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Roots and Beats Project fosters positive youth development through media arts education and cultural engagement. Our curriculum merges tradition and technology to weave culturally-rooted digital storytelling focusing on immigrant, refugee and ethnic diaspora experience. We work in partnership with local nonprofits and schools to provide music and multimedia workshops at no cost to underserved youth ages 12-21 years old.

The mission of Rose Children’s Theatre (RCT) is to strengthen our community by empowering children and their families through the experience of performing arts and the magic of theater. RCT is a community-based theatre founded by Celeste Rose in 1978 to help introduce the performing arts to the youth of Lane County. RCT became a non-profit organization in 1989. Since then, RCT has operated independently with support from private donations, grants, and volunteer based fund-raising.

The Rose City Pride Bands is a welcoming space for members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community to forge connections through music.

The Ross Ragland Theater & Cultural Center provides high quality performing arts and educational experiences that enhance community life in the Klamath Basin. A broad-based community effort turned the 1940 Esquire Theater into a state-of-the-art performing arts center. The completion of the theater heralded the renovation of the downtown area, encouraged the use of renewable energy and revived community interest in the performing arts. The RRT serves & educates 100,000 individuals annually.

The Rural Art Center has been building community through the arts since 1996. Led by an all volunteer board, we serve all ages in all arts in the Crow-Applegate-Lorane area. Our annual programs include Lorane Dinner and a Movie, April Fools Talent Show, Crow-Applegate-Lorane Artists in Residence, After School Art, Ukulele Club, the Lorane Hookery.... As a Center without a physical center, we put all of our funding and energy into actual programs, operating with almost no overhead!

SacredFlight serves people who are terminally ill or dying and their loved ones with live harp and voice music. The music is individualized to address each person's physical, emotional and spiritual needs. Patients and families comment that the experience has "brought everyone closer together and provided a sense of peace and comfort."

Mission The mission of the Salem Art Association (SAA) is to actively engage the community in the appreciation of the arts through contemporary art exhibitions and events, arts education for youth and adults, and the preservation and interpretation of our shared cultural heritage. Vision The Salem Art Association envisions a vibrant and connected community that harnesses the power of the arts and heritage to expand creativity and improve lives.

To provide a common meeting ground for persons of divergent beliefs, politics and occupations, for the interchange of ideas and stimulation of intelligent thinking and action on civic affairs; and to inform and activate its members and the community in public matters, and to arouse in them an appreciation of the responsibilities of citizenship.

Non-audition community chorus, ages Jr. High-90s. Oldest continuing choral group in Salem,28ys. Meets weekly, gives two concert series a year, Christmas season and late spring Funds 2 Scholarships :William Riesland Scholarship awards $750 to a mid-valley Jr. in High School to be used to pay for vocal lessons during the students Sr. year, helping to prepare him for scholarships for college. Lynn Knauss Scholarship pays chorus' fees for students who need financial help.

Formed in 1975, the Salem Concert Band was originally called the Salem Wind Ensemble. In 1981 it reorganized to become a non-profit community adult band and a forum for local musicians to perform quality traditional and contemporary band literature. The band consists of 50 to 60 auditioned adult performers. Members of the band represent diverse occupations and backgrounds, but share a passion for great music. The band performs four concerts in its regular season.

Located in the historic Reed Opera House, The Salem Multicultural Institute and World Beat creates safe places where cultural heritage arts thrive. We make them accessible to all and promote an awareness of and appreciation for the cultural diversity in our community. Under the World Beat brand we operate a year-round exhibit Gallery, Performance and Lecture Series, Cultural Assistance and Referral, a Dragon Boat Club, and Oregon’s largest multicultural festival – the World Beat Festival.

Salem Parks Foundation's mission is to raise money and awareness for the improvement of our parks and increased use and enjoyment of our parks. Salem Parks Foundation believes that beautiful and well maintained parks are an asset to the community and are important to the health and happiness of our community residents. We have been and remain an all-volunteer organization. We like to say "Every Penny goes to Parks".

Since 1981, the Salem Public Library Foundation has raised funds for non-tax supported enhancements at the Salem Public Library and has managed endowed donations for future support. Foundation enhancements to the Library have included technology, programs and infrastructure that enable our Library to welcome, include and serve all members of the Salem community.

