The Oregon Community Foundation is backing arts and culture projects throughout the state with a new round of grants that amount to more than $1 million.
The funds support 12 different projects, including films, art exhibits and more. The grants, which range from $10,000 to $100,000, will support projects that “celebrate bold creativity, elevate cultural voices and explore community issues across Oregon,” the foundation said in a news release.
“This year’s projects reflect themes that resonate across Oregon and challenge us to bridge our differences,” Jerry Tischleder, the senior arts and culture program officer for the Oregon Community Foundation, said in a news release.
In one film, an Iraqi-American documentarian discusses war in his home country over home-cooked meals with U.S. military veterans. Another film, described as an Afro-fantasy animated short film, was created with Portland students.
A cohort of 15 Oregon artists will continue to create experimental baskets and woven works for exhibition at the East Oregonian Gallery at the Pendleton Center for the Arts. The group is part of several artists and organizations that recently received funding from the Oregon Community Foundations.
Courtesy of Oregon Community Foundation
“I’m most excited for the artists,” said Roberta Lavadour, executive director of the Pendleton Center for the Arts, which received funding to support 15 artists who will weave baskets for exhibition at a local gallery. “I can’t wait to see the ambitious work they create with this funding.”
Every year since 2014, the foundation has invested about $1 million in arts and culture projects like these, including folk and traditional arts, film and media, literary arts and museum exhibitions.
A full list of the latest projects can be found here.
