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 Mt. Hood at Twilight by Robert Minervini (2024) c/o RACC
In partnership with the Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC), Portland's Office of Arts & Culture invites you to the opening celebration for an exhibition featuring 21 newly acquired works for the City of Portland's Visual Chronicles of Portland collection. Please consider joining us at the City Gallery, on the second floor of the Portland Building, on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 3 p.m. to recognize the contributions of Portland's artists and creatives, particularly those whose works were recently selected for inclusion in this storied collection.
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Arts & Culture is excited to announce a new slate of eventsācommunity conversations and public engagement opportunitiesādeveloped by and with Portland Monuments Project partners, including the Portland Parks Foundation, Oregon Black Pioneers, Literary Arts, and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. This fall series of events invites Portlanders to reflect on how we remember, what we honor, and how public art can serve as a gathering place for civic life.
āSince 2020, Portlanders have been asking thoughtful questions about the stories we elevate,ā said Darion Jones, Arts & Culture's Assistant Director. āThis fallās programs bring people together activating communitiesāon the waterfront, in our parks, and in conversationāto listen, learn, and help shape the future of monuments and public art."Ā
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 If you have technical expertise or professional experience that might lend itself to important conversations about the future of large-scale performing arts venues in Portland, we invite you to apply to become a member of the City of PortlandāsĀ Future of Large-Scale Performing ArtsĀ Steering Committee.Ā
The City and its Future of Large-Scale Performing Arts project team seek community membersāincluding from the fields of architecture, construction, finance, fundraising, performing arts, real estate development, urban planning, and venue operationsāto serve in this capacity.
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 Photo c/o City of Portland
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson declared that September 14-20, 2025 would be Arts in Education Week in Portland. To celebrate, staff from the City of Portlandās Office of Arts & Culture and Portland Public Schools (PPS) joined teachers, guests, and students on Tuesday, September 15 for proclamation readings and small showcases of student learning at two schools, Bridger Creative Science School and Duniway Elementary.Ā
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 Arts & Cultureās Small Grants Program consists of partnerships with three local arts-focused contractorsāeach of which operate an in-house grantmaking program with funding support from our office and, in some cases, other sources.
As an update to the open application periods weāve been promoting in recent months, we wanted to let you know that 2025-26 applications for Friends of IFCCās Artist Grant & Residency Program, MusicOregonās Echo Fund, and RACCās Portland Arts Project Grants programs are now closed!
Cheers to our incredible partners for doing the work to manage these vital programs, as well as to all of the Portland-based artists and creatives who applied this year. Now, the hard work of evaluating applications and selecting grantees begins! We canāt wait to hear who all receives funding later this fall and winter.
For more about our Small Grants Program, including panel review, award announcement, and grant distribution dates for all three of our partnersā programs, visit our website. We've also got a list of additional arts funding resources there!
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To create partnership pathways between community arts organizations, teaching artists, and schools in Portland, the City of Portland is creating a teaching artists directory. The directory will be published on the Arts Access Fund's Creating Together webpage, as well as shared with educators across Portland's six school districts and charter schools.Ā
Through October 15, we're inviting teaching artists to apply to be included in the directory. An open application period will happen twice a year moving forward, in the fall and the winter. Once listed in the directory, teaching artists will remain for future schools years and will not need to reapply.Ā
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 Photo c/o MAC
The Multnomah Arts Center (MAC) has two new exhibitions coming to its Front & Center Galleries, with work by more than 75 regional artists. Contemporary and historical zines from the archives of the Portland Zine Symposium will be on display in the Front Gallery September 19-October 25, 2025. In the Center Gallery, the MAC Instructors Biennial will be on display September 19 ā October 18, 2025 and will showcase work by many of the talented artists who teach at the Center.
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In its annual examination of arts and cultural organizations across the country, SMU DataArts uncovers key trends shaping the arts from 2019-2024. This analysis of financial data draws on more than 6,500 arts and cultural organizations nationwide, offering insights into the current realities organizations of all sizes, disciplines, and locations are facing.
This yearās findings reveal sobering news: while the composition of earned and contributed revenue is returning to pre-pandemic patterns, overall revenue has fallen significantly. Organizations have responded by cutting expenses, and the working capital that many built up during the pandemic continues to erode.
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Through November 12
The Portland Latin American Film Festival announces its XVIII Season at the Hollywood Theatre, featuring feature films, documentaries, and short films from Peru, Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Mexico, and Argentina.
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October 9-19
Portlandās only queer horror theater festival, Stage Fright Festival is ten days of original theater by professional and emerging independent artists of the highest artistic integrity.Ā
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October 10-18
Back by popular demand, Ben Stevensonās lavish, haunting ballet combines drama and fantasy in a spectacle worthy of Broadway.
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October 16-November 9
Portlandās longest-running DĆa de los Muertos celebration turns 30 this year. Each year, Milagro observes DĆa de los Muertos with the premiere of a new production, altar displays, and community events with the 5th annual Central Eastside Muertos Celebration.Ā
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Grant opportunities and open calls š£
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Arts Build Communities Grants from Oregon Arts Commission | $5,000 | Application deadline: October 1, 2025
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Better Together Grant from Central Eastside Together | Up to $40,000 | Application deadline: October 1, 2025
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GROW Grant from Fertile Ground | $500 | Application deadline: October 3, 2025
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Precipice Fund from Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | $500-$5,000 for a total of $60,000 | Application deadline: October 3, 2025
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Amplify Portland: Local Filmmakers Production Grant from Portland Events & Film Office | three grants of $10,000 each | Application deadline: October 7, 2025
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Individual Artist Fellowship from Oregon Arts Commission | $5,000 | Application deadline: October 15, 2025
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Portland Panorama | Submissions deadline: November 7, 2025
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