Salem’s Riverfront Carousel was handcrafted between 1995-2001 and is distinctly Oregon themed with various State symbols as part of its artistic attraction. All of the items, including the animals were and are ‘adopted’ with sponsorship and support from our local community. We strive to keep the dream alive by embracing our global community, promoting tourism/volunteerism, providing cultural/educational opportunity/events/programming, and continuing business/agency partnering. Our goal remains to inspire creative living, community cohesiveness, cooperation, diversity, inclusion, imagination and fun, for generations to come!

The Salem Theatre Network (STN) is an alliance of 14 theatre companies and related organizations with the mission of supporting, promoting, and uniting theatre communities in and around Salem, OR. Starting online in 2012 and incorporating in 2016, the STN promotes theatre through city-wide events and by operating as the central hub for both audiences and theatre artists.

"Since 1954 Salem Youth Symphony has offered students with musical interest and ability the opportunity to create fine symphonic music representing cultures past and present. They come together from different communities and school settings, learn life-long skills and values, and create friendships and memories while making beautiful music together." Currently four ensembles offer beginners through college students the joy of creating music with like-minded peers.

Salem Keizer Education Foundation was founded in 1982 and is the oldest community-based, non-profit organization in Oregon dedicated to enriching the quality of education in its local public schools. Salem-Keizer Education Foundation supports academic achievement and a true culture of teaching and learning.

Our mission it to serve the community through educational and economical resources and cultural empowerment. Our vision is to create an inclusive community that celebrates Samoan culture, increases equitable access to opportunities, and empowers members to create a vibrant, healthy and just society. Our values include:

• Honor our ancestors by preserving Samoan culture & language
• Treat each other with mutual respect or “ava fatafata”
• Impart systemic change by advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion
• Support our Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian partners in their efforts to strengthen and empower their communities
• Stay accountable to our community members, leaders and partners
• Stand in solidarity with BIPOC and LGBTQ allies and all who experience oppression and hardship
• Create an environment where people are valued and live life with dignity

We have been the collector and guardian of the history of the Sandy area since 1926. Our current home opened in 2007 with focus on the Barlow Road, covering Government Camp to Eagle Creek, the logging industry and the founding families -- all depicted through written history panels and artifacts of the time. The research library is an enjoyable place to sit, read and learn.

Santiam Hearts to Arts mission is to preserve, present and promote the fine an performing arts in the Santiam Canyon. We accomplish this by educating, informing and involving our diverse community. We strive to enrich the lifestyle of our communities through the unified effort to preserve and perpetuate a diversity of cultural endeavors.

The Santiam Heritage Foundation, Inc. is restoring the historic 1903 Charles & Martha Brown House. Located at First & High Streets in Stayton, Oregon, the Brown House is a fine example of a grand Queen Anne house. When the restoration is complete, the house will be available to rent for events.

Satori Men’s Chorus is a multi-level choir in Portland where men of all ages and musical abilities sing, grow as musicians, enjoy friendship and entertain audiences. We perform at least three concerts between September and mid-June, featuring a variety of musical styles, including traditional, pop, Broadway, folk, classical, jazz, and gospel. Our motto is "Men Singing Peace" and our mission statement is “we are a community of men expressing our commitment to peace through song.

Save the PT Boat, Inc.was established in July of 1995 as a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, formed by a group of gray-haired ex-PT boaters to take custody of an historic relic, PT658, a World-War II motor torpedo boat, and restore it to original operating condition. Save The PT Boat, Inc., operates and displays the PT658 in the Pacific Northwest as a recognized historic monument as well as a living memorial to all those who manned, fought, serviced and maintained these small warships during the second world war. As of 2012 PT658 has also been named to the National Historic Register by the National Park Service. The organization has accomplished quite a lot, with a work force of dedicated hard working volunteers, except when specialty trades are needed. Restoration and maintenance is an on going project, but the organization still needs help for a new Educational/Heritage Museum and as well as for those additional restorations and maintaining the boat and other items.

Summer melodrama and year around fun. This is Coquille's community theater.

Scalehouse shapes our shared future through creativity, collaboration, & conversation. We believe that our future presents complex challenges and opportunities, not just benefiting from creativity but requiring it. Throughout the year, we convene diverse thinkers for in-depth discussion, artistic expression, and hands-on collaboration. At energetic gatherings, our audiences interact directly with artists, designers, civic leaders, and cultural visionaries, working alongside them to solve pressing problems in our communities and the world at large. Creativity and collaboration burst through boundaries and defy expectations. Our approach is multidisciplinary and contemporary, encompassing visual & performing arts, architecture & design, film & storytelling, conceptual art & activism. From exhibitions to talks to the annual Bend Design conference, our programs catalyze a creative synthesis that’s impossible in isolation.

