As federal funding shrinks and whole programs face the threat of dismantling, the dancer/choreographer and chair of the Oregon Arts Commission lays out practical steps that any and everyone can take.
April 22, 2025Daniel Duford
The multitalented, prolific Portland artist was an energetic collaborator and beloved professor at Pacific Northwest College of Art.
April 21, 2025Bob Hicks
As federal funding threatens to dry up, OCF announces grants of up to $100,000 each to more than 300 arts and cultural groups of all sizes throughout the state.
April 19, 2025Amy Leona Havin
The Portland dance presenter's 28th season also includes Urban Bush Women, Ballet Jazz Montréal, Gibney Company, Hervé KOUBI, Barcelona's Lali Ayguade, and L.A.'s Versa-Style Street Dance.
April 17, 2025Lori Tobias
The tiny building when the beloved Newport artist worked will be reconstructed at the preserve, giving the arts program the home base it has lacked.
April 17, 2025Dee Moore
At a reception sponsored by the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon, Oregon Cultural Trust and Oregon Arts Commission, leaders from across the state tell their stories and plan to lobby legislators.
April 11, 2025Jim Flint
Edmondson, who began his long OSF career in 1972 by playing Petruchio in "Taming of the Shrew," died at home in Ashland at age 86, days after the death of fellow festival veteran Denis Arndt.
April 11, 2025Beth Sorensen
A longtime icon in the Portland arts community, Guardino was known for championing the careers of new artists.
April 3, 2025Bob Hicks
The Trump Administration's latest budgetary amputation cuts down the national agency in support of humanities programs, a deep slash that affects affiliates in Oregon and across the nation.
March 29, 2025Jim Flint
The Northwest actor, who spent 15 seasons as a star at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and co-founded Seattle's Intiman Theatre, leaves a sterling legacy.
March 27, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
The full-scale refurbishment doubles the library’s size, adds windows, and celebrates Astoria’s history, culture, and architectural heritage.
March 25, 2025Linda Ferguson
Due to financial troubles, the nationally recognized company will suspend its productions and educational programs beginning in September. In the meantime, it's begun a $1 million fund drive.
March 25, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
The Trump Administration's proposed shutdown of the IMLS would be felt across the nation, including the Northwest: A quarter of the State Library of Oregon’s budget comes from the embattled federal agency.
March 24, 2025Claire Willett
A simplified grant application and unrestricted funding gives each arts organization the flexibility to use grant money where it can make the most impact.
March 20, 2025Bob Hicks
The museum will unveil its $111 million renovation and its new Rothko Pavilion with a four-day free celebration and a rethinking of how it displays its art.
March 19, 2025Bob Hicks
News & Notes: Also, Cultural Trust tax credit nets $5.2 million; Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center grants; Broadway in Portland announces new season.
March 15, 2025Brett Campbell
Happenings in Oregon classical music, including news about a nationally acclaimed Oregon radio station, a rising young Oregon musician, a new orchestra leader in Eugene, the impending end of a couple of beloved musical traditions, and more.
March 13, 2025Karen Pate
The award, to be given in mid-April, recognizes a mid-career fiction writer of “national consequence.” Vlautin calls the nomination a lucky break.
March 11, 2025Claire Willett
Claire Willett explores the new guidelines around gender ideology the National Endowment for the Arts has set for grant applicants and how they might affect Oregon arts organizations.
March 7, 2025Bob Hicks
Marking the third year since the Russian invasion, supporters of Ukrainian sovereignty break out the music, flowers and flags of a long and proud cultural tradition.
March 6, 2025Amy Leona Havin
The author of "A Journey of One's Own," who helped come up with the marriage-equality slogan “love is love," will be honored on International Women’s Day.
February 26, 2025Bob Hicks
The Old Town garden looks to build a cultural center on an adjacent block; Five Oaks Museum's history looks over; statues look for a comeback; new documentary screens.
February 25, 2025Bob Hicks
The company's late-summer move to the World Trade Center will give it a 200-seat theater for small-scale shows and put it close to its performance spaces at Keller Auditorium and the Newmark Theatre.
February 19, 2025Bob Hicks
More than 70 national and local acts, including Terence Blanchard and Eryka Badu, take to city stages Feb. 20-March 1 during the 2025 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival.
February 16, 2025Bob Hicks
The longtime Seattle theater and culture writer, who also contributed often to Oregon ArtsWatch, embraced life and art with passion and a constant case of curiosity.
February 16, 2025Dee Moore
Bills announced at a Salem gathering range from increased funding to cultural construction projects to a merger of two state cultural agencies and a crackdown on ticket scalping.
February 14, 2025Bob Hicks
The Portland choir's $35,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, snagged by the Trump Administration's freeze on approved grants, breaks free as the choir prepares for a key series of concerts.
February 12, 2025Bob Hicks
Far from creating a flourishing new culture, the new administration's upheaval of norms could visibly weaken Oregon’s and the rest of the nation’s arts and cultural life.
February 10, 2025Bob Hicks
The multi-talented actor, playwright, composer, singer, lyricist, and recording artist, who came to Portland from New York City, leaves a host of memories and fine work.
February 6, 2025Laura Grimes
In a sign of how the Trump administration is changing the funding landscape for the arts, the National Endowment for the Arts has eliminated its grant aimed at underserved communities.
