Join us in welcoming our new board members, as of January 2025! Carissa Burkett (she/her), Executive Director, North Pole Studio: Carissa is a multimedia artist, curator, and nonprofit arts administrator. Her 12 years of arts experience started at Project Grow, an art studio and urban farm that supported adults with disabilities. She led arts programs
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members Archives - Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon
January 6, 2025
A year of arts & culture will enhance your health & well-being
Research continually shows that you enrich your health and well-being when you participate in art and cultural activities. Music, dance, and visual arts also expand your social networks, boost self-esteem, and decrease stress. As we start 2025, we thought we’d give you a little inspiration. Our cultural landscape in Oregon is strong, and opportunities abound
December 9, 2024
Donate to your favorite arts nonprofit and double your impact!
If you donate to an Oregon arts, heritage, or humanities nonprofit by December 31, you can direct a greater portion of your taxes to support cultural projects with the Cultural Tax Credit. Here’s how the tax credit works: Total what you gave to the nonprofits on this list during 2024. Give the same amount (up to $500
November 20, 2024
Decolonizing Thanksgiving in Oregon 2024
Decolonizing Thanksgiving in Oregon By Marie Gettel-Gilmartin, Fertile Ground Communications (written in 2021; updated for 2024) Many of us grew up learning the myth of Native Americans teaching the struggling pilgrims how to survive and celebrating with a feast in 1621. But for most Native Americans, Thanksgiving is a day of mourning. Thanksgiving is in
December 13, 2023
Arts leaders call on legislature to act in 2024
Huge thanks to Rep. Rob Nosse, arts champion extraordinaire in the legislature, for his comments in today’s Oregonian article, “Oregon arts organizations struggle as audiences are slow to return and money dries up.” The article discusses the continuing impact of the pandemic on Oregon’s arts and culture organizations and community. The author, Lizzy Acker, interviewed