The mission of the Scarlet Sails Cultural Foundation is as a Slavic languages' theater community, we foster an educational multicultural environment for inspired creativity.

ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum is an interactive science museum located in Ashland, Oregon and serves explorers of all ages throughout Southern Oregon and Northern California. Founded in 2002 as a private response to a crisis in public science education, ScienceWorks is committed “to inspire wonder and stimulate creative exploration through fun interactive science and the arts”.

Our mission is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community. SCRAP Creative Reuse founded in Portland Oregon is a national network of locally managed creative reuse centers in Portland OR, Ann Arbor MI, Richmond VA, and Baltimore MD. Our vision is that there is a creative reuse center in every city, town, business, school, and home.

Scuola Italiana di Portland (SIdP) was founded in 2006 by a group of Italian speakers eager to give their children a more formal education in Italian language and culture. Since that time, it has grown to include a Reggio Emilia inspired, immersion preschool; children’s after-school and weekend lessons; summer camps; a free Mommy and Me playgroup; and a rapidly growing adult language program. The school is the first and only Italian language children’s school in Oregon.

Seashore Family Literacy’s mission is helping children, adults, and families improve reading, writing, math, technology, and communication skills. We provide services to help meet basic needs such as access to healthy food, clothing, & education, while also providing cultural learning opportunities enhance social, emotional, physical & recreational functioning. Paramount to Seashore’s mission is the need for positive, healthy, creative outlets including: Art, Music, Writing, Cooking & Gardening

The Seaside Museum & Historical Society of Oregon is a non-profit educational institution incorporated by the State of Oregon to collect, preserve and interpret materials illustrative of the history of Seaside, Oregon, and the surrounding area.

Secret Knowledge was founded in 2013 by creative empowerment luminary Noah Kleiman to help creative people in Portland grow their working livelihoods amid rapid city growth and looming gentrification. We help creative people redefine success; connect with and support one another; develop necessary entrepreneurial skills; find and access resources; and we provide the direct support creative people need most as they strive to grow their creative careers.

We build collective power by transforming philanthropy and funding movements, in the pursuit of justice and liberation for all communities.

Self Enhancement, Inc (SEI) is dedicated to guiding underserved youth to realize their full potential. Working with schools, families, and partner community organizations, SEI provides support, guidance, and opportunities to achieve personal and academic success. SEI brings hope to individual young people and enhances the quality of community life.

The Shadow Project’s mission is to make school more accessible and engaging for children with learning challenges, so they can achieve their full potential. By equipping classrooms with innovative tools and strategies tailored to diverse learning needs, The Shadow Project has teamed with schools to foster success for more than 14,000 students with learning differences like dyslexia, ADHD, and autism. Kids are supported to become strong, enthusiastic readers so they can access the world of literature.

Shaun Keylock Company (SKC) is one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading contemporary dance companies. As a commissioner, collaborator, and presenter, SKC performs locally and nationally with the top choreographers, artists, and dancers while proudly celebrating LGBTQ+ identity in dance and the performing arts. Since its founding in 2018, the organization has been an originator of many unique projects and collaborations, from staging the first queer chamber opera “When the Sun Comes Out” to preserving the archives of community dance elders. In the progressive, independent spirit of Portland, its aim is to advance the artistry of contemporary dance and queer performance while fostering an exchange of ideas between artists and communities.

The Shelton McMurphey Johnson House is Eugene, Oregon's Victorian house museum. It is open for tours and available for rentals. On display are period furniture, glassware, and photos of historic Eugene, as well as changing exhibits.

Our museum has been open since 2012. We preserve and perpetuate the history of Sheridan and the surrounding area.

The Sherwood Band Boosters are a 501c(3) organization made up of parents, guardians, friends and alumni of band students in the band programs of the Sherwood School District. Our purpose is to support and improve the band program at the middle and high school levels through volunteer and fundraising efforts; and to promote understanding of, and interest in, the band program among the surrounding community and businesses.

Our mission is to provide an opportunity and education for community members of all ages to participate in theater arts. To produce a broad range of theatrical presentations of the highest possible quality and to celebrate the achievements of our volunteers.

