The following print publications are available from the Oregon Arts Commission. Please call the Commission to request copies, 503-986-0082 or email your request to the commission at oregon.artscomm@state.or.us. If available, downloadable copies are also posted.
Creative Vitality Index
How creative are we as a state? How have our efforts, through policy and funding, made a difference? What role does creativity play in local communities? In 2006, we set out to answer these questions by commissioning a Creative Vitality Index for Oregon. The Creative Vitality Index measures the health of the creative economy in a city, county, state or other geographic area as it compares to the national index, and creates a benchmark for future measurement. Download reports here:
- Creative Vitality in Oregon 2010 Update
- Creative Vitality in Oregon 2008
- Creative Vitality in Oregon 2007
- Creative Vitality in Oregon 2007 - full report
- Creative Vitality in Oregon 2006
- Creative Vitality in Oregon 2006 - full report
OAC Strategic Planning
Arts Build Communities
- Connections: A report on the 2009 Arts Build Communities grants program
- Connections: A report on the 2008 Arts Build Communities grants program
- Connections: A report on the 2007 Arts Build Communities grants program
- Connections: A report on the 2006 Arts Build Communities grants program
- Connections: A report on the 2005 Arts Build Communities grants program
- Connections: A report on the 2001 Arts Build Communities grants program
- Arts Build Communities Technical Assistance 2001-2002 Report
Arts Learning
- Connections: Arts Learning in Oregon 2010
- Connections: Arts Learning in Oregon 2009
- Connections: Arts Learning in Oregon 2006
Cultural Development
- Cultural Tourism Connections: Cultural Tourism, September 2006
- Cultural Development Plan for Oregon, January 2001
- 1998 Oregon Arts and Culture Summit, Synthesis Report
- Collaborative Strategies for Statewide Cultural Development, 1998
(prepared for the Oregon Governor's Task Force on Cultural Development) - Oregon Task Force on Cultural Development, A Report to the Governor, 1998
Economic Impact
- The Economic Impact of Oregon's Nonprofit Arts Sector, 2001
(prepared by WESTAF) - The Economic Impact of Oregon's nonprofit Arts Sector, 2000
- The Economic Impact of the Arts in Oregon, 1998
Public Art
- Connections: Percent for Art - 2006
- Oregon's Creative Legacy: The Percent for Art Collection
- Developing Public Art in Oregon's Rural Communities
Globetrotters camp, Cirque du Fromage, The Arts Center, Corvallis. Photo Sabina Samiee
Clay Cart, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland
Poetry Foundation President John Barr, 2nd Place Winner Sophia Soberon from Oregon, National Champion Shawntay Henry, 3rd Place Winner Madison Niermeyer and NEA Chairman Dana Gioia pose at the national contest in Washington DC. Photo James Kegley
Sometimes a Great Notion, Portland Center Stage, Portland. Photo Owen Carey
