells and Ensemble: June 6 & 7   $     1,000  
Broadway Rose Theatre Company  Tigard   “Newsies” Summer Musical Production: July 16 to August 16   $     2,500  
Classical Up Close  Tigard  Washington County Kids’ Concerts: May 3   $     1,000  
Experience Theatre Project  Beaverton  End of Summer Carnivale: A Feast of Friends : August 29   $     2,500  
GoldenRoadArts  Hillsboro  Art in the Park: June to August   $     1,500  
Hillsboro Artists’ Regional Theatre (HART)  Hillsboro  Summer New Works Series: June to August 15   $     1,500  
Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra  Hillsboro  HSO in the community: May to August   $     1,000  
Mask & Mirror Community Theatre  Tigard  Main Stage and UnMasked Shows: May to August 1   $     1,500  
Native Performing Arts Network  Hillsboro  Using Theater to Improve visibility of Native women and address the crisis of violence against Indigenous people: May to June   $     1,500  
Oregon Marathi Mandal  Hillsboro  Love Musical celebrating Indian/Maharashtra culture: June   $     1,000  
Peruvian Cultural Festival And Events  Beaverton  Festival 2026: Culture to Be Shared: July 25   $     1,500  
RASIKA Society for Arts of India  Hillsboro  Music & Dance of India: May 9 & July 24   $     1,500  
Scarlet Sails Cultural Foundation  Beaverton  Community Story Lab: From Children’s Stories to Stage: June to August   $     1,000  
STAGES Youth Academy  Hillsboro  “Catch Me When I Fall” : May 1 to June 14   $     2,000  
The FLIP Museum  Hillsboro  Seasonal Native Traditions of the Tualatin Valley: June to August   $     1,500  
The Immigrant Story  Portland  I Am An American Live: May 16   $     2,000  
WE Youth String Ensemble  Portland   Traveling the world through music: May 9 & August 8   $        750  
Theatre in the Grove  Forest Grove  CAST Camp Youth Scholarship Initiative: July 13 to August *9   $     2,500  
Tualatin Valley Creates  Beaverton  La Strada dei Pastelli Pop-Up Program: May to August   $     2,500  
Tualatin Valley Symphony  Tigard  Two public orchestra concerts: June 7 & July 4   $     2,000  
Willamette Writers   Hillsboro  Washington County Adult and Youth Programming: April to August 2   $        750  

Second Round of Portland Arts Project Grants Awards $1,220,000 to 274 Artists and Organizations

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In partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $1,220,000 in arts funding to 274 Portland-based artists and arts and culture organizations through the second round of Portland Arts Project Grants. This round supports 179 individual artists and 95 arts and culture organizations, with 107 recipients indicating this is their first time receiving a grant from RACC. Funded projects reflect the breadth of Portland’s creative community, spanning visual and performing arts, music, film, literature, and interdisciplinary practices.

Portland Arts Project Grants are a citywide funding initiative designed to support innovative, publicly engaged artistic projects. Grants ranging from $1000 to $5000 help artists and organizations advance programming, presentations, events, and artistic development that contribute to Portland’s cultural vitality and strengthen connections across neighborhoods.

“At its core, this program is about trust in artists and the value they bring to our city,” said Patricia Rojas, Executive Director of the Regional Arts & Culture Council. “This second round of grants invests directly in the people and ideas shaping Portland’s cultural landscape, reinforcing that the arts are a shared public resource.”

This funding round continues RACC’s long-standing collaboration with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, expanding access to resources for artists and organizations throughout the city. Funding for this round of grants is made possible through the City of Portland’s general fund, and proceeds from the City’s voter-approved Arts Access Fund. Grant awards were determined through a competitive, peer-led review process grounded in community knowledge and disciplinary expertise.

“These Portland Arts Project Grants help sustain Portland’s arts ecosystem by awarding funds to individual artists, arts and culture organizations, and creative businesses,” said Office of Arts & Culture Director Chariti Montez. “Projects funded through these grants are vital—underpinning many of the arts and culture experiences enjoyed by Portlanders all year long.”

For this round, RACC received 625 applications, which were evaluated by 19 peer review panels composed of 38 community reviewers from across Portland’s arts and culture sector. Reviewers assessed proposals based on artistic quality, project concept, community engagement, public benefit, readiness to carry out the project, and alignment with RACC’s values and the City of Portland’s commitment to inclusive service.

“The range of projects funded in this round speaks to the creativity, care, and ambition of Portland’s artists,” said Ingrid Carlson, Senior Programs Officer at RACC. “It’s especially meaningful to facilitate a process that engages the community in allocating public funds. It wouldn’t be possible without the numerous creative professionals who thoughtfully serve on the review panels or the incredible team who work together to manage a values-driven process.”

The Portland Arts Project Grants program builds on RACC’s decades-long partnership with the City of Portland, centering transparent, community-driven grantmaking practices. In addition to these grants, the City has offered other funding opportunities for Portland creatives over the past year, as detailed on the Office of Arts & Culture’s website. RACC is proud to serve as a grantmaking partner for small grants, alongside MusicOregon and Friends of IFCC.

Please find a full list of grantees here. 

 

Contact

Meech Boakye, Communications Lead, RACC, mboakye@racc.org 

Kelly Knickerbocker, Communications Coordinator, Office of Arts & Culture, kelly.knickerbocker@portlandoregon.gov  

About the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC)

For decades, RACC has aimed to serve every neighborhood of our region to ensure that arts and culture are accessible to all. Our nationally acclaimed public art program enlivens parks, community centers, government buildings, libraries and health clinics; brings people and communities together; and makes our region a more vibrant and welcoming place to be. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we work to elevate the voices and visibility of individual artists, creative organizations and arts nonprofits – especially those that serve underrepresented communities – amplifying their impact through grants, professional development and other vital resources. Through strategic partnerships, our team works to build coalitions and lead new initiatives, crafting a shared vision for an equitable future for arts and culture in our region. For more information, please visit racc.org. 

About the Office of Arts & Culture at the City of Portland

Arts and culture are integral to our community and vital to Portland’s identity as a center of creativity. Artists and creatives help define Portland’s culture, fuels its economy, and enhance the quality of life for the people who call it home. The City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture celebrates and supports Portland’s creative economy, expanding opportunities for Portlanders to participate in creative experiences through arts education coordination, cultural planning, grantmaking, public art and the Percent for Art program, and more. Our vision: arts at the center of public life in Portland. Learn more at portland.gov/arts. 

FY26 Portland Arts Project Grant Awardees

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In partnership with the City or Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, RACC designed and administered the FY26 Portland Arts Project Grant (PAG) program to support the making and sharing of artistic work and the development of the arts community in Portland, Oregon. Individual artists, arts organizations, arts businesses, and other nonprofits applied for grant funding to support arts programs and activities that have community impact. The following 274 Grants were awarded in February 2026 for a total of $1.22 Million:

2025-2026 RACC Portland Arts Project Grant awards:

Individual artists:

