News Releases

An archive of news releases detailing the Arts Commission's developments, actions, and impact throughout Oregon. 

Artist Resilience Program awards announced; 485 Oregon artists to receive recovery grant awards from the $1.5 million program

7/12/2022 | Capacity Building, | Grants, | For Individual Artists

Recovery grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 will be awarded to 485 artists representing the diversity of Oregon through the Oregon Arts Commission’s Artist Resilience Program, a partnership with Oregon Community Foundation and the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation. The partnership, which began with 2020’s Artist Relief Program, invests an additional $1.5 million in support for artists’ recovery from the pandemic, bringing the total investment to $2.75 million. The average award is $2,500.

PDF icon Artist Resilience Program grant awards announced final.pdf

33 Oregon artists receive $102,011 in Career Opportunity Program grant awards from the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation

6/10/2022 | Capacity Building, | Grants, | Visual Arts, | For Individual Artists

Salem, Oregon – In the second and final round of FY2022 Career Opportunity Program grant awards, the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation have awarded $102,011 to 33 artists for career development projects. The awards include $47,350 from the Oregon Arts Commission for all artistic disciplines and $54,666 in supplemental funding for 17 established visual artists through a partnership with The Ford Family Foundation’s Visual Arts Program. Individual grants range from $800 to $9,500.

 

PDF icon COG Release Round Two FY2022 final.pdf

Oregon participates in national ‘Arts & Economic Prosperity 6’ study

5/6/2022 | Advocacy, | Community Development, | Economic Impact

Salem, Oregon — Twenty-one Oregon communities – urban and rural – will partner with the Oregon Arts Commission and Travel Oregon for Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6), the most comprehensive economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry ever conducted in the United States. Administered by Americans for the Arts, AEP6 will examine the economic impact of the arts and culture in Oregon and 386 additional communities representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The number of Oregon cities and communities participating is close to double what it was during the last AEP study in 2017 due to underwriting provided by Travel Oregon.

PDF icon Arts Economic Prosperity 6 study launches in Oregon final.pdf

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