Posted November 20, 2025
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), in partnership with CityFleet and the Office of Arts & Culture at the City of Portland, invite artists/artist teams to submit their qualifications for art opportunities at CityFleet’s facilities on Swan Island. Made possible by the City of Portland’s Percent for Art Program, which specifies that up to […]
Posted August 7, 2025
Contact: Liz Sauer, Multnomah County Library Capital Building Projects Communications Manager, elizabeths@multco.us Contact: Meech Boakye, Communications Lead, Regional Arts & Culture Council, 503.823.5111, mboakye@racc.org PORTLAND, OR. — August 6, 2025 Multnomah County Library (MCL) and the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) are expanding their efforts to bring community-centered artwork to libraries throughout Multnomah County. […]
Posted June 23, 2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Information Meech Boakye, Communications Lead, RACC, mboakye@racc.org Port of Portland, media@portofportland.com Portland, OR —June 23rd, 2025. In collaboration with the Port of Portland, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is proud to announce that Oregon artists James Lavadour and Ryan Pierce have each been chosen to create a large-scale, 2D […]
Posted April 17, 2025
Portland’s City Hall serves as a vibrant cultural hub, reflecting the city’s essence through artwork that encapsulates its people, landscapes, urban evolution, diverse cultures, and their interconnections. RACC’s curation, led by Ivan Salcido, our 2D Curator & Collections Manager, aims to celebrate a spectrum of artists, from some of the city’s most established artists to […]
Posted April 17, 2025
11 am – 1 pm, Sunday, May 4 Portland Institute for Contemporary Art 15 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR 97212 You’re invited to participate in the creation of a large-scale, permanent 2D public artwork for Portland International Airport (PDX)! Artist Kate Newby has been commissioned to create “The Sound of Trees,” a 76-foot-long mural […]
Posted March 25, 2025
Left: Portrait of Dyani White Hawk courtesy of the artist / Copyright Dyani White Hawk. Right: Portrait of Kate Newby ©Atsushi Nakamichi, Nacása & Partners Inc./ Courtesy of Fondation d’entreprise Hermès FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 25, 2025 Portland, OR — In collaboration with the Port of Portland, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) […]
Posted February 6, 2025
Alex Chiu‘s lenticular installation features the portraits of six Mill Park Elementary School students. Below are interviews with the parent(s) of each child. These interviews shed light on the family history of each child as well as the hopes and dreams each parent has for their child. The background patterns are related to the stories […]
Posted July 25, 2024
On July 31st at 7 pm, we celebrated the recently installed public artwork, Reconfigurations with a poetry reading. The evening will took place beside the artwork located on the newly completed multi-modal trail South Tabor Access Trail, at SE 64th Avenue and Division Street to SE Sherman Street. A collaboration between artists, writers, stones, and […]
