Private support for arts dwindles

Public funding for the arts in the U.S. has always lagged behind first-world countries, with Germany outpacing this country’s arts funding by 40-to-1.

Keep on Buckin’

The Pendleton Round-Up hopes co-branding and concessions to modern sensitivities will keep the iconic rodeo vital for years to come.

The Cover Story: March 2016

All covers are a creative challenge, but our annual 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon issue presented a particularly vexing problem: How to differentiate it from the 22 previous 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon covers. This time around, I wanted to represent a 100 Best Company workforce as truly, deeply, … Read more

The Cover Story: February 2016 issue

Eugene is many things — college town, the city where Phil and Bill got up and running (or jogging), future global athletics venue. But the burg is most famous as a haven for happy hippies. Witness The Oregon Country Fair for a little body-painted proof. This month’s cover story poses the question: could that peace-and-love … Read more