Oregon Cultural Trust To Hold Grant Writing Workshops

February 16, 2012 | Filed under: Press Releases,Public Notices | Posted by:
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From March 6 through March 22, the Oregon Cultural Trust and four of Oregon’s five statewide cultural partners will present free workshops in 10 communities across the state to build the grantwriting skills of cultural groups.

Meet the Funders Where You Are, the workshops will provide attendees with opportunities to ask questions about requirements, guidelines and deadlines for cultural funding programs and will provide invaluable tips on presenting and submitting successful applications.

Each session will last two hours and will include brief introduction to each program, round-table discussions, Q+A, and break-out sessions with each grantmaker.  If you have a specific project in mind come prepared to share a short, succinct summary of the proposed project for feedback and advice.

Applications for Oregon Cultural Trust grants opened Wednesday, February 15 and close Tuesday, May 15.   Grant guidelines and link to online submission process at Grants Online (GO!) can be found at: http://www.culturaltrust.org/grants/development-grants

To register for a free grant-writing workshop: .

More information: email  or call .

Workshop Locations:

Pendleton, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Heritage Station Museum
108 SW Frazer
Pendleton, OR 97801

hosted by Heritage Station Museum 

Baker City, 9:00am-11:00am
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Baker County Library
2400 Resort Street
Baker City, OR 97814


La Grande, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 
Cook Memorial Library
2006 Fourth Street
La Grande, OR 97850
 


Enterprise, 9:00am-11:00am
 Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wallowa County Chamber of Commerce
309 South River Street, Suite 4
Enterprise, OR 97828

 

Sisters, 1:00pm-3:00pm
 Monday, March 12, 2012
Sisters Art Works
204 W Adams Street
Sisters, OR 97759
 

 

Salem, 3:30pm-5:30pm
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Willamette Heritage Center, Dye House
1313 Mill Street SE
Salem, OR  97301

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Lincoln City, 8:00am-10:00am
 Friday, March 16, 2012
Lincoln City Cultural Center
540 NE HWY 101
Lincoln City, OR 97367

Garibaldi, 2:00pm-4:00pm
 Friday, March 16, 2012
Garibaldi Museum
112 Garibaldi Ave
Garibaldi, OR 97118

Portland, 10:00am-12:00pm
 Wednesday, March 21, 2012
World Trade Center, Skybridge A/B
121 SW Salmon St, 2WTC
Portland, OR 97204

Eugene, 1:00pm-3:00pm  
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Hult Center, Studio
One Eugene Center
Eugene, OR 97401

The Trust’s annual competitive grant cycle for heritage, humanities and arts nonprofits is one of three grant programs to:

  • protect and stabilize Oregon’s cultural resources;
  • expand public awareness of, quality of, access to and participation in culture in Oregon; and
  • ensure that Oregon cultural resources are strong and dynamic contributors to Oregon’s communities and quality of life.

Cultural Development Grants recognize and support significant cultural programs and projects in four broad areas:

  • Access: making culture broadly available to Oregonians
  • Preservation: investing in Oregon’s cultural heritage by recovering and preserving historic assets and achievements
  • Creativity: the making and/or presentation of artistic or scholarly work, and the development of artists, cultural experts and scholars
  • Capacity: the strengthening of cultural organizations to build stability and generate public confidence

The other two grant programs fund the Trust’s five statewide partnersand 45 county and tribal coalitions.

In considering funding requests, the Cultural Trust seeks proposals that will expand the public benefit of Oregon’s culture through:

  • positive impact on, or improvement of cultural resources and activities and expansion of public and private support for culture;
  • preservation of the past or investing in the future, by commissioning new work that continues Oregon’s strong artistic, literary and humanistic presence;
  • enhancing cultural opportunity and understanding by creating or sustaining model programs that can be replicated elsewhere; and,
  • by creating opportunity for every community to invest further in its culture, stimulating new ventures that could not be tried without Trust help.