Grants

2007-08 Grant Recipients

Artists for the Arts is pleased to announce our 2007-08 arts education grant recipients.

Artists for the Arts is a 100% volunteer, non-profit organization committed to arts education in Portland-area schools. Our Board and membership comprise artists, parents and teachers who come together in the belief that arts education is crucial to the development of confident, creative and community-minded children. As former Governor John Kitzhaber once said, “It is [the] capacity to wonder, to dream and to imagine that allows each generation to fulfill its responsibility to the next.”

Each year, Artists for the Arts awards between $8000 - $10,000 directly to Portland-area arts educators, based on proposals for a variety of project and supply needs. This year’s grants, distributed in January 2008 and totaling $8665, were awarded to:


  • ACT at Roosevelt High School and Renee Straube (Portland) for the creation of clay mask sculptures exploring culture and identity

  • Metropolitan Learning Center and Ned Hascall (Portland) for a collaborative photography project between Lent Elementary and MLC titled “What I See,” in which both schools present photos at Froelick Gallery examining students’ daily lives

  • Bridger Elementary School and Erica Lindgren (Portland) for the purchase of glockenspiels, xylophones, metallophones and hand drums

  • Rosa Parks Elementary and Jan Bilodeaux (Portland) for books and supplies toward the 5th grade class sculpture and performance exploring notable American Artists

  • Pioneer School and Michael Laframboise (Lebanon) for a Northwest Children’s Theater residency

  • Lewis Elementary School and Anthony Jamesbarry (Portland) for the purchase of hand drums and African drums

  • Renaissance Arts Academy and Melody Rockwell (Portland) for the creation and publication of books written by students

  • Riverside Elementary School and Betsy Williamson (Milwaukie) for the creation of experiential “Artful Artists” kits

  • Creston Elementary and Anne Murphy (Portland) for an Earth Day performance

  • Marysville Elementary and Barbara Liles (Portland) for song-based picture books

  • Gilbert Heights Elementary and Kathleen Lower (Portland) for the attendance of a “Go, Dog, Go” theater performance

  • Woodlawn Elementary and Jeremy Thomas (Portland) for the creation of a garden mural

  • Aloha High School and Matthew Fox (Aloha) for a Diversity Week documentary
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