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Awarded $5,851, to support efforts to generate earned revenue from print sales through an improved website, enabling patrons to purchase work online and increasing opportunities for print sales…
Received $5,000 to support asbestos abatement and a structural assessment of the Rivoli Theater, a historic building in Pendleton, which The Rivoli Theater Restoration Coalition intends to restore…
The Pendleton Roundup may be one of Oregon’s signature events, but it is not the only major cultural event in Umatilla County. The Happy Canyon Foundation partners with…
Awarded $35,000 to upgrade the Happy Canyon grandstands for participant safety; to add new restrooms, seating and an elevator; to replace existing meeting facilities and concession areas and…
Northwest Dance Project received a Cultural Trust grant for the creation and premiere at Lincoln Performance Hall of three new contemporary dance works by three award-winning choreographers mentored…
During two Days of Culture events, the Cultural Trust posed the question: What was your first cultural memory? Staff and volunteers were intrigued watching certain patterns develop as…
The Cultural Trust has commissionedphotographs from nationally renowned Portland photographer Holly Andres for twoyears in a row. Her images have been centerpieces of the Trust’s 2012-13marketing campaign and…
One of the Cultural Trust’s most unique components is its network of county and Tribal cultural coalitions, which receive annual Trust grants to support ongoing planning and local…
What part does human-made landscape play in defining and shaping our culture? In Oregon? In the United States? Across the world? One Cultural Trust funded county cultural coalition,…
Portland Baroque Orchestra received support to produce two complementary concerts of ten oboe and violin concertos by J.S. Bach, directed by artistic director, Monica Huggett. These performances will…
NorthwestChildren’s Theater & School received funding to acquire lighting technology and equipment to enhance viewingexperiences for its 50,000 annual patrons, allowing for special effects andmood lighting, and for…
The days have grown shorter, the nights have grown colder and autumn has come to the City of Roses. This is good news for the arts! Over eight…