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