The Celebrate Oregon! artwork is the result of a year-long, inclusive process that began with a group of statewide nominators sharing the creative brief with artist and designers.
Artists and designers were nominated by a diverse group of 33 individuals representing Oregon’s artistic and design community. Each nominator was invited to forward the creative brief to artists or designers they felt might be interested. A total of 36 artists submitted statements of interest and work samples. A diverse jury evaluated the submissions and recommended 20 artists be invited to submit preliminary concepts in exchange for a $250 honorarium. An expanded jury evaluated the concepts based on criteria derived from the creative brief and unanimously recommended Liza Mana Burns’ design to the Cultural Trust Board of Directors, which unanimously approved it. Burns then met with several content experts, identified through the Governor’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, to finalize symbols included in the design.
Theo Downes-Le Guin, Portland
George Kramer, Ashland
Chris Van Dyke, Bend
Intisar Abioto
Artist, Portland
Jen Bell
Principal, bell+funk, Eugene
Steven Broocks
Executive Director, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay
Jonathan Bucci
Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem
Carissa Burkett
Director of Art Programs, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg
Wanda Chin
Consultant, Ashland
Brad Cloepfil
Allied Works, Portland
Cheryl Coughlan
Executive Director, Joseph Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph
Karl Davis
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts, Pendleton
Jenny Green
Vice Chair, Oregon Arts Commission; Vice Chair, Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts, Bend
John Hoke
Chief Design Officer, Nike, Portland
Lisa Jarrett
Associate Professor, Community and Context Arts, Portland State University, Portland
Grace Kook-Anderson
The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Curator of Northwest Art, Portland Art Musuem, Portland
Jessica Lagunas
Intercambio de Artistas Latinos/Latino Network, Portland
Hyla Lipson
Executive Director, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass
Scott Malbaurn
Director, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland
Brenda Mallory
Visual Artist, Portland
Sandee McGee
Interim Executive Director/Gallery Director, Umqua Valley Arts Center, Roseburg
Elizabeth Quinn
Consultant, Summer Lake
Stacey Ray
Executive Director, Lane Arts Council,
Eugene Rebecca (aka Agnes) Rubens (aka Field)
Artist, Board Vice President, Astoria Visual Arts, Astoria Lori Sams Gallery Director,
Betty Feves
Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton
Ginger Savage
Executive Director, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City
Cynthia Spencer-Hadlock
Executive Director, The Arts Center, Corvallis
J. Scott Stephenson
Director, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles
Matthew Stringer
Executive Director, Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum; Arts Commissioner, Ontario
Beth Tobey
Arts Program Manager, City of Beaverton, Beaverton
Libby Unthank
Tower Arts Advocate and Oregon Arts Commissioner (2010 – 2017), Eugene
Tom Webb
Director, Newport Visual Arts Center, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, Newport
Tammy Jo Wilson
Co-founder, Art in Oregon, Oregon City
Elizabeth Woody
Executive Director, Museum at Warm Springs; Former Oregon Poet Laureate, Warm Springs
Gayle Yamasaki
Educator and Cultural Trust Board Member, Klamath Falls
*All nominators were invited to share the creative brief; they were not required to disclose with whom they shared it.
Mike Arseneault
Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, Brand Architect, Rockaway Beach
Elisabeth Charman
School of Art and Design Director, PSU, Portland
Mark DeBoer
Vice President of Corporate Development, Lithia Motors, Medford
Lucinda DiNovo
Director of Sales & Marketing, The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park, Oregon Tourism Commissioner, Coos Bay
Kuri Gill
Grant and Outreach Coordinator, Oregon Heritage, Salem
Carrie Kikel
Communications Manager, Oregon Arts Commission/Cultural Trust, Canby
Rozzell Medina
Program Coordinator, Oregon Humanities, Portland
Stephanie Mulligan
Donor/plate holder, Portland
Tracy Olander
Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon DMV, Salem
Brian Rogers
Executive Director, Oregon Arts Commision/Cultural Trust, Artist, Portland
Aili Schreiner
Cultural Trust Manager, Portland
Mark Senffner
Brand Manager, Travel Oregon, Portland
Arvie Smith
Artist, Governor’s Arts Award recipient, Portland
MOsely WOtta
Creative Laureate, Bend
Mike Arseneault
Tillamook County Cultural Coalition, brand architect, Rockaway Beach
Kat Bell
Grants and Office Coordinator, Oregon Arts Commission
Mark DeBoer
Vice President of Corporate Development, Lithia Motors, Medford
Lucinda DiNovo
Director of Sales & Marketing, The Mill Casino Hotel & RV Park, Oregon Tourism Commissioner, Coos Bay
Stephanie Ingraham
Captain, Oregon State Police, Salem
Carrie Kikel
Communications Manager, Oregon Arts Commission/Cultural Trust, Canby
Robert (Bob) Komoto
Four Rivers Cultural Center (board member), Ontario
Janet Komoto
Four Rivers Cultural Center (volunteer), Ontario
Rozzell Medina
Program Coordinator, Oregon Humanities, Portland
Stephanie Mulligan
Donor/plate holder, Portland
Tracy Olander
Senior Policy Analyst, Oregon DMV, Salem
Brian Rogers
Executive Director, Cultural Trust, Portland
Aili Schreiner
Cultural Trust Manager, Portland
Mark Senffner
Brand Manager, Travel Oregon, Portland
Arvie Smith
Artist, Governor’s Arts Award recipient, Portland
MOsely WOtta
Creative Laureate, Bend
Grace Kook-Anderson
Katrine Barber
Edwin Battistella
Marc Benthimer
Stephanie Brown
Liza Burns
Peggy Burris
Kelly Cannon-Miller
Cool Nutz
Terry Currier
Duane Duvall
Richard Etulain
Mariotta Gary-Smith
Benjamin A. Gifford
Tom Hager
David Harrelson
Roger Hull
Carrie Kikel
George Kramer
William L. Lang
John Laursen
Darrell Millner
Sarah Munro
OffbeatOregon.com
Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon Encyclopedia
Oregon Historical Society
Conner Reed/Portland Monthly
Eleanor Sandys
Liora Sponko
Travel Oregon
Vursatyl Namita Gupta Wiggers
Wikipedia Willamette Valley Vineyards
Tim Williams
William F. Willingham
Gayle Yamasaki
Mohamed Alyajouri and Toc Soneoulay-Gillespie
Oregon Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs
Linda Castillo
Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Mariotta Gary-Smith
Oregon Commission on Black Affairs
Natasha Haunsperger
Oregon Commission for Women
Chuck Sams, Deputy Director
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation