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This article looks back at a months-long effort to celebrate and highlight the impact of Portland's Access Fund.
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The results of 2024's Insights Survey shows that most Portlanders have a positive perception of the City's arts and culture offerings.
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Arts & Culture Director Chariti Montez presented to the Portland City Council's Arts and Economy Committee on April 22, 2025.
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As part of its Small Grants Program, the City of Portland's Office of Arts & Culture provided $100K to be administered by Friends of IFCC as part of the nonprofit's artist and residency program.
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The Office of Arts & Culture seeks a visionary Public Art Administrator to guide the evolution and refinement of Portland’s public art programs.
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What’s the impact of the Arts Access Fund, and why is it worth celebrating? That’s what we’ll dig into in this article, and we hope you’ll consider joining in on the festivities planned for the coming months.
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In collaboration with its grantmaking partners at the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture recently awarded $1.2 million in arts funding to 275 Portland-based artists and arts and culture organizations.
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Arts & Culture invites you to get involved, exercise your creativity, and make a unique piece of art—then share it with us!
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Sharing what the Office of Arts & Culture team heard from 100+ attendees at the Portland Monuments Symposium in October 2024.
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An update on recent news and developments from the Future of Keller team.
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Chariti Montez, director of the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture, recently traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate for the importance of—and need for continued funding of—the arts and arts education.
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Portland's six school districts will receive nearly $8 million for the 2024-25 school year from the Arts Access Fund, powered by the Arts Tax.
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A closer look at the first four months of Portland's Office of Arts & Culture.
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General Operating Support grantees strengthen the region’s cultural ecosystem and economy—bringing arts access to all Portlanders, from classes and community events to free concerts and theater camps.
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You’re invited to join the City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture and its partners for the Portland Monuments Symposium hosted by Converge 45 on Friday-Saturday, October 11-12, 2024.
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This year, each of City's three arts grant partners will host a single, focused funding opportunity, with all funding calls set to close in Fall or Winter 2024.
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"Our Creative Future" provides a blueprint for supporting arts and culture across the tri-county region.
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This year marks a decade of the Arts Education and Access Fund, or "arts tax," which has raised more than $124 million since Portlanders said yes to the $35-per-year income tax - and yes to funding arts education for every public elementary school child in Portland.
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How should greater Portland support arts and culture over the next 10 years? The City of Portland has been collaborating with other government agencies in the tri-county region to develop new goals and strategies, reflected in a draft plan.
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The City of Portland is seeking proposals for public arts grant management and may award up to six contracts for the administration of $1.4 million annually in grants to individual artists and arts organizations. A pre-proposal meeting will be held on Jan. 9 and proposals are due Feb. 1, 2024.
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