Funded in partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture

Individual Artists Working Title Primary Artistic Discipline  Award
Alvarado, Time Inheritors of Movement Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Anderson, Michael Friends After Good Sound 2026 Programming Music $5,000
Aquarian, Erin Femme TV: Programming For A New Paradigm Film/Video $5,000
Arroyo, Amanda Tiny Gallery St. Johns Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $4,000
Arvizu, Mia Nahui Ollin Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Ball, Amber Hella NDN, Siletz Theatre Fest Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Barrera, Claire CAME BACK DIFFERENT Dance/Movement $5,000
bath, ilish Forgotten Words: Korean language zine and Graphic Novel Multi-Discipline $5,000
Beach, Jasmine Black Feast: In Spirit Multi-Discipline $5,000
Beer, John Portland Poetry Confluence Literature $5,000
BeGaetz, Heather Oil Speaks Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Belden, Jaime Let’s Try This Again Multi-Discipline $4,000
Berger, Emma Farm to Paper Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Bint Bandora The Wedding I Would Want Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000
Bittakis, Fran Yo No Soy Mi Mamá Film/Video $5,000
Boswell, Addie Trash-based Community Mural Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Bourke, Ron Sanctuary Film/Video $5,000
Brashear, Rachel Rachel Brashear presents The Carla Bley Big Girl Band: A Tribute to Carla Bley Music $3,000
Bray, Julia Bimbo Tennis Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Caldwell, Makayla Restoring Kellogg: A River, A People Film/Video $5,000
Castano, Roxanne Guia Community Mural Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Chilton, Jeffrey Double EP Production Music $3,000
christian, steven Cutie Catcherz Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Christiansen, Teresa The Purple Door Gallery Two Person Show Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Clark, Alan Saint Return to the Rainbow Forest Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Clendenon, Kelly Helpers: Inspiring Change Through Storytelling Film/Video $4,000
Cotik, Tomas Performance, Audio and Video Recording of a Double Album of Spanish Music Music $5,000
Crowley, Caitlin Alx the Artist Film/Video $5,000
Culver, Breesa LINE TIME live community taping, “exploded gallery,” and art zine Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $4,000
Curtis, Ell Holding onto the Sky Theatre/Musical Theatre $4,000
daghlian, martha Initial: An Art-Critical Writing Project Writing $4,000
Davis, Quincy 7th Wave: Medicine Flows Music $5,000
de Bastion, Myles “Journey to Earth II” a Deaf/Blind Immersive Scifi Experience Multi-Discipline $5,000
Dechenne, Sam Concerts in Color 2026 Music $5,000
DeGrave, Sarah Body of Work Multi-Discipline $2,000
Deiz, Brendan Doombia album 2 vinyl production Music $5,000
DelGandio, Olivia  Dry Land: A Celebration of Matt Dishman Community Center Regulars Social Practice $3,000
Dembrow, Catherine (Kiki) Just Listen Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
DeVivo, Nykelle Set You Free Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Dextrous, Amber Supporting Access and Growth in Glitter Trashcan’s 2026 Season Theatre/Musical Theatre $3,000
Dot, Francis TIME GHOST TOWN Multi-Discipline $5,000
Driesler, Amy The Sugar Hole Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Duffly, Kate Everything Under the Sun Parade 2026 Multi-Discipline $4,000
Duncan, Meera for sex workers by sex workers an art and film festival, the highlights, the marginalized workers! Film/Video $5,000
Dyer, Jam Pencil Test Animation Festival Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $4,000
Eaton, Noelle Bike Play Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Eng, Kai Pacifico Propagant – Environmental Sci-Fi/Horror Film/Video $5,000
Evangelista, Oliver FLiP Series Film/Video $5,000
Faktor, Liza The Arrival Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Farahat, Sarah Contiguous Energy Multi-Discipline $5,000
Faria, Quinha Material Experiments in Care and the Social Body Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Febbroriello, Devin Jane The Impeccable Art of Never-Ending Wellness Film/Video $5,000
fimbres, papi STUDIO RECORDING, MASTERING & DISTRIBUTION OF ALBUM Music $4,000
Fitzgerald, Emily The People’s Archive for Reproductive Empathy Multi-Discipline $5,000
Ford, Ma Signs of Good to Come Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $4,000
Foreman, Paul Guitar for Yoga and Meditation Music $4,000
Foster, Rebby Yuer Don’t Cry For Me Theatre/Musical Theatre $3,000
Friedman, Naama A Night with The First! Theatre/Musical Theatre $2,000
Frison, Ebony Echoes & Assemblies Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Fruchter, Ora for Feeble Flame You’re Doing it Wrong Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Garcia, Lonnie Dedmal Collective-Risograph Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Garland, Spencer Counter of Sheep Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $5,000
Gaskill, Julia The Bigfoot Poetry Festival 2026 Literature $5,000
Gerber, Rose EP Recording Music $3,000
Gietler, Therese Sparking Creativity Free Public Screening and Reception Film/Video $5,000
Gilmore, Sarah Studio Noir: Pilot Episode Film/Video $5,000
Glasser, Kelsey AS YOU LIKE IT RE-LAUNCHES NW CLASSICAL THEATRE CO. Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Gonzalez Lazo, Erik Indiepocalypse: A dedicated album and concert celebrating independent game studios and their music. Music $5,000
Gonzalez, Joeanally Stories of Resilience Multi-Discipline $5,000
Graff, Jess Community Collaborations Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Grün, Clara Cala Brava Music $5,000
Hadley, Pamela Reforesting the Edgelands Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $4,000
Hammond, Julie The Walking Studio Multi-Discipline $5,000
Haque, Sabina Zeba “Wildfire & Water” Solo Exhibit at Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Hasan, Elijah P.O. Reign Line Dance Choreography and Video Multi-Discipline $5,000
Hata, Chisao TADASHI’S TRUNK Multi-Discipline $3,000
Hawksford, Heather Human Reproductive Stories Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $5,000
Henreid, Onry Echoes Under the Bridge: Albina Homecoming Multi-Discipline $5,000
Hermann, Courtney Outliers and Outlaws – Distribution in Community Film/Video $5,000
Hickey, Bridgette seed to quilt Multi-Discipline $5,000
Hickey, Leslie Rubus Discolor Project presents: A Billboard Project Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $4,000
Hinnessy, Kween Kween Music $5,000
Hood-Marvin, Joshua Community wellness through bow making 2 Traditional Wood-working $5,000
Hudson, Anthony 4th Annual Portland Drag Theatre Workshop Multi-Discipline $5,000
Humberston, Essie Professionally recording my first 3 song EP. Music $4,000
Hummel, Micah Scholarships for Community Music Education Music $5,000
Hunte, Roberta Push: Black mamas changing the culture of birth filming Film/Video $5,000
Jackson, Michelle Fat Over Lean Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Jay, Manta Manta Jay’s Parade of Monsters Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Jessie, Paris The Poetics of Being Film/Video $1,000
John, Mack Hard Surfaces EP Music $4,000
Jorden, Shanea Shanea-Animal Instincts album production Music $5,000
Kimbrow, Rachel STEAM Abecedario Literature $4,000
Korkmaz, Emrah Community Saz Workshops Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000
Korkmaz, Nedim Kurdish Cultural Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $4,000
Krause, Timothy Boom Crash Love Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Kravtsova, Olga Harvest of Woman: Embodied Fables Multi-Discipline $5,000
Law, Horatio John Day Tango – An Oregon Love Story Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Lee, Benjamin Lents Slam n’ Jam 2026 Music $5,000
Levy, Stuart Allen People of The River Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Lind-Diamond, Mahalia Pale Violet Debut EP Music $3,000
Lindstrom, Brian Mothering Inside Tenth Anniversary Screening Series Film/Video $3,000
Lipton, Shawna Stabby: The Secret Lives of C.M. Owens Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $5,000
Longstreth, Katherine The Changing Room Multi-Discipline $5,000
Longworth, Trip Apocalypse Matrix The Musical Theatre/Musical Theatre $3,000
Lueck, Anna Homecoming Film/Video $5,000
Lyon, Olivia Album – “Meet Me In The City” Music $4,000
MAARQUII, marquise dickerson For The Consideration Of Fem Queens Multi-Discipline $5,000
Mack, Marsha Memory Palace Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Mairs, Will Ladd’s Edition 2026: Vols. 5 & 6 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Maita, Maita: Fourth Full-Length Album Recording Music $5,000
Martinez Linares, Hector The Future Is Ancestral / Somos el puente Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
mcclinton, aiyana Wool Processing, Spinning, Felting, and Hide Tanning Workshops Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Mcgarry, Jordan Keep portland fuzzy: a community tufting space Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
McNamee, Audra Comics about computers and technology Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Mead, Angie Woe Nelly Debut Album Music $5,000
Medina, Rozzell Experimental Chaos Fiction Multi-Discipline $2,000
Mello, Michelle Make a Puppet with Me: A DIY Stop-Motion Art Series Multi-Discipline $5,000
Michel, Karen Jazz Pesado Multi-Discipline $5,000
Minu-Sepehr, Ava Seeds as ancestors, connection, and (be)longing: an exhibition of SWANA seeds and their stories Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Morey, Liberty Erosion Concerns Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $4,000
Murine, Alexis HUNK Liberation Now Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Nagle, Brendan Ten Years Alive On The Infinite Plain – A Tribute To Tony Conrad Film/Video $4,000
Nartey Jr, Titus Wo Bea Ne [It is Our Time] Music $5,000
Nenemikwa, Shego / Shegocaga Active Development of Traditional Beadwork – Workshops and Tutorials Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Ng, Salty Xi Jie The Grandma Reporter: Issue 4 – Sex Social Practice $5,000
Niekrasz, John Wrong Civilization Music $4,000
Nolan-Finkel, Conor Production of the Audio Drama Series: Radio New Cahokia Multi-Discipline $5,000
Ogden, Bea Yeh Whispers & Leaves – Luminous Together Art Grove 2026 Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Orfale, Adam Free relaxing music concerts with local tradtional tea service Music $5,000
Orloski, TJ Shatter Flat Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $5,000
Parson , Andrea The One Multi-Discipline $4,000
Peoples, Amber How on Earth? LIVE Multi-Discipline $5,000
Pepper, Pepper In The Name of the Moon Multi-Discipline $3,000
Pérez, Krystal From Canvas to Community: Expanding Cultural Narratives through Painting & Printmaking Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Phenix, Darci Show at Laura Vincent Design and Gallery Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000
Prado, Emilly CARACOLITA Literature $5,000
Ra, Hazel Producing a New Album: “Afraid of Nothing” Music $1,000
Radsliff, Jack Mixing Costs for Record Music $5,000
Ripper, Karina Silver Blankets Film/Video $5,000
Rivers, Dey Fantasy, Fable, & Folklore: whimsical and political storytelling in challenging times Multi-Discipline $5,000
Roberts, Kendra Grief Holiday at The Lantern Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Robinson, LaTroy The Dojo: Ballroom 2026 Programming Dance/Movement $5,000
Rodriguez Fernandez, Gisela Puentes sonoros (Sonic Bridges) : a sonic & visual storytelling performance about history, solidarity and resistance in Latin America Multi-Discipline $5,000
Rose, Alicia Menopunks Film/Video $5,000
Ross, Danielle Glitch Dance/Movement $4,000
Ruggles, Angela Echoes of the Trees: Ceramics and Climate Change Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Ruscher-Haqq, Niyyah An Infinite Universe: A compilation of Muslim storytellers Multi-Discipline $5,000
Samizay, Gazelle Mapping the Unseen Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $5,000
Alberta Rose Theatre 4th Annual International Booklover’s Burlesque Festival Multi-Discipline $5,000
Simons, Eric Full Court Progress with Coach Clem Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Sloan, Aubrey A Year and A Day Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
sneed, joe Meconia: Long Circuit Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Solomon, Ary Tending Portland Song Culture Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Songolo , Asukulu Threads of Us: Weaving Black Love Fashion Design and Film $5,000
Spaulding, Claire Craft and Material: Conversations with the Portland Arts Community Multi-Discipline $3,000
Stebbins, Kyle Don’t Be Weird – Improv Gameshow Film/Video $5,000
Strom, Dao Diaspora Songs Multi-Discipline $5,000
Swatosh, Drew The Dead Fires Anthology Album Music $3,000
Terrell, Jacob Mildred’s Palace Film/Video $5,000
Thomas, Paige Person Under – Community Workshops and Presentations Multi-Discipline $5,000
Tirta, Gaby Resist/Exist: The Space Between Story and Stain Multi-Discipline $5,000
Velasquez , Orquidia “Goodbye Old Textiles, Hello New Textile Art” Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $1,000
Vivas, Maya Wherever You Go, There You Are Multi-Discipline $5,000
Volness, Kirsten “for Anna Atkins” Music Video Music $1,000
Walker, David The Making Comic Books Comic Book and Creative Workshop Literature $5,000
Walters, Jonathan The Dowry Multi-Discipline $5,000
Welch-Cabler, Franny Franny Cabler‘s own harness! Dance/Movement $5,000
White, Louis A.M.P.: First Thursdays 2026 — Art.Music.Poetry Series Multi-Discipline $3,000
White, Orion Wen’ípt Music $4,000
Whitworth, Liam Queer Forest Bathing & Portland Poet Walk Literature $5,000
Willow, Brooke The Hands of Portland: Holding On Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Winchester, Jai’aja Hijinx Me. Film/Video $5,000
Worthy, Danitrius Expanding BUK’s Multidisciplinary Impact Through Professional Development Music $5,000
Wright, Jennifer The Female Gaze: Women and Allies Unite in Petrifying the Patriarchy Music $2,000
Yamamoto, Takahiro Hollow Center Dance/Movement $5,000
Yoshioka, Kyle Provecho: Stories of Food and Identity – Issue 04 Literature $5,000
Zimmerman, Keith outside Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000

