Supporting Portland Performing Arts during COVID-19

Andrew Recinos
4 min readJun 26, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has devastated the Portland performing arts industry. While other industries are beginning to re-open, live performing arts falls into the Oregon Health Authority Phase 3:

Mass gatherings such as major concerts or sporting events with live audiences will require a reliable treatment or vaccine to be available.

… will require a reliable treatment or vaccine….

These organizations are struggling to survive right now- and will continue to struggle for months.

National arts unemployment is estimated at 40% and rising.

Our town is filled with a vibrant ecosystem of small, medium and large cultural organizations, contributing so much to makes Portland who we are.

These actors, dancers, musicians, stage hands, designers and administrators need your help for as long as their doors are closed.

Below is a listing of Portland area performing arts organizations with links for how you can support them.

If you love the arts and you have any means at all, please consider making a gift❤️

Portland area performing arts organizations

Have any to add? Put them in the comments and I’ll add to the list!

Music 🎶

Bossanova Ballroom

Chamber Music Northwest

Dante’s

Oregon Repertory Singers

Oregon Symphony

Portland Opera

Portland Piano International

Portland Youth Philharmonic

Star Theatre

Theater 🎭

Artists Repertory Theatre

Broadway Rose Theatre Company

Confrontation Theatre

Imago Theatre

Milagro Theater

Northwest Children’s Theater

Oregon Children’s Theatre

PassinArt

Portland Center Stage

Portland Playhouse

Profile Theatre

Stumptown Stages

🚨 Emergency Relief Funds 🚨

The Portland-area Regional Arts and Culture Council has put together this listing of emergency relief funds for various arts and culture workers and sectors, many of these funds accept donations

Have any to add? Put them in the comments and I’ll add to the list!

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Andrew Recinos

Fellow Human. World Traveler. Husband. Dad. Son. Culturephile. @andrewrecinos