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The Portland Art Museum, through its Center For An Untold Tomorrow division, received a $325,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program. The grant funded the development and delivery of "THE ART OF RESILIENCE: A CONTINUUM OF TLINGIT ARTS" public program from August 2016 through July 2020. This program explored Tlingit history and culture through humanities-focused...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Regional Arts and Culture Council to support subgranting to the nonprofit arts sector in Oregon in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This funding supports the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which aims to provide opportunities for public participation in the arts, integrate arts strategies that promote well-being and community resilience, and build...

The National Endowment for the Arts awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Portland Art Museum's Center For An Untold Tomorrow to support facilities expenses in response to and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant was awarded under the Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals program (CFDA 45.024), which supports opportunities for all people to participate in the arts and arts education, integrates the arts with strategies that promote well-being and resilience,...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025), provides $1,021,100.00 to the Oregon Business Development Department (OBDD) to support arts programs, services, and activities associated with carrying out the NEA's national strategic plan. The award period is from July 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025. The OBDD, through its Oregon Arts Commission division, will use this funding to develop...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded the Oregon Business Development Department, operating as the Oregon Arts Commission, a Project Grant of $1,047,438 under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements program (CFDA 45.025). The award, effective July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2026, supports the execution of the Oregon Arts Commission's NEA-approved strategic plan through comprehensive arts programming, services, and activities designed to advance...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded the Portland Art Museum a $4,917,308.34 Project Grant under the Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges (CFDA 19.415) program. The grant funding will support the museum's presentation of the exhibition "The Space in Which to Place Me" featuring artist Jeffrey Gibson at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, Italy from July 2023 to November 2024. The Portland Art Museum has...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Beaverton Arts Foundation, Inc. under the Promotion of the Humanities Challenge Grants program (CFDA 45.130) to activate the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts as a space for fostering the humanities. Funding will support implementation of required audio/visual and related technological equipment to activate the new facility, which will include a 550-seat multipurpose theater, classrooms, meeting and conference...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded Portland Opera Association Inc. a $200,777 Project Grant on September 19, 2025, under the Save America's Treasures program (CFDA 15.929) to fund the archival digitization of the Portland Opera Performance Archive. This project represents a collections-focused preservation initiative designed to digitize and preserve the organization's historically significant performance records, making them more accessible and ensuring their long-term conservation. The...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded a $1,016,100 Project Grant to the Oregon Business Development Department (OBDD) under the Promotion of the Arts Partnership Agreements (CFDA 45.025) program. The funding supports arts programs, services, and activities aligned with the NEA's national strategic plan. As the state arts agency, the Oregon Arts Commission division of OBDD will use the grant to advance arts education, accessibility, and community engagement across Oregon through...

The Portland Art Museum will receive $638,046 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the Museums for America federal grant program (CFDA 45.301) to mount a retrospective exhibition of works by mid-century modernist Oscar Howe and a concurrent site-specific installation by artist Jeffrey Gibson. The Museum will collaborate with Many Nations Academy teachers and students to develop student-led tours of the exhibition and will partner with the Native American Youth and Family...