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Creativity is a critical component in helping young people learn and think and yet arts education is often squeezed by tight budgets. This series spotlights programs that are filling that gap. How are they working? How are they sustainable? How are they adapting to a diverse population? What can we learn from them and how can they be replicated? This series is supported in part by a generous grant from the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.
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Now Hear This
Robert Ham scours the pages of Bandcamp, looking for new work from local artists that would make fine additions to your digital library.
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Our stories in Lincoln County are supported in part by a grant from the Oregon Cultural Trust, investing in Oregon’s arts, humanities and heritage, and the Lincoln County Cultural Coalition. We also appreciate our content-sharing partnership with YachatsNews.com.
Cultural Hubs
Cultural centers fill a vital role in communities, often serving multiple functions as performance halls, art galleries, historical repositories, gathering places, and educational resources. In rural areas, they can be the only cultural touchstone for miles around. This series profiles a variety of these essential hubs, with priority given to centers in rural areas, and examines how they uniquely serve and reflect their communities. With these stories, we hope to produce a broad cultural snapshot of the state and a window into the many distinct communities that enrich it.
Yamhill
This coverage is made possible in part by a grant from the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition.
PuzzleWatch
Oregon ArtsWatch presents PuzzleWatch, a monthly series of culture-focused crossword puzzles by Daryl Browne.
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Cultural Hubs
Cultural centers fill a vital role in communities, often serving multiple functions as performance halls, art galleries, historical repositories, gathering places, and educational resources. In rural areas, they can be the only cultural touchstone for miles around. This series profiles a variety of these essential hubs, with priority given to centers in rural areas, and examines how they uniquely serve and reflect their communities. With these stories, we hope to produce a broad cultural snapshot of the state and a window into the many distinct communities that enrich it.
Exquisite Gorge I
Photographer and writer Friderike Heuer covered the first incarnation of Exquisite Gorge, the 2019 collaborative art project organized by the Maryhill Museum of Art. Artists working with communities in sections of a 220-mile stretch of the Columbia River between its confluences with the Willamette and Snake rivers created 6×4-foot woodcuts depicting life and the environment in their section of the river system. It all culminated with a grand event on the museum grounds pressing a 66-foot-long print with a steamroller.
Exquisite Gorge II
Photographer and writer Friderike Heuer follows the process of Exquisite Gorge II, a collaborative art project organized by the Maryhill Museum of Art. Fiber artists, each representing sections of a 220-mile stretch of the Columbia River between its confluences with the Willamette and Snake rivers, weave the strands of wildlife, water, land, and community together.
Indigenous History u0026amp; Resilience
This series focuses on different aspects of Oregon’s contemporary Tribal culture and explores how traditional ways of life have continued forward throughout colonization and settlement of Oregon. This collection of writings and interviews showcases the history and resiliency of Oregon’s First Peoples. Writer Steph Littlebird is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and photographer Joe Cantrell is Cherokee. PRESS ABOUT THIS SERIES Steph Littlebird talks with Dave Miller on OPB’s Think Out Loud about what Indigenous resilience means in Oregon. Steph Littlebird talks about the importance of visibility in this feature produced by The Oregon Community Foundation. KEY SPONSORS Seeding Justice/MRG Foundation Collins Foundation Oregon Cultural Trust Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
The Art of Learning
Creativity is a critical component in helping young people learn and think and yet arts education is often squeezed by tight budgets. This series spotlights programs that are filling that gap. How are they working? How are they sustainable? How are they adapting to a diverse population? What can we learn from them and how can they be replicated? This series is supported in part by a generous grant from the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation.
Vision 2020
Twenty interviews over 20 days in 2020 explore the state of culture in Oregon and a vision for the future.
Stage u0026amp; Studio
A two-time Peabody award-winning radio producer and writer, Dmae Roberts brings national quality to the local arts scene with Stage u0026#038; Studio. Roberts volunteered with radio station KBOO in 1997 on a show called Theatre Scene when she stepped in for then host Sharon Whitney. Shortly thereafter, Dmae revamped the show into Stage u0026#038; Studio to focus on performing, media and literary arts in the Northwest, and often, nationally. In 2009, Roberts was one of the first to podcast locally with Stage u0026#038; Studio. Through the last 23 years, Roberts has interviewed more than 1,000 people on Stage u0026#038; Studio. As a writer, media and theatre artist, she brings her multi-disciplinary expertise and experience into the studio to ask in-depth questions about the artistic process and more personal inquiry into the artists she interviews. Dmae is proud to have ArtsWatch as the new home for Stage u0026#038; Studio! Subscribe and listen to Stage u0026#038; Studio on: Apple, Google, Spotify, Android and Sticher and hear past shows on the official Stage u0026#038; Studio website. Stage u0026#038; Studio is supported in part by a grant from the Regional Arts u0026#038; Culture Council.
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