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For Immediate Release
Contact: Deb Vaughn, deborah.vaughn@state.or.us ,(503) 986-0085
Deborah Vaughn Joins Oregon Arts Commission as Deborah Vaughn has joined the staff of the Oregon Arts Commission as Arts Education Coordinator. Vaughn joins the Arts Commission after two years as school services manager for Portland-based Oregon Children's Theatre. A trained singer, actor and writer, she was a public school artist-in-residence through Phoenix ’s 21st Century Learning Grant and provided professional development workshops for middle school language arts/history teachers. She has taught creative drama at Arizona State University , Childsplay ( Tempe , AZ ), Northwest Children's Theatre and Oregon Children's Theatre, and served as the educational consultant for Sojourn Theatre's Freshman Initiative Project. At Arizona State, she also taught "Improvisation with Youth," a multi-disciplinary approach to creative learning, for undergraduate education majors. She represents Oregon at the American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) and is a member of International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ-USA). She just completed service on the Visioning Committee for the Metro Area Arts Partners Initiative and remains on the executive team for Opera Theatre Oregon . Deb Vaughn holds a MFA in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State University and a BA in Theatre from University of Portland . She and her family live in Southeast Portland . She comments, “I am thrilled at the opportunity to work on a state-wide level as an advocate for arts education programming and to join with the Arts Commission in fostering the arts in Oregon .” - - - - - - - - - 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 the 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, federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust.
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