Oregon Arts Commission Announces Second Application Opportunity for Online
Arts Recognition Grant Application
Program Continues Arts Commission’s Online Funding Process
The Arts Recognition grant program is now open for on-line application. The winter deadline is January 16, 2008.
The Commission makes a limited number of $1,000 awards to exemplary arts organizations that have a record of excellence in programming, service and organizational capacity, and seek to advance their marketing and outreach programs to raise their profile in the community.
The Arts Commission established the Arts Recognition Grants to serve as a visible indication of Commission support and to assist in raising an organization’s profile and in leveraging other funds and resources. “We know from our first round of funding that recognition of high quality arts programs can help arts groups increase resources to stabilize programs and start new initiatives. Demand for the Arts Commission’s support has grown each year, and we view the Recognition Grants as a way to add the Commission’s ‘seal of approval’ to Oregon’s strong and vibrant arts groups that we are not able to support at a higher financial level,” said Christine D’Arcy, Executive Director of the Arts Commission.
The Commission uses a streamlined, online application process for the Recognition Grants, and encourages proposals from arts groups of all sizes and from all regions of the state that have not received funding in the past twelve months from the Commission. Oregon arts organizations applying for the recognition must have been in existence at least two years and must have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status from the IRS and corporate non-profit status in the state of Oregon. applicants must apply online by 10 pm, by January 16, 2008 for the winter deadline through the grants section of the Arts Commission’s website: www.oregonartscommission.org . Additional information is available from Shannon Planchon, Assistant Director of the Arts Commission, (503) 229-6062.
* * * * * * * * * * *
The Oregon Arts Commission believes that the arts and culture are touchstones of community and civic life and that it is essential to preserve, stabilize and develop their central role in Oregon. The 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 the 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. More information about the Oregon Arts Commission is available at www.oregonartscommission.org
