As part of its role as a public university, the University of Oregon preserves and celebrates culture through a wide array of opportunities open to both our students and the community at large. The following flagship programs are fueled to a large degree by contributions.
ChamberMusic@Beall
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
KWAX
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Oregon Bach Festival
Oregon Humanties Center
ChamberMusic@Beall
The ChamberMusic@Beall
concert series is a collaboration of the UO School of Music
and Dance and the Oregon Bach Festival. As the only series in Lane
County devoted exclusively to chamber music performed by
internationally-acclaimed artists, ChamberMusic@Beall provides
performances throughout the year of impeccable quality for all of the
Eugene community. Give now.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, the only academic museum in Oregon accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, was built in 1933 to house more than 3,700 works of art given to the University of Oregon by Gertrude Bass Warner. Today, the museum is home to a vast permanent collection of Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, American art, as well as an expanding collection of
Latin American art, and regularly hosts exciting special exhibitions in
its galleries.The JSMA continues a long tradition of bridging international cultures and offers a welcoming destination for discovery and education centered on artistic expression. Give now.
KWAX
KWAX Classical Oregon serves Central and Western Oregon with four transmitters and eight translators and the rest of the world by streaming 24/7 at kwax.com. From the Coast to the Cascades, Douglas County to Salem, KWAX provides listeners access to the world’s greatest compositions and performances with live hosted programming each weekday and genre-specific classical programming and symphonic performances by many of the nation’s most renowned orchestras evenings and weekends. KWAX is solely supported by listener membership, business underwriting, and a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. With over 13,000 titles on vinyl and CD, KWAX is unlike any other classical music radio station in the world and is unmatched in the scope of performances played daily and weekly. Give now.
Museum of Natural and Cultural History
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History is a center of interdisciplinary research and education, serving the global scientific community, Native American tribes, the University of Oregon, K-12 students and educators, and the wider public. The museum is home to hundreds of thousands of cultural objects, fossils, and biological specimens from Oregon and around the world. Your gift can support the preservation of important collections, ongoing research and education in archaeology and paleontology, and state-of-the-art exhibits emphasizing the cultural and natural history of the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about how to give or volunteer here.
Oregon Bach Festival
Since 1970, the Grammy Award-winning Oregon Bach Festival has provided a home for Bach's beloved music in the Pacific Northwest. Based in Eugene, the annual summer event attracts the world's leading musicians, who perform the works of Bach and the generations of composers he influenced. OBF also provides educational opportunities for students of all ages, including the Discovery Series, Stangeland Family Youth Choral Academy, Berwick Academy and Organ Institute. Give now.
Oregon Humanities Center
The Oregon Humanities Center seeks to promote and strengthen the
humanities, both on campus and in the broader community, by supporting
humanities research and teaching and fostering collaboration among the
disciplines. The OHC fosters public awareness and discussion of critical issues in the humanities through a rich array of free public programs both on and off campus, including lectures, conferences and symposia, theater, readings, and concerts. Give now.