Education United States Project #7082

Oregon Cultural Trust

by Oregon Cultural Trust

Project Report | Mar 5, 2012
Celebrating Oregonians Who Make Culture Happen

By Christine D'Arcy | Executive Director

Shannon Applegate, Applegate House, Yoncalla

In honor of Oregon’s birthday - February 14 - we celebrate Oregonians who make culture happen every day.

Shannon Applegate’s family walked to Oregon. They yearned to be here, in the Eden at the end of the Applegate Trail, ultimately settling in what is now Yoncalla. The Applegate house built in 1892 still stands to this day, as an historic home, a tourist site and the site of a pioneer herb garden that continues to flourish.

Shannon Applegate is also an accomplished writer, winner of a 2008 Governor’s Arts Award and a singer in the Slow Ponies, a cowgirl band. She’s one of thirteen Oregonians that the Cultural Trust featured in 2011. Oregonians, whose ties to culture are deep and rooted; whose ties to culture are part of their everyday lives and work. Oregonians, whose ties to culture bind us all together through our arts, heritage and humanities.

On Oregon’s birthday, we thank you again for your 2011 contribution. Your donation, last year, together with over 11,000 Oregonians will enable the Cultural Trust to make grants in July 2012.

Experience some of the cultural projects this spring made possible by donations like yours:

Celebrations of the life and work of renowned painter Mark Rothko at the Portland Art Museum, with Third Angle New Music Ensemble, and at Portland Center Stage
Reflections of our history and people at the High Desert Museum’s Black Impact exhibit
Bag&Baggage’s new take on the traditional romance of Romeo & Juliet in a new production of Shakespeare’s R&J in Hillsboro.

The impact of Oregon culture is far reaching, broad and deep. The Cultural Trust, at its core, exists to honor the role that culture plays in our daily lives; shining light on it for all Oregonians.

When you donate to culture in our state, you’re celebrating what it means to be an Oregonian.

Thank you!

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Nov 29, 2011
Bringing Culture Alive in Every Corner of Oregon

By Christine D'Arcy | Executive Director

Paulanne Peterson, Multnomah County Library

Thanks to you, Oregon culture surrounds us. It reminds us of who we are, where we live and what we believe in.

Thanks to you, culture touches all of us in Oregon.

Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen logs hundreds of miles to bring the power of poetry to students and libraries in Lake and Klamath counties. This is Culture.

The Oregon Historical Society’s curator of education interprets car racing, rock and roll music and the contents of the OHS vault to museum visitors young and old. This is Culture.

The Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation will use historic locomotives to attract new visitors to Portland’s central eastside. This is Culture.

The High Desert Museum is developing the first major exhibit on the African American experience in Oregon. This is Culture.

When you donate to the Oregon Cultural Trust, you bring culture alive in every corner of Oregon. Your gift is free to you, and good for Oregon. Your investment, together with contributions from over 21,000 Oregonians, has put over $15 million in a permanent trust fund, and awarded direct funding of over $11 million to hundreds of cultural nonprofits in our state since 2002.

Your gift to the Cultural Trust this year will do even more. The Eugene Symphony will address themes of war and reconciliation, the contributions of Century Farmers & Ranchers will be recognized, and the Portland Art Museum will mount a retrospective of the work of Mark Rothko who spent his formative years in Oregon.

The Cultural Trust thanks you for your past support and invites your continued participation by giving before the end of 2011. Culture in Oregon depends on you to make sure the arts, heritage and humanities are as strong tomorrow and for our children as they are today.

Please join me in making a gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust today. Every gift counts. No gift is too small. Be generous!

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Oct 3, 2011
Cultural Trust presents Oregon Days of Culture

By Kimberly Howard | Trust Manager

Shirod Younker, Coquille Tribe, photo by Andy Batt

Oregon Days of Culture is an annual celebration honoring the role of the arts, humanities and heritage in our everyday lives. Presented by the Oregon Cultural Trust, to which Oregonians have contributed over $25 million to bring cultural moments to life across the state, Days of Culture spotlights culture in every corner of the state: film screenings, live performances, tours, community gatherings, volunteer activities, family events…even a photo contest where entrants can win cash, digital cameras, hotel getaways and more.

Already 460 events are listed at www.OregonDaysofCulture.org. Activities will take place statewide, from Elgin to Astoria to Brookings.

One new draw to the website: The first ever “This Is Culture: Oregon Photo Contest” begins October 1 and will run through the end of October. Of special interest to supporters of arts, heritage and humanities groups: two entrants will win $1,000 cash to donate to any Oregon cultural nonprofit they choose.

Cultural nonprofits enjoy the unprecedented exposure that comes from listing their events on the interactive calendar at OregonDaysOfCulture.org. With the surge of postings for this year’s event, the Cultural Trust predicts Days of Culture 2011 will exceed last year’s total of 599 posted events.

Visitors to the site can also watch a new animated short that distills the Trust’s unique donation process into a fun, 1-minute video. Produced by Sheepscot Creative, “Donate, Match, Get the Whole Match Back” features the work of numerous talented Oregonian artists and musicians. The video is available to all cultural advocates, including more than 1,300 cultural nonprofits, to post on websites and share with friends.

Get involved: celebrate culture in your community! There’s something for everyone during Oregon Days of Culture.

2011 Days of Culture sponsors include McMenamins, Pro Photo Supply, and Whole Foods Market.

Photo credit: Shirod Younker, member of the Coquille Tribe, photographed on the Willamette River by Andy Batt

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