River Miles I by James Lavadour (Oil on Paper)
The region’s public art enlivens urban and rural landscapes and promotes dialogue among people of all ages and backgrounds. Through a variety of public-private partnerships, RACC helps acquire and maintain community-owned artworks in public places. A Public Art Advisory Committee oversees RACC’s public art program, which is among the oldest and most highly regarded public art programs in the country.
Posted October 20, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE – Artist Pepe Moscoso, known for his photography, collage and assemblage work, brings his talent for combining mediums to the Portland Building in October with a site-specific Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) installation in the lobby exhibition space. As many already know, the Día de los Muertos holiday is focused on […]
Posted October 13, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE – On Saturday, November 8, 2014, RACC will host a free workshop to help local artists and other community members learn how to organize, fund and navigate two different approaches to creating murals in the City of Portland. Presenters include Gage Hamilton, an organizer of Forest for the Trees Northwest—a public art mural […]
Posted September 29, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has just posted its annual “Call for Proposals” for artists and artist teams who create installation art. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, November 5, 2014; complete guidelines for submitting a proposal can be found at www.racc.org/public-art/overview-opportunities. Background: Each fall RACC invites artists currently living […]
Posted September 16, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE — The Regional Arts & Culture Council is now accepting applications for mural funding through its Public Art Murals Program. Applications are due the first Wednesday of every month through June 2015. There are two routes to creating a community mural in Portland: (1)The Public Art Murals Program is funded by the City […]
Posted September 5, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE – The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is seeking artwork — paintings, prints, drawings, photographs or three-dimensional wall pieces — to purchase for the Portable Works Collection. Professional artists from Oregon and Washington are invited to apply, and the focus of this purchase will be to add work by artists are not currently […]
Posted September 2, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE — While researching the history of art installations at the Portland Building (the program dates back to 1994 and has presented over 130 exhibitions in the gallery space adjacent to the building lobby) artist Yoonhee Choi was intrigued by the fact that the walls of the gallery are covered with hundreds of layers of […]
Posted August 5, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE – Ritual 660’, a deftly crafted installation by artist Abigail McNamara, engages the observer’s aesthetic senses while it asks us to contemplate a largely unconsidered aspect of our workday world. McNamara’s installation, which opens August 11th at the Portland Building, employs a floor to ceiling wall of string—each strand coated with beeswax and […]
Posted July 23, 2014
PORTLAND, ORE – Americans for the Arts (AFTA) has recognized 37 outstanding public arts projects completed in the United States in 2013, including two artworks managed by the Regional Arts & Culture Council. A total of 345 projects from across the country were submitted to AFTA for consideration for this year’s Public Art Network Year […]