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Arts Action Alert! Please take two minutes to send your message to your U.S. Senators

Hello Arts Advocate,

While fiscal year (FY) 2020 began on Oct. 1, the U.S. Congress must still pass the 12 appropriation bills to fund the government through Sept. 30, 2020 (the government is currently operating under a continuing resolution [CR] through Nov. 21). At least one of your U.S. Senators sits on the powerful Appropriations Committee. They need to hear from you now about your support for robust federal arts funding and how it supports your community and state.

Last week, the U.S. Senate passed their version of the Interior Appropriations bill by an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 84 – 9, that included $2 million in increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)! You may recall that the U.S. House bill, approved earlier this summer, provided a $12.5 million increase in funding to those agencies.

These positive results are the outcomes of grassroots advocacy—from Hill visits during the National Arts Action Summit, to the emails (like this one) advocates have been sending to their congressional delegation throughout the year.

As negotiations are ongoing to finish up FY 2020 funding, it is vital to call on U.S. Senate appropriators to include these remaining pro-arts funding levels in the final legislation.

This includes:

Bipartisan Senate passage of FY 2020 spending package that included the Interior Appropriations bill.
  • Education bill—includes arts education grant funds and a provision calling for maintaining a federal “report card” in arts education
  • Defense Department bill—includes language supporting creative arts therapies for service members
  • Veterans Department bill—includes language supporting creative arts therapies and $5 million for veterans
  • Justice Department bill—includes a provision supporting inclusion of arts-specific intervention strategies for juvenile justice programs

Please take two minutes to send your message to your U.S. Senators. Thank you for taking action to support these end-of-year funding priorities.


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Art Spark 3rd Annual Event Fair on Jan 17

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12/20/12

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3rd Annual Event Fair! Confirmed participants include Dill Pickle Club, Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls, Third Rail Repertory Theatre, and Sisters of the Road featuring their Journeys Art Festival in May. More groups being added to the line-up soon! There will be plenty of interactive fun, raffles and time to meet new and reconnect with old friends! 

Thursday January 17, 5 – 7 PM: Art Spark 3rd Annual Event Fair at Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA Lobby), 1111 SW Broadway, Portland.

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1/17/13

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2/21 Hillsboro Arts & Culture Summit 2013

The Hillsboro Arts & Culture Summit is coming up on February 21st from 5 to 7 pm. Regional arts and culture organizations host a table at the Summit. Table Reservations open on January 2nd.

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2/21/13

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Executive Director sought by Centrum, nonprofit arts organization (WA)

Centrum enters its 40th year as a $3 million nonprofit dedicated to serving artists of all ages, levels and backgrounds through residential workshops, creative residencies, and public performances. Located at Fort Worden State Park — a remarkable natural and historic setting in the small Victorian seaport of Port Townsend, Washington — Centrum is nationally renowned for its major summer educational programs and festivals (Jazz, Blues, Writing, Fiddle and Voice); wide-ranging learning experiences for students; and year-round artist-in-residence programs.

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1/15/13

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Graphic Artist sought by Milagro for Logo Design Project

In anticipation of its upcoming 30th anniversary, Miracle Theatre Group, aka Milagro, seeks to engage a Graphic Artist to design a new logo, stationery package and usage style guide. Milagro is the Northwest’s premier Latino arts and culture organization based in Portland, Oregon with a mission to create extraordinary Latino theatre, culture, and arts education experiences for the enrichment of all communities.

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1/7/13

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2013 Call for Sculptures: San Juan Islands Sculpture Park

A 20 acre – all outdoor – public park with 30,000 + annual visitors. Impartial art professionals and academics will choose sculptures by blind review. Selection criteria is based on art that is both pleasing to the public and serves to broaden the cultural horizons of the viewer.

Submission is by digital photograph(s) of completed work and dimensions. Artist bio will be requested when/if chosen for installation. All works must be deemed “safe” and suitable for outdoors in occasional high winds, rain and possible snow.

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3/1/13

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RACC announces a new year’s worth of project grants

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12/20/12

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Subashini Ganesan has been awarded a 2013 RACC Project Grant in Dance.

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A total of $732,440 has been awarded to 160 organizations, schools and individual artists in the tri-county region for events in 2013.

The holidays came early for many local artists when The Regional Arts & Culture Council announced record funding for project grants in 2013. On December 19th, the RACC board approved $732,440 for an exciting variety of artistic projects taking place between January 1 and December 31, 2013 – including grants to 94 individual artists and 66 organizations and schools in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties.

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1/23/13

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RACC awards $732,440 in project grants to schools, arts organizations and individual artists

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12/20/12

The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) announced today that $732,440 will be awarded for artistic projects scheduled to take place in 2013 – including 66 grants to organizations and schools, and 94 individual artists in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington Counties. This is the largest sum that RACC has ever awarded for project grants.

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Development Volunteer/Intern sought by Oregon College of Art and Craft

The Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) is seeking a Development Intern or Volunteer. This Intern will work with the Development Administrative Assistant on projects related to event planning, donor cultivation, prospective funding research, filing and data entry related to fundraising.

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All Women Online Art Competition

Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery announces their 2nd Annual “All Women” Juried Art Competition for the month of January 2013. The gallery urges all 2D (women only) artists to submit their best art for inclusion into the gallery’s February 2013 online group exhibition.

Women can submit any 2D media, in any style and about any subject matter for this competition regardless of where they reside and regardless of their experience or education in the art field.

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1/27/13