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Artists Spotlight

The RACC Artists Spotlight honors and supports individual artists from throughout the tri-county Portland area. Their success and accomplishments are our inspiration, and we are proud to share them with you. Artists that have recently received grant support or public art commissions from RACC will be featured throughout the year on a rotating basis.

Horatio Hung-Yan Law, installation and public artist and educator
Recipient of RACC 2004, 2007 Project Grant; 2005 Intersections Residency: Multnomah County Health Department; Public Art Commissions for Housing Authority of Portland 2003 and Northwest Housing Alternatives 2005 at New Columbia (managed by RACC).

Horatio Hung-Yan Law works in installation and public art. He teaches photography and social art at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. Much of his installation work stem from his identity and experience as a US citizen of Asian heritage. From May 3-31 he will be the South Waterfront Artist-in-Residence, creating China-on-Willamette.

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Rebecca Martinez, actor, director, choreographer, dancer, singer, instructor.
Recipient RACC 2007 Project Grant

Rebecca Martinez is an award-winning performing artist who has directed 15 productions, 13 of which she created and/or wrote in collaboration. In April, 2008 an original dance theatre production written and directed by Rebecca called Oyá: Call The Storm will be presented at Miracle Theatre. (Photo: Owen Carey)

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Fernanda D'Agostino, public artist
Recipient of 2007, 2006, 2000 RACC Project Grants; 2004-2006 Lead Design Team Artist; New Columbia; 2002-2004 Design Team Artist for Smith and Bybee Lakes Restoration; 2002 Design Team Artist, Unseen Worlds, B.E.S., Wet Weather Treatment Facility; 1999 Design Team Artist, Southwest Community Aquatics Center.

Over the last twenty two years, Fernanda D'Agostino has worked on public art projects ranging from the revitalization of downtown Tacoma to the creation of habitat sculptures at Smith and Bybee Lakes in Portland. A parallel body of studio work has been a series of site specific installations. From April 3-26, Motion Studies, a contemporary art and science collaboration between biomechanist Dr. Bret Tobalske, Harry Dawson, Carl Weiss and Fernanda will be at the Elizabeth Leach Gallery.

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Adam Kuby, public artist
2006 RACC Public Art Commission a skateable entry walk to Portland's Pier Park Skatepark, Wavewalk.

Common to all of Adam Kuby's work is a desire to animate and transform landscapes and elements of the built environment, an interest that grows out of his training in landscape architecture as well as sculpture. In March 2008 Adam will be the Artist-in-Residence in Portland’s new South Waterfront neighborhood at the base of the aerial tram. He will present The Acupuncture Project/ Treatment for Portland-Giving the City an Acupuncture Treatment.

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Ethan Rose, musician and composer
Recipient of 2006, 2008 Project Grants

Born and raised in Illinois, Ethan Rose moved to Portland, Oregon in 1996 to study Electronic Music at Lewis and Clark College. Over the past ten years he has released new recordings, performed his music internationally, scored films (most recently, Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park), created sound installations, and worked with a variety of collaborators. He continues to reside and work in Portland because he likes it here.

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Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya, Newar priest, dancer, choreographer, educator, director, and meditation teacher.
Recipient of 2008, 2005 RACC Project Grants

Prajwal Ratna Vajracharya is a dancer, Newar Buddhist priest and ritual master of Charya Nritya, classical dance of Nepal. He is the premier performer and proponent of the tradition and is a veteran of several world tours, with beginning and advanced students around the globe. In 1996, Prajwal established Dance Mandal: Foundation for Sacred Buddhist Arts of Nepal to preserve the artistic and spiritual practice of Charya Nritya and its related disciplines.

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See Artists Spotlight Archives (previously featured):

Lava Alapai, playwright, actor, designer
Susan Banyas, writer and performer
Rose Bond, director, animator & educator
Michael Brophy, painter
Stephen Cohen
, musician and visual artist
Judy Cooke, painter
Fernanda D'Agostino, public artist
Akbar DePriest (1930-2007), musician and teacher
Myra Donnelley, producer and playwright
Sarah Ferguson, visual artist and educator
Sally Haley (1908-2007), painter
Chisao Hata, performer, choreographer and dance educator
Kirby Jones, multi-disciplinary artist
Adam Kuby, public artist
Horatio Hung-Yan Law, installation and public artist and educator
Brian Lindstrom, filmmaker
Dana Lynn Louis, sculptor and public artist
Thara Memory, musician, composer and educator
Bruce Orr, puppetteer, painter, cartoonist, educator
Mary Oslund, choreographer, dancer and educator
Zen Parry, sculptor, performer, and writer
Joanna Priestley, animator & filmmaker
Dmae Roberts, playwright, actor, radio artist
Linda Wysong, artist and teacher
Marie Watt, multidisciplinary artist



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Mary Bauer
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