Mission — Chehalem Cultural Center

WE STRIVE…

- By maintaining an accessible art gallery.
- By offering affordable classes.
- By offering affordable performances.
- By organizing or hosting no or low-cost community events that celebrate the arts.
By bringing in at least one nationally- or internationally-recognized artist exhibition each year.
- By providing artists and performers with spaces to showcase their work.
- By hosting open-call juried exhibitions for Oregon artists.
- By partnering with other local artists and arts organizations.
- By advocating that artists be compensated for their work like any other professional.
- By designing classes specifically to instill a love of creativity and an inspiration to lifelong creative expression.
- By creating approachable and accessible arts programming.
- By providing first arts exposure opportunities for children and youth from all backgrounds.ext goes here

By offering affordable, diverse, appropriate, convenient classes in the arts and heritage.
- By ensuring programming is affordable.
- By finding alternative ways of funding underserved participate (scholarships).
- By creating outreach programming that takes our mission beyond our walls.
By being a welcoming environment to all visitors, regardless of their prior experience or expertise in the arts
By sharing the etiquette of art spaces, especially with children, then upholding it.
By providing a space to present, discuss, and debate.
By reserving opportunities within our spaces and schedules.

- By providing opportunities to interact around high quality programming.
- By offering affordable spaces for rent.
- By partnering with individuals and organizations in our community.
By designing programming to be diverse and inclusive.
- By providing a meeting place for businesses and organizations to further their own purpose.
- By complementing existing services to meet market needs.
- By promoting the local economy through cultural events celebrating the intersection of arts and agriculture.
- By creating programming that appeals directly to these groups.
- By keeping programming affordable.
- By generating alternative funding sources for this programming.

- By grounding the organization in local (Oregon) culture and heritage and demonstrating its value through programming.
- By hosting cultural events that celebrate the intersection of arts and the agricultural heritage of our region.
- By providing a venue for and facilitating heritage exhibitions in our galleries.
By focusing on and highlighting cultures from around the world.
By building in components to make it accessible to children.
By offering opportunities for local residents who are from other cultures to share their heritage.
- By providing a space to present, discuss, and debate.
- By finding and connecting these thinkers to our audience.
- By partnering with the Chehalem Park and Recreation District to fully renovate the building.
- By creating a sustainable plan to keep the building open to the public, to serve generations to come.

We strive to foster an atmosphere of inclusivity, creativity, and respect so all feel inspired to participate and express themselves and their identities. The CCC believes the rich variety of cultures in our region enriches our lives. We seek to create space for dialogue that connects communities by offering voices of differing perspectives and circumstances a place to be heard.