[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2007-11-29

[Heritage Info]

In this issue:
1.  Excellence Award nomination forms available
2. ODOT announces cultural project funds
3.  Lillian Pitt receives Chiles Award
4.  Northwest Archivists announce mentor program
5.  Two conferences seek program proposals


EXCELLENCE AWARD NOMINATIONS AVAILABLE

Nomination information for the 2008 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards
is now available. The awards recognize individuals, businesses and
organizations for outstanding efforts on behalf of Oregon heritage, draw
public attention to these efforts, and raise the quality of
heritage-oriented activities.

This year*s awards will be presented May 4 at the Oregon Heritage
Conference in Eugene. The Heritage Programs Division of the Oregon Parks
and Recreation Department, which houses the Oregon Heritage Commission
and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, will present the
awards.

Nominations are encouraged for exceptional and meritorious work by
organizations, businesses or individuals. Action over and above the
ordinary call of duty is an award prerequisite. Special consideration is
given to the development of new ideas, approaches and innovations. The
mere fulfillment of routine functions does not justify an award.

Nominations also are encouraged for organizations and projects of all
sizes and heritage purposes and for volunteers and professionals from
all heritage sectors. The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards honor those
people and organizations who have made the most of available resources
and skills.

The complete nomination package includes three parts: cover sheet,
nomination, and supporting material. It is available at
http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/award_info.shtml The postmark
deadline for nominations is Jan. 20. The Heritage Conference is website
is located at http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/Conference.shtml


ODOT ANNOUNCES CULTURAL PROJECT FUNDS

The Oregon Department of Transportation is requesting project proposals
in the Transportation Enhancement program. About $13 million is
available statewide for projects that can be ready for contract in 2011
and 2012. Projects selected will become part of Oregon*s 2010-2013
Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. 

The *TE* program provides federal funds for projects that
strengthen the cultural, aesthetic, and environmental value of our
transportation system.  This can include side*walk, bike path and
streetscape projects, restoration of transportation-related historic
buildings, wildlife and water quality mitigation projects, or
landscaping, viewpoints, and interpretive sites that help travelers
appreciate the scenery and history along Oregon roads and highways.
Among the 12 eligible activities are acquisition of scenic easements and
scene or historic sites (including historic battlefields); scenic or
historic highway programs; historic preservation; rehabilitation and
operation of historic transportation buildings, structures or
facilities; archaeological planning and research; and establishment of
transportation museums. 

Projects are selected through a statewide competitive process based on
written application and field review. Applications are accepted from
local, state or federal agencies, Indian tribes, and tax-funded
districts. A private organization can apply in partnership with a public
agency. Recipients must supply matching funds to cover at least 10.27%
of the project cost. Results will be announced after approval by the
Oregon Transportation Commission in December 2008. 

The TE application process has two steps: a notice of intent due Feb. 1
and a complete application due May 2.

Instructions and application forms will be posted on the ODOT Local
Government Section web site on Dec. 3, 2007: 
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/LGS/enhancement.shtml 
Materials are also available by email from:
patricia.r.fisher at odot.state.or.us 
 

LILLIAN PITT RECIEVES CHILES AWARD

The High Desert Museum has bestowed the 24th annual Earle A. Chiles
Award to artist Lillian Pitt, whose work sustains ancient Columbia
Plateau culture and promotes harmony with nature and others
throughout the world. Pitt works in clay, using Asian techniques like
raku and anagama, incorporating bronze, precious metals, wood, copper,
glass, shell, leather, feathers and other materials.

Pitt, of Portland, received the Governor's Award from the Oregon Arts
Commission in 1990, and her work is internationally recognized. She
received the Best in Show Award at the 2007 In the Spirit: Contemporary
Northwest Native Arts Exhibit. In 2003, Pitt exhibited a major
retrospective of her work, "Spirits Keep Whistling Me Home", at the High
Desert Museum. 

The Earle A. Chiles Award supports and enhances the High Desert
Museum's purpose - to inspire and foster stewardship of the natural and
cultural resources of the High Desert. The award was established in 1983
in honor of Earle A. Chiles - Oregonian, businessman and philanthropist.
The 2007 award is funded by the Chiles Foundation, and will be presented
at the Earle A. Chiles
Award Banquet in Portland on Dec. 4. 


NORTHWEST ARCHIVISTS ANNOUNCE MENTOR PROGRAM

At its 2007 annual meeting, the Northwest Archivists Inc. professional
association voted to establish a mentoring program. The mentoring
program has been organized and applications for mentors and protégés are
now being accepted. 

Individuals wishing to participate in the NWA Mentoring Program, either
as a mentor or as a protégée, should submit an application form (via
mail or e-mail) to NWA Program coordinator Donna McCrea. Donna will
review the applications and facilitate matches between mentors and
protégées. NWA membership is not required for participation, but
non-members will be
encouraged to join. There is no application deadline.

For application forms and additional information about the program see
the NWA Mentoring Program website:
http://weblib.lib.umt.edu/faculty/mccrea/NWAMentoring.htm 
<http://weblib.lib.umt.edu/faculty/mccrea/NWAMentoring.htm>   

 
TWO CONFERENCES SEEK PAPER PROPOSALS

The program committee for the 2008 Northwest Archivists conference is
seeking session proposals. Conference organizers says the conference
theme "New Frontiers in Archives and Records Management" suggests topics
that address challenges in modern archives and records management,
innovations in theory and practice, new kinds of partnerships, and new
perspectives on tradition and technology.  Conference information,
including how to submit a proposal, is available through the Northwest
Archivists website at http://www.lib.washington.edu/nwa/ The deadline
for proposals is Jan. 2.

The Program Committee for the 2008 meeting of the Pacific Northwest
History Conference invites session proposals and individual papers that
explore the complex, ambivalent, and sometimes paradoxical antecedents
to our present moment in time. The conference theme is "Across Time and
Terrain in the Pacific Northwest" and will take place April 17-19 in
Corvallis. All submissions are due Dec. 15. For more information about
proposals and how to submit them, contact: William G. Robbins, Program
Committee Chair, 2008 Pacific Northwest History Conference. Department
of History, 
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-5104
brobbins at oregonstate.edu ( mailto:brobbins at orst.edu )  (541)
602-3867
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