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Partner Focus: Oregon Arts Commission Awards Over $1.3 Million in Operating Support, Arts Services and Arts Learning Grants

The Oregon Arts Commission awarded $1.36million in its first round of grants for Fiscal Year 2013-14. Grants were awarded in Operating Support, Arts Services, and Arts Learning programs:…

Cultural Tax Credit Renewed!

On July 7 and 8 The Oregon Legislature passed HB3367, renewing the full cultural tax credit until 2020. The renewal of the cultural tax credit, the chief funding…

Cultural Tax Credit Renewed!

Cultural Tax Credit Renewed!

Earlier this week the Oregon Legislature gave a vote of confidence to the Oregon Cultural Trust when the House and Senate passed HB 3367, renewing Oregon’s innovative cultural…

Act Now: You Can Increase Cultural Trust Grants for 2013-14

Act Now: You Can Increase Cultural Trust Grants for 2013-14

At the end of the month, the Oregon Cultural Trust will calculate what funds are available for grants this summer. As a donor to the Cultural Trust you…

Trust Board, Staff to Meet In, Explore Newport Next Month

The Oregon Cultural Trust Board will hold its next meeting in Newport on Thursday, July 25, 2013 from 8:30am to 1pm at the Newport Visual Arts Center. The…

Arts in the Parks Project Brings Folk Art to New Audiences

Arts in the Parks Project Brings Folk Art to New Audiences

Through demonstrations and performances by a Karuk Indian basket weaver; a teacher of fly-tying as traditional art; a Siletz tribal storyteller, and a hobo balladeer, four Oregon state…

Trust Reviews Grant Applications in June and July

On May 15, 2013, 147 applications were submitted for FY2014 Cultural Development grants. Since then, staff has been busy entering information into the Trust database, summarizing applications for…

Americans for the Arts: 10 Reasons to Support the Arts…

Americans for the Arts: 10 Reasons to Support the Arts…

A great list, sent to the Trust by Brooke Nuckles Gentekos of Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford… 10 Reasons to Support the Arts 1. True prosperity…

Thanks to All Our Op-Ed Writers This Spring!

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…

Today is Grant Application Deadline. Now, What’s Next?

Cultural Trust Development Grant applications are due TODAY at 5pm! Once that deadline has passed, Cultural Trust staff will read and summarize applications and enter the information into…

Opinion Pieces Abound in Support of the Cultural Tax Credit

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…

Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Humanities Make New Hires

The Oregon Arts Commission’s new assistant director, former Corvallis Arts Center Executive Director David Huff, will join the Commission on May 17, 2013. Prior to his two-year position…

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