Illumination Native Community Gathering
Learn about the work Springfield's Native story team is doing with the Springfield History Museum to explore and celebrate the American Indian and Alaska Native history and experience in Springfield and rural east Lane County. Enjoy food and be in community as the Springfield History Museum holds space to listen and learn from you about how you want to celebrate this collection of video interviews, photos and history of our local Native peoples.
This program is supported by a Public Program Grant from Oregon Humanities.
Meet the 2024 Community Storytelling Fellows
Oregon Humanities is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 Community Storytelling Fellowship,
Lane County Arts and Culture Roundtable
Join members of the Lane County community as they look toward the future by diving into stories of the past. Eva Osirus, the facilitator of the NAACP’s “Our Stories” project, in collaboration with the StoryHelix Community Storytelling Project at Wordcrafters in Eugene, will guide all participants in a group listening and discussion experience around the recorded story of a local storyteller. Through this guided conversation, attendees will gain new insights through story, connect with fellow community members, and identify actions they can take to better our community for all. Read more about this event. You may attend in person or virtually through Zoom.
This program is supported by a Public Program Grant from Oregon Humanities.
Creation Stories
Melissa Bennett writes about the bittersweet search for her Indigenous roots as a transracial adoptee.
Strengthening Community and Connection through Storytelling
Bruce Poinsette and Jennifer Perrine talk about what it means to tell stories rooted in community.
The Immigrant Story Live at Willamette
The Immigrant Story presents a live storytelling event in observance of Global Diversity Awareness Month. Read more about this event.
This event is supported by a grant from Oregon Humanities.
Consider This with Jelly Helm and Nataki Garrett
Join us on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, for a conversation about storytelling and yearning with Nataki Garrett, artistic director of Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Jelly Helm, founder of the branding agency Studio Jelly. We’ll talk about how stories shape culture in advertising and theater alike. This program is part of our 2022 Consider This series, American Dreams, American Myths, American Hopes.
Doors will open at 6:00 p.m, and the event will begin at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $15. Click here to purchase a ticket.
No-cost tickets are also available for this event. Click here to register for a no-cost ticket.
The Value of Your Story
Photographer Joe Whittle writes about his experience as a 2019–21 Fields Artist Fellow.