Local Arts Get a Boost with 2025 Partnership Opportunity Grants

Published on November 19, 2025

Three local arts initiatives received a combined $5,000 in 2025 Partnership Opportunity grants, supporting community art experiences and a holiday concert at the newly renovated Holly Theatre. Grant recipients were selected by the Public Arts Selection Committee, with funded programs running from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027.

• Downtown Medford Association – $2,750
  Funding will support Paint the Town, a project that will transform up to 38 utility boxes into vibrant works of art created by local artists, adding color and creativity throughout the downtown core.
  
  
• Rogue Valley Art Association – $1,250
  This grant supports Family and Friends Art Day, a free monthly Saturday program offering hands-on activities in painting, printmaking, drawing, collage, and sculpture—all supplies included.
  
  
• Southern Oregon Repertory Singers – $1,000
  The award will help present the Dec. 19 holiday concert at the Holly Theatre, featuring A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten and seasonal favorites. Students from North Medford High School Choir will rehearse and perform alongside the ensemble through the Young Artist Program.

Last year’s grants supported community projects such as an interactive mural by Living Opportunities, summer art camps at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center, and the Collaborative Theatre Project’s Kids Bilingual Summer Camp.