Antique Powerland Museum Association
We will change out exhibits twice in one operating season. One exhibit will showcase Steampunk art; the other will focus on Blacks and railroad history. $2,000
Branch 15 of the Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Assn
Branch 15 wishes to add authentic background sounds and lighting to the machinery in the new Wolf Iron Works Museum line shaft shop. $2,000
Ceili of the Valley Society
Celebration highlighting music, crafts, dance and culture of the seven Celtic Nations (Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, Galicia and Isle of Man). $2,000
Children’s Educational Theatre (CET)
To expand the audience and meet the needs of our families, CET will hire ASL interpreters to sign all six CET productions at least once. $2,000
Children’s Theatre Foundation
One-day performing arts enrichment workshops for high school theater students and their teachers presented through partnerships with Oregon colleges, universities and professional theater organizations. $1,700
Forge X Northwest (Formerly DIY Studio)
Event promoting creative reuse and consumption alternatives featuring artist’s marketplace, upcycled art show, and trashion/fashion show, as well as educational exhibits and hands-on activities. $2,000
Huitzilopochtli Dancing and Teaching Our Indigenous Heritage
Huitzilopochtli will host its 7th year Aztec Dance Circle project where over 60 participants and thousands from Marion County will learn about Aztec traditions and art. $2,000
Keizer Homegrown Theatre
Trust funds will supplement accumulated savings to purchase sound equipment for theater performances throughout Keizer – 6 lavalier microphones and a sound mixing board. $2,000
Lord & Schryver Conservancy
To provide tools to enable volunteer gardeners to restore the historic gardens at Gaiety Hollow for public use and education. $1,500
Micronesian Islander Community
The project will enable us to reach our goal of celebrating and showcasing the Micronesian and Pacific Islander culture within the community. $1,500
Oregon Poetry Association
A series of three Poetry in Performance events at venues in the greater Salem area featuring Oregon poets who take their poems off the page. $1,000
Paradise of Samoa
To provide demonstration of, participation in, and appreciation for Pacific Islands’ dance and culture(s) through performance, youth and senior instruction and participation, and outreach development. $1,650
Pentacle Theatre
The Pentacle Theatre will enhance its 2016 production of “The Diary of Anne Frank” by hosting numerous educational opportunities during the play’s run. $2,000
Salem Art Association
The project will extend outreach to underserved elementary school students to provide art/history education through field trips/art activities in collaboration with principals and teachers. $2,000
Salem Multicultural Institute
2016 World Beat: Middle East and North Africa will come alive for Marion County youth with traditions, customs, activities, dance, music, games, storytelling, and food. $2,000
Santiam Canyon Youth and Families Alliance
Provide an enriching, confidence building forum for youth through the drama program offered by Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT). $1,500
Silver Fox Foundation
Purchase and install 7 bronze plaques for homes in Silverton that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. $1,000
The Moxie Initiative
The TEDxSalem Artist in Residence program engages a local artist to create a stage installation for our annual event. $500
The Oregon SenateAires
Get America Singing – Marion County will empower teachers, students and Salem community to celebrate Americas rich vocal heritage with instruction and community-building vocal events. $2,000
The Verona Studio
The project “New Voices” will present the work of four exciting but relatively unknown contemporary playwrights to Marion County audiences. $1,500
Theatre 33 on the 45th
This project will help develop and produce for Salem and the surrounding community audiences a world premiere play by an Oregon author featuring Oregon themes. $1,000
Willamette Heritage Center
Willamette Heritage Center (WHC) will create two Traveling Trunks to be used by regional teachers to supplement their lessons in Mid-Willamette Valley history. $1,300
Confluence: Willamette Valley LGBT Chorus
Confluence’s non-auditioned LGBT chorus and formal performances provide opportunity for people of all walks of life to share live music celebrating diversity and community inclusion. $1,625