The mission of Silent Echo Theater Company (SETC) is to establish, nurture and support a lively local theater arts program that embodies artistic integrity and exceptional production values. SETC produces a variety of theatrical events, including plays, classes and workshops, to enhance our vibrant arts community and ensure that educational and transformative theater experiences are accessible to people of all ages.

The Mission of the Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society is to support and promote the practice, conservation,  and restoration of the tribal cultures of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz  Indians.

The Silverton Arts Association's primary purpose shall be to nurture, exhibit, inform, and promote appreciation and practice of the arts in the greater Silverton area. Through education, the Association will increase public understanding and practice of the arts for present and future generations.

Silverton Country Historical Society was established in 1974 and the museum was opened to the public July, 1976. It serves the general "Silverton area" in order to encompass the original communities that played a significant role in the development and growth of the town known as Silverton. Silverton was surveyed, platted and incorporated in 1854, four years before Oregon became a state. Much of our collection has been donated by families who descended from pioneers of the 1850’s.

Our mission is to inspire children and families toward an appreciation of Oregon history through hands-on learning. We have many programs and events each year that connect people to the natural world, to Oregon’s history, and to each other. Our programs take place in a historic house in Cottage Grove. We offer summer camps, homeschool, evening classes in Homestead Arts and more!

Siren Nation’s mission is to inspire and empower women and people of all marginalized genders to create art, and to highlight their many achievements in the arts. Founded in 2005, Siren Nation is a nonprofit arts organization that fulfills our mission by creating year-round performance, exhibition, and educational opportunities in multiple art forms.

Siskiyou Music Project provides opportunities for residents and visitors of southern Oregon to enjoy and appreciate a full spectrum of high quality music performances through live performance and education.  We present extraordinary regional, national and international musicians and provide educational programs for people of all ages.

Siskiyou Singers is a community choir made up of intelligent, enthusiastic residents from the Rogue Valley and beyond. We currently present two concerts per year (one in early December, another in late April/early May), each offering multiple performances. We also perform at community events, such as the Feast of Will, and offer an educational outreach program presenting choral performances to children at local schools. Our mission is to promote and enrich musical culture in the Rogue Valley.

The mission of the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum is to preserve the historic site of the Siskiyou Smokejumper Base and increase public awareness, appreciation and understanding of its rich and unique contribution to local and American history.

Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. (SFF), is a non-profit organization that enriches lives through music, arts education and cultural events that serve a diverse, multi-generational community. The Americana Project, taught in partnership with the Sisters School District, introduces students to American roots music and art forms through instruction, guest artists and performers and hands-on classes in guitar- and ukulele-building. SFF hosts the world-renowned, 3-day Sisters Folk Festival every Septembe

Mission: Founded in 1970 and located at Cascade Head on the Oregon Coast, Sitka’s Mission is to provide time and space for place-based reflection, inquiry and creation at the intersection of art and ecology. At the heart of this mission is our belief in the importance of teaching and practicing the arts alongside the sciences. Essential to this belief, and to fulfilling our mission, is providing equitable access to and participation in the arts, natural sciences and nature itself at all ages and stages of life. Interdisciplinary and intergenerational exchange and collaboration are central to our work. Programs: Sitka serves over 5,000 artists and scientists of all skill-levels, backgrounds, and ages annually through: Residencies for emerging and professional artists, writers, musicians, ecologists, and interdisciplinary creatives; immersive Workshops for adult learners in the arts, crafts, ecology and writing; a Youth Program providing school year and summer art and STEAM education for PreK – 8 kids in schools without art programs of their own, online and in-person Talks and Readings showcasing voices from the leading edges and intersections of art and ecology, and an annual Art Invitational showcasing work by 100 regional nature-inspired artists. Our monthly newsletter and journal is actively read by over 4,000 people.  

Skipping Stones is a nonprofit children’s magazine that encourages cooperation, creativity, and celebration of cultural and linguistic diversity. We explore stewardship of the ecological and social webs that nurture us. We offer a forum for communication among children from different lands and backgrounds. Skipping Stones expands horizons in a playful, creative way.

SMART Reading is a statewide organization that works to support children's literacy development and create lifelong learners and a love of reading. Through SMART trained community volunteers read one-on-one weekly with PreK-3rd graders. Each participating child also receives up to 14 books of their choice each year to take home and keep.