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Summer (Julaugsep) 2015.Indd ART NOTES A publication by the Regional Arts & Culture Council for the Portland metropolitan area VOLUME 21 NO. 3 . SUMMER 2015 RACC.ORG FEATURE Percent-for-Art: RACC NEWS a point of pride in Portland An installation by Josh Pew & Molly Eno at the Portland Building ...page 3 Art Spark on 7/16 ...page 3 Right Brain events 7/16 & 8/18 ...page 3 & 4 Cultural tourism grants ...page 5 Project grants ...page 5 Mural funding ...page 5 RACC job openings ...page 7 Grant orientations David Franklin’s The Rippling Wall, on the (7/7-23) ...page 7 façade of Fire Station 21 next to the Hawthorne Bridge, is one of three RACC percent-for-art It’s a common refrain: “There’s public art Right Brain volunteers projects to win national recognition in 2014. everywhere in Portland!” ...page 7 Even Portland- ers who think they know nothing about RACC summer party public art can name dozens of examples ...back page when pressed—Portlandia, The Elk Foun- Portland public art tain, the three-legged Pod sculpture across from Powell’s, the Zoobomb People’s Bike ON THE WEB The most current and complete Library just up Burnside from there, or information regarding the notices you has a long history and see here in Art Notes is available on Joan of Arc in Northeast. The City of Port- the RACC website at racc.org. land and Multnomah County have public E-NEWSLETTER a celebrated present, art collections that are the envy of many Sign up at racc.org for the free monthly electronic edition of Art larger cities. Notes. recently winning SUBMISSIONS So how did we come to have so much art in Only events funded by RACC are our city? included in the Featured Events section. Other notices about job national recognition for openings, grants, etc. may be Portland’s love aff air with public art began submitted, but RACC reserves the right to edit or reject material. Email: in 1888 when businessman Stephen Skid- [email protected] or mail to RACC, three projects. 411 NW Park Avenue, Suite 101, more left funds in his will for a fountain Portland, OR 97209. Deadline for Fall 2015: 9/15/15. that would provide water for people, horses, 1 RACC.ORG FEATURE CONTINUED 411 NW Park Avenue, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97209-3356 Tel: 503.823.5111 Fax: 503.823.5432 and dogs; inscribed on the side of the foun- practice” resource for the fi eld nationwide. Email: [email protected] racc.org tain a quote by C.E.S. Wood: “Good Citizens RACC public art managers have worked are the Riches of a City.” Prophetic words continuously to expand the defi nition of ART NOTES A free quarterly publication of the apparently as other “good citizens” such as public art disciplines over time and the pro- Regional Arts & Culture Council, Henry Waldo Coe soon followed Skidmore’s gram now commissions temporary projects, which serves the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, including lead, bringing works such as Sacajawea installation and performance based work, Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington Counties. (1905), The Shemanski Fountain (1926), artist residencies, and projects that create Abraham Lincoln immersive and MARY BAUER (1927) and dozens interactive experi- Editor of other pieces RACC public art projects just ences. JEFF HAWTHORNE into the public fold Director of won 3 PAN awards for the best Community Engagement To help make sure with private fund- public art projects in the nation ELOISE DAMROSCH ing. Sacajawea by that art is acces- Executive Director artist Alice Cooper at the recent Americans for the sible to all citizens, RACC has also RACC MISSION was one of the ear- Arts convention. To enrich our communities developed a robust liest artworks cre- through arts and culture. http://bit.ly/1N1kmj6 ated by a woman Public Art Search to enter the public function at racc. RACC BOARD org, as well as col- Jan Robertson, chair collection, and female suff ragists Susan B. Phillip T. Hillaire, vice chair Anthony and Abigail Scott Duniway were in laborated on an iPhone app called Publi- Eileen L. Day, treasurer Eric Hormel, secretary attendance at the dedication. cArtPDX. Nik Blosser Verlea G. Briggs Katy A. Brooks This episodic process of collecting through This year the percent-for-art program cel- Robert Bucker ebrates its 35th anniversary, and Portlandia Raymond Cheung, CPA gifts and selected public building projects Daryl Dixon continued and developed over the decades, turns 30. RACC will mark these milestones Representative Lew Frederick YOU with a pair of special events: a birthday Debbie Glaze but the watershed year for GIVEpublic art in the Mike Golub party for the copper lady on October 8th Osvaldo ‘Ozzie’ Gonzalez Portland area came in 1980 when another Angela Hult generation of good citizens—along with a and a special percent-for-art focused ex- Dana