The RACC Announcement page consists of all entries which RACC posts on its website on a daily basis – including all artist opportunities like grants, jobs, 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 an opportunity or other notice, use our submission form.
Entries below are listed in date posted order, starting with the most recent.
Posted March 29, 2016
Picked for its punch of color and upbeat message, the Installation Space selection panel said “yes” to Larry, an artist whose work focuses on love and human connection, and can be described as a meditation on color and joy. The exhibition will cover the walls from floor to ceiling with “positive words” and symbols rendered […]
Posted March 28, 2016
Now in its third year, the Arts Education and Access Fund has put an arts teacher back in every Portland elementary school and is transforming the way arts organizations serve our community. by Claire Willett At right: Sitton Elementary in St. Johns didn’t have a full-time arts specialist before the arts tax. Now students receive […]
Posted March 22, 2016
After a three-year pilot program to expand access to arts and culture in the city of Portland, RACC is launching a new Arts Equity Grant program, funded by Multnomah County and the City of Portland’s voter-approved Arts Education & Access Fund or “arts tax.” “This new program is similar to the ‘Expanding Cultural Access’ grants […]
Posted March 15, 2016
PORTLAND, ORE – Artist Jenna Reineking’s upcoming installation in the lobby of the Portland Building, Temporal Ecologies, is designed to transform the architecture of the exhibition space into an activated environment; her choice of materials to accomplish this—the humble brown paper lunch bag: “I recently have become interested in creating systems using forms repeated in incremental […]
Posted March 7, 2016
Find contact information below for all elected officials in RACC’s jurisdiction. Skip to: City of Portland Clackamas County Multnomah County Washington County Metro City of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler City of Portland 1221 SW 4th Avenue Portland, OR 97204 mayorwheeler@PortlandOregon.gov 503.823.4120 Commissioner Chloe Eudaly City of Portland- City Hall 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 210 Portland, […]
Posted March 3, 2016
RACC is seeking participants for three focus groups conducted this spring in partnership with Resolutions NW. The goal is to help RACC learn how we can be as approachable and welcoming as possible. Two of the groups will be made up of past applicants, from underrepresented populations* and communities of color. RACC is specifically interested […]
Posted March 3, 2016
CALL FOR ARTISTS: 136th Avenue Retaining Wall MuralsPortland, OregonDeadline: March 30, 2016 The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, Oregon, invites artists living in Oregon and Washington to submit qualifications for related murals on two City-owned retaining walls on opposite sides of SE 136th & Mitchell in Portland’s Powellhurst Neighborhood. One artist/team will be […]
Posted February 29, 2016
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 […]
Posted February 26, 2016
Night Lights returns this month on Thursday, March 3, as a part of Feminist March programming with a live, avant-garde dance/Super-8 film performance presented by Portland-based artist Jackie Davis. You Must Work in the Garden of Eden displays the beauty of everyday routine and the necessity of interpersonal support as two foundations for building the lives […]
Posted February 26, 2016
Known for her geometric abstract paintings, American artist Mary Henry (1913-2009) was one of the movement’s steadfast champions. Henry studied under Bauhaus instructor Laszlo Moholy-Nagy in Chicago at the Institute of Design in the 1940s. She worked many years as an interior designer and muralist—while raising a family—before moving to Seattle in the 1970s and […]
Posted February 26, 2016
As part of the SGCI Flux Print Conference, RACC is hosting an exhibition of the Ray Trayle Print Prize winners with a reception on Thursday, March 31 from 6 –8 pm. The 2016 prize will be awarded at 6:30. RACC offices are at 411 NW Park Avenue, #Suite 101. The Ray Trayle Print Prize is […]
Posted February 25, 2016
Eloise’s Blog: Wednesday, February 24th began early for me, but what a great day it turned out to be! We started at 7:30 a.m. with The Arts Breakfast of Champions – the first for RACC after “adopting” the event when NWBCA closed late last summer. Our goal was to make the breakfast feel familiar for […]
Posted February 25, 2016
Artist Jenna Reineking’s upcoming installation in the lobby of the Portland Building is designed to transform the architecture immediately surrounding it into an “activated” environment; her choice of materials to accomplish this—the humble brown paper lunch bag. “I recently have become interested in creating systems using forms repeated in incremental units that can range from […]
Posted February 25, 2016
Welcome to our new website! With an average of 452 unique visits per day, we have redesigned and reprogrammed racc.org 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. In addition to the new navigation […]
Posted February 24, 2016
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. There are two routes to creating a community mural in Portland: The Public Art Murals Program is funded by the City of Portland and administered by the Regional Arts […]
Posted February 24, 2016
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) in Portland, Oregon, invites artists living in Oregon and Washington to submit qualifications for a roster of artists qualified to create murals. Artists remain on the roster for three years, after which time they will be asked to reapply. The deadline for submitting application materials is the first […]
Posted February 23, 2016
Eloise’s Blog: First of all, thanks to the many hundreds of people who just about filled the Gerding Theater at the Armory for our candidates forum. Your numbers underscored for the candidates on stage how important this topic is for our city. Thanks also to the five candidates who came prepared and spoke with eloquence, […]
Posted February 19, 2016
As our region grows, so does the need for cultural institutions to grow and adapt to new artist and audiences alike.RACC would like to engage in a dialogue with a broad cross section of communities within our funding region (Multnomah, Clackamas County and Washington County) to share how RACC strives to enrich our communities with […]
Posted February 18, 2016
Interested in learning the ins and outs of grant writing, as well as tips on what funders look for? This session will offer participants a look at grant writing from both sides of the fence: grant seeking and grant making. Oregon Humanities Program Officer Annie Kaffen spent the first part of her professional career writing […]
Posted February 18, 2016
As artist, their heirs and collectors start to plan for their end of life matters it is of the upmost importance that an art collection that has taken years to a mass is handled with care. Join us as a panel of attorneys, an appraiser, CPA and an art expert will explore topics germane to […]