Wishing Happy Birthday to our Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen today. It is a milestone birthday for her (we won’t say which one, achem…) and with 16,000 travel…
Guest Blog By Deb Vaughn, Arts Education Coordinator, Oregon Arts Commission, Since I started my job 4 ½ years ago, I have been looking for a way to…
Last weekend I hosted a yard sale for a personal charity project, our last fundraising push of the season. After eight hours of fun but exhaustive haggling with…
The May 11 fire at Woodburn High School stunned the entire state. The subsequent arson charges against three minor students have polarized whole segments of the population. But…
Last night Trust Manager Kimberly Howard and I ended our day in the beautiful town of Silverton, east of Salem. We had come for the Marion Cultural Development…
Bilingual Light II, Barbara Mason Exhibit in the Governor’s Office Artwork on View May 4 – July 10, 2012; Artists’ Reception May 24 Salem, OR – Oregon artist…
May has been all about heritage here at the Cultural Trust. As April (National Poetry Month and the reappointment of Paulann Petersen as Poet Laureate – see “Where…
On Friday evenings at 5pm my life undergoes a typical Oregon transformation. Skirts, heels and purse recede in the closet as Gortex, climbing boots and crampons come forward.…
Planning & Development DepartmentNews ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate April 23, 2012Contact: Jeff Petry, Parking Services Manager, 541-682-5079 Erik Muller, Lane Literary Guild and Oregon Poetry Association, 541-344-1053 Poetry in…
March 26, 2012 – Salem, ORE, The Oregon Cultural Trust has hired Meryl Lipman as its new communications manager. Lipman, of Northeast Portland, joined the Trust on March…
The Benton County Cultural Coalition announces this wondering opportunity to participate in the first globally coordinated book reading flash mobon Wednesday, March 28 at 16:00 – 16:15 (4:00…
In 2011, a Cultural Trust Development grant was awarded to the Tillamook Pioneer Museum to perform a cultural resource assessment to identify, verify, honor and protect the Native…