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Oregon Governor-elect John Kitzhaber
announced Thursday, January 6 his staff ap
pointments for the Governor’s Office heading
into his inauguration January 10. Among the
appointees was Kendall Clawson, who since
June 2007 has been (^Center's first perma
nent executive director.
Clawson has been appointed as the gover
nor’s Director of Executive Appointments, a
position in which her responsibilities will be
to work with the governor to identify candi
dates for governor-appointed boards and
commissions across the state. Clawson told
Just Out she is excited for her new role in
helping Kitzhaber steer Oregon into needed
change, even as the emotions of leaving
Center persist.
“For me, this is one of those ‘life’ moments,’
explained Clawson. “It went well beyond ‘Oh
cool, new job! Maybe I’ll do something differ
ent.’ Q_Center is like birthing a child for me.
I’ve got this great little toddler now who’s cute
and can talk in complete sentences and is en
gaging and growing and surrounded by people
who love it. That is the part that allows me to
start thinking about what I want to do on a
professional level for my next act.”
Clawson holds a degree in politics from
the University of California Santa Cruz and
said that knowing she has an opportunity to
work with Gov. Kitzhaber and to take what
she’s learned from Portland’s LGBTQ_com-
munity and put it into practice in a larger
arena is exciting.
“It’s not like this governor hasn’t done this
job before, and that’s what makes this really
great. He’s kind of the new old guy,” explained
Clawson. “From a leadership and a mentor
ing perspective, for me that’s really exciting. I
feel really confident in his desire and his abil
ity to make a really great change in this state.
To have a role in helping him do that is
thrilling.”
Per a press release sent by (^Center, the
board of directors will conduct a national
search to identify, recruit and hire Clawson’s
replacement, and has created a volunteer
search committee made up of current and
former board members.
“It’s been a real honor and a real pleasure to
serve the LGBT community here,” said
Clawson, who added she might be pulling
double duty between Q_Center and the Gov
ernor’s Office through the end of the month.
“I am incredibly struck by how giving and
willing and embracing this community has
been to me. I’m not going anywhere, and I
definitely want to make sure people know
that I still intend to be involved and really
pushing our needs and our agenda. I just want
to say ‘thank you’ to everyone for the love and
support they’ve given me for the last almost
four years.”
Maybe I'll do something
different.’ Q Center is like
birthing a child for me. I’ve
got this great little toddler
now who’s cute and con talk
in complete sentences and
is engaging and growing
and surrounded by people
who love it. That is the
port that allows me to start
thinking about what I wont
to do on
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professional level
for my next act."
-KENDALL CLAWSON.
Q CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RACC Grants Awarded to
Several LGBTQ Artists
The Regional Arts &. Culture Council an
nounced December 20 that a record sum of
$535,806 had been awarded to artists, non
profit organizations and schools in Clacka
mas, Multnomah and Washington counties
for projects taking place in 2011. O f these
121 grants, several were awarded to promi
nent members of the LGBTQ_arts and non
profit community.
Musician Holcombe Waller was among
the recipients and received a grant for his up
coming multidisciplinary music performance,
Surfacing, though that title may change.
Waller expressed gratitude for the support
that the RACC gives to Portland metro’s
flourishing arts scene.
“The program is so well run and so sup
portive, it is, in itself, one of the reasons at the
top of my list why Portland is a supportive
home base for the arts,” said Waller.
In the nonprofit sector, The Circus Project
received a grant to help fund its Training
Company Community Showcase in 2011,
scheduled to take place October 1 at the
Friendly House Community Center.
“RACC is an incredible resource for artists
in Portland,” echoed Jenn Cohen, artistic and
executive director at TCP. “Their funding op
portunities are clearly catered to the needs of
both the artist and the community, and their
staff is both generous and helpful.”
RACC’s investment total this year marked
a 30 percent increase from the previous year’s
project grant total of $412,895, and the coun
cil received 295 applications in all—up 12
percent over the last year. The grants were ap-