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Friends of IFCC awards grants to 23 Portland-based artists, including $100K from the Office of Arts & Culture 🎉
 Local nonprofit Friends of IFCC recently announced a new round of awards for 23 Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC) artists. As part of the IFCC Artist & Residency Program, awardees will enliven and activate the historic cultural center—which includes a 99-seat theater, dance studio, gallery, and office—in North Portland.
Open to artists of any discipline, the program’s grantees create their works through a variety of mediums including dance, multimedia, multidisciplinary performance, music, spoken word, theater, and visual arts.
Friends of IFCC gets additional philanthropic support from the 1803 Fund and other partners.
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 In collaboration with our grantmaking partners at the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), Arts & Culture recently awarded $1.2 million in arts funding to 275 Portland-based artists and arts and culture organizations. Of these recipients, 185 awardees are individual artists and 90 are arts and culture organizations. From performing to visual arts, to film and literature, art forms from every medium are represented among selected grantees.
“The City of Portland’s Office of Arts & Culture is so proud to partner with RACC to provide funding for the new Portland Arts Projects Grants. Creating more space for more artists and arts organizations to explore, hone, and share their work across Portland, from downtown to the city’s farthest reaches, is one of the most important arts and culture investments the City can make,” said Arts & Culture Director Chariti Montez.
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🖌️ Join us in celebrating the impact of the Arts Access Fund in Portland schools
 Photo courtesy of Portland Art Museum
The City of Portland’s Arts Access Fund is powered by an annual income tax of $35—known as the Arts Tax. The fund ensures that every public elementary school student in Portland has access to an arts education, as well as supports grants for artists and arts organizations. The City of Portland, Arts & Culture, Portland schools, and their partners are hosting a number of events to celebrate the impact of the Arts Access Fund, including:
- 4/16-27: HeART of Portland with Portland Art Museum and Portland Public Schools
- Through 4/30: Student art installation at Goat Blocks in partnership with Central Eastside Industrial Council
- Through 4/30: Student art exhibit at the Portland Building
We hope you’ll join us!
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 Photo courtesy of Portland Art Museum
Leading up to Tax Day, every Portlander should've received an Arts Tax mailer that what the tax is and how to pay it. In the spirit of arts education, we’re also inviting you to set aside a moment to get a little creative—this year’s mailer includes a coloring sheet. 🎨 Grab your crayons or markers, take a photo, and share your creation with us on Instagram at @pdxartsculture.
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 Photo courtesy of KATU
Coming to you live from KATU!
The Arts & Culture team will join KATU ARC PDX Anchor Wesleigh Ogle twice a month to chat about all things arts and culture, with an emphasis on upcoming events, local artists and creatives, and news from our office. We're thankful for the opportunity—every other Thursday at 7:45 a.m. on KATU—to share arts and culture highlights with our community.
On March 13, Director Chariti Montez and Arts Education Coordinator Dawn Isaacs joined the conversation to talk about the office’s management of the City’s public art collection and the Arts Access Fund. Last week, on March 27, Assistant Director Darion Jones joined to discuss Friends of IFCC’s recent grant announcement (mentioned at the top of this newsletter). On April 10, we’ll be chatting about Portland Panorama, kicking off later that same evening, as well as the Fertile Ground Festival.
All of these segments are available to watch on the Arts & Culture playlist on the City’s YouTube page.
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Portland Parks & Recreation is hiring for summer jobs across town
 Photo courtesy of Portland Parks & Recreation
If you're looking for a fun and flexible part-time job, check out Portland Parks & Recreation's summer job opportunities. Summer Free for All programming includes mobile arts studios, cultural events (movies, concerts, and more), and music camps held at various parks throughout the city. Open positions currently include Arts in the Parks and Music Camp lead counselors and counselors, as well as event attendant. Apply by April 28, 2025!
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Portland Children’s Levy 2025 Community Report now available
 Participants in ELSO Inc.’s Wayfinders camp explored and learned about the Portland Superfund Site at Cathedral Park with partners from the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership. The program teaches children about science, art, and other topics. Photo courtesy of ELSO Inc.
