Tag: Oregon

Expose Yourself to Art

J. E. “Bud” Clark was Portland’s populist left leaning Mayor from 1985 to 1992. As mayor he developed a plan for  Portland’s homeless population and supported mass transit including the light rail system.However he may be best  known for the poster Expose Yourself to Art depicting him in a raincoat “exposing” himself to Kvinneakt, a statue  in downtown Portland

I had forgotten about this image until Kit Grauer sent me an email and this image.  She wrote,  “Just found this image of Graeme and I exposing ourselves to art as a take off  on the Portland mayor’s piece done twenty five years ago. We have been trying to learn  from Portland and Visual Culture for a long time!”

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UO Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy

One of the sponsors for the upcoming 2011 Visual Culture Symposium is the UO Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy (CCACP)

The University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy (CCACP) sustains and strengthens arts, culture and heritage in the American West through research, policy, education, and community engagement.

In its main objective to foster civic engagement and cultural resource development in the American West, CCACP will, through research and education, support policymakers and cultural sector professionals to:

Cultivate public participation in the arts
Foster creative activities
Preserve cultural heritage
Develop sustainable community cultural development

Institute faculty, students, and affiliate members conduct and disseminate policy-relevant research, and create and provide professional development opportunities to address the needs of current and future leaders in a broadly defined cultural sector.

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