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Oregon Arts Commission Rings in the New Year with a WOW!

Oregon Arts Commission Rings in the New Year with a WOW!

Oregon’s cultural sector accounts for 19,000 jobs and $272 million in wages statewide. Between that income and the sale of tickets, merchandise and more, state and local governments…

Oregon Heritage Launches MentorCorps

Most cities and towns have disaster plans for their residents. But in the scramble to save lives during a fire or flood, an entire town’s history can get…

Oregon Arts Commission Rings in the New Year with a WOW! (New World of Work Grant Program Begins)

Oregon’s cultural sector accounts for 19,000 jobs and $272 million in wages statewide. Between that income and the sale of tickets, merchandise and more, state and local governments…

Eugene Symphony Association

Eugene Symphony Association

The upcoming Musician Development Residency with Grant Llewellyn and Antonio Pompa-Baldi has given Eugene Symphony Association great cause for celebration. The acclaimed musicians will spend a week in…

Making Your Cultural New Year’s Resolutions? Create a Life List!

Making Your Cultural New Year’s Resolutions? Create a Life List!

Whether you love them or hate them, New Year’s resolutions are a longstanding American tradition. We all have things we want to get done within the 365-day time…

Thank You for Your Donations!

Thank You for Your Donations!

The Oregon Cultural Trust raises 80% of its annual donations in the last six weeks of the year. And 2013 was no exception. After the rush of last-minute…

Leave a Legacy

Leave a LegacyTHE OREGON CULTURAL TRUST IS UNIQUE. • No other state in the nation offers a 100% tax credit for cultural giving • No other state has…

Culture: A Unique Perspective by Tim DuRoche of the World Affairs Council of Oregon

Culture: A Unique Perspective by Tim DuRoche of the World Affairs Council of Oregon

Food for thought: When a child joins our community from across the globe, a teacher may ask her or him to “draw your family, your house, what you…

Hand2Mouth Theatre

Hand2Mouth Theatre

Fertile Ground is Portland’s answer to a fringe festival. This 11-day arts festival, January 23-Feb 2 will include over 100 new works, all generated in the City of…

New Board Members Appointed to Cultural Trust

  (L-R Chris Van Dyke, Senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward, Mike Golub. Not pictured: Greg Fitz-Gerald) This fall four new appointments to the Oregon Cultural Trust Board have been made…

Be Part of 2014’s Cultural Evolution! Give by December 31!

The Holiday Season is upon us and, with 14 days left in 2013, the time for giving is now! Much has been written and said this year, locally…

Coalition Grant Cycle Shifts to Calendar Year

Coalition Grant Cycle Shifts to Calendar Year

In a marked shift from past Cultural Trust grant making, grant making for Oregon’s 36 county and five tribal cultural coalitions will shift from an August – July…

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