The Portland Art Museum, with an associated art school, is the city's center for the visual arts. The University of Oregon in Eugene has an art museum specializing in Oriental art.
The state's most noted theatrical enterprise is the annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, with a complex of theaters drawing actors and audiences from around the nation. The Portland Center for the Performing Arts is home to the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, the Portland Opera, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Oregon Children's Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Tears of Joy Puppet Theatre, and Broadway in Portland. Salem and Eugene have small symphony orchestras of their own.
The Oregon Arts Commission was established in 1967 and became a division of the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department in 1993. The Commission operates a program of direct-mail marketing of fine art prints created by artists from the Northwest. The Commission and the Department of Education jointly administer a program of Young Writers Fellowships.
In 2003, the Oregon Arts Commission and other Oregon arts organizations received grants totaling $1,124,200 from the National Endowment for the Arts. The state and private sources contribute funding for the arts as well. The Oregon Council for the Humanities has a number of annual historical and literary programs. In 2000, the National Endowment for the Humanities contributed $1,016,207 for 13 state programs. The state has approximately 300 arts associations and 60 local arts groups.