News Releases

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

Steel sculpture by John Fleming installed at Oregon Institute of Technology’s Cornett Hall

4/4/2022 | Public Art

Salem, Oregon – A 22,000-pound steel sculpture by Seattle artist John Fleming, commissioned through Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program, has been installed outside Oregon Institute for Technology’s Cornett Hall. Titled “Fibonacci’s Arc,” the sculpture is inspired by the spiraling arc of the Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical formula often called nature’s universal rule. The Percent for Art in Public Places Program is managed by the Oregon Arts Commission.

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“What Moves Us” mural by Samantha Wall installed at Oregon State University-Cascades’ Ray Hall

3/30/2022 | Public Art

Salem, Oregon -- A mural by Portland artist Samantha Wall, commissioned through Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program, has been installed in Oregon State University-Cascades’ Edward J. Ray Hall (Ray Hall). The Percent for Art in Public Places Program is managed by the Oregon Arts Commission.

PDF icon Samantha Wall installation OSU Cascades release final.pdf

Subashini Ganesan-Forbes appointed to Oregon Arts Commission

3/25/2022 | Accessibility, | Advocacy, | Community Development, | For Individual Artists, | For Arts Organizations

Salem, Oregon – Subashini Ganesan-Forbes, the former creative laureate of Portland and the founder of New Expressive Works, has been appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission by Governor Kate Brown. Ganesan-Forbes is a curator, arts administrator and choreographer who served as Creative Laureate of Portland from 2018 to June 2021.

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