Eloise Damrosch

2013 Honoree - Ray Hanley Award

Biography

Eloise Damrosch became executive director of the Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, OR, in 2004 after serving as Director of Public Art for 17 years.  She continues to lead the Public Art Program and helped RACC launch its successful workplace giving program, tri-county arts education initiative, and had a leadership role in the November 2012 passage of a ballot measure creating the Arts Education and Access Fund which will raise through a modest income tax over $12 million new dollars to restore art and music teachers to every Portland elementary school; strengthen arts organizations; and provide arts education and access grants to schools and non-profits.