2009 Grant Recipients
$30,000 for Arts, Heritage & Humanities
Oregon Cultural Trust Funds
Distributed Locally by
Lane County Cultural Coalition
The Lane County Cultural Coalition distributes grant funds in the areas of arts, heritage and
the humanities and seeks to increase cultural accessibility, awareness, and education to all
areas of the county through Cultural Opportunity Grants, with Oregon Cultural Trust Funds
re-distributed at the local level.
Archaeological Legacy Institute
Eugene, Oregon
$1,000—Funds to promote the 2010 Archaeological Channel Film & Video Festival.
Priority Areas: Awareness & Heritage
Edison Elementary School
Eugene, Oregon
$1,015—Funds to support monthly multicultural storytelling program and train
storytellers.
Priority Areas: Education & Humanities
Shelton McMurphy Johnson House
Eugene, Oregon
$1,000—Funds to support A Living History Day & Ice Cream Social designed to
increase awareness of the house and its history.
Priority Areas: Awareness & Heritage
Boot and Sandals Square Dance Club
Cottage Grove, Oregon
$2,650—Funds to support an engineering study to make needed repairs to the
Cottage Grove Square Dance Building.
Priority Areas: Access & Heritage
Oregon Genealogical Society and Research Library
Eugene, Oregon
$1,500—Funds to improve library comfort, access to materials, storage, and security.
Priority Areas: Access & Heritage
Cottage Theatre
Cottage Grove, Oregon
$1,875
Funds to subsidize free tickets for students to see the play, The Miracle Worker.
Priority Areas: Access & Humanities
DanceAbility International
Eugene, Oregon
$1,265
Funds to train a new dance instructor to support the Performance Expansion Project,
designed to bring more multi-ability dance performances to more children in Lane Co.
Priority Areas: Education & Art.
Lord Leebrick Theatre Company
Eugene, Oregon
$1,500
Funds to support their 20/25 Outreach Project, which provides low-cost or free
tickets to those 20 year old and younger and those making less than $25,000.
Rural Art Center
Lorane, Oregon
$2,000—Funds to collaborate with the local school district to bring arts and
humanities education to children through their Arts in the Schools Program
Priority Area: Education & Arts
The Last Resort Players
Florence, Oregon
$1,500—Funds to subsidize reduced ticket prices so children and families can attend
community musical theatre featuring local children performing roles.
Priority Areas: Access & Arts
Danish Brotherhood in America, Junction City Lodge #268
Junction City, Oregon
$2,000—Funds to produce interpretive signage and panels in the Danish Cemetery.
Priority Areas: Education & Heritage
Oregon Coast Chamber Orchestra
Florence, Oregon
$1,500— Funds to subsidize reduced ticket prices to a concert program featuring
music of Latin America.
Priority Areas: Access & Arts
Writers in Lane County Schools
Eugene, Oregon
$2,000—Funds to expand their semester-long writer in residency program that has
served three Lane Co. schools.
Priority Areas: Education & Humanities
Upstart Crow Studios
Eugene, Oregon
$2,000— Funds to subsidize reduced ticket prices for children’s theatre programs.
Priority Areas: Access & Humanities
The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts
Eugene, Oregon
$750—Funds to support vocal training for youth contestants in the NAACP’s
Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, which is a year-long
mentorship program for local high school students who are of African descent.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
Florence Performing Arts Center
Florence, Oregon
$1,000—Funds to support a free master class to middle- and high-school choir students.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
Youth Empowerment Project
Eugene, Oregon
$1,670—Funds for education and mentorship collaboration focusing on art making
and exhibition for disadvantaged and under-served youth.
Priorities Areas: Education & Arts
Oregon Mozart Players
Eugene, Oregon
$1,500—Funds to support a Youth Baroque Outreach Concert for students of the
Springfield Academy of Arts & Academics.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall
Eugene, Oregon
$2,500—Funds to support a youth volunteer program that teaches participants to
serve the major functions of the performing arts facilities, such as ticket sales,
security, office management, and light and sound engineering.
Priority Areas: Education & Arts
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