Area groups receive Oregon Cultural Trust grants
By Terry Murry on Thursday, September 25th, 2025 in Columbia Basin News Columbia Basin Top Stories
SALEM – An increase in fiscal year 2025 donations coupled with investment earnings has resulted in al all-time high of $4.15 million awarded to cultural nonprofits and organizations across the state by the Oregon Cultural Trust. A total of 91 individual grants are being awarded, and some of them are coming to this region.
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts in Mission is receiving $40,000 to support the artist-in-residence printmaking program and help expand arts programming. The grant will also increase educational opportunities and foster economic empowerment for Native artists.
The Oregon East Symphony in Pendleton is receiving $5,100 to support free access to a family-friendly classical music experience for residents of Umatilla and Morrow counties. The event is a special collaboration with the Umatilla County Special Library District and features a fully-narrated performance of Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite.
The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center in The Dalles will receive $5,202 to support honorariums and travel expenses for Native American partners who contribute to Indian Autumn and the Archaeological Roadshow. Those two annual events center on Indigenous voices and cultural knowledge.
The Dalles Art Association receives $30,723 to support commissioning and installing a permanent work of art at a roundabout at the east entrance to downtown. The project will feature five large panels tiled in blue and adorned with 3D metal fish sculptures. The project will begin with 10 fish per panel. As a living artwork it will grow over time. The fish sculptures will be created by welding and manufacturing students at Columbia Gorge Community College.
