Coos Art Museum receives Funds, May 2014

Eight Oregon arts organizations, including one on the Coast, will receive $69,342 in funds from The Ford Family Foundation’s Art Acquisition Program, the Oregon Arts Commission announced today. The Art Acquisition Fund, managed by the Arts Commission, helps visual arts institutions with publicly accessible collections acquire seminal works by Oregon visual artists. The effort preserves public access to great works and supports artists and the institutions that sustain their work. Awards help these institutions leverage organization and donor dollars to acquire works. In the four years of this program, 32 works of art by Oregon artists have been placed into permanent Oregon collections.  Awards were made to:   Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay ($8,000):  For the purchase of “Drift: Driftwood 4,” oil on canvas, by Michael Brophy, an artist perhaps most recognized for his large dramatic Northwest landscapes. The painting is the first by Brophy to join the museum’s collection, which is focused on Pacific Northwest culture.