Historic Preservation Presentation

Historic Preservation 11.07.23 (pdf)

Finding Funding Workshop, Arts Council of Clatsop County

Finding Funding_ACCC2023 (pdf)

Thank-you for helping us restore the Odd Fellows building, home to the AAMC!

Original Astoria Odd Fellows Building, 1882. This building was entirely destroyed by the fire of 1922

Thank-you HOPE Crew and Ariana Makau!!

Ladies gettin’ it DONE! Meet (L-R) Molly Baker, the HOPE Crew Manager at the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Milan Jordan, the HOPE Crew Director at the National Trust for Historic Preservation; and Ariana Makau, the founder of Nzilani Glass the second person in the world – and the first woman to receive a Master’s Degree in Stained Glass Conservation from the Royal College of Art in London. The HOPE Crew is empowering a new generation of historic preservationists across the country. It is AMAZING that these incredible women, along with Oregon Tradeswomen and local Job Corps students, worked on the Odd Fellows building street level windows for 2 weeks, making our dream of historically restoring the building that much more OF of a reality.

Watch the building transform with paint from Benjamin Moore!

Thank-you to Benjamin Moore and the National Trust for Historic Preservation for believing in us and honoring Women's History Month- because of your support this building will serve the community for another century!!

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Thank-you to our supporters, we wouldn't be here without you

The AAMC is incredibly grateful to the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation for their continued support of classroom education as well as the performing, visual, and literary arts throughout Oregon.

Funding has been provided to the AAMC from the Oregon Community Recovery Grant of Oregon Community Foundation. To learn more about Oregon Community Foundation and how to support its mission please visit https://oregoncf.org/

Thank-you to the beloved Oregon Arts Commission for supporting the AAMC for the last several years and "enhancing the quality of life for all Oregonians through the arts by stimulating creativity, leadership and economic vitality".

Funding has been provided to the AAMC from Oregon Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020. *Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this {article, book, exhibition, film, program, database, report, Web resource}, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Thank-you to Oregon's State Historic Preservation Office for helping us restore our 1923 ballroom windows!

Thank-you to the City of Astoria for supporting our events with the Arts and Culture Grant!

A heartfelt thank-you to the Oregon Legislature, the Oregon Cultural Trust and the Clatsop County Cultural Coalition for Coronavirus Relief Fund Cultural Support funding.

Help us keep our organizations alive by supporting the Oregon Cultural Tax Credit!

It was 100 years ago on August 18th 1920 that the 19th amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified, enfranchising all American women and declaring for the first time that they, like men, deserve all the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. It took activists and reformers nearly 100 years to win that right, a right that made it possible for women like me to stand up for what I believe in today. And so we honor all of those that fought for and believe in this mission, in the importance of women and their contributions throughout history making this country what it is today. In celebration of Women's Heritage and the 100-year anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Movement, we are elated to announce that Benjamin Moore and the National Trust for Historic Preservation chose the Astoria Odd Fellows building as one of two sites in the country to donate paint that will transform the entire exterior of this 1923 community building. We are proud to celebrate this revolutionary achievement with these esteemed partners and are incredibly grateful that they recognize the importance of female owned and operated buildings. We know the fight continues and we thank all who continue to recognize the birthright of every woman - the right to equality, to be free and to be ourselves.

Black Lives Matter

The AAMC stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement demanding social justice across the nation and across the world. We want you to now, more than ever, hold the strength, sincerity, commitment and bravery that positive change demands.
Racism is damaging to the Soul at every layer of societal stratigraphy. It runs deeply throughout the performing arts and it threatens our mission, creativity, unity, integrity, authenticity and our lives. It corrodes our communities, denies people their birthright to be themselves, and undermines the inclusivity we strive for as an organization. I ask you today and always to see this as an opportunity to come together, to be kinder, and to listen with more openness, curiosity, understanding and vulnerability. I ask you today and always to support and celebrate Black self-expression in all its forms. I ask you today and always to have the courage to rise together- for, in the words of Ibram X. Kendi,: “We have to be courageous to be antiracist. Courage is the strength to do what is right in the face of fear…”
We can do this and we can do it together. We have to.

- Jessamyn Grace West, Executive Director

Pictured: Nancy, Jessamyn and Andrea - AAMC staff/board members & stewards of the Odd Fellows Building

Stop Asian Hate

The AAMC stands in solidarity with and as an ally to the Pacific Islander and Asian American community, and denounces the violence and racism that is plaguing our nation. This is not a political issue, it is a human issue. If we do not seek to protect and honor those who are being marginalized, targeted, murdered and discriminated against, as an organization we have failed at our mission and we have failed you. We have no right to call ourselves inclusive, no right to move with integrity, no right to dance- for there is no reason to celebrate with movement while others are afraid to step outside. So let’s stand up for, care for, and listen to one another without hesitation- our humanity depends on it. https://stopaapihate.org/

< art by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom/정 울 림

We did it!!

Your support secured a 150k National Trust for Historic Preservation grant for the Odd Fellows building! Thank-you so much, we love you!!!

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