Ingram hibition in City Hall in November. Susheela Jayapal group of progressive City of Portland and Inno- Joe Krumm David R. Lofland, Jr. Multnomah County offi cials—created an vative new commissions like Adam Kuby’s Linda McGeady Nature Play installation in Westmoreland Brenda L. Meltebeke innovative program that integrated art Joanna Priestley into Portland’s public spaces on a regular Park, Crystal Schenk & Shelby Davis’ enig- Steve Rosenbaum Shyla M. Spicer and democratic basis. The new “percent- matic sculptures on SE Division, the hip for-art” ordinances, based on a model hop residency Cool Nutz (rapper Terrance pioneered in Philadelphia, insured that 1% Scott) has developed at the Juvenile Justice RACC PARTNERS of the cost of City/County capital building Center, David Franklin’s façade transform- RACC works in partnership with the following organizations to ensure a projects would be set aside for artwork. The ing The Rippling Wall at Fire Station 21, or quality arts and culture community Deanna Pindell’s mysterious Apothecary for in our region: program had an immediate and dramatic impact, producing projects like Raymond the Anthropocene installation coming to the Americans for the Arts Kaskey’s Portlandia, Isaka Shamsud-Din’s Portland Building Installation Space this Clackamas County Arts Alliance fall all suggest a program that is still young National Endowment for the Arts stunning Bilalian Odyssey mural now lo- Nonprofit Association of Oregon cated at the Oregon Convention Center, and and looking toward the future. Oregon Arts Commission James Carpenter’s Spectral Light Dome in Oregon Cultural Trust On July 16, the public art department will Antoinette Hatfi eld Hall. Westside Cultural Alliance host Art Spark (see page 3). In the com- Just as the country outgrew the big hair ing months, RACC will launch a new video of the 80s, the percent-for-art program projection project on the north facing wall matured and grew too as the ‘80s passed. of the General Automotive building at NW The percent-for-art allocation increased Park and Glisan. New artworks are also by another third in the ‘80s and in 2006, underway for North Williams Avenue and both the City and the County raised it to Dawson Park to honor the history of the 2% for art, increasing the amount available African American community. Public art for artwork, as well as for public education, projects are also being developed for new management and maintenance. The in- parks in Gateway and Parkrose, and much novation of these ongoing funding streams more. Stay tuned! Visit racc.org/publicart. caused RACC to become a leading “best 2 LISTINGS Funding/Residencies. 5 Calls to Artists . 5-7 Jobs . 7 7.15-9.15 Workshops/Lectures . 7 Other Opportunities . 7 2015 RISK/REWARD FEATURED EVENTS FESTIVAL OF NEW PERFORMANCES 7/10-19 All events funded in part by the Risk/Reward Regional Arts & Culture Council risk-reward.org, 503.893.4739 racc.org/calendar INSTALLATION BY 45TH SUMMER FESTIVAL JOSHUA PEW & MOLLY THRU 7/26 ENO Mitchelldyer) (Photo: Craig Chamber Music Northwest 7/10-8/14 cmnw.org, 503.223.3202 RACC, Portland Building Installation Space NO BOUNDARIES racc.org, 503.823.5111 THRU 8/20 Portland Institute for UNNECESSARY FARCE Contemporary Art 7/10-8/16 pica.org, 503.242.1419 Lakewood Theatre lakewood-center.org AI WEIWEI 503.635.3901 CIRCLE OF ANIMALS/ZODIAC JULY HEADS: GOLD THE MAESTRO SHOW THRU 9/13 7/12 Portland Art Museum 2-26 Portland Columbia Symphony portlandartmuseum.org Orchestra 503.226.2811 columbiasymphony.org 503.234.4077 THOROUGHLY MODERN THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE MILLIE RIGHT BRAIN INFO 7/2-26 Broadway Rose Theatre SESSION WRITING WORKSHOPS AT Broadway Rose Theatre 7/16 HOTLIPS PIZZA (THURS) Company broadwayrose.org, 503.603.9862 The Right Brain Initiative 7/16-12/17 broadwayrose.org therightbraininitiative.org Write Around Portland RACC General Operating CONDUIT DANCE+ 503.823.5111 FESTIVAL 2015 writearound.org, 503.796.9224 Support Grant 7/8-11 ART SPARK FANDANGO CLASSES Conduit Dance 7/16 WITH SON CLANDESTINO PCPA SUMMER ARTS ON danceplus.conduit-pdx.org Featuring RACC’s Public Art 7/16-9/1 MAIN STREET 503.221.5857 Department Hacienda 7/22 portlandartspark.com IN/APPROPRIATE HaciendaCDC.org, 503.459.7608 Pendulum Aerial Arts 7/8-29 503.823.5111 pendulumaerialarts.org THE ELIXIR OF LOVE 503.235.110 Visual work by Roger Peet TOP DOWN 7/17-8/1 littmanwhite.tumblr.com 7/16-8/27 Portland Opera 503.893.2536 RICHARD III Northwest Film Center portlandopera.org, 503.241.1802 7/22-8/1 nwfilm.org, 503.221.1156 Bag & Baggage Apply for RACC Project Grants RACC NEWS RACC invites nonprofi ts and individual artists in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas Counties to submit proposals for artistic projects and events FOR MORE INFORMATION planned for calendar year 2016.
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