Artist Opportunities – April 1st, 2023

City of Gladstone Pilot Mural Project (deadline is April 3rd, 2023)
Sent by Lori Bell (loribellconsulting.org)

A pilot mural project will work with the community to design and implement two high-quality outdoor painted murals that reflect the tourism themes and content highlighted by the community. Two murals will focus on the theme of ‘Postcards of Gladstone’ with the subtext of “glad to be here!” Accompanying will be reproductions of the actual mural as printed postcards for distribution by various partners with licensing permission approved by selected artist. Learn more and apply here

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The Regional Arts & Culture Council Announces Round 2 of our Arts3C Grant: Please submit your application by 5pm on March 22, 2023

The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) is pleased to announce the Second Round of Arts3C – Creation, Cultivation, & Community – Grants for the tri-county region of Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas Counties. Applications are due by 5pm on March 22, 2023.  Earlier this year, RACC awarded 193 grantees in our first round of Arts3C.

This grant program is designed to be fully responsive to what artists and art makers in the community need funding to support. Funds are available for artistic output, such as projects, programming, or presentations, or internal capacity, such as operations, personal or professional development, or business investment. Applicants will select their request level ($1,000, $2,000, $3,2000, $4,000 or $5,000) and the application questions will increase with the requested amount. Applicants who are creating and sharing arts and culture programming in all disciplines are welcome to apply.

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New Grant Opportunity: Arts3C

The Arts3C Grant Program is currently available to support the making and sharing of artistic work in all disciplines and the development of the arts community in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas County with awards up to $5,000. 

Applicants may apply to support artistic output such as projects, programming, and presentations—or to support internal capacity such as operations, personal or professional development, and business investment.  

The due date to apply for this opportunity is  Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 5pm PDT.

RACC makes grant awards available to individuals, nonprofits, arts-based businesses, Limited Liability Companies (LLC), partnerships, and other legally organized entities. 

RACC Grant Rounds 3 & 4 Now Open!

Make|Learn|Build grants are back! These are grants for artists and arts-based businesses/organizations that live or do work in Multnomah, Washington, or Clackamas counties.

MAKE: the creation of work in any artistic discipline 

LEARN: artistic or administrative learning, skill building, or professional development that improve your art practice or business

BUILD: a transition or pivot for an arts business or operations, including purchase of equipment or staffing costs.

Choose your category at either the $1,500 or $3,000 funding level. 

Round 3 closes: 5 p.m., Wednesday, October 6
Round 4 closes: 5 p.m., Wednesday, January 26

Grant awards will be based on funds available, rankings by our community reviewers, and RACC’s stated value of serving underrepresented communities.

Learn more about our grant review process and who received grants in Rounds 1 & 2. Read the grant guidelines here.