Field Notes: The eNewsletter of the Oregon Cultural Trust
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 In Giving and Gratitude, Tis the Season!
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Photo: Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, by Holly Andres
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Welcome to fall! As the days grow short and holidays get underway, what better way to show your support for all that's vibrant, alive and playful in our state than with a gift to the Oregon Cultural Trust by December 31? You have six short weeks, so please Give Today. With your help we'll reach that $4 million mark, meaning more money in 2013 for arts, heritage and humanities projects statewide.
Last year over 80% of donors made a gift in the last three weeks of the year, making this time between Thanksgiving and New Years truly the season of giving and gratitude. Read more about year end giving, where your donation goes, and our generous tax credit.
We have much to be grateful for here in Oregon, including our colorful cultural landscape. Wishing you Happy Thanksgiving from the Oregon Trust, your state's cultural champion.
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The Trust Around Town: Iconic Oregonians in their Native Cultural Habitats
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Photo: Dan and Jeanne Carver, sustainable agriculturalists. Imperial Stock Ranch, Shaniko, Eastern Oregon, by Holly Andres
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The Cultural Trust asked celebrated Portland-based photographer Holly Andres to capture iconic Oregonians in their native cultural habitats. The results are as magical and inspiring as Oregon culture itself. See more photos from Holly's travels on Oregon Culture: A Field Guide.
As Holly has been roaming the state with her cameras, Trust staff and board members have also been on the move, speaking to groups, discussing year-end giving and the 2013 re-authorization of the cultural tax credit so critical to the work that we do. Read more about the Trust Board and staff around Oregon.
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Your Dollars at Work: "Rajneeshpuram: An Oregon Experience"
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Photo: Rajneesh Rolls Royce festooned with garlands. Photo essay by The Oregonian
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With grant support from the Cultural Trust, "Rajneeshpuram: An Oregon Experience", premieres November 19, 8pm on OPB-TV. Like it or not, the Rajneesh is a part of Oregon's recent history, a community and a series of events that had a profound impact on the people of Wasco and Jefferson counties. Read more about OPB's special to air next Monday, and about other grants made by the Cultural Trust this year.
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Media Bolsters Cultural Trust Around Year-End Giving, Days of Culture
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Photo: Willamette Week Give!Guide features the Cultural Trust and partners in arts, education and heritage sectors
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The Cultural Trust was proud to be featured so prominently for the fourth year in a row in
Willamette Week's Give!Guide. In addition to a full-page, full-color ad, Willamette Week's Give!Guide targets 36 Portland area cultural non-profits with a small "OCT" button, designating them as matches for a Trust donation so that donors can qualify for the cultural tax credit.
Don't miss out on Willamette Week's "Big Day" Incentives. Anyone who donates $10 or more through the Give!Guide on specific days will be entered to win certain prizes. Today, November 15th's prize? A Salt & Straw ice-cream p ersonal party for up to 200 people at the Salt and Straw ice cream company. Read more about Give!Guide "Big Day" Incentives and Cultural Trust media partnerships with OPB and Community Newspapers.
Thank you to Richard Meeker, Nick Johnson and Carly Hutchens for all your hard work on this year's Willamette Week Give!Guide!
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Partner Focus: Bring Your Own. Ideas.  This fall Cultural Trust partner Oregon Humanities rolled out the "Bring Your Own" video series, featuring ideas, thoughts, and opinions from Oregon Humanities writers, scholars, and thinkers. Some of the videos are sweet, some are provocative. All encourage you to respond. We think you just might find them a great conversation-starter for your Thanksgiving table. Read more about the Bring Your Own videos and the Trust's holiday challenge. |
John Goodwin of Trail Blazers Appointed to Cultural Trust Board 
The Oregon Cultural Trust welcomes its newest board member, Portland Trail Blazers' Premium Service Manager John Goodwin.
Appointed to the Trust board by Gov. John Kitzhaber in November, Goodwin is the former marketing director for University Club of Portland and has had a lifelong involvement in the arts. He sits on the board of Disjecta and Business for Culture & the Arts, is a former art consultant and a passionate art collector. Read more about John Goodwin's unique background and his goals for involvement on the Trust Board.
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More about Field Notes: The Cultural Trust eNewsletter
Each month look for certain staple articles: The Trust Around Town will tell you what sites we have visited in the past month. Partner Focus will feature an activity of our five core partners and our county and tribal coalitions. Your Dollars at Work will examine a grant given by the Trust in this fiscal year. That, along with our latest news, should provide an interesting and informational resource about cultural goings-on all over Oregon.
Once again, welcome.
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