(2022 Report) An Arts Nonprofit That Gets Involved

Okaidja Afroso at the 2022 Ashland World Music Festival Park Performances.

Talent Songbirds Family Sing Night

Sophia Blanton and dance class at 2022 Ashland World Music Festival

In 2022, Rogue World Music…

Produced opportunities for over 6,000 people attend, participate, learn, and connect via FREE music and/or dance offerings. This included the:

• Ashland World Music Festival events: Percussion Workshop, HeartBeat Stories, Park Performances, AWMF SoundWalk, & Winter SoundWalk.

• Songbirds children’s world music education program: all Kindergarten-5th grade students of Talent Elementary, Phoenix Elementary, & Orchard Hill Elementary, plus a family sing night in Talent & in Phoenix, OR.

• Cultural Outreach Program events: Afroscoutz Ghanaian music workshop, the 2nd annual Almeda Fire Commemoration, the Talent Harvest Festival, the 1st annual Rogue Valley Make Music Day, & the annual Talent Dia de Los Muertos celebration.

Hired, and amplified the work of over 40 culture bearing artists as part of our on-going dedication to create authentic cultural connections with a focus on context and nuance.

Saw the 1st anniversary of hiring our first BIPOC Executive Director: Ana Byers.

Welcomed our first BIPOC member to the Board of Directors: Gabriel Barrera.

Raised almost $10,000 for Almeda Wildfire recovery and rebuilding efforts, bringing our overall funding raised for this community need to almost $30,000 since 2020.

We were so lucky to work incredible 2022 community partners & collaborators, generating exponential impact as we all worked towards shared goals of generating connection, building community, supporting Rogue Valley residents, and inspiring creativity:

• Ashland Parks and Recreation

• Ashland Chamber of Commerce/Travel Ashland

• Ashland School District (Walker & Belview Elementary Schools and Ashland Middle School)

• Jackson County Library Services- Ashland Branch

• Southern Oregon University Music Department

• Phoenix-Talent School District (Talent, Phoenix, & Orchard Hill Elementary Schools)

• Jackson County Long-Term Recovery Group

• Coalición Fortaleza

• Talent Maker City

• Talent Parks and Recreation

• Talent Public Arts Committee

• B.A.S.E (Black Alliance & Social Empowerment of Southern Oregon)/AfroScoutz

The generous support of so many local businesses and regional foundations, made all these achievements possible. Thank you to:

• Anna May Family Foundation

• Ashland Parks Foundation

• Carrico Family Foundation

• Collins Foundations

• Jackson County Cultural Coalitions

• Miller Family Foundation

• Oregon Arts Commission

• Oregon Community Foundation

• Pacific Power Foundation

• Reser Family Foundation

• Western States Arts Federation

• Amy’s Kitchen

• Ashland.news

• Banjo Boy Coffee

• Bicoastal Media

• Bob Palermini Photography

• Cascade-Hasson Sotheby’s International Realty

• Evergreen Federal Bank

• Fern Valley Farms

• First Interstate Bank

• Full Circle Real Estate

• Full Spectrum Pharms

• Harry & David

• Heart Rising

• Horn Creek Hemp

• KDP Accounting

• KSKQ

• Legit Ship CBD

• Neuman Hotel Group

• Royally-Grown CBD

• Oregon Health Insurance Marketplace

• Oregon Shakespeare Festival

• Pacific Power

• SignDude

• SOPBS

• Sonali & Company Real Estate

• Southern Oregon Printing

• Stratford Inn

See our full 2022 Annual Report