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Days of Culture winner! Enjoy Kim Stafford’s poem saluting OSLP Arts and Culture

Days of Culture winner! Enjoy Kim Stafford’s poem saluting OSLP Arts and Culture

An image featuring a mural created by Eugene’s OSLP Arts and Culture program was selected as the winner for the 2018 Days of Culture campaign. The prize? An…

Cultural Trust partners with Travel Oregon on Oregon Mural Trail

Cultural Trust partners with Travel Oregon on Oregon Mural Trail

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15, 2018—If you were among the millions wowed by Travel Oregon’s whimsical Only Slightly Exaggerated advertising campaign last spring, now is your chance to behold…

Poetry on the road! Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford announces fall schedule

Poetry on the road! Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford announces fall schedule

Salem, Ore. – Kim Stafford, Oregon’s new Poet Laureate, is making good on his promise to connect with as many Oregonians as possible, with more than two dozen…

Celebrate Days of Culture Oct. 1-8! Post cultural photos to win original poem by Poet Laureate Kim Stafford

Celebrate Days of Culture Oct. 1-8! Post cultural photos to win original poem by Poet Laureate Kim Stafford

Salem, Ore. – “Active is an understatement. Oregonians are erupting with imagination…” The brand anthem for the Oregon Cultural Trust proclaims the unique connection Oregonians have with culture;…

Record $3.02 million in grants awarded to 137 Oregon cultural organizations

Record $3.02 million in grants awarded to 137 Oregon cultural organizations

Salem, Ore. – As a testament to Oregonians’ steadfast and growing commitment to supporting culture, the Oregon Cultural Trust will award a record $3.02 million in grants to…

Governor Brown to welcome Kim Stafford, thank Elizabeth Woody at Oregon Poets Laureate Celebration July 17

Governor Brown to welcome Kim Stafford, thank Elizabeth Woody at Oregon Poets Laureate Celebration July 17

Salem, Ore. – Governor Kate Brown will welcome newly appointed Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford and thank outgoing Poet Laureate Elizabeth Woody at the Oregon Poets Laureate Celebration…

Kim Stafford named Oregon Poet Laureate

Salem, Ore. – Governor Kate Brown has named poet and essayist Kim Stafford, the founding director of The Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College, to a…

Donations before June 30 increase FY2019 grant funding

Donations before June 30 increase FY2019 grant funding

Cultural Trust donors can add to the funds available for FY2019 grant making with a donation prior to June 30. The funding pool for grants is calculated based…

Statewide Cultural Partners fund new technical assistance grant program

Statewide Cultural Partners fund new technical assistance grant program

Grants designed to provide professional development resources to mid- and small-sized cultural organizations are now available through the Oregon Cultural Trust. Funded by the Cultural Trust through its…

New Cultural Trust donors grow by 55 percent in 2017! Oregonians invest a record $4.9 million in culture

New Cultural Trust donors grow by 55 percent in 2017! Oregonians invest a record $4.9 million in culture

Salem, Ore. – A new mix of marketing strategies attracted 55.2 percent more new donors and 6.7 percent more total donations – a record $4.9 million – to…

2018 ‘Conversations with Funders and Partners” scheduled for Feb. 6 through March 8

2018 ‘Conversations with Funders and Partners” scheduled for Feb. 6 through March 8

More than $5 million in funding will be on the table when Oregon Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner joins with colleagues from the Cultural Trust’s Statewide Partners and…

Writing workshop changes O.B. Hill’s life

Writing workshop changes O.B. Hill’s life

O.B. Hill was born in Birmingham, Alabama, before moving to Portland and becoming a Vanport Flood survivor. Now 76, he recently participated in a Write Around Portland workshop…

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