Editing Portland, Oregon (section)

=== Public art ===
{{main|List of public art in Portland, Oregon}}

The city of Portland has over 400 pieces of permanently sited [[public art]].<ref name="Oregonian-Art">{{cite news|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=March 2, 2011|title=New, free iPhone app maps public art around Portland|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/03/art_app.html|work=The Oregonian|access-date=November 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Regional Arts & Culture Council – Permanently Sited|url=https://www.publicartarchive.org/collections/Regional-Arts---Culture-Council-Permanently-Sited|publisher=[[Public Art Archive]]|access-date=November 3, 2024}}</ref> One of the oldest pieces of public art in the city is [[Skidmore Fountain]], which was completed in 1888.<ref>{{cite news|last=Perry|first=Douglas|date=February 24, 2017|title=A disappearing president, the real face of 'Portlandia': The fascinating history of 25 Portland public-art gems|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2017/02/a_disappearing_president_the_r.html|work=The Oregonian|access-date=November 3, 2024}}</ref> Most pieces are maintained by the [[Regional Arts & Culture Council]], an organization that is partially funded by the city government. Several outdoor statues, sculptures, and monuments were removed or vandalized following the 2020 [[George Floyd protests]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Foden-Vencil|first=Kristian|date=December 28, 2020|title=Some of Portland's most prominent public art tumbled this year. Which ones should come back?|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2020/12/28/portland-oregon-statues-protest-black-lives-matter-elk/|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|access-date=November 3, 2024}}</ref> A [[percent for art]] ordinance was passed by Portland's city council in 1980 to allocate funding for public artwork in the capital budgets of major city projects.<ref name="Oregonian-Art"/>