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SALEM — Awards totaling $910,568 have been distributed to 150 Oregon arts organizations through the Oregon Arts Commission’s fiscal year 2021 Operating Support Program. There are 12 more recipients than
PENDLETON â As winter settles into communities throughout Eastern Oregon, ending a year that has brought challenges like no other, itâs the arts and humanities programs that continue to provide needed connection and healing.
Local organizations that deliver art, music and connection to local history and place have had to pivot during 2020 in ways never imagined. Many have moved to virtual programming to connect with families and students at home while also working behind-the-scenes to preserve cherished in-person programs so that they can return in the future.
To support these programsâ ongoing efforts, PacifiCorp Foundation, a nonprofit arm of Pacific Power, is donating more than $200,000 in new funding across the six states it serves to support the arts and humanities â along with continued needs by organizations on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response.