Oregon Arts Commission Awards $1.2 Million to 154 Arts Organizations

Oregon Arts Commission Awards $1.2 Million to 154 Arts Organizations

by | Jan 22, 2022 | Art, Events, Features, News

Salem, OR. “We often hear that operating support is the most important type of award,” said Arts Commission Chair Jenny Green. “Especially now, as arts organizations struggle to recover from losses caused by the pandemic, these awards help relieve a bit of the economic pressure.”

Grants totaling $1,265,166 will be distributed to 154 Oregon arts organizations through the Oregon Arts Commission’s fiscal year 2022 Operating Support Program. Including Artists Repertory Theatre (A.R.T), which received $10,490. Seen above is a photo by Owen Carey of A.R.T’s production of The Miracle Worker. There are six more recipients than in the fiscal year 2021 due to a growing number of eligible organizations. Ranging from $2,000 to $ 25,000, the grant awards are available to nonprofit organizations with arts at the core of their mission and budgets over $150,000.

One of the largest grants was one made to Oregon Symphony for $25,000.

In 2019 organizations receiving Operating Support from the Arts Commission expended $213 million, employed 11,681 FTE and produced events and activities that were attended by close to 3.7 million people. *Organizations with budgets under $150,000 are eligible to apply to the Small Operating Program. This program funds an additional 109 arts organizations.

The fiscal year 2022 Operating Support Grants, in the Portland Metro area were awarded to the following nonprofits:

45th Parallel, Portland: $4,899,

Alberta Abbey Foundation, Portland: $6,147,

All Classical Public Media, Inc., Portland: $11,900,

Artichoke Community Music, Portland: $5,934,

Art In The Pearl, Portland: $4,899’

Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland: $10,490,

A-WOL Dance Collective, Inc., Clackamas: $4,899,

Bag & Baggage Productions, Inc., Hillsboro: $7,531,

BodyVox Inc., Portland: $13,521,

Bosco-Milligan Foundation, Portland: $5,435,

Broadway Rose Theatre Company, Tigard: $11,265,

Caldera, Portland: $13,091,

Camp45 Contemporary, Portland: $5,506,

Cappella Romana Inc., Portland: $7,997,

Chamber Music Northwest, Portland: $13,226,

Children’s Healing Art Project, Portland: $4,899,

Clackamas County Arts Alliance, Oregon City: $8,360,

Clackamas Repertory Theatre, Oregon City: $4,899,

CoHo Productions Ltd, Portland: $4,899,

Corrib Theatre, Portland: $4,899,

Curious Comedy Productions, Portland: $6,657,

Echo Theater Company, Portland: $5,620,

Ethos Inc., Portland: $8,230,

Film Action Oregon dba Hollywood Theatre, Portland: $8,794,

Friends of Chamber Music, Portland: $9,200,

Hand2Mouth, Portland: $4,899,

Imago the Theatre Mask Ensemble, Portland: $4,899,

In a Landscape, Portland: $4,899

Independent Publishing Resource Center Inc., Portland: $7,330

Lakewood Theatre Company, Lake Oswego: $11,535

Literary Arts Inc., Portland: $14,004

Live Wire Radio, Portland: $8,705,

MetroEast Community Media, Gresham: $11,970,

Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Portland: $10,421,

Miracle Theatre Group, Portland: $20,854,

Music Workshop, Portland: $4,899,

My Voice Music, Portland: $6,511 Northwest Children’s Theater & School Inc., Portland: $11,162,

Northwest Professional Dance Project, Portland: $11,245,

Old Church Society, Inc., Portland: $7,353,

Open Signal, Portland: $15,965,

Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland: $11,114,

Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestras, Portland: $9,670,

Oregon Center for Contemporary Art, Portland: $11,010,

Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Portland: $6,116,

Oregon Children’s Theatre Company, Portland: $14,975,

Oregon Repertory Singers, Gladstone: $5,400,

Oregon Symphony, Portland: $25,000,

Outside the Frame, Portland: $5,630,

Pacific Youth Choir, Portland: $7,512,

PHAME Academy, Portland: $9,318,

Polaris Dance Company, Portland: $7,833,

Portland Actors Conservatory, Portland: $4,899,

Portland Art Museum, Portland: $25,000,

Portland Baroque Orchestra, Portland: $11,637,

Portland Center Stage, Portland: $19,018,

Portland Columbia Symphony, Portland: $4,899,

Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble, Portland: $4,899,

Portland Gay Men’s Chorus Inc., Portland: $7,490,

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland: $13,489,

Portland Jazz Festival, Inc. dba PDX Jazz, Portland: $9,072,

Portland Opera Association, Portland: $22,309,

Portland Piano International, Portland: $6,442,

Portland Playhouse, Portland: $11,431,

Portland Street Art Alliance, Portland: $5,131,

Portland Symphonic Choir, Portland: $4,899,

Portland Youth Philharmonic, Portland: $7,642,

Profile Theatre Project, Portland: $7,477,

Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland: $25,000,

Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls, Portland: $4,899,

Shaking the Tree Theatre, Portland: $4,899,

Stumptown Stages, Lake Oswego: $4,899,

The Circus Project, Portland: $8,966,

The Portland Ballet, Portland: $8,667,

The Red Door Project, Portland: $7,939,

Third Angle New Music Ensemble, Portland: $5,217,

Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland: $8,611,

triangle productions, Portland: $6,178,

Vibe of Portland, Portland: $4,899,

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators, Portland: $6,972,

White Bird, Portland: $11,124,

Write Around Portland, Portland: $9,822,

Young Audiences of Oregon, Portland: $8,192,

Young Musicians & Artists, Portland: $4,899,

Youth Music Project, West Linn: $6,390,

From The Oregon Arts Commission:

