The Impact of the Oregon Cultural Trust on the Statewide Cultural Policy Institutional Infrastructure
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Date
2018-06-12
Authors
Cummins, Joshua
Fernandez, Milton
Flinspach, Jennie
Hobbs, Brianna
Lambert, Patricia
Lee, Victoria
Rutter, Juliet D.
Sokolowski, Jes
McMullen, Bradford
Rogers, J. K.
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Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, University of Oregon
Abstract
Parallel to a similar study commissioned by the Oregon Cultural Trust in 2017-2018, the University of Oregon (UO) Arts and Administration program partnered with senior staff of the Oregon Cultural Trust and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies on a research project investigating the impact of the Oregon Cultural Trust on the statewide cultural policy institutional infrastructure. These studies were designed to be complementary. Whereas the commissioned study was intended to be advocacy research, the UO research initiative planned a rigorous year-long academic applied research project conducted by a faculty-led team of nine graduate students.
Throughout the academic year, the team investigated two main research questions supported by multiple sub-research questions. Research methods included literature review, document analysis, key informant interviews, and surveys. The main research questions were the following:
1. What is the role of the Oregon Cultural Trust within the statewide cultural ecology?
2. How does the Oregon Cultural Trust compare with other state-level cultural funding mechanisms that exist across the United States?
Research findings from collective and individual research conducted throughout 2017-2018 were integrated into the full research report. The Professional Project team’s analysis led to structuring the final report in two sections: first, an introduction to the cultural policy infrastructure within the state of Oregon and the evolution of the Oregon Cultural Trust, and second, analysis of the impact of the OCT on the statewide cultural policy institutional infrastructure. The discussion of impact focuses on three areas: (1) impact on the internal infrastructure-development activities taking place within the OCT; (2) impact on select issues pertaining to cultural development across the state; and (3) economic impact.
Description
152 pages
Keywords
Oregon Cultural Trust, State Arts Agency, Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit, Oregon, Creative economy, Cultural policy, Cultural development, Arts funding, Cultural ecology, State-level culture, Cultural coalitions, Tax credits, Tax incentives, State of Oregon, Public funding