RACC Press Releases
July 11 , 2006
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Awards $1,035,895 to Local
Arts Organizations and Individual Artists
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) has awarded General Support Grants totaling $1,016,600 to 35 arts organizations in the Portland Metropolitan area, and $19,295 in Professional Development Grants to individual artists and arts organizations. This series of grants totals $1,035,895 for FY2006-07.
General Support Grants FY2006-07
RACC General Support Grants fund arts organizations in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties that provide a wide range of high quality arts programming made available to the public. These grants recognize the cultural and economic benefits of a strong arts community, and provide stable support for local arts organizations with budgets of $80,000 or more that together provide services to over two million patrons annually. A panel of local citizens reviewed all applications and recommended General Support funding to these 35 groups based on artistic excellence, audience development, and administrative and fiscal responsibility. The final award amounts are determined by overall merit and budget size. Receiving awards for 2006-07 are:
Artists Repertory Theatre -$41,400
Blue Sky Gallery - $6,600
BodyVox - $14,500
Broadway Rose Theatre Company** - $15,800
Chamber Music Northwest -$37,100
Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery - $11,900
Do Jump Movement Theater - $16,900
Ethos Inc. - $11,600
Friends of Chamber Music -$11,600
Homowo African Arts & Cultures -$14,700
Imago Theatre - $13,800
Lakewood Center for the Arts* - $15,800
Literary Arts, Inc. -$27,700
Metropolitan Youth Symphony - $19,300
Miracle Theatre Group - $17,800
Northwest Children’s Theater and School - $15,100
Oregon Ballet Theatre - $66,800
Oregon Children’s Theatre - $39,300
Oregon Repertory Singers - $16,300
Oregon Symphony Association - $123,100
Portland Actors Conservatory - $6,600
Portland Art Museum - $141,100
Portland Baroque Orchestra - $8,500
Portland Center Stage - $58,800
Portland Chamber Orchestra - $6,600
Portland Gay Men's Chorus - $6,900
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art - $15,700
Portland Opera Association - $104,800
Portland Taiko - $25,400
Portland Youth Philharmonic - $16,700
Profile Theatre Project - $14,100
Tears of Joy Theatre - $16,800
White Bird - $33,500
Write Around Portland - $10,400
Young Audiences of Oregon - $13,600
TOTAL: $1,016,600
Professional Development Grants (Cycle I) FY 2006-07
RACC Professional Development Grants assist artists and arts organizations with opportunities that improve their business management development skills and/or brings the artist or the arts organization to another level artistically. Proposals are adjudicated by staff and awarded in two cycles each year. Grant recipients include:
INDIVIDUALS:
Claire Barnes - $550
Jonnel Covault* - $750
Lilian Gael - $640
Mel George - $1,363
Sara Halprin - $1,200
Jason L. Jones** - $1,500
Suzanne Lee - $1,035
Kirk Lybecker - $1,125
Eugenia Pardue - $1,125
Nance Paternoster - $1,200
ORGANIZATIONS:
Art on the Peninsula - $1,196
Aurora Chorus - $1,450
Beaverton Arts Commission** - $1,200
Cinema Project - $986
Live On Stage - $1,050
Nomadic Theatre Company - $1,000
NW Documentary Arts & Media - $800
Pendulum Aerial Dance Theatre - $1,125
TOTAL: $19,295
*denotes Clackamas County based artist/arts organization.
** denotes Washington County based artist/arts organization.
The remainder are Multnomah County based artists/arts organizations.
Funding for RACC's General Support grant program comes primarily from the government sector, including the City of Portland, Metro, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and Washington County, along with growing revenues from Work for Art, RACC's workplace giving program. These grants typically provide between 1% to 4% of an arts organization's budget, although one of RACC's long-term goals is to secure enough funding to represent 5% of all organizations' budgets, consistent with national best practices.
“Local artists and arts organizations drive the creative economy, enhance our children's learning with arts education programs, and improve the quality of life for all area residents,” said Eloise Damrosch, Executive Director of the Regional Arts & Culture Council. “We are delighted to provide support for these vital partners who are working with us to integrate arts and culture in all aspects of community life.”
Applications for the next RACC grants opportunity, Project Grants, are now available online at www.racc.org/grants. Artists, schools, and arts organizations headquartered in Clackamas, Multnomah, or Washington County must submit an Intent to Apply via the RACC Online grant system (www.racc.org/GrantApps) by no later than August 14th. The electronic application deadline is August 21st for both Individual and Organizational applicants.
Through vision, leadership and service the Regional Arts
& Culture Council works to integrate arts and culture in all aspects of
community life.
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