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Business Oregon staff outline plan to create Oregon Arts and Culture Development Office under bill to merge arts boards
Summary
Business Oregon presented the Arts Commission and Cultural Trust budgets and described House Bill 3048, a community‑driven proposal to create a semi‑independent Oregon Arts and Culture Development Office and a single oversight board, with existing funds and programs transferred from Business Oregon.
Business Oregon presented the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust programs to the joint Ways and Means committee on March 17 and flagged House Bill 3048, a community‑driven proposal to create a standalone arts office and a single oversight board.
Director Sipon Jing and senior program manager Leora Spanko reviewed the Cultural Trust’s funding sources — donations, license‑plate revenue and a cultural trust appropriation — and the Arts Commission’s portfolio of grant programs that support nonprofit arts organizations, artists and capital projects. Spanko said the Arts Commission funded roughly 600 nonprofit arts organizations this biennium with grants ranging from $2,000 to $30,000 and…
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