The award from the National Endowment for the Humanites will help the Bend museum revitalize its permanent collection dedicated to Indigenous peoples of the region.
The founder of the Waterston Desert Writing Prize and the Writing Ranch will receive the Holbrook award during the April 8 Oregon Book Awards ceremony.
Five artists interpret the legendary creature in sculpture, paintings, film, and multi-media work in a show that goes beyond the popular-culture image of Bigfoot.
The 2024 session improves on a dismal ’23 session for the arts, with allocations for several large organizations, less for smaller ones, and an unwelcome surprise for the High Desert Museum.
The traveling exhibition, created by the Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center, reminds viewers of the multiracial history of Oregon’s timber towns.
Shut out in the 2023 legislative session after a Senate walkout stalled action, Oregon arts advocates and legislators are pushing in ’24 for some major state funding.
The new year brings new exhibitions to galleries and art venues across the state. Jason N. Le introduces some highlights.
Tickets for opening night Oct. 20 go on sale Monday and are expected to sell out fast, say organizers of the event held at the High Desert Museum.
June’s art offerings explore the phenomena of memory in a variety of media including paint, performance, and piñata paper.
The weather outside may be frightful but there is plenty of art (inside!) to explore this month. Lindsay Costello rounds up December’s noteworthy offerings.
Natural history museums are not known for their authentic or accurate representations of Indigenous communities. The High Desert Museum in Bend is committed to changing this.
Lindsay Costello highlights February’s not-to-be-missed art offerings. Possibilities include visual explorations of identity construction, the potentials of cast-off materials, and imagined worlds.
Lindsay Costello’s monthly column highlights some of November’s art offerings in Portland and around the state.
August’s offerings draw inspiration from diverse areas of lived experience, a refreshing respite from the slow dog days of summer.
ArtsWatch Weekly: We’re emerging, but into what? The culture, and the arts world, consider the possibilities.
Lindsay Costello discovers a state of wonder in her roundup of art to see in May.
ArtsWatch Weekly: Oregon Symphony picks a new leader; we begin a Black-music column; finale for Fertile Ground.
ArtsWatch Weekly: An emergency lifeline to Oregon’s cultural sector staves off disaster. But the problem’s still urgent.
ArtsWatch Weekly: The doors reopen. Plus: Black & white in America, follow the money, is the “new normal” old?
ArtsWatch Weekly: Black Lives Matter, Covid-19 are reshaping the arts world.
Hip-hop haven, profiles in gender, museum Loverules, a new opera, un-holiday tunes, gibassiers & more.
Same old story? Brash new wave? In Oregon this week, old and new and always mix it up.
Lincoln City got some welcome news Tuesday evening with the announcement from Rep. David Gomberg, D-District 10, that the Oregon State Legislature has awarded the Lincoln City Cultural Center a $1.5 million grant for its Cultural Plaza Project. The work will transform
The National Endowment for the Arts today announced its latest round of grants, more than $80 million across all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and four U.S. jurisdictions. Oregon’s share is $1,219,200 among 17 groups and agencies – more
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