Oregon Arts Commission Awards $1.2 Million to 154 Arts Organizations

Oregon Arts Commission Awards $1.2 Million to 154 Arts Organizations

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.

Portland Art Museum Welcomes Has Two-Phase Spring 2021 Reopening

Portland Art Museum Welcomes Has Two-Phase Spring 2021 Reopening

Portland, OR. The Portland Art Museum will have a phased reopening of the galleries following the second pandemic-related closure ordered by Governor Kate Brown in November 2020. Beginning April 10, the Museum will allow visitors access to all galleries, except the main special exhibition galleries and some adjacent galleries. The entire Museum will open on May 5, giving visitors full access to all galleries including the highly anticipated new exhibition Ansel Adams in Our Time.

Ansel Adams (American, 1902–1984); Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, 1960 Photograph, gelatin silver print; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Lane Collection, 2018.2681; Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; © The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust

Due to pandemic restrictions, Northwest Film Center activities will continue to be offered virtually, and outside as part of the Cinema Unbound Drive-In. The Portland International Film Festival is underway now, with many online screening and program options. The Museum will also continue to offer ways to connect virtually with art.

“We are looking forward to welcoming back staff and visitors following months of closure. We believe that art, film and music are essential to our community and to our collective well-being,” said Brian Ferriso, Museum Director and Chief Curator. “I’m also so grateful for the support the Museum and Film Center have received from our staff, our members and other supporters during these difficult times.”

As a show of appreciation to members, the Museum will offer members-only days on April 8-9, and April 28 – May 2.

New, expanded hours of operation will be Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including the Museum Store. Timed-entry tickets are required, which we recommend booking in advance because capacity is limited. COVID health and safety precautions, including mask-wearing, physical distancing, and staff wellness screening remain in effect. Tickets go on sale March 18, and will be released on a two-week rolling basis.

About Ansel Adams in Our Time

Ansel Adams in Our Time (May 5 – August 1, 2021), making its only West Coast stop at the Portland Art Museum, celebrates the remarkable artistry and visual legacy of the acclaimed American landscape photographer and educator. More than 100 photographs by Adams, from his earliest marketed prints to his world-renowned Western vistas, trace the artist’s development and maturation over five decades while pointing to his continuing influence on landscape photography today. Eighty images by artists working both before and after Adams, interspersed among his vintage prints, provide a deeper perspective on themes central to his practice, demonstrate the power of his legacy, and will spark critical conversations about the state of the American landscape in the 21st century. Organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and curated by Karen Haas, the MFA’s Lane Senior Curator of Photographs, Ansel Adams in Our Time draws from the outstanding Lane Collection of more than 6,000 American modernist photographs, works on paper, and paintings.

Organized by the Museum Fine Arts, Boston, and curated for Portland by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., The Minor White Curator of Photography.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: March 25, 6 p.m.An Ansel Adams in Our Time Exhibition Primer with Dr. Rebecca Senf, author of Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams, in virtual conversation with Dr. Julia Dolan, PAM’s Minor White Curator of Photography.

Top Ten Portland Society Page Stories of 2020

Top Ten Portland Society Page Stories of 2020

Portland, OR.  A message from editor, Elisa Klein. First, thank you for caring about our local nonprofits! At Portland Society Page, our coverage is often of exciting events held to raise money for worthy causes. We also spotlight inspiring volunteers who are the lifeblood of many local charities. Necessary Covid-19 restrictions meant that most volunteers had to stay away from the charities they love. Supporters who usually flock to galas were social distancing in 2020 and lamenting the fact that large gatherings had to be prohibited. All the while, nonprofit professionals put forth Herculean efforts to keep their organizations afloat, many from their home offices. Some sectors, like human services, have seen a surge of donations, while arts organizations have struggled mightily without the benefit of ticket sales.

Yet through these exceptional times, the generosity of our community remains constant. Nonprofits promoting social justice have seen renewed interest. Donations have brought hope to thousands of our friends and neighbors. The thankful include the elderly living alone receiving hot meals, children with learning differences finding support through zoom, brilliant performance artists feeding their families with grant money, and bone-tired frontline workers using donated personal protective equipment.

2020 zoom photo, Elisa Klein

Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.” Your interest in the nonprofit community offers hope. Together, let’s look forward to a better and brighter 2021!

Thank you, Elisa Klein

 

 

Now, we’ll share the stories you read most this year in reverse order.

