Fellowships

Bruce Poinsette and Ifanyi Bell at work on Poinsette's 2022 Community Storytelling Fellowship project. Photo by Intisar Abioto

Oregon Humanities offers programs that help Oregonians connect, reflect, and learn from each other. Our fellowship programs support individuals in sharing art and stories across the state.

Community Storytelling Fellowship

The Community Storytelling Fellowship is awarded annually to Oregonians who belong to communities that are underrepresented in Oregon media. Each fellow receives $5,000 to support the creation of true stories about those communities—journalism, creative nonfiction, and multimedia—to be shared in Oregon Humanities magazine and other publications.

Fields Artist Fellowship

The Fields Artist Fellowship awards $150,000 each to four artists or culture bearers over a two-year period. The fellowship is presented by the Oregon Community Foundation and Oregon Humanities.

Oregon Poet Laureate

The Oregon Poet Laureate fosters the art of poetry, encourages literacy and learning, addresses central issues relating to humanities and heritage, and reflects on public life in Oregon. Oregon Humanities administers the Oregon Poet Laureate program for the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Meet the 2026–28 Fields Artist Fellows

Oregon Community Foundation, in partnership with Oregon Humanities, has named four Oregonians to the Fields Artist Fellowship, which awards $150,000 over two years to Oregon-based artists working to address community issues through creativity and cultural expression.

Community Storytelling Fellowship

The Community Storytelling Fellowship supports storytellers working in any medium—written journalism, audio, video, comics, photography, and more—in sharing stories from communities they are part of.

Meet the 2026 Community Storytelling Fellows

Oregon Humanities is excited to announce the recipients of the 2026 Community Storytelling Fellowship

Past Community Storytelling Fellows

Learn more about the recipients of the Community Storytelling Fellowship.

Fields Artist Fellowship

The Fields Artist Fellowship is a partnership between Oregon Humanities (OH) and the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF), aimed at investing in individual artists, culture bearers, and their communities.

Past Fields Artists Fellows

Learn more about the recipients of the Fields Artist Fellowship.