Oregon
Facts and Figures
In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $14,243,656 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Oregon.
In the most recent information (2021) from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department, Oregon...
- Added 3.4 percent or $9.3 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
- Employed 62,725 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling more than $5.3 billion
More than 57 percent of Oregon’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while more than 39 percent attended art exhibits, according to the 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.
In addition to offering direct grants, the NEA supports national initiatives benefiting people across the country:
Blue Star Museums program provided free admission to thousands of active military personnel and their families at 80 participating museums in Oregon.
An average of more than 3,244 students from 75 high schools in Oregon participated in Poetry Out Loud annually.
The NEA Big Read initiative generated 188 community events in the state, involving more than 8,736 adults and students.
Oregon Fact Sheet
On this page, find information on the arts and culture for Oregon, and how the National Endowment for the Arts has supported the arts in communities throughout the state. Below are highlights of just some of Arts Endowment grantees and artists working in Oregon.
To find a list of grants awarded by the agency to Oregon, go to our Recent Grant Search.
State Highlights
On the Front Lines
Haute and Handmade
Nataki Garrett
Ask the Question
Art Talk with Filmmaker Sky Hopinka
Grant Spotlight on Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts
The Big Read Spotlight on Fishtrap
Marna Stalcup
Matthew Sailor
Michael McGriff
Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim
Yuquin Wang and Zhengli Xu
United States of Arts: Oregon
State & Regional Contacts
Oregon Arts Commission
775 Summer Street, NE, Suite 200
Salem, OR 97310
503/986-0082
TT: 503/378-3772
oregon.artscomm@State.OR.US
Western States Arts Federation (Regional Arts Organization)
1743 Wazee Street, suite 300
Denver, CO 80202
303/629-1166
staff@westaf.org