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Listen: Bend’s Arts and Culture Scene with Cate O’Hagan 🎧

Cate O’Hagan is best known for serving as executive director of Arts Central for more than two decades. She shares insights on state and local arts funding and the tensions between authenticity and appealing to tourists.
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we talk with Cate O’Hagan, a longtime champion of the arts in Central Oregon and the chair of the Deschutes Cultural Coalition. O’Hagan and her board helped decide how to allocate nearly $1 million that recently flowed into the county to support the arts from a fund the […]

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Sharing the Language of Art

Local artist works to sustain the arts in Bend
Annette Benedetti

With the sudden closure of Arts Central and art spaces like Armature at The Old Ironworks Arts District, many are concerned about the local community’s ability to sustain the arts in Bend. One local artist is doing her best to address the issue by teaching the language of art to as many people as she […]

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Central Oregon Loses Its Home for the Arts

Arts Central closes its doors
Annette Benedetti

On Friday, Aug. 19, Arts Central—the hub for arts education and advocacy services in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties—closed its doors due to lack of funding. Local art students of all ages and financial means will feel the impact of the loss of the beloved nonprofit that provided hands-on learning opportunities to the community for […]

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Arts Central Receives Major Grant

Hayley Jo Murphy

Bend, OR – Arts Central announces that it is the recipient of a $15,000 grant award from The Collins Foundation to expand its staff and upgrade equipment, all to deliver enhanced services throughout Central Oregon. The Collins Foundation exists to improve, enrich and give greater expression to humanitarian endeavors in the state of Oregon and […]

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Putting Passion To Work

Arts Central board member Brenda Komar rolls up her sleeves
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Seven years ago, Brenda Komar moved from the Bay Area to Bend. Within a month, she was volunteering at Arts Central. “Suddenly,” says the marketing executive, “I was on the marketing committee.” Komar is the co-founder of Tricycle Creative, a local ad and branding agency. Sitting at Backporch Coffee, Komar speaks frankly and passionately about […]

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