The following description comes from the event organizer.
Presented by the Portland’5 Department of Culture & Community
Youth Artist Capital 2024 is a unique two-week intensive for 10 emerging youth artists (ages 16-25). For the past two weeks, participants were paired with artist mentors, earning valuable social, cultural, and economic capital. From mastering their craft and marketing their art to navigating grants and networking in Portland’s art scene, this experience was designed to propel their creative careers forward.
Join us on Saturday, August 24th, from 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM, for an evening of celebration! Experience performances, artist talks, and exhibits showcasing the incredible talents of our youth artists. This special event, hosted by P’5, highlights our commitment to supporting historically underserved artists, expanding access to local arts and culture, and fostering meaningful connections.
Free event but RSVP is required.
About the project.
Youth Artist Capital was a two-week intensive for 10 youth artists ages 16-25 in the Youth Voice, Youth Vote PB project area. Participants were paid and paired with an artist mentor in the Summer of 2024. The mentorship supports the youth’s social, cultural, and economic artist capital. Youth learned how to practice their art, market their art, network in Portland’s art world, apply for art grants or school, and more, culminating with an art exhibit and lecture opportunity.
Youth Artist Capital is a one-time funded project for 2024 hosted by P’5. The project’s long-term goals include:
Provide the tools for mentees to navigate art grants, art school, artist networking, artist lectures, art portfolios, and a private and public artist identity Support historically and systemically underserved artists Support artists and the arts East of I-205 Increase access to downtown Increase access to local arts and culture Build relationships with mentees and mentors to create and/or connect them to future opportunities at our theaters and/or communities
About The Department of Culture and Community:
The Department of Culture and Community initiates socially, culturally, and politically-relevant programming by rooting the department and its decision-making processes within the context of social need. This is executed through two main programs: the Youth Arts Program and the Community Arts Program. Additionally, the Department stewards and champions both internal and external social equity and culture initiatives that include staff competency development, recruitment and retention efforts, organizational culture analyses and development, and the facilitation of an overall just venue/public arts environment that fosters equity within access and accessibility, representation, economic growth, safety, and public engagement. The Culture and Community team (2 FTE) works with every department at Portland’5.
The Youth Arts Program reaches youth ranging from 5 to 25 years of age from Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, and has engaged with over 30,000 youth since its inception. The program has expanded to serving youth in and outside traditional settings: houseless youth, youth impacted by incarceration, homeschooled youth, K-12 graders, and college students. The program centers youth holding marginalized identities: BIPOC, Queer and Trans youth, youth with disabilities, youth experiencing basic needs insecurity, and youth with mixed status.
The Community Arts Program is the newest community-based program at Portland’5. The Community Arts Program offers events, artistic opportunities, and public engagement activities that center folks holding marginalized sociocultural identities (BIPOC, Queer and Trans folks, folks with disabilities, immigrants, folks experiencing needs insecurity, etc.). The goal of the program is to provide experiences to community members that reflect their stories and narratives, while also extending such events to the community at-large, extending economic and accessible opportunities to historically marginalized communities, and utilizing a community council to help curate events and guide social equity initiatives within and across Portland’5.