Arts organizations:

Funded in partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture and the Arts Access Fund

Organization Working Title Primary Artistic Discipline  Award
21ten Theatre 21ten Summer Residency Program – Emerging Artists & New Works Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
45th Parallel   Resonant Communities: 45th Parallel Universe’s 2025–26 Community Concert Series Music $5,000
82 Roses Community Enrichment Coalition Roses in the Heart of Portland Parade 20th Annual Event Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $4,000
A.Y.C.O.  Uplift Arts Competition: Celebrating Youth Creativity Multi-Discipline $5,000
Albina Music Trust Jefferson High School Choir – Vinyl Album & Release Party Music $5,000
All Classical Radio All Classical Radio Artist in Residence Music $5,000
AMP (Artist Mentorship Program) AMP’s Beat Building Academy – 2026 Music $3,000
Architecture Foundation of Oregon Architects in Schools Design Arts $4,000
Automatic Pilots LLC Unmatched: The Team that Changed the Beautiful Game – Proof of Concept Film/Video $5,000
Beirut Wedding World Theatre Project The Wasp Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Belong Art Community We All Belong Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Berm Berm Issue 8 – Physical Magazine $5,000
BIPOC Adoptees VOICES 3rd Annual: VOICES, a BIPOC Adoptee Author Reading Literature $5,000
Blackfish Gallery Many Bridges Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $4,000
Blanchet House of Hospitality Portraits and Stories of Unhoused Community Members Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Boise-Eliot Humboldt Elementary PTA Boise/Eliot-Humboldt Elementary Community Mural Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Brain Injury Connections Northwest Art on the Brain Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Building Five Engagement 2026 Multi-Discipline $3,000
CampOUT Portland CampOUT – LGBTQIA+ Youth Arts Programming Multi-Discipline $5,000
Carnation Contemporary LLC Carnation Contemporary: Portland Artist-Run Gallery Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Cesar Chavez PTA New Children’s Choir at Cesar Chavez K-8 School Music $2,000
CETI XRchive – Block 14 at Lone Fir Book and Qing Ming celebration Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $5,000
Chiral Filmworks Skates and Stilettos Film/Video $5,000
Chronic Pain Project Art as Voice: Integrated Community Programming Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Clinton St. Theater Clinton Street Theater – February 2026 Film/Video $4,000
Color Outside the Lines Voices of Migrant Youth: A Mural Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
congruency dance collective congruency dance collective presents : waveform Dance/Movement $5,000
Constellation Reading Series Constellation: A Community Reading Series – 2026 Literature $5,000
Dana Thompson Memorial Fund of Awesome Schools Out Rock Out after school programs – Spring 2026 Music $5,000
Elemental Portal of Perception Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Espacio Flamenco Feria de Portland Multi-Discipline $4,000
FROGTOWN FROGTOWN LIVE! Multi-Discipline $5,000
From the Ground UP : A Research and Development Center for New Art From The Ground UP New Works Festival: Spring 2026 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Futel Words On A Wire Media Arts (Audio/Tech) $3,000
Gal Pal Help Solve A Murder Film/Video $5,000
Gather:Make:Shelter Exhibition featuring fiber, textile and wearable art Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Good in the Hood Multicultural Music & Food Festival Roots, Rhythm & Power: A National Artist Spotlight & Festival Documentary Music $5,000
Heidi Duckler Dance/Northwest Creative Movement for Community Learners Dance/Movement $5,000
Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum of Oregon and SW Washington Follow the Thread: The Fabric of the Hellenic Spirit — Spring 2026 Programming Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $1,000
Hi LLC Hi Books Publications Literature $5,000
Hollywood Farmers Market Live Music at the Hollywood Farmers Market Music $5,000
HONK PDX HONK! PDX 2026 Music $5,000
Humans for Housing Education Inc Humans for Housing Exhibition Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
In Medio Sing, My Child 2026 Music $5,000
In Mulieribus “Among Women 2026” Celebrating Women Artists on International Women’s Day Music $5,000
Jazz Society of Oregon Cathedral Park Jazz Festival – 2026 Music $5,000
Katya Presents/Klip Klop Productions Divapalooza: A Queer BIPOC Centric Celebration of the Arts and Activism Multi-Discipline $5,000
Kickstand Comedy Kickstand Comedy in the Park 2026 Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
LES Shakespeare Co. The Words Will Come Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Misfit Academy Art At The End Of The World Performance $5,000
Montavilla Jazz Festival Vestal Social Justice Night 2026: A Latin Jazz Community Performance Music $5,000
Mullowney Printing Gather:Make:Shelter and Mullowney Printing Workshop Series Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Mysti Krewe of Nimbus Portland Mardi Gras Parade Management Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $4,000
Native American Youth and Family Center Developing Native performing artists in Portland Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
New Moon Productions Drama Literacy Program Theatre/Musical Theatre $3,000
New Wave Opera Deep Water Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
North East Productions Against the Code Film/Video $5,000
Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts Welcome to the NW Museum of Cartoon Arts – Comics Are For Everyone Mural Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Open Space Do You See Me? Dance/Movement $5,000
Opera Theater Oregon Nu Nah-Hup: Sacajawea’s Story Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Oregon Adventure Theatre Free outdoor performances of world premiere The Simple Truth by Ken Yoshikawa Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Oregon Repertory Singers Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir: All-Ages Recording Project Music $5,000
Oregon Suzuki Institute Scholarships for underrepresented students Music $3,000
Ori Gallery Sun Kissed Multi-Discipline $5,000
Outer Voice Outer Voice 2025/2026 Season Time-Based Art $5,000
Pacific Refugee Support Group Refugee Youth Farm to Table Project Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Performance Works NorthWest Alembic Artist Residency 2026 Dance/Movement $5,000
Portland Cultural Dance Collective Youth Cultural Dance Expansion & Showcase Dance/Movement $5,000
Portland Dance Film Fest The 10th Annual Portland Dance Film Fest Film/Video $5,000
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble PJCE at Vanport Mosaic Festival Music $3,000
Portland Latin American Film Festival 20th PORTLAND LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Film/Video $5,000
Portland Lesbian Choir Queer Joy June 2026 Music $5,000
Portland Panorama “Mental Health in the Entertainment Industry Conference” Film/Video $5,000
Portland Queer Arts Queer Arts Spectacular Multi-Discipline $5,000
Portland Revels Spring Revels 2026 Theatre/Musical Theatre $4,000
Portland SummerFest Opera in the Park 2026: Cruzar la Cara de la Luna Music $5,000
Portland Symphonic Choir VESPERS 2026 Music $4,000
push/FOLD Union PDX – Festival:26 Dance/Movement $5,000
Quest Center for Integrative Health Empowering Recovery through Collaborative Art Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $3,000
Rock Dojo The Nullsong Chronicles: Pilot Program Launch Music $5,000
Rogue Pack Rogue Pack Cross -Gen Story Circle Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Sabin CDC Summer Block Party 2026 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Sebe Kan Youth African Dance Inc. Sebé Kan Annual Concert Dance/Movement $5,000
Shady Pines Radio The Bullfrog Stage: Supporting Emerging Musicians at Shady Pines Festival 2026 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Sincere Studio Protest Banner-making Classes Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000
Steps for Youth Spring Performance 2026 Dance/Movement $4,000
Sugarpill LLC Sad Girl Summer 2026 Multi-Discipline $2,000
Swingin’ Sounds Swingin’ Sounds: Community Events and In-School Instruction Music $5,000
The Grief House Community Quilting – Stitching Our Grief Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $4,000
The Oaks Park Association Oaks Park Roller Rink Entry Mural Visual Arts (2D and 3D) $5,000
Third Eye Theatre Third Eye Theatre’s Portland Pride Play Festival 2026 Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Void Center LLC VOID Tattoo Fest 2026 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Wonderfolk Unity Through Arts Program: Amplifying the Power of BIPOC Youth Through Mural Creation Multi-Discipline $5,000
World Forestry Center Forest Hope & Innovation Multi-Discipline $5,000
Yiu-Mienh Association of Oregon Iu-Mien Association of Oregon’s Lunar New Year Celebration Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000

RACC Grant Administration Guide

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Congratulations on receiving a Grant from RACC!

