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Eugene Symphony, Photo Steve Smith.
Globetrotters, The Arts Center, Corvallis. Photo Sabina Samiee.
Equivocation, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland. Photo Jenny Graham.
Ken Shores exhibition interior, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland.
The Importance of Being Earnest, Portland Center Stage. Photo Owen Carey.
Percent for Art Project, TECHOTESH by Ed Carpenter. Photo Bruce Forster.
The Servant of Two Masters, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland. Photo Jenny Graham.
Children of the Raven, Eugene Ballet.
Cirque du Fromage, Globetrotters Camp, The Arts Center, Corvallis. Photo Sabina Samiee.
Oregon Selected to Participate in National Education Leaders Institute
Oregon's proposal to participate in the prestigious Education Leaders Institute (ELI), has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts. As a result, six Oregon leaders will travel to Chicago on July 26-28, 2010 to participate in the 2010 Institute, convened by the Arts Endowment to help develop and design coordinated public education strategies with arts at the core.
Learn more about Oregon Selected to Participate in National Education Leaders Institute
Paulann Petersen Named Oregon's Sixth Poet Laureate
Governor Ted Kulongoski has named Paulann Petersen of Portland to a two-year appointment as poet laureate of Oregon. Petersen will be Oregon's sixth poet laureate since 1921 when Edwin Markham first took the post. She succeeds Lawson Fusao Inada of Medford, who's held the post since 2006.
Learn more about our new Poet Laureate
FY11 Grant Deadlines Announced
The Oregon Arts Commission announces its fall grant deadlines for individual artists and organizations.
Arts Recognition Grant
September 14, 2010
Career Opportunity Grant
November 15, 2010
Arts Build Communities Grant
October 1, 2010
Individual Artist Fellowships
October 15, 2010
Learn more about our grant programs
