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Oregon Cultural Trust welcomes three new board members

Oregon Cultural Trust welcomes three new board members

Salem, Oregon – Rep. Shannon Isadore, representing Portland’s House District 33, is one of three newly appointed members to the Oregon Cultural Trust’s Board of Directors. Joining Rep.…

Welcome Amy Lewin, Arts and Culture Director

Welcome Amy Lewin, Arts and Culture Director

Business Oregon is pleased to announce the hiring of Amy Lewin as the new Arts and Culture Director, overseeing the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust programming at Business…

Cultural Trust Awards record $4.15 million to Oregon’s cultural sector

Cultural Trust Awards record $4.15 million to Oregon’s cultural sector

Cultural Trust awards record $4.15 million to Oregon cultural organizations statewide Salem, Ore. – An increase in fiscal year 2025 donations, as well as investment earnings, has resulted…

Forest Grove students recreate Celebrate Oregon! artwork while studying Oregon

Forest Grove students recreate Celebrate Oregon! artwork while studying Oregon

Salem, Oregon – As third and fourth graders at Forest Grove Community School began a project studying Oregon, their teachers discovered a wonderful teaching tool: the Oregon Cultural…

Learn about our Joint Governance and Semi-Independence Process

Learn about our Joint Governance and Semi-Independence Process

The leadership of the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust have been exploring the concept of joint governance and semi-independent status for several years, beginning with…

Statement on federal cuts to libraries, museums and humanities

Statement on federal cuts to libraries, museums and humanities

We at the Cultural Trust are deeply dismayed by the federal government’s recent cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the National Endowment for…

Oregonians donate $5.2 million to Cultural Trust in 2024

Oregonians donate $5.2 million to Cultural Trust in 2024

Salem, Ore. – Oregonians investing in the Cultural Tax Credit contributed more than $5.2 million to support arts, heritage and humanities nonprofits in 2024, the Oregon Cultural Trust…

Preserving knowledge from “long ago” at The Museum at Warm Springs

Preserving knowledge from “long ago” at The Museum at Warm Springs

Tradition is treasured at The Museum at Warm Springs. Thanks in part to an Oregon Cultural Trust grant award, the museum is launching the third year of its…

Bridging the arts accessibility gap in Oregon prisons

Bridging the arts accessibility gap in Oregon prisons

Bringing the arts to prisons is the mission of Bridgeworks Oregon, a nonprofit that offers writing and music events across the state, now supported by an Oregon Cultural…

Historic Oregon carousel made merry once more

Historic Oregon carousel made merry once more

A whimsical piece of Oregon history is coming back to life, thanks in part to a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust. The National Neon Sign Museum will…

Cultural Trust launches Cultural Ambassador Network to promote cultural giving in Oregon

Cultural Trust launches Cultural Ambassador Network to promote cultural giving in Oregon

Salem, Oregon – More than 50 Oregonians have joined forces to launch the Oregon Cultural Trust’s new Cultural Ambassador Network, inspired to promote cultural giving in Oregon. Inaugural…

Cultural Trust awards record $3.85 million to 148 Oregon cultural organizations

Cultural Trust awards record $3.85 million to 148 Oregon cultural organizations

Salem, Ore. – An increase in fiscal year 2024 donations and an Oregon Cultural Trust administrative budget allocation revision has resulted in an increase of close to $1…

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