News Releases

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

Harlen Springer of Florence appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission

11/13/2019 | Advocacy, | Economic Impact, | For Individual Artists, | For Arts Organizations

Salem, Oregon – Harlen Springer, the chair of the Florence Public Arts Committee and a founding member and past president of the Florence Regional Arts Alliance, has been appointed to the Oregon Arts Commission by Gov. Kate Brown.

Harlen is a retired corporate executive with extensive experience leading artistic and consumer products companies including Portal Publications, Numi Organic Tea and Boing Designs. Prior to that, Springer held senior management positions at Fortune 500 companies such as Procter and Gamble, Clorox and Unilever.

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Darren Orange’s “Those Who Step Into The Same Rivers” to be exhibited in the Governor’s Office Nov. 14 – Jan. 21

11/6/2019 | Public Art, | Visual Arts, | For Individual Artists

Salem, Oregon – Astoria artist Darren Orange will exhibit “Those Who Step Into The Same Rivers” in the Governor’s Office of the Capitol Building in Salem from Nov.14 to Jan. 21.

In this new body of work Orange’s compositions stretch further from literal reference and deeper into abstraction. The artist continues to explore automatism, a practice of intuitive mark making that engages both play and meditative focus. The resulting built-up paint layers present suggestive imagery that reveal the history of the painting process in line, smudge and replacement. The exhibited works were created in Orange’s studio on the Columbia River.

 

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19 Oregon arts organizations receive Arts Learning grant awards

10/7/2019 | Arts Learning, | For Arts Organizations

Nineteen arts organizations will each receive $10,000 grant awards to support their educational projects in Oregon schools through $190,000 in FY2020 Oregon Arts Commission Arts Learning funding announced today.

“We are delighted by the creativity and collaboration behind this year’s applications, and are confident that the education of students around the state will be enriched as a result,” said Arts Commissioner Michael Dalton, who chaired the review panel. “The variety of funded projects demonstrates the capacity in which the arts can help students learn.”

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