This page provides all the information you will need to administer your grant, including appropriate acknowledgement of the grant support.

Please email grants@racc.org at any time with questions or if you need assistance!

  • Step 1: Complete Your Grant Agreement
  • Step 2: Provide Payment Information
  • Step 3: Acknowledge funding support
  • Step 4: Complete Your Funded Activity!
  • Step 5: Submit Your Final Report

RACC uses BILL.COM for grant payments. This system is a secure way for artists and vendors to enter their W-9 and Banking information for electronic direct deposits. 

After we review and approve your Grant Agreement, you will receive an invitation request via email from BILL.COM to enter your payment details within 7-10 days. If you prefer not to share your bank account information, you can still receive a paper check via mail. In this case, make sure to double-check your mailing address is correct on your Grant Agreement and in your Bill.com account. 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding BILL.COM, please reach out to RACC Accounts Payable at ap@racc.org or 503.345.5295 (text messages accepted). 

Grant payment processing takes 30 days. If it has been more than 30 days since you submitted your Grant Agreement, please contact grants@racc.org. 

When promoting and presenting your event or sharing your artistic activities, you are required to acknowledge the support of this grant and later provide evidence of this in your Final Report.  

Different grant programs are made possible by different funding sources and investments. Please check your Grant Agreement to verify specific acknowledgment requirements for your award such as required language and funder logos. The language and links to download the logos are posted below for Portland Arts Project Grants. 

Individuals and Businesses receiving Portland Arts Project Grants must acknowledge funding support by using the RACC and Office of Arts & Culture logos and/or a written notice acknowledging RACC (@regionalarts) and the Office of Arts & Culture(@pdxartsculture) when promoting and presenting your event or sharing your artistic activities. 

Arts Organizations must acknowledge funding support by using the RACC and Arts Access Fund logos and/or a written notice acknowledging RACC (@regionalarts) and the Arts Access Fund when promoting and presenting your event or sharing your artistic activities. 

Proof of funding acknowledgment is required with your Final Report. 

 

Logo Usage 

On printed and web materials, we ask that grantees include logos whenever possible. If you find yourself in a situation where no sponsor logos can be included, a written notice of grant support must be acknowledged as follows: 

For individuals and businesses: “[Name of project or activity] is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Office of Arts & Culture.”  

For arts organizations: “[Name of project or activity] is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund.” 

In the rare case where written and graphic (logo) acknowledgments are both impossible, a verbal acknowledgement must be made at your event. Last, grantees are encouraged but not required to acknowledge grant support when speaking with the press. 

Download combined RACC/Office of Arts & Culture logo  

In the event that the combined logos do not work in your layout, you are welcome to download them separately and configure them yourself: 

Download the RACC logos

Download the Office of Arts & Culture logos

Download the Arts Access Fund logos

Social Media 

RACC’s Communications team is eager to uplift our grantees’ projects via our social media channels. Please be advised, however, that because there are hundreds of RACC-supported projects breathing life into our community at once, there are limitations to the amount of cross-promotion and number of projects we can call attention to in a given day/week. Information about collaborating with our team on social media is posted below. 

We strive to connect with and follow the accounts of our artistic community on social media. If you are not present on social media, but would still like us to share information about a RACC supported project, please reach out to our team (comms@racc.org) about this or any other social media questions or suggestions you might have. 

To ensure we can find your posted content directly and efficiently, we offer the following suggestions: 

Instagram | @regionalarts 

In a post on your Instagram feed, mention us in the description and tag us in the photo @regionalarts. On your Instagram story, tag us @regionalarts so we can re-share it on our own story. 

Facebook | @Regional Arts & Culture Council 

Tag @Regional Arts and Culture Council in your post. Please do not request for RACC to cohost your event on Facebook. 

RACC Sponsored Events Calendar 

RACC.org hosts the “Grantee Events” calendar, powered by Travel Portland, and highlights the two soonest upcoming events on our homepage. If you would like your event to appear on the calendar, please visit https://www.travelportland.com/events/ to “Submit an Event”. Be sure to mark your event as “RACC Funded.” Once your event is verified, it will automatically appear on RACC’s calendar. 

 

Track your expenses, keep your receipts, and document both the creative and financial aspects of your activity. 

You will need this information later for your Final Report! More information about reporting requirements is provided in Step #5. 

Consider the ADA accessibility needs for your project. 

Projects that receive public support must be fully ADA accessible and inclusive to every individual. The assurance of equal opportunity for all people to participate in the arts is fundamental. Check out these resources and others to build Access into your programming 

Notify the RACC Grants team so we can see your work! 

You are encouraged to keep the RACC Grants team informed of your project dates and invite us to attend your event. You can reach us at grants@racc.org. 

Once your funded activity is complete, log back into the RACC Opportunity Portal to fill out your Final Report. While there is no hard deadline for you to complete your project, you should submit your Final Report no later than 45 days after the project has wrapped up. You will access the Final Report tasks by clicking the green “Start” button for the awarded grant with the Status of “Final Report”. 

The Final Report requires the following components: 

  1. Final Report Form. This form includes narrative questions about the activity, a budget section, and questions about the number of people involved/impacted. 
  2. Materials that show use of the RACC logo, Office of Arts & Culture logo, or other acknowledgement of grant support. This could be web links, brochures, programs, press releases, news clippings, screen shots, etc. 
  3. Evidence of completed activity. This could be photos, multimedia, web links, receipts, or other evidence that your grant funded opportunity was completed successfully. 

Please keep in mind that compliance with final reporting requirements in previous grant cycles will be considered when the applicant's future grant applications are in review. 

Once you have completed all of these components, be sure to click the green button labeled "Submit”. You will receive a confirmation email when your Final Report has been successfully submitted. 

A member of the RACC grants team will review your Final Report and be in touch if we have any questions or need additional documentation. When your final report is approved, you will receive a confirmation email. At that time, your grant is considered finished and closed with our congratulations on the completion of your project and best wishes for your next one. 

 

Questions?

If you have questions after reviewing this guide, or if you need assistance with grant administration throughout the duration of your project’s process, please contact us. We are here to help! 

You can reach the Grants team at grants@racc.org.

$116,000 in Professional Development Grants Awarded to 74 Artists!

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Portland, OR – June 25, 2025. RACC is proud to announce that 74 Professional Development Grants totaling $116,000 have been awarded! Of this pool, 55% of these grantees are receiving a RACC grant for the first time.

Our Professional Development Grant Program supports artists and arts administrators by offsetting expenses related to unique opportunities that will significantly impact one’s artistic career or business development. This spring, RACC received a total of 234 applications and 32% of applicants were selected to receive funds.

Grantees will use these funds to attend artist residencies, conferences and workshops; consult with mentors; produce artistic research; and present work in exhibitions outside our region. Of this grantee pool, 34% of grantees identified as BIPOC, 32% identify as living with a disability, and 39% are members of LGBTQIA+ communities.

Examples of funded activities include:

  • Workshops in Irish aerial dance, underwater cinematography, creative coding, digital weaving, signwriting, and copperplate photogravure.
  • Mentorships with experts in Brazilian zouk, lenticular imaging, legal services, and digital marketing.
  • National artist residencies in New York, California, Maine, and Ohio and international artist residencies in Argentina, Mexico, and Spain
  • National conferences in Maryland, North Carolina, Illinois, Rhode Island, and Washington and international conferences in Spain, Norway, and Brazil

Read the full list of grantees here.

This round of grants was awarded through public investment from Multnomah County and Washington County and bolstered with funding from the estate of Harriet Beal Cormack. Harriet Beal Cormack was a civic leader with an interest in urban affairs, social justice, women’s rights, and the arts. She was known as a remarkable patron of the performing, visual, and literary arts, and RACC is pleased to honor her entrepreneurial spirit and artistic interests with this grant program to support the growth of artists and arts leaders across the tri-county region.

About the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC): For decades, RACC has aimed to serve every neighborhood of our region to ensure that arts and culture are accessible to all. Our nationally acclaimed public art program enlivens parks, community centers, government buildings, libraries and health clinics; brings people and communities together; and makes our region a more vibrant and welcoming place to be. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we work to elevate the voices and visibility of individual artists, creative organizations and arts nonprofits – especially those that serve underrepresented communities – amplifying their impact through grants, professional development and other vital resources. Through strategic partnerships, our team works to build coalitions and lead new initiatives, crafting a shared vision for an equitable future for arts and culture in our region. For more information, please visit racc.org.

FY25 Professional Development Grant Program

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Congratulations to the 74 Professional Development Grantees! These awards, totaling $116,000, will support artists and arts administrators by offsetting expenses related to unique opportunities that will significantly impact their artistic career or business development. This spring, RACC received a total of 234 applications and 32% of applicants were selected to receive funds. Of this pool, 55% of these grantees are receiving a RACC grant for the first time(*)! Our grantees will use these funds to attend artist residencies, conferences and workshops; consult with mentors; produce artistic research; and present work in exhibitions outside our region. 

