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Oregon Folklife Network partners with Four Rivers Cultural Center and the High Desert Museum out of Bend to support staff folklorists who sustain folklife programming across this large and diverse state.
The next folklorist to come to assist the Cultural Center with coordinating the annual Tradition Keepers Folklife Festivals this year and in 2022 will be Latham Wood.
âWe are excited to announce that Latham T. Wood, a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at the University of Oregon and former OFN graduate employee, has accepted a folklorist position at the Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario,â reads a news release from Oregon Folklife Network. âDuring his time with OFN, Latham coordinated our 2018-19 Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program, working with many former TAAP masters to pilot the first of what we hope will be many artist mentorship gatherings.â
The Oregon Heritage Commission is offering grants to qualified museums for collections, heritage tourism, and education and interpretation projects. Awards typically range between $2,000 and $10,000.
State grants offered for historic properties, archaeological projects, museums
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The State Historic Preservation Office is offering grants for work on historic properties and for archaeology projects. The annual grants fund up to $20,000 in matching funds for preservation projects. Both grant programs support the goals of the Oregon Historic Preservation Plan.
The Preserving Oregon Grants fund preservation of historic properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Work may include non-maintenance preservation like window repair, roof work, foundation projects, plumbing, and electrical needs. Recently funded projects include preservation of the following historic properties.
Odd Fellows Building in Astoria
Museum seeks submissions for Waterston Desert Writing Prize, student essays
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The High Desert Museum is now accepting submissions for the 2021 Waterston Desert Writing Prize.
The Prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting. Emerging, mid-career and established nonfiction writers are invited to apply.
To learn more about the Waterston Desert Writing Prize and how to submit an entry, visit highdesertmuseum.org/waterston-prize. Submissions will be accepted through May 1, 2021.
Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston’s love of the High Desert, a region that has been her muse for more than 30 years, the Prize launched in 2014 and annually recognizes the vital role deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem and human narrative. The Prize is named in honor of actor Sam Waterston, who provided the seed money for the endowment that helps fun
BEND â The High Desert Museum is now accepting submissions for the 2021 Waterston Desert Writing Prize. The prize honors literary nonfiction that illustrates artistic excellence, sensitivity to place, and desert literacy with the desert as both subject and setting. Emerging, mid-career and established nonfiction writers are invited to apply.
Inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterstonâs love of the High Desert, a region that has been her muse for more than 30 years, the prize launched in 2014 and annually recognizes the vital role deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem and human narrative. The prize is named in honor of actor Sam Waterston, who provided the seed money for the endowment that helps fund the award.