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Thanks to All Our Op-Ed Writers This Spring!

From Pendleton to Medford, from Sisters to McMinnville, 15 business, arts and community leaders across Oregon wrote opinion pieces in support of the Cultural Trust for their local papers this spring.

Tribes Enjoy Excellent Relationship with the Trust

From Pendleton to Beaverton, from Coos Bay to the Umpqua River, Native American culture is Oregon culture. Tribal arts, music and dance, history and tradition make up a powerful part of the Oregon spirit.

What if we could turn $100 dollars into $200 million dollars?

What if we treated culture - arts, heritage and humanities – as if it really mattered to our lives? That was the question I posed to over 1,000 humanist last Saturday in the Kridel Ballroom at the Portland Art Museum. In eight minutes I shared value propositions, encouraged action, and asked the audience to consider that culture will happen whether we pay for it or not.  But you get, as they say, what you pay for.

Where is Oregon's Poet Laureate?

National Poetry Month began April 1, and Paulann Petersen, Poet Laureate of Oregon, has spent the first two weeks of it racking up travel miles. She has driven 20,000 miles already, crisscrossing Oregon several times in the first three years of her tenure as poet laureate, bringing poetry to over 40 schools and 67 libraries in 71 cities and towns.

Oregon Cultural Tax Credit Moves Through House and Senate

Oregon’s cultural tax credit, in use since it was approved by the Legislature in 2002, will sunset at the end of 2013.

Oregon Wine History Archive Cleans Up Good With a Grant from the Trust

The archives world can be a dirty place – especially when you’re collecting something that comes from the earth.

Oregon Cultural Trust Donations Up 3.1% in 2012

Happy Birthday to Oregon (February 14, 1859)! Thanks to your generous support of the arts, heritage and humanities in 2012, the Oregon Cultural Trust received gifts totaling $3,959,462.43 last calendar year, an increase of $119,126.60, or 3.1% over 2011.

These numbers attest to the value that Oregonians place on our creative economy, historic spaces and power of culture to transform us.

Wanted: Oregon Humanities Conversation Project Leaders

Danielle Allen, former Dean of Humanities at the University of Chicago and author of Talking to Strangers, suggests: “Engage a stranger in conversation across a racial, ethnic, or class divide and one gets not only an extra pair of eyes but also an ability to see and understand parts of the world that are to oneself invisible.” 

Culture and Heritage Important for Oregon Tourism

According to a study by Mandala Research LLC in October 2012 commissioned by the Oregon Heritage Commission with help from Travel Oregon and funding from the Oregon Cultural Trust, cultural and heritage experiences are major factors in attracting travelers to visit Oregon.

Happy New Year From Oregon Cultural Trust!

Zoo LightsAs the New Year approaches, what were your Oregon cultural highlights of 2012?

What arts, heritage and humanities experiences touched, moved and inspired you? What cultural events did you share with loved ones, colleagues and friends?

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