What does a donation to Oregon Contemporary do?

Supports free access to cutting edge regional to international art for all visitors… this past year we hosted nearly 15,000 visitors

Supports artists and cultural producers being paid fair wages, as established by W.A.G.E. (Working Artists and the Greater Economy)

Supports First Saturdays with exhibitions and programs throughout the 12,000+ Square foot building.

Supports discounted partnerships for other arts and community groups to present their work in our building.

Oregon Contemporary’s Impact in 2024

Produced
4 Major Exhibitions including 2 large-scale solo shows and the extraordinary Artists’ Biennial
56 Programs and Events 
50% of these were BIPOC led or majority

Supported
529 Artists, Curators, and Performers in exhibitions, programs, events, talks, tenant and partner programming and more
50 Organizations through tenant spaces, partnerships, events and more
29% of these are BIPOC led or majority

Presented
116 Public events and exhibitions with our programs, tenants, and partners
92% of events and all exhibitions were free
57% were donated/discounted event space- including donations of space to communities of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and People with Disabilities, or deeply discounted for arts and culture groups and Kenton neighborhood events