Portland native Claire Willett is an award-winning playwright, a science fiction novelist, a former Catholic youth minister, and a niche internet microcelebrity whose all-caps takes on feminism, politics and pop culture have appeared everywhere from Vice Magazine and Wonkette to StarTrek.com. She’s also one of the best-known arts grantwriters in Oregon, raising millions of dollars for nonprofits large and small over the past twenty years, and is thrilled to be joining ArtsWatch to dig deeper into the complex intersections of culture and philanthropy. Her most recent project is 8th House, a progressive grantwriting mentorship program for artists, activists, and grassroots nonprofits. Find her on Bluesky at @clairewillett.
