The Deschutes Cultural Coalition of the Oregon Cultural Trust announced awards to 14 local organizations totaling $22,600 in funding. Requests for funding far exceeded the available amount to award, with a total of $32,700, making the grant process very competitive.
This year, grantees had the extra challenge of developing programming in the midst of the pandemic. Almost all organizations have pivoted to some level of online streaming or other COVID-safe activities. “During COVID, the arts had to pivot to virtual, seriously curtail offerings, hibernate or die,” says Cate O’Hagan, co-chair of the Deschutes Cultural Coalition. “We are dedicated solely to the support of arts and culture in Deschutes County. We do hope our support helps, and we encourage you to help also. The arts need your support.”
“By comparison to other areas of the country and in fact the state, the arts in Central Oregon are, in the best of times, substantially underfunded,” continues O’Hagan. “Yet our cultural entities and artists squeeze more performance out of every dollar at a rate far above the national average (according to Americans for the Arts).”
Below is a detailed list of Grant Awards:
BendFilm, Inc.
The 2021 BendFilm-ScaleHouse-World Muse IndieWomxn Film Festival (IWFF)
$1,750
Cascade School of Music
Cascade School of Music’s Crescendo Bendo Student Showcase
$1,000
COCC Foundation – The Nancy R. Chandler Visiting Scholar Program of the COCC Foundation
2021 Season of Nonviolence
$2,100
COSA, Inc.
Live-streamed Winter Concert
$2,500
High Desert Chamber Music
HDCM Technology Support
$1,500
High Desert Mural Festival
Equality & Justice Mural
$1,000
High Desert Museum
Little Wonders
$1,750
Scalehouse
Scalehouse Gallery: Crow’s Shadow Exhibition
$1,000
Silent Echo Theater Company
Live Theater in a Covid19 Atmosphere
$2,500
Sisters Folk Festival Inc.
2021 Close To Home Concerts
$2,000
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show / SSJ Inc
Virtual Show Component
$1,500
Sunriver Music Festival
Sunriver Music Festival Adds Live Streaming and Recordings to the 44th Season
$2,000
World Muse
MUSE UnConference
$2,000