The Oregon Arts Commission provides leadership, funding and arts programs through its grants, special initiatives and services. Nine commissioners, appointed by the Governor, determine arts needs and establish policies for public support of the arts. The Arts Commission became part of Business Oregon (formerly Oregon Economic and Community Development Department) in 1993, in recognition of the expanding role the arts play in the broader social, economic and educational arenas of Oregon communities. In 2003, the Oregon legislature moved the operations of the Oregon Cultural Trust to the Arts Commission, streamlining operations and making use of the Commission’s expertise in grantmaking, arts and cultural information and community cultural development. The Arts Commission is supported with general funds appropriated by the Oregon legislature and with federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust. More information about the Oregon Arts Commission is available online at: www.oregonartscommission.org.

Chamber Music Northwest’s Spring Education Benefit Hits a High Note

Chamber Music Northwest’s Spring Education Benefit Hits a High Note

by | Apr 16, 2016 | News

Portland, April 5th, 2016. Over 100 guests were on hand to “Take a Stand for Chamber Music” at Chamber Music Northwest’s spring education benefit. A full house enjoyed a concert by two CMNW Protégé Project alumni. The evening took place at Portland’s new Nordia House, known for its Scandinavian architecture. It netted over $30,000 for CMNW Education & Outreach programs. Festivities included a Wall of Wine, Take a Chance Raffle, and photo booth.

Protégé Project alum Sam Suggs performs during the Benefit Concert. — at Scandinavian Heritage Foundation.

Protégé Project alum Sam Suggs performs during the Benefit Concert. — at Scandinavian Heritage Foundation.

Guests enjoyed exquisite desserts generously donated by Papa Haydn. Prepared by Pastry Chef Risa Mealus, the bite-sized creations were as tasty as they were beautiful.

Guests enjoyed desserts donated by Papa Haydn prepared by Pastry Chef Risa Mealus.

Donor Ron Atwood and CMNW Board Member Bill Scott share a drink and a smile.

Donor Ron Atwood and CMNW Board Member Bill Scott share a drink and a smile.

Carole Alexander, longtime CMNW supporter, enthusiastically applauds our Protégé Project alumni after the Benefit Concert.

Carole Alexander, longtime CMNW supporter, enthusiastically applauds our Protégé Project alumni after the Benefit Concert.

The Benefit Concert featured Protégé Project alumni Daniel Schlosberg, piano, and Sam Suggs, double bass, who brought the enthusiastic crowd to their feet with passionate and playful performances. The extraordinary musicianship of these two artists is testimony to the value of CMNW’s Education & Outreach Initiatives. Through the Protégé Project, the nonprofit invests in the future of chamber music. The program provides musicians the opportunity to perform with and learn from veteran festival artists, and present free community and education activities.

Dan shared with the crowd just how valuable this opportunity has been to him. “To be put in a situation where you’re in a rehearsal room with Ida Kavafian is…absolutely unbelievable. It was incredible to be treated as a professional and play next to professionals.”

The success of the Spring Benefit will help CMNW continue to share the music we love throughout this community. 

(Photo credit, Kimmie Fadem, Just Dandy Photography)

From Chamber Music Northwest:

Now in its 46th season, Chamber Music Northwest serves thousands of people in Oregon and SW Washington with exceptional chamber music through over 100 events annually, including Summer and Winter festivals, concerts in alternative venues, outreach activities, educational programs, broadcasts, and innovative collaborations with other arts groups. CMNW is the only chamber music festival of its kind in the Northwest and one of the most diverse classical music experiences in the nation, virtually unparalleled in comparable communities.

CMNW is thrilled to share this unique, rich, and diverse chamber music experience in a community that is also unique in the value it places on beauty, proportion, quality of life, and sustainability. We strive to give our region the chance to experience this pinnacle of human creation in a form that is accessible, approachable, and affordable.

World-renowned clarinetist David Shifrin is in his 36th season as our Artistic Director, and he continues to program for our community some of the nation’s most expansive, innovative, and dynamic classical music programming. He represents Portland throughout the world as a leading orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber music artist, including as a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where he was Artistic Director from 1992 to 2004.

As one of the nation’s leading chamber music producers, Chamber Music Northwest brings to our community the world’s greatest musicians and composers, from rising star members of our Protégé Project and exceptional local musicians to world-renowned artists that include Grammy Award winners, Avery Fisher Prize honorees, and MacArthur “Genius Award” recipients. Together they collaborate to perform the expansive 500-year chamber music repertoire, ranging from beloved classics and hidden masterpieces, to contemporary works and less conventional projects. They also share their love of this diverse, intimate art form through community and educational partnerships that engage audiences and hundreds of students through free concerts, previews, conversations, coachings, andmasterclasses.

CMNW also invests in the future of chamber music. Our Protégé Project features exceptional young artists who perform with and learn from veteran festival artists, and present free community and education activities. Through our New Music Initiative launched in 2014, CMNW is also a leader in the creation of new music, with more than 100 world, West coast, and Northwest premieres in recent years. We commission and present 4-6 new works annually by some of the world’s best established and emerging composers.

A recipient of the Governor’s Arts Award, Chamber Music Northwest is among our region’s most acclaimed and well-run arts organizations, with an exceptional record of more than three decades of balanced budgets. Performances from CMNW are broadcast nationally on “Performance Today” and “America’s Music Festivals,” and locally on Portland’s own All-Classical FM.