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As a visual artist and educator I think one of the reasons individual and corporate patronage is limited is because we do not have a viable contemporary art institution, i.e. a contemporary arts museum dedicated specifically to the global contemporary visual culture. This condition means that unless one travels regularly there is a general lack of exposure and understanding of challenging contemporary forms. I believe that until we have a major institution that through programming educates the entire population of Oregon including potential donors we will have this gap. I think the gap ind patronage is directly related to the gap in exposure.

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