The RACC Announcement page consists of all entries which RACC posts on its website on a daily basis – including all current opportunities like grants, open positions, calls to artists, etc. Other entries might include important media stories on the arts, advocacy alerts, or general news from the art community.
To submit a listing, please follow the link to Submit a Community Listing.
Entries below are listed in date posted order, starting with the most recent.
Posted October 22, 2024
**For Immediate Release** October 21, 2024 As the City of Portland’s November 2024 election approaches, the results of a comprehensive survey reveal that many candidates for mayor and City Council positions are committed to fostering arts and culture in the city. Conducted by a coalition of Portland arts leaders and organizations, in partnership with Oregon […]
Posted July 25, 2024
Join us for a Celebratory Poetry Reading at Mt. Tabor Park FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2024 Meech Boakye, Communications Lead, RACC, mboakye@racc.org Kristin Calhoun, Director of Public Art, RACC, kcalhoun@racc.org Portland, OR — Join the Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) on July 31st at 7 pm to celebrate the recently installed public artwork, […]
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 […]
Posted June 24, 2024
Learn more about RACC’s General Operating Support program. General Operating Support Partner Base Awards Cycle 1 – Reports received in December 2023 and awarded January 2024 Artists Repertory Theatre – $45,000 Blue Sky Gallery (Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts) – $15,000 Boom Arts- $15,000 Friends of Chamber Music – $45,000 Literary Arts – $60,000 […]
Posted May 1, 2024
Six New Members Join RACC’s Board of the Directors FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Meech Boakye Communications Lead, RACC Email: mboakye@racc.org Portland, OR — May 1, 2024. The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Netzer as Interim Executive Director. With over three decades of strategic consulting and […]
Posted April 30, 2024
The RACC Arts3C Grant Program is for the Creation, Cultivation & Community in the Portland metropolitan tri-county region. Multnomah and Washington County applicants who are creating and sharing arts and culture programming in all disciplines could apply for support for projects or activities in the arts. The following 284 RACC Arts3C Grants were awarded in April 2024 […]
Posted April 2, 2024
As a pivotal player in the regional arts and culture landscape across greater Portland for the past 28 years, the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is proud to reaffirm our mission, impact, and resonance with the Our Creative Future regional framework released on Monday, March 25th. As a regionally formed independent 501(c)(3) organization, RACC […]
Posted February 12, 2024
Sadé DuBoise will focus on community input as part of artwork for library’s new Black Cultural Center Contact: Liz Sauer, Multnomah County Library Capital Building Projects Communications Manager, 971.350.8733, elizabeths@multco.us Contact: Meech Boakye, Communications Lead, Regional Arts & Culture Council, 503.823.5111, mboakye@racc.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 22, 2024 PORTLAND, OR. — Multnomah County Library […]
