Audiences and Arts Advocates
A strong arts and culture community is built by strong advocates for the arts.
We invite you to get involved in the community and support
your
local artists and arts organizations!
- Check out what’s happening around
town in the RACC
Cultural Events Calendar.
- Sign up for the monthly (electronic) or bi-monthly (printed) RACC newsletter, Art Notes, to stay informed of the current art scene.
- Support arts and culture in our community by making
a gift to the Regional
Arts & Culture Council, which works to integrate arts and culture
in all aspects of community life, or by making a single gift to the Work for Art , which distributes all proceeds to more
than 70 local arts organizations.
- Check out a new initiative to bring arts education to Portland region schools. Arts Partners is a collaborative initiative involving RACC, NW Business for Culture and the Arts, Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington, city and county governments and 5 local schools districts.
- Learn about some of the extraordinary Public
Art that exists in the City of Portland and throughout Multnomah County.
- Check our extensive listing of local, national and international art groups on the Arts Resource Links.
- Download your copy of the
 RACC Advocacy Handbook (pdf), a guide for arts and culture organizations to be effective advocates for the arts.
- For current local and national advocacy news on the arts, click here.
- Read recent research reports sponsored by RACC to measure the impact of arts and culture on the community: Economic Impact Research and Public Opinion Research.
- Find out more about the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
- Read
some of the arts and culture articles making local and national headlines.
RACC Staff to Contact
Mary Bauer
Communications Associate
503.823.5426
mbauer@racc.org
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