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Artists and cultural coalitions urge Portland to restore equity metrics to arts tax grants
Portland City Council · October 29, 2025
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Summary
An arts coalition speaker told council the city’s art‑tax grants now favor large institutions and that removing equity metrics has disproportionately reduced funding to smaller organizations; the speaker urged restoring equity measures and increased funding.
During the public‑comment period at the Oct. 29 Portland City Council meeting, Blake Schell, director of Oregon Contemporary and representing the Coalition Portland Arts and Culture for Equity, urged the council and the Office of Arts and Culture to restore equity metrics in distribution…
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