Congratulations to Ginger Savage, tireless arts advocate and CACO board member! Ginger was honored with Portland Monthly‘s “Light a Fire 2022: Extraordinary Volunteer” award. She has been executive director of the Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City for 14 years. As our board member, she never misses an opportunity to advocate for arts &
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December 15, 2022
Oregon cultural update to House Committee
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon (CACO) was invited to speak in front of the House Committee on Economic Development and Small Business during interim legislative days last week. We’re grateful to CACO board members Isaac Marquez and David Schmitz for representing CACO. The panel is examining the state of the sector and the role
November 23, 2022
Honoring the rich landscape of Native artists and performers from Oregon
By Marie Gettel-Gilmartin, Fertile Ground Communications “A historic societal and philanthropic bias has long undervalued the contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian art forms, artists, and voices.” –Native Arts & Cultures Foundation We are fortunate to have an abundance of gifted Native artists and performers from Oregon. Let’s honor some of these
November 17, 2022
Looking forward to working with our new governor and legislature on our 2023 priorities!
“Your priorities are important to me… One of my goals at the beginning of the pandemic…was making sure we could use one-time money from the federal government when entire sectors were closing down overnight. Like the work people do in this coalition. I wanted to make sure that when we got back to some normalcy,
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon (CACO) has endorsed a slate of 16 capital construction projects totaling $11.88 million in Cultural Resources Economic Funds (CREF). We go through this process every two years. In spring 2024, we’ll announce the process for the following cycle. The CACO board of directors received over 35 applications for 2023-25 arts