Seventy-six artists and arts organizations in the Portland metropolitan area have received funding from the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) for projects to occur in 2006.
RACC Project Grants will support new works by Polaris Dance Theatre, Willamette Radio Workshop, Pacific Crest Sinfonietta, visual artist Junko Iijima, theatre artist Susan Banyas, composer Jackie Gabel, filmmaker Ilana Sol, novelist Laura Foster, and African dance artist Loveness Wesa. In addition, Community Music Center, Estacada Arts Commission, Rose City Park Elementary, and several others received grants to support artistic programs and residencies in schools and community venues in the region. Popular events such as the Northwest Professional Dance Project and Portland Piano International were also funded.
RACC Project Grants support the art and culture in three categories: Artistic Focus, Neighborhood Arts and Arts-in-Schools. Nine panels composed of 41 community participants (37 of whom have never served on a RACC review panel before) met throughout the month of October and adjudicated all of the proposals that were received. Each grant request was rated based on artistic merit, audience reach, and fiscal responsibility of the applicant. This final list of grantees was recommended to the RACC Board of Directors, which officially approved the grants on December 7, 2005.
These 76 Project Grants were awarded to 32 individuals (17 of whom have never before received RACC funding) and 44 organizations (19 of which have never been funded by RACC). One organization and one individual each received two grants, for distinctly different projects. Together, these grants represent a wide range of creative endeavors which enrich the cultural landscape of the Portland metropolitan area. Funding comes from the City of Portland, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, Washington County, and Metro; RACC is the steward of these public investments in arts and culture for the tri-county region. To learn more about RACC’s Grant Program visit www.racc.org/grants.
Recipients of 2006 Project Grants
*denotes Washington County based artist/arts organization
** denotes Clackamas County based artist/arts organization
The remainder are Multnomah County based artists/arts organizations.
Agnieszka Laska Dancers, Multi-Discipline/Artistic Focus $ 4,500
Lavaiina Alapai, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 4,965
Raymond Alexander, Visual Arts/Neighborhood Arts $ 1,050
Dorothy Anton,** Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 3,186
Arleta Triangle Project, Visual Arts/Neighborhood Arts $ 3,750
Art Gym,** Visual Arts/Artistic Focus $ 4,500
Susan Banyas, Multi-Discipline/Artistic Focus $ 3,750
Binnsmead Middle School, Music/Arts-in-Schools $ 899
Andrew Blubaugh, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 3,640
Tessa Brinckman, Music/Artistic Focus $ 3,808
Cappella Romana, Inc., Music/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Cinema Project, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 4,284
Classic Greek Theatre, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 4,275
Arlene Cohen, Multi-Discipline/Arts-in-Schools $ 2,735
Community Music Center, Presenting/Neighborhood Arts $ 4,095
Morgan Currie, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 3,717
DePriest Family Jazz,* Music/Artistic Focus $ 3,656
Daniel Duford, Visual Arts/Artistic Focus $ 4,500
Earth and Spirit Council, Multi-Discipline/Arts-in-Schools $ 4,000
Estacada Arts Commission,** Multi-Discipline/Neighborhood Arts $ 5,000
Ethos Inc., Music/Neighborhood Arts $ 4,000
Kate Finn, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 4,500
Laura Foster, Literature/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Jackie Gabel, Music/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Martha Gies, Literature/Artistic Focus $ 4,388
Grout Elementary, Music/Arts-in-Schools $ 3,990
Hand2Mouth Theatre, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 4,397
Tahni Holt, Multi-Discipline/Artistic Focus $ 3,236
Human Solutions, Inc., Visual/Arts Neighborhood Arts $ 3,338
Junko Iijima, Visual/Arts Artistic Focus $ 3,766
Independent Publishing Resource Center, Multi-Discipline/Neighborhood Arts $ 3,525
India Cultural Association, Presenting/Neighborhood Arts $ 4,665
Maria Inocencio, Visual/Arts Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Kalakendra,* Music/Artistic Focus $ 4,584
Carmen Langes, Theatre/Arts-in-Schools $ 4,655
Suzanne Lee, Visual Arts/Neighborhood Arts $ 5,000
Liminal Performance Group, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 3,713
Brian Lindstrom, Media Arts/Neighborhood Arts $ 4,992 and Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 4,750
Marne Lucas, Visual Arts/Artistic Focus $ 2,956
Media Rites, Multi-Discipline/Artistic Focus $ 3,750
MetroArts, Inc., Music/Artistic Focus $ 4,250
Molalla Community Theater Group,** Theatre/Neighborhood Arts $ 4,038
Mountain Writers Series, Literature/Artistic Focus $ 3,750
Newspace Gallery, Visual Arts/Artistic Focus $ 2,312
Northwest Children’s Theater and School ,Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Northwest Film Center, Media Arts/Arts-in-Schools $ 3,825
Northwest Professional Dance Project, Dance/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Oregon Film & Video Foundation/Hollywood Theatre Project, Media/Arts Neighborhood Arts $ 4,239
Pacific Crest Sinfonietta, Music/Artistic Focus $ 1,170
Zen Parry, Visual/Arts Artistic Focus $ 3,750
PlayWrite Inc., Theatre/Arts-in-Schools $ 5,000
Polaris Dance Theatre, Dance/Artistic Focus $ 4,250
Portland Community College Foundation, Visual/Arts Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Portland Piano International, Music/Artistic Focus $ 4,500
Joanna Priestly, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Profile Theatre Project, Theatre/Arts-in-Schools $ 3,750
Radiant Theatre, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 2,670
Jayanthi Raman,* Dance/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Rose City Park Elementary, Multi-Discipline/Arts-in-Schools $ 4,500
Ethan Rose, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 1,913
Russell Academy, Visual Arts/Arts-in-Schools $ 3,570
Sherwood Senior Citizens, Inc.,** Theatre/Neighborhood Arts $ 1,160
Sojourn Theatre, Theatre/Arts-in-Schools $ 3,750 and Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 4,250
Ilana Sol, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 3,677
Sowelu Theater, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 3,588
Elizabeth Stanek, Visual Arts/Artistic Focus $ 3,400
Patrick Stearns, Visual Arts/Artistic Focus $ 3,604
Scott Sutton, Visual Arts/Arts-in-Schools $ 4,500
The Media Project, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Theatre/Artistic Focus $ 3,698
Sivagami Vanka,* Dance/Artistic Focus $ 4,500
Loveness Wesa, Multi-Discipline/Artistic Focus $ 5,000
Cydney Wilkes, Dance/Artistic Focus $ 3,743
Willamette Radio Workshop, Media Arts/Artistic Focus $ 3,338
TOTAL FOR PROJECT GRANTS: $300,210
