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Oregon ArtsWatch is an arts and culture project founded by culture reporter Barry Johnson in Portland. He aimed to make the site a collaboration with Portland-area performing arts groups. Johnson has written and edited arts and culture stories since 1978. He started ArtsWatch after he left The Oregonian, where he worked for 26 years. He also contributes arts coverage to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Project Updates
- Oregon Arts Watch Launches (August, 2011) - The Oregon Arts Watch website launched in early July with commissioned stories from four local arts journalists, plans to move towards attaining nonprofit status, and some partnerships and events in the works. After some problems with an initial website, the project launched a pilot site on WordPress while one of its board members has donated […]
- Oregon Arts Watch Set to take Center Stage (May, 2011) - Barry Johnson is anxious to launch the Oregon Arts Watch website in June. He considers the 10-month “gestation period,” as he put it, necessary to launch with the membership model he and his colleague envisioned. Arts organizations have agreed to pay the site a per-member fee to give them a subscription to the site. “We’ve […]
- One Goal Achieved, And Searching for More Support (February, 2011) - By Briona Arradondo, J-Lab Intern Eleven arts organizations in Oregon have stepped up to the plate to support the not-yet-launched Oregon Arts Watch, both with subscribers (more than 30,000 members) and financial commitments (more than $45,000 from the groups). While the number of subscribers exceeds the projected goal of 25,000 individuals prior to launch, the financial […]
- Arts Groups Begin Signing on to Oregon Arts Watch (December, 2010) - By Lori Grisham, J-Lab Intern The support of five local arts organizations has brought Oregon Arts Watch (OAW) a few steps closer to launching. OAW, a journalism initiative aimed at covering the arts and culture scene primarily in Portland, will receive financial support from these organizations, which have agreed to donate a portion of their subscriber […]
