On Friday, April 25th through Sunday, April 27th, Oregon Folklife Network will host a “Roster Artist Gathering” in Bend, Oregon. Twenty-one traditional artists with profiles on OFN’s Oregon Culture Keepers Roster responded to our invitation to convene for a weekend to build community, share traditions, and discuss values and concerns affecting culture keepers today. Ten Oregon counties will be represented along with nineteen unique cultural arts/traditions.
Now in its second year, the Gathering will allow culture keepers to directly provide feedback about how OFN can best provide programming and resources to Oregon’s diverse cultural communities. In attendance will be the inaugural members of the Culture Bearers Advisory Board — an advisory council of traditional artists who help guide OFN’s strategic planning and programming. Resources produced during this event will be available to all artists on OFN’s Oregon Culture Keepers Roster later this spring.
This activity is made possible by the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Oregon Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Oregon Historical Society, and the University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
This is an event closed to the public; however, if you are a traditional artist and opportunities like this event are of interest, contact Program Coordinator Kait Glasswell at kaitg@uoregon.edu and we can ensure that you are made aware of opportunities like the Roster Artist Gathering in the future.