TOP TEN PORTLAND SOCIETY PAGE STORIES 2020

10. OMSI Raises $1 Million and Finds New Ways to Celebrate During Pandemic

OMSI Raises $1 Million and Finds New Ways to Celebrate During Pandemic

 

9. Christmas Ships Parade Sticks to Holiday Schedule Despite Pandemic

Christmas Ship

Christmas Ships Parade Sticking to Holiday Schedule Despite Pandemic

8. Pre-pandemic: VIPs Flock to Portland International Auto Show Sneak Peek Charity Preview

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIPs Flock to Portland International Auto Show Sneak Peek Charity Preview

7. Experience The Oregon ZooLights Like Never Before

Experience The Oregon ZooLights Like Never Before

6. Willamette Falls Trust Continues to Engage Community

Willamette Falls Trust Continues to Engage Community

5. Pre-pandemic: Oregon Episcopal School Virtual Auction Raises Over $600,000

Oregon Episcopal School Virtual Auction Raises Over $600,000

4. Portland Art Museum Continues Providing Inspiration During Pandemic

Portland Art Museum Continues Providing Inspiration During Pandemic

3. Virtual Volunteer Opportunities Available Now

 

Virtual Volunteer Opportunities Available Now

2. Pre-pandemic: Riverdale Roaring ’20s Auction Raises a Cool $181,000

Riverdale Roaring ’20s Auction Raises a Cool $181,000

  1. Pre-pandemic: Oscar Nomination Adds Golden Glow to Oregon’s Film Scene

Oscar Nomination Adds Golden Glow to Oregon’s Film Scene

So there you have it, the most-read stories of 2020 on Portland Society Page! We look forward to providing our coverage of local nonprofit news in 2021. Upward on onward!

Northwest Film Center Launches New Platform

Northwest Film Center Launches New Platform

Portland, OR. Northwest Film Center is launching a platform called Co:Laboratory. It offers both online and in-person opportunities for people who want to keep their connection to the art world. With Co:Laboratory, art lovers can engage with others by exchanging ideas with an eye toward innovation, and creativity. Co:Laboratory offers a range of opportunities, from free classes and workshops to high-level programming for professionals. The goal is to give everyone an opportunity to expand their skill set.

One of the classes coming up in Co:Laboratory, is a stop motion animation class for students ages 9-14 years old.

Another workshop offered is called Inclusivity and Your Script, offered November 18-21, which will explore approaches to creating diverse characters in film and TV.

Portland Art Museum and NW Film Center have also made a space to access tons of different types of art–from writing to film to paintings and much more– at PAM + NWFC at home. Many nonprofits around Portland have been working hard to transition to online so that the Portland community can continue to access the arts, which is a gift for many during this time.

From NWFC:

Expansive in genre, mediums, and ideas, the NWFC’s Co:Laboratory is one grand experiment. Continuously offering online and IRL connection to people, ideas, and innovations in the media arts that help artists and art lovers sustain their curiosity and what is creatively possible, the Co:Laboratory exists to uniquely inspire new projects, new skills, and new ways of seeing. In the spirit of all creative endeavors, it will be designed to be an ever-evolving, community-driven, ongoing work-in-progress.

Portland Art Museum Continues Providing Inspiration During Pandemic

Portland Art Museum Continues Providing Inspiration During Pandemic

Portland, OR.  “Art, music, dance, literature are crucial to our lives and to our very survival. It’s the soul of a nation. It’s the way that we come to know the world around us and ourselves.” That’s the message from Carrie Mae Weems, an acclaimed artist who was just elected Trustee of the Portland Art Museum.

Carrie Mae Weems and Marie Watt are new Trustees at the Portland Art Museum.

Portland Art Museum is working to offer access to more of the Museum’s galleries while still observing COVID guidelines, therefore some galleries are open on a rotating basis. This rotation will allow visitors access to the 4th Floor of the Hoffman Wing for the first time since the museum reopened, including APEX: Ed Bereal and other Northwest Art favorites.

One current exhibit is “Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art.”

Other offerings at the museum include Día de Muertos Outdoor Projection, November 1, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. (No tickets needed). To cap off this year’s reimagined Día de Muertos celebrations in Portland, visitors are invited to view a 4-minute animated projection on the south side of the Mark Building created by artist Anabel Uyana with sound by Gerardo Calderon and projection technology by Mobile Projection Unit.

The museum is open Thursday – Sunday from 10 – 5. You can reserve a timed-entry ticket online in advance; most galleries are open. Regular admission is $20 adults, $17 students/seniors, kids always free.

From Portland Art Museum:

In the interest of personal safety and community health, visitors and staff are required to adhere to safety precautions while in the Museum. For visitors, these include properly wearing face coverings for the duration of your visit, maintaining 6 feet of distance with other parties, and purchasing your timed-entry ticket in advance, among other things. Please read more about how to have a safe and enjoyable visit at our Welcome Back page.