News Releases

An archive of news releases detailing the Arts Commission's developments, actions, and impact throughout Oregon. 

Call for self nominations: Traditional Arts Recovery Program now open

8/10/2021 | Accessibility, | Capacity Building, | For Individual Artists

Salem, Oregon – Oregon traditional artists who would like to be considered for the Traditional Arts Recovery Program may self-nominate between now and Tuesday, Aug. 31.

Administered by the Oregon Folklife Network in partnership with the Oregon Arts Commission, the Traditional Arts Recovery Program will provide stipends of $5,000 to 15 Oregon traditional artists for the creation of new work. Eligible artists will use a range of art forms to represent and express Oregon’s diverse ethnic, sacred, occupational and regional cultural arts.

PDF icon Call for self nominations Traditional Arts Recovery Program final.pdf

Allocation of NEA American Rescue Plan Act funds announced

8/2/2021 | Capacity Building, | Community Development, | Economic Impact, | For Individual Artists, | For Arts Organizations

Salem, Oregon – Eighty percent, or $655,500, of the $805,000 allocated to the Oregon Arts Commission through National Endowment for the Arts American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will be used to increase FY2021 operating support grant awards for Oregon arts organizations of all budget sizes across the state, the Arts Commission announced today. The remaining $150,000 will augment an existing partnership with the Oregon Folklife Network to support the creation of new work by folk and traditional artists and cover program coordination costs.

PDF icon NEA American Rescue Plan Funds Distribution final.pdf

New work by Damien Gilley installed at Oregon Institute of Technology’s Student Recreation Center

7/27/2021 | Public Art, | Visual Arts

Salem, Oregon -- A geometric mural by Portland artist Damien Gilley, commissioned through Oregon’s Percent for Art in Public Places Program, has been installed in Oregon Institute for Technology’s Student Recreation Center (TechRec).

Titled “Arena,” one immersive site-specific mural designed by Gilley extends the full length of a 75-foot walking corridor along both walls and the ceiling. A second related mural is located at the check-in area of TechRec.

PDF icon OIT SRC Damien Gilley Press Release final.pdf

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