INSPIRATIONAL MISSION STATEMENT
New Oregon Arts & Letters creates and presents arts, literature, and media. Our programming encourages collaboration, supports interdisciplinary practices, and contextualizes creative culture. New Oregon Arts & Letters is committed to fostering innovation, integrity, and critical dialogue across a broad range of communities.
AND...
We really mean it!
IMPECCABLE PROGRAMMING
Please see our current projects page. So far in 2009, we are the proud presenters of Call and Response; the Easter Island Project; 2GQ.org; Light + Shadows; A Compendium of Miniatures; No Participation; and Nora Robertson's flagship project, the New Oregon Interview Series.
DONATIONS
New Oregon Arts & Letters is fond of help, financial and otherwise. DONATE HERE, or email us if you would like to volunteer or make an in-kind donation.
Our EIN is #93-1313866. Your in-kind and cash donations may be tax deductible, as we are a 501c(3) nonprofit organization.
FABULOUS MAILING LIST
You'll receive occasional e-newsletters & no extensive spam. We respect your privacy and will not sell off your email address.
FORMAL, OFFICIOUS CONTACT INFORMATION
New Oregon Arts & Letters
PO Box 2863
Portland, Oregon 97208 USA
direct contact: neworegonarts at gmail.com
email list: neworegonarts-subscribe@googlegroups.com
phone number available upon request
www.neworegon.org
COPYRIGHT & PRIVACY POLICY
Ours is less boring than the other guy's! Please do read our policy if you're planning to sneak some of our content away for your own use. Or if you're just bored.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Tiffany Lee Brown
BRILLIANT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Clare Carpenter, Chair
Steve Fritz, Vice Chair
Allison Dubinsky, Secretary
Nora Robertson, Treasurer
Tiffany Lee Brown, generic board member
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Carla Schulz, Mark Meadows, Andrew Hultkrans, Lidia Yuknavitch, Noah Mickens
Tiffany Lee Brown, editor
Nora Robertson, assistant editor
John Longstocking, Kristy Athens, current writers
Clare Carpenter, book arts/production manager for print publications
James Curcio, Joshua Berger, and Drew helped with design elements
A very short, incomplete list of the many contributors, collaborators, and artists who've worked with us lives right here. We hope to update it soon.
CONVOLUTED YET FASCINATING HISTORY: PART ONE
New Oregon Arts & Letters evolved out of something called 2GQ. Short for 2 Gyrlz Quarterly, it was founded by Tiffany Lee Brown under the auspices of 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts, a most excellent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Portland, Oregon. We launched our first web-based publishing project in 2003, followed by our limited edition print journals. Book arts projects and a new blog came along later.
In addition to online and print publishing projects, 2GQ produced and curated numerous multidisciplinary events, hosting music, literary readings, performance art, dance, participatory art, social practice, visual art, book arts, printing, and other good stuff—often all in the same event, under the same roof, at the same time. Examples are the Exquisite Language interdisciplinary show/publication at the Heathman Hotel for the Enteractive Language Festival and the Public Works series of works in progress at the Someday Lounge.
In 2009, we changed our name, Board of Directors, and mission statement, retaining the eight-year legal history and EIN number of 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts... all because the Gyrlz founders moved to England (sigh). Now, call us New Oregon Arts & Letters. Our new domain is neworegon.org. We hope you'll be patient with our transition—and maybe offer some help in the form of a donation or volunteer support. Contact neworegonarts@gmail.com to join our mailing list or get in touch.
MUCH MORE CONVOLUTED AND EVEN MORE FASCINATING HISTORY: PART TWO
2 Gyrlz Performative Arts was inspired by, and arose from, the organization Two Girls in Eugene, Oregon. Co-founder Lidia Yuknavitch from the original organization, and editor of the freaking fantastic journal Two Girls Review, has supported 2 Gyrlz and 2GQ throughout our evolution in the Portland non-profit arts world, and curated a series for the early 2GQ webzine.
There's still some confusion, though. To clear it up: 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts is not the same thing as Two Girls, and 2GQ/2 Gyrlz Quarterly is not the same thing as Two Girls Review. OK? OK! Let's keep going.
Q: IS IT TRUE THAT NEW OREGON and 2GQ SUPPORT THE FINAL SERIAL COMMA?
A: Yes we do, in thought, word, and deed.
A FINAL WORD FROM THE FOUNDER OF NEW OREGON:
"Squirrel."
