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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.
February 1, 2025Bob Hicks
A $35,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant is still stalled, but private donations have helped fill the gap, and a crucial concert will go on. Meanwhile, nonprofits across the nation aren't sure what comes next.
January 30, 2025Amy Wang
Patrons designed promotional logos for the library and, during a “Library Love-In,” wrote postcards about what the library means to them.
January 28, 2025Karen Pate
The awards, to be given April 28, will recognize authors in seven categories, as well as two Portlanders who have improved the state's literary landscape.
January 28, 2025Bob Hicks
The two state agencies are asking the Legislature to OK creating a new united agency, with the hope of more efficiency, creative thinking, independence, and impact on Oregon's art and culture.
January 27, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
The short-term program has helped chart the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center’s future as a thriving home for Portland Black arts and culture.
January 24, 2025Bob Hicks
The museum and 1803 Fund team to provide a new home for Black art when PAM rolls out its rebuilt campus late this year. Also: PICA wins a $120,000 Warhol Foundation grant.
January 21, 2025Bob Hicks
Oregon Arts Commission awards $5,000 Arts Build Communities grants to cultural groups across the state. Plus: A $50,000 national grant for Oregon artist Takahiro Yamamoto.
January 21, 2025David Bates
Roughly 300 people gathered at Monday’s event in Newberg for a multi-media production by Denver’s Mizel Museum.
January 14, 2025Bob Hicks
The museum's grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help fund projects on desert climate change and a website exploring the culture and nature of the High Desert. A third grant to historian Julie Weise will help underwrite a book on migrant workers in the U.S. and beyond.
December 31, 2024
From Oscar-winning animator Mark Gustafson to 100-year old dancer Sahomi Tachibana and 108-year-old collage artist Eunice Parsons, honoring those who made their mark in Oregon arts.
December 28, 2024Laura Grimes
Even though our donor provider unexpectedly pulled the plug on us, we are even stronger now and have plans to build in 2025.
December 19, 2024Laura Grimes
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December 13, 2024Bob Hicks
The state's innovative Cultural Tax Credit program lets you give money to any of 1,600 Oregon arts & cultural groups, match your gift to the Cultural Trust, and get a deduction on your state taxes. Deadline is Dec. 31.
December 10, 2024Bob Hicks
White, the much-loved pianist and director who made the music sing in theaters across Portland, was also the talent behind Cabaret White, which showcased many of the city's best singers.
December 7, 2024Karen Pate
Portland's 40-year-old nonprofit hub of all things literary celebrates the opening of its new eastside headquarters and bookstore.
December 5, 2024Hannah Krafcik
The brilliant Japanese American dancer and teacher, who died in October at age 100, left a deep and lasting imprint on the world of dance both nationally and in Oregon.
November 18, 2024Bob Hicks
Parsons, known and admired for her collage work and her long teaching career at The Museum Art School, was active as an artist well into the 21st century.
November 12, 2024Bob Hicks
A continuing revitalization-grants program of the Oregon Community Foundation has awarded $578,000 so far to arts and cultural groups from Coos Bay to Bend to Baker City and beyond.
November 2, 2024Bob Hicks
General operating grants from Portland's new Office of Arts & Culture aid 80 organizations – and some smaller groups say the grants are going disproportionately to the city's big companies.
October 13, 2024Amanda Waldroupe
As the critical November election approaches, City Hall candidates weigh in on how they would approach vital arts issues and policies.
October 9, 2024Bob Hicks
The actor, director and writer, whose professional career spanned almost 60 years, is dead at 87, leaving a brilliant legacy ranging from Hollywood to Portland to Pakistan.
October 6, 2024Kyera Lutton
Portland-based artist Wendy Red Star wins a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship; In commemoration of October 7th, poet Mimi German will read poems to mourn lives lost; Mona Huneidi’s installation at PCC honors the war’s missing journalists.
September 26, 2024Amy Leona Havin
The Portland author of five books, including "The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon," wrote about race, sexual identity, and making a family of choice.
September 11, 2024Karen Pate
Other authors scheduled to appear at the Nov. 2 event include Robert Samuels, R.O. Kwon, Rachel Kushner, Willy Vlautin, Carson Ellis, and many, many more.
September 3, 2024Bob Hicks
An adjacent restaurant fire Aug. 5 poured smoke and soot into the blue-chip gallery, coating everything. Now restorers are beginning to clean 1,500 artworks, and the gallery hopes to reopen in December or January.