Aaron Wong* Multnomah County Film/Video Workshop or Class: Stowe Story Labs Producer’s Lab in Stowe, VT $1,500.00
Adayl Iost, Portland Cultural Dance Collective* Multnomah County Dance/Movement Consultant or Mentor: Leandro & Nayara, Brazilian Zouk artists  $1,500.00
Alex Gray* Clackamas County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Artist Residency: Fundación´ace and Proyecto´ace in Buenos Aires, Argentina $2,000.00
Alia Lux Multnomah County Dance/Movement Workshop or Class: Dancehall Mecca Dance Festival 2025 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica $1,500.00
Alison Lutz Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: One Week Holiday Course // The Drawing Week at the Royal Drawing School in London, UK $2,000.00
Amanda Arroyo Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Marketing Materials: documentation photography with Briana Morrison at Wilma Studio $850.00
Amy Stewart* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Camp Glass 2025 north of Spokane, WA $895.00
Andrea Deeken* Multnomah County Literature Conference: AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Conference 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland $1,590.00
Arjan Khalsa* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Camp Glass 2025 north of Spokane, WA $1,000.00
Audra Beaudoin* Clackamas County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: 3 Deep Space Sparkle classes called Ease Art Technique, Wild for Watercolor, and Creative Juices $500.00
Aurora Rupert Multnomah County Theatre/Movement Workshop or Class: 2 week Suzuki/Viewpoints Summer Intensive Workshop by PETE (Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble) $900.00
Austin Brague, North Pole Studio Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Present or exhibit work: LOOK HERE exhibition of work by 30 artists from progressive studios at Atelier in Philadelphia, PA $1,410.00
Balamurali Balu Washington County Music Conference: The NAMM Show 2026 (National Association of Music Merchants) in Anaheim, CA $1,750.00
Becky Springer Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Abstract Alchemy II: Emphasis on Design with Liz Murphy in New Orleans, LA $2,000.00
Bettina McEntyre* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Online glaze composition classes followed by website upgrade $1,100.00
Cassandra Majewski Multnomah County Dance/Movement Conference: Chicago Tap Summit hosted by M.A.D.D. Rhythms $800.00
Celeste Noche Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Artist Residency: Interlude Artist Residency in Hudson, NY $1,500.00
Cherie Savoie Tintary Washington County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Coastal Collage Camp at Sou’wester Lodge in Seaview, WA $575.00
Chris Harmon Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Consultant or Mentor: Susan Goldman, owner of Lilly Press in Rockville, Maryland $1,500.00
Chris Maunu, Pacific Youth Choir Multnomah County Music Conference: 2026 Envision ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) Eastern Region Conference in Providence, RI $2,000.00
Claire Barrera Multnomah County Dance/Movement Artist Residency: La Clinica gallery and residency in Oaxaca, Mexico $1,500.00
Diana Cuartas Multnomah County Art and Social Practice, Folk Arts/Cultural Arts Consultant or Mentor: Rational Unicorn Legal Services to establish El Conocimiento Migrante (The Migrant Knowledge) nonprofit $2,000.00
Drew Swatosh* Multnomah County Music Conference: Northwestern American Choral Directors Association Conference in Tacoma, WA $1,500.00
Dunja Marcum, Vibe of Portland Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Online courses from Dyslexia and Structured Literacy Certificate Program by the Dyslexia Training Institute in San Diego, CA $2,000.00
Esther Saulle* Multnomah County Music Workshop or Class: Week-long “Viols West” Viola da Gamba intensive workshop in San Luis Obispo, CA $2,000.00
Evelyn Holbrook* Multnomah County Dance/Movement Workshop or Class: Irish Aerial Dance Festival in LetterKenny, Ireland $1,400.00
Freddy Vilches Multnomah County Music Artistic Research: on Indigenous languages and musical compositions in Chile with CENIA, a Santiago-based institution $2,000.00
Genevieve DeGuzman* Multnomah County Literature Conference: AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs) Conference 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland $1,800.00
Harry Armstrong, Harry’s Room Washington County Multi-Discipline Conference: Interwoven Textile Fair by ITA in North Carolina $1,650.00
Hector Ornelas* Clackamas County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Artist Residency: Programa de Producción at Radio 28 in Mexico City $1,975.00
Jasmine Karcey Multnomah County Film/Video Workshop or Class: underwater cinematography PADI courses and training with Eco Dive Center in Southern CA $2,000.00
Jeremy Rotsztain Multnomah County Media Arts (Audio/Computer/Technology based) Consultant or Mentor: lenticular imaging specialist Isaac Cheung $2,000.00
Jess Perlitz Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Artist Residency: Yucca Valley Material Lab focus on bronze casting in California $2,000.00
Jessica Tyner-Mehta Washington County Multi-Discipline Workshop or Class: online course in Folklore/Mythology and Occult Sciences via the American Institute of Metaphysics (AIM) $1,500.00
Jessica Wallenfels Multnomah County Theatre/Musical Theatre Present or exhibit work: “Fire Season” at the 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil $2,000.00
Jesus Contreras* Washington County Film/Video Conference: 2025 NAB (National Association of Broadcasters) Show New York $1,775.00
Jody Read* Multnomah County Theatre/Musical Theatre Workshop or Class: Portland Experimental Performance Ensembles Institute for Contemporary Performance (PETE/ICP) $1,500.00
Jonathan Walters Multnomah County Theatre/Musical Theatre Workshop or Class: travel to Bulawayo, Zimbabwe to work with Zimbabwe Theatre Academy, Center for Talent Development, and Project Impakt $1,500.00
Joseph Henderson* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: advanced ceramics workshop at Radius Community Art Studio in Portland, OR $500.00
Josie Mae Multnomah County Multi-Discipline Conference: Twist & Shout balloon art convention in Las Vegas, NV $1,000.00
Karen Christie Fisher* Clackamas County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Consultant or Mentor: Victoria J. Fry of Visionary Art Collective $2,000.00
kelly williams Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Conference: Olive Stack Gallery Decennial Artist Exchange in Listowel, Ireland $2,000.00
Kenny Frechette* Multnomah County Dance/Movement Consultant or Mentor: Gracie Whyte & Laura Berg, founders of Ground Grooves $1,500.00
Kenzie Mitzner* Multnomah County Dance/Movement Conference: Irish Aerial Dance Festival (IADF) in Letterkenny, Ireland $1,400.00
Kirk Read* Multnomah County Literature Workshop or Class: Parakeet online writing community lead by Beth Pickets of San Franciso, CA $1,200.00
Kristi Balzer, Youth Music Project Clackamas County Music Workshop or Class: Enrollment in The People’s Nonprofit Accelerator Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) program $2,000.00
Laura Heit Multnomah County Multi-Discipline Artist Residency: Fall Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Maine $1,900.00
Linda K Johnson Multnomah County Dance/Movement Artist Residency: Archival Bootcamp in Valencia, Spain $1,500.00
Lisa Neher* Multnomah County Music Consultant or Mentor: Aligned Artistry to rework website, social media, and marketing materials $1,500.00
Liza Faktor Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Present or exhibit work: “Roots” at the 2025 Yeast International Photo Festival in Italy  $1,980.00
Lori Damiano Multnomah County Multi-Discipline Artist Residency: Praxis Fiber Workshop Digital Weaving Lab in Cleveland, OH $2,000.00
Luke Wyland Multnomah County Music Conference: Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter conference in Charlotte, NC $1,500.00
Luke Zwanziger Multnomah County Film/Video Conference: Austin Writers Conference and Film Festival in Austin, TX $1,100.00
Maren Salomon Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Marketing Materials: installation documentation with Mario Gallucci Photo at Lan Su Chinese Garden $500.00
Maria Osterroth Sussman, Portland Latin American Film Festival Multnomah County Film/Video Consultant or Mentor: Fernando Moreno Suárez, a respected Mexican film scholar, producer, creative director, and faculty member at Universidad Iberoamericana $2,000.00
Marissa Niederhauser* Multnomah County Dance/Movement Workshop or Class: Fact/SF Summer Dance Lab in San Francisco, CA $1,700.00
Mashall Sharma* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Five Day Intensive Signwriting Course with renowned sign painter Joby Carter in Street, Somerset, UK $1,500.00
maximiliano martinez Multnomah County Multi-Discipline Artistic Research: Cuajinicuilapa, Guerrero, Mexico to visit the Museo de las Culturas Afromestizas & attend the festival of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino $2,000.00
Melissa Rumsey* Multnomah County Dance/Movement Conference: Dance Teacher Summit (DTS) in NYC $2,000.00
Melody Erfani Multnomah County Theatre/Musical Theatre Workshop or Class: Frantic Assembly’s Advanced Training workshop in London $2,000.00
Mia Reiko Braverman* Multnomah County Folk Arts/Cultural Arts Artistic Research: Awaji Island, Japan to study traditional incense-making in conjunction with the Hyogo Incense Cooperative $1,500.00
Ogochimere Ezendokwere Multnomah County Dance/Movement Conference: Oyofe afrodance conference in Barcelona, Spain $1,100.00
Olivia Harwood Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: Felting class at John C. Campbell Folk Art School in Brasstown, NC $2,000.00
Paul Iarrobino, Our Bold Voices Multnomah County Literature Artist Residency: Arrowmont School of Art and Design’s Pentaculum Residency in Gatlinburg, TN $1,300.00
Rae Sheridan* Washington County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Artist Residency: Career Momentum: Professional Practices for Artists at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado $1,750.00
Sahar al-Sawaf* Washington County Photography/Film/Video Workshop or Class: Copperplate photogravure intensive workshop at Paul Mullowney Printing in Portland, OR $2,000.00
Sam Orosz* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Artist Residency:  In Cahoots Residency in Petaluma, CA $1,300.00
Sarah Wertzberger* Clackamas County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Conference: TC2 Loom 30th Anniversary Conference in Norway $1,500.00
Shannon Carlson Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Workshop or Class: “Building Depth, Texture and Expression with Cold Wax and Pigment Sticks” with artist Andrea Wedell at PaintSpaceNOLA in New Orleans, LA $2,000.00
Shaun Keylock, Conduit Dance, Inc. Multnomah County Dance/Movement Workshop or Class: Introductory courses for Laban Movement Analysis and Bartenieff Fundamentals at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS) in Brooklyn, NY $2,000.00
Skye Moret* Multnomah County Media Arts (Audio/Computer/Technology based) Workshop or Class: Visualizing Complexity Science Workshop 2025 run by Complexity Science Hub in Vienna, Austria $1,200.00
Tanner Lind* Multnomah County Visual Arts (2D and 3D) Present or exhibit work: group exhibition at Main Projects gallery in Richmond, VA $1,600.00
TJ Orloski* Multnomah County Media Arts (Audio/Computer/Technology based) Workshop or Class: Creative coding intensive workshop hosted by Gray Area in San Francisco, CA $1,500.00
Vanessa Micale* Multnomah County Literature Workshop or Class: Weekly virtual writer’s workshop led by the author Mariela Peña followed by research at the Biblioteca Nacional library in Uruguay $1,500.00

