Cultural Opportunity Grant due 10/15
The Lane County Cultural Coalition's Cultural Opportunity Grant application is now available! If you or your organization is planning a project for 2021 in the arts, heritage, or the humanities, you are encouraged to apply by Thursday, October 15th at 5pm. Priorities include making cultural activities in Lane County affordable, accessible and inclusive; increasing awareness of cultural activities; and encouraging [...]
Present a Fiesta Cultural Event
Lane Arts Council announces the sixth year of Fiesta Cultural! Fiesta Cultural creates opportunities for inclusion through the arts, and engages the community in welcoming multicultural programs and events that highlight the rich diversity of Latinx arts, culture, and heritage in Lane County. Are you interested in planning an in person or virtual event as a part of Fiesta Cultural? Or [...]
Community Arts Grant & Artist Grant Awards
Lane Arts Council announces $27,000 in grants to artists and arts projects in the Eugene area through two local grant programs: the Community Arts Grant and a new Artist Grant. The Community Arts Grant and Artist Grant programs are funded by City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, Banner Bank, and individual donors, and administered by Lane Arts Council. For the [...]
Coronavirus Relief Fund – Apply by 8/24
Applications are now live and open for Oregon’s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) Cultural Support program. Funds allocated to the Oregon Cultural Trust will be available to Oregon cultural organizations facing losses due to the COVID-19 health crisis. The $25.9 million in funding was made available through a $50 million relief package for Oregon culture recently approved by the Emergency Board of [...]
August First Friday ArtWeek is Visual Arts Week | Aug 7-15th
August 7th kicks off Eugene's annual Visual Arts Week and our First Friday ArtWeek with dozens of opportunities to enjoy public art, meet local artists, and celebrate the visual arts in our community. In the past, Lane Arts Council's First Friday ArtWalk kicked off Visual Arts Week with an evening of gallery-hopping, but this year our ArtWalk extends through [...]
Lane County Artist Relief Fund
We are so thankful for our community's outpouring of love through the Lane County Artist Relief Fund over the past month. Community members have given generous donations, friends have helped us spread the word, and artists have received critical support as they continue to face canceled gigs, closed markets and galleries, and financial insecurity. Lane Arts Council created the Lane County Artist Relief [...]
Lane Arts Council Needs Your Help
“Artists are doing our part to help elevate the community right now. We need these moments of beauty and creativity now more than ever,” shared one of our teaching artists, who is offering art classes online for youth now that schools are closed. Especially in times of crisis, the arts fortify our well-being, inspire and connect us to each other, and uplift [...]