Oregon Contemporary (formerly known as Disjecta Interdisciplinary Art Center), builds ambitious programs that promote artists and engage communities. Oregon Contemporary provides a platform for forward-thinking work but visual and performing artists. Their dynamic programs highlight new ideas and engage with new audiences while creating collaborations between artists, curators and viewers to impact and intervene in the larger contemporary arts dialogue. Through its popular Curator in Residence Program, interdisciplinary public programming, and exhibitions which includes the Portland Biennial, a city-wide survey exhibition, Oregon Contemporary has strengthened its position as a champion for artists in the Pacific Northwest.
Oregon Contemporary
- Location
- Portland, OR
- Grant Cycle
- Spring 2023
- Amount
- $100,000
- Type of Grant
- Multi-year Program Support

Converge 45: Tavares Strachan, One Hundred More Fires.
Presented by Oregon Contemporary in partnership with Converge 45. Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné.

Te Moana Meridian, Sam Hamilton/Sam Tam Ham.
Presented by Oregon Contemporary in partnership with Converge 45. Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné.

Fernanda D’Agostino: "Chrysalis (Generativity)," an installation of a series of projection sculptures based on the beautiful nests of tent caterpillars. Image by Mario Gallucci.

Fernanda D’Agostino: "Chrysalis (Generativity)," an installation of a series of projection sculptures based on the beautiful nests of tent caterpillars. Image by Mario Gallucci.

Work by Lynn Yarne, curated by Yaelle S. Amir, Elisheba Johnson and Ashley Stull Meyers. Image by Mario Gallucci.

Work by Demian DinéYazhi with R.I.S.E, curated by Yaelle S. Amir, Elisheba Johnson and Ashley Stull Meyers for the Portland 2019 Biennial. Image by Mario Gallucci.
“Art is what you can get away with.”
Andy Warhol