 

1.2 Million in Arts Funding Awarded to 275 Portland Artists and Organizations

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Portland, OR — February 20th, 2025. In collaboration with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded $1.2 million in arts funding to 275 Portland-based artists and arts and culture organizations. Of these recipients, 185 awardees are individual artists, 90 awardees are arts and culture organizations, and 131 awardees stated that they’ve never received a grant award from RACC. From performing and visual arts, to film and literature, art forms from every medium are represented among selected grantees.

Portland Arts Project Grants are a new funding initiative to support innovative artistic projects in the city of Portland. The program invites applications from Portland-based artists and organizations seeking to advance their work through programming, presentations, events or artistic development that engages and benefits the public. Grants between $1,000 and $5,000 have been awarded to support arts programs and activities that show community impact.

At RACC, we believe art is a public good—a force that binds communities, challenges perspectives, and reimagines what’s possible. This partnership with the City of Portland underscores our shared commitment to equitable access: ensuring artists and organizations in every neighborhood have the resources to create boldly. An investment in arts and culture is an investment in Portland’s future—because when artists thrive, our communities thrive.

Greg Netzer, Regional Arts & Culture Council Executive Director.

“The City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture is so proud to partner with RACC to provide funding for the new Portland Arts Projects Grants. Creating more space for more artists and arts organizations to explore, hone, and share their work across Portland, from downtown to the city’s farthest reaches, is one of the most important arts and culture investments the City can make.”

Chariti Montez, Office of Arts & Culture Director.

This grant program continues RACC’s decades-long relationship with the City of Portland, serving our region with grant programs that celebrate community engagement among diverse creative disciplines. Funding is awarded through a competitive process wherein arts community members serve on peer review panels, separated by discipline, to evaluate each request.

RACC received 514 applications for consideration in this cycle. Applications were assigned to 15 panels according to their discipline and evaluated by 35 community reviewers from the local arts community. Reviewers scored the applications against criteria including: project concept, quality of artmaking and experience, impact on the applicant, engagement with an audience and/or community, and financial readiness. In addition, reviewers were asked to consider how each application aligned with both RACC’s core values and the City of Portland’s commitment to inclusively serving the community.

I’m so excited that RACC has been able to continue to partner with the City of Portland on grantmaking to support such a breadth and scope of arts projects. I am proud of the work the team and community have done to get funding out to creatives and artmakers. Now the truly exciting part where the community can start engaging with realized artistic projects can begin.

Ingrid Carlson, Senior Programs Officer at RACC.

RACC continues to collect demographic information, including the leadership and anticipated project audiences of organizational applicants in order to help fulfill the intentions of the Arts Access Fund, one funding source for this grant. Around 46 (or 50%) of the organizational projects will serve youth in their audiences or participants and 80 (or 89%) will reach other identified underserved communities. Of the artist applicants who provided information, over 43% of the grant recipients identified as people of color, 53% identified as LGBTQIA+, and 38% identified as low income.

In addition to Portland Arts Project Grants, two other grant opportunities were made available to  Portland creatives over the past six months, as detailed on the Office of Arts & Culture ’s website at portland.gov/arts-grants. RACC was contracted by the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture alongside MusicOregon and Friends of IFCC to provide grantmaking services to our communities.

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Contact:

Meech Boakye

Communications Lead, RACC

mboakye@racc.org

Kelly Knickerbocker

Communications Coordinator,

City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture

kelly.knickerbocker@portlandoregon.gov

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About the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC): For decades, RACC has served every neighborhood of our region, ensuring arts and culture are accessible to all. Our nationally acclaimed public art program enlivens parks, community centers, government buildings, libraries and health clinics; brings people and communities together; and makes our region a more vibrant and welcoming place to be. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we work to elevate the voices and visibility of individual artists, creative organizations and arts nonprofits – especially those that serve underrepresented communities – amplifying their impact through grants, professional development and other vital resources. Through strategic partnerships, our team works to build coalitions and lead new initiatives, crafting a shared vision for an equitable future for arts and culture in our region. For more information, please visit racc.org.

About the Office of Arts & Culture at the City of Portland: Arts and culture are integral to our community and vital to Portland’s identity as a center of creativity. Artists and creative workers help define our culture, fuel our economy, and enhance our quality of life. We celebrate creativity in all its forms so that communities can connect, companies can flourish, and students can succeed in school and in life. The Office of Arts & Culture supports Portland’s arts and culture ecosystem and expands opportunities for Portlanders to participate in creative experiences. We do this through arts education coordination, cultural planning, grantmaking, public art and the Percent for Art program, and more. Our vision: arts at the center of public life in Portland.

FY25 Portland Arts Project Grant Awardees

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In partnership with the City or Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, RACC designed and administered the FY25 Portland Arts Project Grant (PAG) program to support the making and sharing of artistic work and the development of the arts community in Portland, Oregon. Individual artists, arts organizations, arts businesses, and other nonprofits applied for grant funding to support arts programs and activities that have community impact. The following 275 Grants were awarded in February 2025 for a total of $1.2 million:

2024-2025 RACC Portland Arts Project Grant awards:

Individual artists:

