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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]