Your support made this year’s State of the Arts report SING! Thank you.
Thanks to the tremendous turnout for RACC’s State of the Arts report at Portland City Hall, March 21st was a landmark day for the arts and a powerful testament to Mayor Adams’ legacy as Portland’s Arts Mayor. Not only did over 200 supporters heed our call to action to celebrate the City’s investment in arts and culture, but RACC and CAN gave voice to Portland’s 70,000 public school students as never before.
In what is now tradition, Wednesday’s report began with a song. A kindergarten class from NE Portland’s Sabin School made a plea for more arts and music in their classrooms followed by a fabulous performance of “This Little Light of Mine, I Want to Let it Shine.”
After hearing from RACC on the powerful impact of the City’s investment in arts and culture, the report honed in on one of the City’s most critical unmet needs – arts and music access for our children.
At this year’s State of the Arts, CAN advocated for the restoration of that lost art and music – refusing to accept a scenario in which our children have fewer opportunities to learn, to thrive and to imagine than we did. And we were honored to be joined by RACC – and hundreds of arts and education advocates – in asking Portland’s City Council to act now.
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“What we’ll be considering for the Fall (an arts access and education funding initiative) is modest but it’s an important step in the right direction.”
-Mayor Adams
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Culture & creativity can inspire, educate, and shape a city.
Photos: RACC
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CAN’s 2011 Annual Report celebrates your support! Read it online today.
In case you missed it, CAN released our third annual report this month – celebrating our biggest year ever by every measure. As we continue our tireless advocacy for the restoration of arts and music education in our schools and the eradication of the public funding gap that limits the quality, reach, diversity and accessibility of arts and culture in Portland, the CAN Mob is growing in size and strength.
We made a whole lot happen in 2011. Here’s a look at CAN by the numbers over the last 12 months:
6,006 New Supporters
79 Outreach Events
$304,991 Funds Raised
$25,551 In-Kind Donations
60 Member Organizations
86 Active Volunteers Gave 936 Volunteer Hours
1,592 Facebook Friends
2,731 Twitter Followers
6 School District Partners
1 New 501c4 Partner Organization
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CAN volunteer meet up & orientation.
Tuesday, March 27th at 6:00 PM
Join CAN at a special volunteer meet-up and orientation meeting on March 27 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. You’ll get an update on the work we’re doing to restore arts and music education in Portland schools, support arts and culture, and ensure more access to the arts for everyone.
As a CAN volunteer, you’ll have the opportunity make friends and influence people at dozens of arts, culture and community events this Spring including First Friday’s at Milepost 5, Last Thursdays on Alberta and Portland’s Sunday Parkways. You could also have the opportunity to put your graphic design, web design, photography, videography or data entry skills to use as an Office or In-Kind services volunteer.
Your time and energy fuels the movement. And together, we we make art happen in our schools and our communities:
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Mayor Adams making an appeal to support CAN at one of our outreach events.
Photo: Nina Johnson
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Our member organizations make our work possible. Please welcome our newest members!
Oregon Children’s Theatre is a resident company of the Portland Center for the Performing Arts dedicated to advancing growth, development and creativity through exceptional theater experiences. Introducing young people to the wonders of live theater, OCT enriches lives today while helping children develop a lifetime appreciation for the arts.
Portland Piano International is dedicated to presenting the finest pianists in the world in recital settings and outreach activities for the purpose of enriching and educating our community. Some of the greatest artists in the world of music have played for Portland audiences because of this organization. April 8th, enjoy Claire Huangci in Recital.
Visual Thinking Strategies is an educational curriculum and teaching method which enables students to develop aesthetic and language literacy and critical thinking skills, while giving teachers a powerful new technique they can utilize throughout their career.
For details on joining the movement as a member organization in support of a new dedicated public fund for the arts, please visit theArtsCAN.org or email our Outreach Coordinator Keith Daly at keith@theArtsCAN.org.
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