EVENTS
Keeping the Arts previously produced Cre8con (aka Portland Creative Conference), an exploration and celebration of the creative process across creative industries.
American Roots Music Festival Sponsors
The American Roots Music Festival in Turner, OR on November 2, 2019, includes free youth concerts and free youth admission, workshops, jam sessions, daytime performances and an evening Headliner concert by world-renown The Western Flyers. Our goals: 1. To offer what, for many youth, will be a once in a lifetime experience. 2. To raise […]
Return of the American Roots Music Festival
We are excited to announce the return of the American Roots Music Festival in 2019! This event was our original fundraiser and ran from 2004 – 2009. It returns this year on Saturday, November 2nd at the Tabernacle in Turner, OR. This year’s event will feature a Youth Concert for students in the area. The […]
Arts Education Grants resulting from the 2017 Portland Creative Conference
Keeping the Arts has announced over $9,000 of financial support for several K-12 arts education programs in Oregon as a result of funds raised at the 2017 Portland Creative Conference. Including the new grants, Keeping the Arts has distributed over $105,000 to support such programs. Programs selected to receive financial support from 2017 Portland Creative Conference […]
The Portland Creative Conference Gives Back
Keeping the Arts has announced financial support for several programs as a result of funds raised at the 2016 Portland Creative Conference. Including the new grants, Keeping the Arts has distributed over $94,000 to support such programs. Programs selected to receive financial support from 2016 Portland Creative Conference proceeds are: Madras High School Band (Madras) […]
Arts Education Grants resulting from the 2016 Portland Creative Conference
The Portland Creative Conference, the primary fundraiser for Keeping the Arts, had another successful run on September 23rd this year. With a new infusion of money into our grant pool, the Keeping the Arts Board of Directors met in November and approved the following grants, which bring our total grant distribution up to $92,000 so […]
Keeping the Arts adds grant to support music programs in Burns, Oregon
With a desire to support the rural Oregon community of Burns after a difficult period during the occupation of the nearby Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, the Keeping the Arts Board of Directors approved a $2,000 grant to support the band and choir program at Burns High School. The funds came from the pool of grant money raised […]
Arts Education Grants in 2015
We are excited to announce that our primary fundraiser, the Portland Creative Conference, raised $10,000 for our arts education grant pool in 2015! The Keeping the Arts Board of Directors met in early December to review and vote on various grant proposals. Below is the list of grants approved for funding: $1,500 to Caldera Arts […]