Funded in partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture

Individual artists Working Title Primary Artistic Discipline  Award
 Abbey St. John Bedroom Lore #1 – Dreams Visual Arts $2,000
 Adam McWane Horizon Golden Music $5,000
 Ajay Ravi Visiting Artist Series Music $5,000
 Alexandra Burress The Unheard Soundscapes of Forest Park Music $5,000
 Alexandra Loves Roots Journey: Messages From Our Family in Africa Film/Video $5,000
 Allie Hankins By My Own Hand, Part 5: INVISIBLE TOUCH Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Amanda Arroyo Tiny Gallery St. Johns Visual Arts $2,000
 Amanda Triplett Verdant Sanctuary: Imagining the Guild Lake’s Native Plant Life Visual Arts $4,000
 Andrew Wenzlaff Two sculpture workshops Visual Arts $1,000
 Anthony Hudson 3rd Annual Portland Drag Theatre Workshop Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Anthony Roberto Object, Model, Figure, Form:  time refuses to go by Visual Arts $3,000
 Arminda Gandara A Library for Diaspora Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Ary Solomon Seeding Portland Song Culture Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
 Austin Stolz Snail Lunch on 16mm Film/Video $3,000
 Bea Yeh Ogden Festival of Hungry Ghosts Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $4,000
 Blair Borax The Color Green: Mixing, Mastering, and CD production Music $5,000
 Bobby Adams Ink & Drink Re-Launch at Sad Valley Bar in 2025 Visual Arts $5,000
 Brad Hansen Concert of Brad Hansen’s Music, by the PSU Chamber Choir Music $5,000
 BrandonLee Cierley Dedications – Third Studio Album (tentative) Music $3,000
 Bryan Smith Postcards From Oregon Music $5,000
 Cameron McCafferty Agent Izzy Bunny Literature $3,000
 Catherine Garvin Cana Cludhmor Harp and Song Recording and Concert Music $5,000
 Cavash  Johnson-Madison WMC (We.Make.Culture) A BIPOC Variety Show Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Cayla McGrail & Jason G Damron Gilding the Closet: Portland Regional Queer Art History, Space & Place Media Arts $3,000
 Celeste Noche Bye and Bye Visual Arts $5,000
 Charles Xiong Dear Evergreen Visual Arts $5,000
 Chitra Subrahmanyam Phone Voice LP2 Music $3,000
 Chris Lael Larson Cascades Visual Arts $3,000
 Christina Rusnak Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Music $3,000
 Christine Freije The Doppelgänger Project Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Colin Robson Brother vs Robot Debut Album Music $5,000
 Collin Hegna Federale – Unnamed Album #7 Music $3,000
 Cyrus Nabipoor Unwavering Music $4,000
 Dana deLaski The Hard Part Film/Video $5,000
 Daniel Cantu CHIMERA Short Documentary Film/Video $5,000
 Daniel Isaac Brown Ta Hasso: We remember Multi-Discipline $5,000
 David Fuks Alma de Luna workshop Theatre/Musical Theatre $3,000
 Dawn Jones Redstone Appliance of Science Film/Video $5,000
 Devin Tau Sansei Sensibility Film/Video $5,000
 Dominic Rieniets Tales of a Fire Challenged Dragon – A Childrens book Visual Arts $3,000
 Eduardo Jovanovic Paraisos – Music video Film/Video $5,000
 Elliott Miskovicz Climbing the Underwater Ladder Music $3,000
 Eric Jensen Arts Extension through Grant Funding Visual Arts $4,000
 Erika Bolstad Monumental Film/Video $5,000
 Erin Rachel Sonic Sound Lab: Weaving Stories through Sound Exploration Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Erinn Kathryn Hatter Installation for Terrain Group Land Art Exhibition Visual Arts $5,000
 Ethan Van Der Merwe Concorde Film/Video $3,000
 Eva Moss Born Again Film/Video $5,000
 Farah Haidari By Any Means Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Finn Donnelly The Show Show Portland – Winter Multi-Discipline $5,000
 G. Chesler Directing the Documentary with Courtney Hermann Film/Video $5,000
 Genevieve Hildebrand-Chupp Big Soft World Pop-Up Art Park Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Ghan Patel Small Stones Songs Music $3,000
 Gilian Rappaport The Original Fig III Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Gisela Rodriguez Fernandez Voces de la revolucion (Voices of revolution) Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Gordon Patterson My Brother Lawrence Visual Arts $4,000
 Grace Carter Transcend Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Grace Dunbar Pop-up Solo Show at One Grand Gallery Visual Arts $5,000
 Grady Zerse Caught In A Memory Visual Arts $5,000
 Grant Brady 10 Free Little Art Galleries Visual Arts $4,000
 Hannah Cumming Sea Legs Film/Video $5,000
 Hannah Newman Neural Lithic Futures Visual Arts $5,000
 Heldáy de la Cruz Provecho Magazine Issue 03 Literature $5,000
 Helen Helfand Sculptural Wood Carving Workshop Visual Arts $3,000
 Hibiki Miyazaki Spring Collaborative Exhibition Visual Arts $3,000
 Hyun Jung Jung Living Vicariously Through. Visual Arts $3,000
 Iram Asghar Taking space to heal wounds Multi-Discipline $5,000
 J Wallace Lunar Sessions Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Jack Gibson Don’t Be Scared Film/Video $3,000
 Jacqueline Luna Peña Ritmos de la Tierra (Rhythms of the Earth) Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $4,000
 Jae Nichelle “breaking, broken” community short film screening Film/Video $3,000
 James Jones Music video for The Ghost of James Jones band Music $2,000
 Jamie Fredericks Inner Sanctuary, an album of healing music by Mossy Hymns Music $5,000
 Jason Edward Davis Back of the Video Store II Visual Arts $2,000
 Jason Rouse Teen Sketch Comedy Program Expansion Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Jennifer Wright Long Strings Music $5,000
 Joanie Fox Beatlore Film/Video $5,000
 Jodie Cavalier Portland Garage Gallery in Irvington Visual Arts $3,000
 Joe Kye Studio Sessions for Upcoming Album “Silk” Music $5,000
 Joeanally Gonzalez Nico’s Adventure: The Journey Through Forest Park Multi-Discipline $5,000
 John Beer Portland Poetry Festival Literature $5,000
 Jordan Isadore you look good, bud (expanded) Dance/Movement $5,000
 Joseph Erikson Class Wars Film/Video $5,000
 Joshua Hood-Marvin Bring the Bows Back Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
 Joshua Rivera Journey and Ceremony Studio Album and Release Performance Music $4,000
 Josie Mae TWIST Multi-Discipline $3,000
 Julia Gaskill The Bigfoot Poetry Festival 2025 Literature $5,000
 Kale Bolton Creative Healing: Queer Cancer Art Collective Multi-Discipline $2,000
 Karen Polinsky PDXP’s Festival Within a Festival Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Karl Burkheimer Thinking Through Making: poetic polemics on a commitment to process Visual Arts $3,000
 Karma Rivera Debut Album Recording, Mixing and Mastering Music $3,000
 Kate Mura Commissioning Chants for Rebels & Priestesses Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Katie Prentiss Wake Up Maggie Film/Video $5,000
 Katie Sawicki The Cabin Project – Recorded By and For Music $5,000
 Kayla Caldeira Chasing Wind Film/Video $5,000
 Keelan Booth Oaks Park Roller Skating Documentary Film/Video $5,000
 Kelda Van Patten Lift Tighten Treat Transfer Tuck Visual Arts $4,000
 Kelli Pennington Void of Course Visual Arts $3,000
 Kerry Politzer West Coast Brazilian Jazz Collective Music $5,000
 Kevin Truong “Mai American” Community Film Screenings and Impact Campaign Film/Video $5,000
 Kristen Denning Wet Velvet Album Production and Release Music $3,000
 Kristen Pizzo Just Friends Film Screening and Mixer Film/Video $3,000
 KT Kusmaul Mass Movement Dance/Movement $5,000
 Larry  Yes Everyone on this Planet is Family Multi-Discipline $3,000
 Laura Glazer DREAM Publishing Social practice $5,000
 Leland Hull Queer Contact Improvisation Dance/Movement $4,000
 Limei Lai A Life of One’s Own Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Lindsay Kennedy Down to Earth Ceramics Marketplace Visual Arts $1,000
 Lindsey Plotner Dances of Significance Music $2,000
 Liz Howls Pedal Puppets Tour Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Luz Blumenfeld Listening to [Body of Water] Media Arts $2,000
 M F Intact: Solo exhibition at Waterstone Gallery Visual Arts $5,000
 Manuel Abreu home school (2025 curriculum) Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Marcel  Johansen A Portrait of Attraction Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Maria Amelia Randall Come into the Bog Visual Arts $1,000
 Marne Lucas Transmundane Multi-Discipline $5,000
 martin zarzar Wold Fusion Pdx Music $5,000
 Matthew Henderson Vvoyd Center Media Arts $5,000
 Max Mallory Gravitational Pull Issues #3 and #4 Visual Arts $1,000
 May Maylisa Cat Intellectual Property Protection Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Meaghan Sutton Unbridled Spirit Film/Video $5,000
 Megan Chin Anticapitalism Artist Book Club (AABC) Visual Arts $3,000
 Melanie Sevcenko Nice Dissolve Literature $3,000
 Melina Kiyomi Coumas Ocean Moon, Water Mother (海月 水母) Film/Video $5,000
 Mia Arvizu Release Visual Arts $3,000
 Michael Espinoza Stripped to the Bone Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Mieke Bruggeman Quadraphonnes Presents: Moondog – Sax Pax for a Sax – Live at the Alberta Rose Music $5,000
 Miesha Wilson-Harris DejaVu Mixtape Music $4,000
 Miguel Rodriguez Community Plaza Murals Visual Arts $1,000
 Mike Barber Conduit/An Evening of Solos Dance/Movement $5,000
 M. Morrissey Transmission Quilts Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
 Muffie Delgado Connelly Vuelve En La Concha De Tu Madre Dance/Movement $5,000
 Neal McCormick Progress Of The Ribbon Man Visual Arts $2,000
 Nedim Korkmaz Nowruz: A Spring Cultural Event Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000
 Nick Fidelman Diasporic Judaica Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $3,000
 Nicole Williford Solo exhibition at Chefas Projects Visual Arts $5,000
 Ogochimere Ezendokwere Afrodance Experience Vol. 4 Dance/Movement $5,000
 Olga Kravtsova Harvest of Woman Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Pamela Hadley Guild’s Lake Visual Arts $3,000
 Patsy Morris Light as a board, Stiff as a feather Dance/Movement $5,000
 Paul Kim Communal Distractions Media Arts $5,000
 Quincy Davis 7th Wave: Vibes & Flows for Community Healing Music $3,000
 Quinn Amacher Speck Co-mixing Print Run and Reading Visual Arts $5,000
 Rachel Mulder Cyanotype Exhibition + Public Workshop Offerings Visual Arts $2,000
 Rongrong Wang Oregon MeiGui Choir Music $5,000
 Rose City MissChief Rose City MissChief presents ShaRhonda The Musical Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Rose Covert Terrain Land Art in Built Environment Installation Visual Arts $3,000
 Rose Lee Gary (the Foodie) – A Documentary Short Film/Video $5,000
 Rudy Klobas Heritage – Album production and distribution Music $3,000
 Sabina Zeba Haque The New Abnormal Visual Arts $5,000
 Sai Aguru Rasa: Culture & Sound Music $5,000
 Salt Hunter The Listening Box Visual Arts $5,000
 Sam Bangs This is Fine – Post Production Film/Video $3,000
 Samantha de la Vega NO BOX Theater Performance Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Samantha Pinkerton Sam Pinkerton Recording Project Music $5,000
 Samson Syharath Hanuman’s Shadow: Echoes of Laos and America Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Sara Jaffe Earth to You compilation and performance Multi-Discipline $4,000
 Sarah Levy Faces of SB 819 Visual Arts $5,000
 Sascha Blocker The Tortoise, The Hare, & The Bear Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Sean Brown Death of a Drag Queen Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Selene Latrine Selene Latrine’s Outhouse Zine (Issues #4 and #5) Multi-Discipline $4,000
 Sharita Towne Fortifying Black Creative Space: Now & For Future Portland Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Sofia Marks La Mariposa Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Soliana Gonzalez music/culture exchange Music $5,000
 Stacey Clampitt SPELLCAST Wax Carving Workshop Multi-Discipline $4,000
 steven golliday Living Phantom Brother, Album Recording Music $5,000
 Sundance Bleckinger The Cold Plunge Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
 Tahni Holt HORIZON Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Tara Johnson-Medinger Generation Loss Film/Video $5,000
 Tatiana Corbitt Dreamland Film/Video $5,000
 Taylor Wallau Printing for the People Multi-Discipline $3,000
 Terrance Burton Eccentric Visual Art Cultural Exhibition Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Terry Laurents Zentangle Class Series Visual Arts $1,000
 Theresa Hanson Enraptured: An Evening of Dance and Romance Dance/Movement $5,000
 Treasure Lunan Get The Fuck Out; Or, An Exorcism for My Ex Multi-Discipline $3,000
 Tyler Pell Portland Tennis Courterly Visual Arts $5,000
 Ursula Barton Hands On Mural Visual Arts $5,000
 Veronica Fernandez Tithe for the Sinner Film/Video $5,000
 Vivien Wise Crafting Colors of Portland Visual Arts $2,000
 Vo Vo Everywhere and Nowhere Multi-Discipline $5,000
 Wendy  Noonan The Monstrous Feminine Oracle Deck Literature $5,000
 Winona Hwang Finding My Ground Visual Arts $5,000
 Xaramar Floyd Tattoo Startup and Community Outreach Aid for 2025 Multi-Discipline $5,000

