"One big takeaway for me, though, was that dance was not mentioned once. That's understandable considering that the Portland Art Museum, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and 1803 Fund-a nonprofit dedicated to building generational wealth and well-being in Portland's Black community-don't directly intersect with dance. Although I think there should be more intersection."
"When Bynum, PSU's arts dean, spoke about how strong the arts are at Portland State, it kind of shocked me. There is no dance at PSU. So how could it be a great program? The cuts to dance began in 1995, when the university eliminated the major and the Contemporary Performance Series, leaving a deep wound in the Portland dance community that it hasn't recovered from and probably won't."
Portland State University hosted a Politics and the Arts Forum event featuring panelists from cultural institutions discussing support for Portland's arts community. The forum, running since 2020, facilitates partnerships among arts groups, public institutions, and community organizations. Panelists included PSU's arts dean, representatives from the Portland Art Museum, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, and the 1803 Fund. While the discussion was engaging and inspiring, a significant absence emerged: dance received no mention, and notably, PSU itself lacks a dance program. The university eliminated its dance major and Contemporary Performance Series in 1995, creating a wound in Portland's dance community that persists unhealed.
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