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Laura Grimes

Laura Grimes is the executive director of Oregon ArtsWatch. She worked as a journalist at The Oregonian for 24 years, where for most of that time she produced features sections. She occasionally writes quirky essays when the muse strikes, and has published in The Oregonian, Oregon ArtsWatch, and Art Scatter. When she’s not keeping ArtsWatch in line, she’s the marketing and public relations manager for The Portland Ballet. Always a sucker for cute kids, she spent several years growing arts programs in schools and working to improve playgrounds.

Opinion: Trying out new recipes for grant-making

April 11, 2022

Re-imagining cultural philanthropy will require innovative thinking if we really want to provide access, achieve equity, and create a diverse ecology.

The art of giving, large and small

November 27, 2019

Giving isn’t just an action but a process, as big as a sea lion and as small as a salmonberry.

Demanding to be seen in a faceless bureaucracy

November 20, 2018

Mohamed Asem is a man between countries and cultures, which puts him squarely at odds with bureaucratic systems that crave neat little scribbled-in circles. When everything is carefully defined, there are fewer choices. No gray area. Nothing to consider or worry about.

To Ursula, with love

April 18, 2018

A tribute to Portland literary great Ursula K. Le Guin has been set for Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m., at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Fittingly, Literary Arts, with whom Ursula had a long association, has the honor of hosting, and you