Repost from @darrelljazz • I’ve heard it said that the arts allow us to thrive when it is all we can do to survive. As practitioners and culture workers we shine a light on the impossible to illuminate the possibilities, and in so doing, open a path to creating the kind of world where that thriving flourishes. To quote arts educator Karl Paulnack, “If there is a future of peace for humankind, if there is to be an understanding of how these invisible, internal things should fit together, I expect it will come from the artists, because that’s what we do.” Pushing those in leadership to do right by our work and our communities is also what we do. I’m Oregon, HB 3189 is one bill of many, but it is the only one that supports the necessity of the arts. So for my fellow Oregon arts community, I hope you will join me in standing for it. Post this graphic on your social media. And also, write your state representatives and senators and tell them not to abandon Oregon’s Arts & Culture workers. Advocate for bill HB 3189: Improve Access to State Funding for Arts/Culture Providers, which would increase the grants budget of the Oregon Arts Commission from its current $4 million to $10 million, and provide critical One-Time Funding of $5.5 Million for six Large Arts Organizations, two critical investments in this crisis moment. . . . #artlovers #artcollective #standup #oregonart #savethearts #portlandartist #supportlocalartists #artsmatter (fb)

TODAY: We close our 10th Vanport Mosaic Festival with a powerful act of remembrance. RESONANCE ENSEMBLE and VANPORT MOSAIC present We Are Still Here, an immersive site-specific performance of music, theatre, and movement, featuring the award-winning voices of Resonance Ensemble, choral music curated and conducted by SHOHEI KOBAYASHI, the world premiere of a new work by acclaimed composer KENJI BUNCH, and the PORTLAND ASSEMBLY CENTER PROJECT by CHISAO HATA, co-directed by HEATH HYUN HOUGHTON. WE ARE STILL HERE / Portland Assembly Center Project Sunday, June 1 · 3:00–5:00 PM 📍Portland Expo Center, Hall A / former “Assembly Center” 2060 N Marine Dr., Portland 🎟️ $35; Buy tickets at resonancechoral.org . . . @resonanceensemblepdx @chisaoart @shohei_____ @heath #vanport #memorytruthjustice #memoryactivism #neveragaininnow #reparation #memoryactivism #pdxartist #today #siteofconscience (fb)