For artists, it’s time to start thinking about grant season. (Isn’t it always grant season, really?) Great opportunities to fund art have either just passed or are on the horizon. The Oregon Arts Commission—Oregon’s leading agency working in policy development and advocacy for the arts—has three grant deadlines fast approaching. The Art Builds Communities Grant […]
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Oregon’s Art Collection gets its own website
Looking to find out more about public art? This could help
Have you ever been out and about and wandered across a piece of art that made you wonder who created it or why it’s there? A new website from the Oregon Arts Commission has categorized and made accessible online all 2,400 works of art acquired and commissioned by the State of Oregon since 1975. In […]
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Side Notes 1/27-2/3
Gov. Kate Brown hired an interim Legislative Director to permanently serve on her staff. Ivo Trummer previously served as the Policy and Government Affairs Director for Business Oregon. In a statement Gov. Brown said, “Ivo brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the office. I am fortunate to have him on my executive team […]
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Art at 3,623 Feet
Bend hosts the first Central Oregon Arts Summit
With the upcoming granting cycle of Bend’s Cultural Tourism Fund scheduled for 2015, it’s time Central Oregon hosts a large-scale conversation amongst our arts community. Step one: the first Central Oregon Arts Summit, a duel project between The Arts & Culture Alliance of Central Oregon and the Oregon Arts Commission is scheduled to take place […]