The Portland Children’s Levy (PCL) prepares children for school, supports them to be successful inside and outside of classrooms, and eliminates racial and ethnic disparities in children’s outcomes. PCL provides grants to several organizations that offer arts programming, such as ELSO Inc., BRAVO Youth Orchestras, the Native American Youth & Family Center, and more.
Check out PCL’s 2025 Community Report to see children and families imagining new futures, and how Levy partners continue positive recovery from the pandemic.
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Multnomah Arts Center exhibitions featuring artworks by 50+ LGBTQIA2S+ artists to open on April 4
 Hoddtwelvemonev by Robert Sumner
This spring, the Multnomah Arts Center (MAC) will show work by more than 50 regional LGBTQIA2S+ artists at its Front & Center Galleries between April 4 and May 10, 2025.
"Shift Work: Queer Artists in Tectonic Times" will explore the emotional complexity of the rapidly shifting social and political landscape for LGBTQIA2S+ people.
“Holding Our Own: Work by LGBTQIA2S+ Ceramic Artists & Potters” will showcase a variety of ceramic vessels and sculptures. These objects are an evocative response to the curators’ discussion of “our capacity to hold space, hold the line, and hold onto hope.”
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Join a City of Portland budget listening session to share your thoughts, in-person or virtually, on potential cuts to help balance the City's budget. Although listening sessions for Districts 1 and 3 have already happened, District 4 and 2's are still upcoming. Join the District 4 discussion on Tuesday, April 1 at the Portland Building (6-8:30 p.m.) or the District 2 conversation on Thursday, April 3 at Portland Community College Cascade Moriarty Auditorium (6-8:30 p.m.).
To view Budget 101 presentation, submit written comments, learn how to participate, and more, visit the City's website.
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Public art spotlight: Data Crystal: Portland
 Photo courtesy of David Kressler / kresslerphoto.com
Designed specifically for the Portland Building, Data Crystal: Portland by Refik Anadol was installed in 2019. The large-scale sculpture uses millions of images of the city of Portland, transforming them into a 3D form through AI. Visible from the first and second floors, the piece uses art, technology, and Portland’s interconnected communities to represent the material connections that emerge from invisible interactions between fellow city dwellers.
Data Crystal: Portland is part of the City's 1,700-piece public art collection and is free for the public to see firsthand, along with many other works, at the Portland Building.
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Add it to your calendar 🗓️
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April 4-13
Presented by Oregon Ballet Theatre, Dani Rowe's gorgeously wrought world premiere has 36-year-old Marilyn Monroe looking back at her life and memories through her own lens.
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April 4-19
The Fertile Ground Festival is a citywide, multi-week performing arts festival that will feature site-specific theatre, dance, solo shows, aerial performance, puppetry, and brand-new scripts by local playwrights.
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April 10-20
In its inaugural year, this 10-day festival will present a highly curated program of diverse, under-seen, international and regional filmmaking.
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April 16
This annual event kicks off with an evening of student dance, music, and theater performances, as well as the opening of the student visual art exhibition, including over 100 works by Portland Public Schools' students.
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Grant opportunities and open calls 📢
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Milagro Artist Fund from Milagro Theatre | $500-$2,000 | Application deadline: April 4, 2025
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Grants for Arts Projects 2 from National Endowment for the Arts | $10,000-$100,000 | Application deadline: April 7, 2025
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LIFT: Early Career Support for Native Artists from Native Arts and Cultures Foundation | $15,000 | Application deadline: April 8, 2025
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Post-Production Grant from Portland Events and Film Office | $8,500 | Application deadline: April 14, 2025
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Spring 2025 Better Together Grant from Central Eastside Together | Application deadline: April 18, 2025
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Call for muralist or designer from OMSI | Application deadline: April 25, 2025
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Professional Development Grant from Regional Arts & Culture Council | Up to $2,000 | Application deadline: April 30, 2025
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SHIFT: Transformative Change and Indigenous Art from Native Arts and Cultures Foundation | $100,000 | Application deadline: May 15, 2025
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Community Grants from Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund | Application deadline: May 27, 2025
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Community Livability Grant from Prosper Portland | $10,000-$50,000 | Application deadline: May 30, 2025
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