 

Arts organizations:

Funded in partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture and the Arts Access Fund

Organizations Working Title Primary Artistic Discipline  Award
21ten Theatre 21ten Summer Residency Program Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
A Notion, A Scream May 31, 2025 concert Music $3,000
A Writer’s Room in Portland Project A Writer’s Room in Portland Literature $2,000
Advance Gender Equity in the Arts ALP in Action Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
after / time collective gallery Exhibition Programming + Creative Research Lab – 2025 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Albina Music Trust Sounds Of Albina Remixed – Vinyl Album & Release Party Music $5,000
Alder Commons Traditional Ecological Knowledge & Indigenous Crafts Multi-Discipline $5,000
Augury House 汝來 Ru Lai (As You Are) Film/Video $5,000
Baksana Ensemble Album Recording and Release Party Multi-Discipline $5,000
Bedrock Theatre Record & Launch Bedrock Theatre’s First Album Theatre/Musical Theatre $3,000
Berm BERM Issue 7 – Arts & Crafts Literature $5,000
BIPOC Adoptees VOICES VOICES, a Celebration of BIPOC Adoptee Authors Literature $5,000
CampOUT Portland CampOUT – LGBTQIA+ Youth Programming Multi-Discipline $5,000
Carnation Contemporary Carnation Contemporary: Portland Artist-Run Gallery Visual Arts $5,000
Cascadia Composers Board-produced concerts for 2025 Music $2,000
Cinema Project 2025 Programming Film/Video $5,000
Columbia Slough Watershed Council I Belong Here 2024-25 Media Arts $5,000
congruency dance collective fractals Dance/Movement $5,000
Couch Film Collective Catalyst Film Collective- Script to Screen short film Film/Video $5,000
Creative Music Guild Improvisation Summit of Portland 2025 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Curbside Serenade 2025 Laurelhurst Park Curbside Serenade Series Music $5,000
Dana Thompson Memorial Fund of Awesome Schools Out Rock Out – after school program Music $5,000
Espacio Flamenco Feria de Portland Multi-Discipline $4,000
Fear No Music Together We Rise: Fear No Music Music $5,000
First Matter Press 4 New Books from First Matter Press Literature $3,000
Futel The Old Town Crier Media Arts $5,000
Gather:Make:Shelter Gather:Make:Shelter Mullowney Print Exhibitions Visual Arts $5,000
Happy Anyway Objects after Absence social practice $2,000
Hoi Phu Huynh Year of the Horse Tết Festival Multi-Discipline $5,000
Homo Superior Productions Homo Superior 2025 Multi-Discipline $4,000
Immutable Studio Immutable Studio Artist-Resident Stipends Media Arts $5,000
In Medio Sing, My Child 2025 Music $5,000
India Cultural Association India Festival 2025 Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Japanese Ancestral Society – Ikoi no Kai Home Cooked 2, an intergenerational & collaborative zine cookbook Multi-Discipline $4,000
Kiki Productions Portland Of The Year Ball 2025 Multi-Discipline $5,000
LineStorm Playwrights Fertile Ground New Play Reading Series Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Lion Speaks Bride Price Community Screening and discussion Film/Video $5,000
Lloyd EcoDistrict Art + Heart: Lloyd Mural, Music, & Street Fair Visual Arts $5,000
Many Hats Collaboration The Hatchery 2025 Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Meadowlark Trio Three New Pieces Music $5,000
Medicine Bear Native American Spiritual Encampment RedStone Collective art & culture workshop series Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
New Wave Opera Historical Women in Opera Music $5,000
nůn studios nůn studios exhibition Visual Arts $5,000
NW Dance & Culture Collective JamBallah NW 2025 Dance/Movement $5,000
Oregon Arts Watch Play-by-Play with Bobby and Susannah Media Arts $5,000
Oregon Karen Association Karen New Year Celebration Folk Arts/Cultural Arts $5,000
Oregon Origins Project Oregon Origins Project VI: The Birth of Cascadia Visual Arts $5,000
Oregon Potters Association Oaxaca Intercultural Exchange Visual Arts $5,000
Oregon Repertory Singers ChoirFestNW Music $5,000
Oregon Society of Artists Veteran’s Art Program Visual Arts $5,000
Outer Voice Outer Voice 2024/2025 Season Multi-Discipline $5,000
Past Lives Past Lives Prison Outreach Guild Visual Arts $5,000
People’s Town Hall The Experiment Film/Video $5,000
Performance Works NorthWest Alembic Artist Residency Program 2025 Dance/Movement $5,000
Portland Child Art Studio Free arts education program at the Vibrant Visual Arts $5,000
Portland Community Media dba Open Signal Portland Music Industry Showcase Film/Video $5,000
Portland in Color HERE: A Passage to Home Multi-Discipline $5,000
Portland Japanese Garden Lost Freedom: A Memory with George Takei Music $5,000
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble PJCE & Mary Flower: Bridging Jazz and American Roots Music Music $4,000
Portland Lesbian Choir 2025 Concerts Music $5,000
Portland Panorama Northwest Filmmakers’ Conference Film/Video $5,000
Portland Revels Spring Revels 2025 Theatre/Musical Theatre $4,000
Portland SummerFest Opera in the Park Portland 2025 Music $5,000
Portland Symphonic Choir Summer Sings 2025 Music $4,000
Portland Zine Symposium Portland Zine Symposium Multi-Discipline $5,000
Pure Bathing Culture Roxi’s Dream Part 2 Music $5,000
Radix Vocal Ensemble One Sweet Chord 2025 Community Sings Music $4,000
Rahab’s Sisters Voices of Fashion: A Community Art Event Multi-Discipline $5,000
Rated Ill A Rose City Story volume 2 Music $5,000
Renegade Opera Bird Songs of Opera 2025 Music $4,000
Risk/Reward 2025 Festival of New Performance Multi-Discipline $5,000
Roots and All Theatre Ensemble Every Pretty Thing Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Roseway Neighborhood Association Roseway Parkway Plaza Street Mural Visual Arts $3,000
Sabin CDC Summer Block Party 2025 Multi-Discipline $5,000
Shaver Elementary Community Organization Shaver Elementary Community Mural Visual Arts $5,000
Slumber Party Slumber Party Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Soliloquy fine arts ekphraestival 2025 INTERTWINED exhibition Multi-Discipline $3,000
Souvenir 2025 Programing Support Visual Arts $5,000
Spooky World The Spooky Girls – short film Film/Video $5,000
Stage Fright Stage Fright Festival Fall 2025 Theatre/Musical Theatre $5,000
Steps for Youth Bloom Spring Student Performance Dance/Movement $5,000
Stomping Grounds Arthouse Scare City Film/Video $5,000
Street Roots Ink & Impact: Stories of Street Newspaper Vendors and Cover Art Visual Arts $5,000
Swan Songs Portland OR End-of-Life Concerts 2025 Music $5,000
The City Repair Project Village Building Convergence 2025 Multi-Discipline $5,000
The Mud Room Increasing Ceramics Access for People with Disabilities Visual Arts $4,000
Third Space Third Space: A Community Place Multi-Discipline $5,000
Thompson Elk Fountain Comic Project Weird Like Us: A History of the Thompson Elk Fountain Multi-Discipline $4,000
Vibe of Portland Support for new instructional site in partnership with Alberta Abbey Multi-Discipline $5,000
Waterstone Gallery Programming to Enhance Visibility & Attract New Audiences Visual Arts $5,000
Women In Film – Portland Educate and Incubate Program Film/Video $5,000
Word is Bond The King in Me Exhibition Visual Arts $5,000