Regional Arts & Culture Council

Public art - raccs nationally acclaimed public art program includes the innovative development and management of the 2% percent for art ordinances for the city of portland and multnomah county and the public art that results from those funds. These include long-term artworks, temporary and performance-based public art, and a series of artist residencies in community settings and/or public agencies. A community participatory selection process founded in raccs core values is seminal to this work. The commissioning of artworks for multnomah county libraries, portland parks & recreation, portland bureau of transportation, and the port of portland are currently very prominent in this work. Racc also manages a murals program, which includes an artist training and development component. The collections management includes the maintenance and conservation of artworks as well as the acquisition and placement of portable scale artworks, including the visual chronicle of portland, for public spaces. Additionally, racc provides review and oversight of code driven projects with private developers as well as public art management contracting services for a variety of local and national agencies, both public and private.