The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week and members of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon have been working hard to advocate for HB 4040. Ginger Savage, CACO board member and executive director of Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City, testified in support of HB 4040 in the House Economic Recovery and Prosperity Committee earlier
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February 3, 2022
Bringing a diverse ghost town back to life
In the 1920s, Jim Crow laws prevented Black people from living, working, and buying land in Oregon. But Black, European, and immigrant people worked together in a little town called Maxville in Wallowa County. The Bowman Hicks Lumber Company recruited loggers from the south and Midwest, 15 percent of whom were Black. The Black and
February 1, 2022
Welcome, new board members!
On Friday, January 27, the Cultural Advocacy Coalition Board of Directors met and elected new members. They represent diversity across ethnic backgrounds and geographical areas across Oregon: Jenny Green (she/her/hers), chair of the Oregon Arts Commission and founder of the Jenny Green Gallery in Bend; board member of Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts Cassie Greer
January 26, 2022
Help artists lift people out of the darkness
“The arts and the artists drive local economies and lift people out of the darkness.” –Nataki Garret, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Artistic Director Nataki Garret testified before the United States House Committee on Small Business last week. You can view “The Power, Peril, and Promise of the Creative Economy” panel on YouTube. She shared
January 22, 2022
Annual report
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon board will be meeting on Friday, January 28, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. The board will cover: Re-electing existing board members and electing new board members Electing board officers Going over 2021 financials and approving 2022 budget Reviewing the 2021 annual report, communications report, OCF federal advisory funding plan