Portland Mayoral candidates Eileen Brady, Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith will be joined by Portland City Council candidates Amanda Fritz, Mary Nolan and Steve Novick for a lively conversation about the arts in Portland, moderated by Portland...
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The Creative Advocacy Network is our partner in advocating for more local public funding of arts and culture.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition, The Oregon Arts Commission, and the Oregon Cultural Trust are our partners in advocating for arts and culture at the state level.
RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund for arts advocacy at the federal level.
Art. Ask for More is a national campaign to support arts education in the schools.
The Oregon Art PAC is non-partisan political action committee that supports local candidates who are committed to increasing public funding for arts and culture.
Act for Art, published in 2009, is a five-year action plan for arts and culture in the region.
RACC's local advocacy efforts help inform budgets and policies in the City of Portland, Metro, and Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. RACC is funded by all five of these jurisdictions and there are a variety of ways that our constituents can encourage public support for art and culture in the tri-county Portland region.
Below see a listing of current Local Issues:
Portland becomes CAN’s first step
4/27/11
1/3/12
By Jessica Jarratt, Executive Director of Creative Advocacy Network (CAN)
The Creative Advocacy Network (CAN) knows that public funding for the arts has the power to transform classrooms, build community and fuel...
RACC’s State of the Arts Report serves serious fare along with songs
3/10/11
5/24/11
Portland-area arts fans know how to sing rounds to appreciative city commissioners after explaining just how much public support of the arts means to them.
The hundreds of arts supporters who attended the Regional Arts and Culture Council...