Newport Oregon and the Central Oregon Coast

Arts & Culture

Many artists call Newport home. Sharing their talents and vision, Newport has developed a vibrant arts community of working artists, talented young people, exuberant volunteers and dedicated audiences. Together they produce a year-round season of theatre, music, dance, exhibitions, readings and lectures.

http://www.coastarts.org/

Oregon Coast History Center

http://www.oregoncoast.history.museum

This log cabin museum focuses on the history of pioneering, the local Siletz Indian tribe, and the logging and fishing industries in Lincoln County.

Burrows House Museum

Built in 1895, the Burrows House Museum features exhibits of Lincoln County history, including period rooms of the Victorian era with household furnishings and clothing.

The Newport Performing Arts Center

http://www.coastarts.org

With the Pacific Ocean as a backdrop, the center is itself a dramatic addition to the Historic Nye Beach District of Newport. In the 400-seat Alice Silverman Hall or the experimental Studio Theatre, a progression of actors, dancers and musicians present classic and experimental work.

Theatre

http://www.redoctopustheatre.org

Red Octopus Theatre Company, founded in 1978, has a long history of offering comedy, drama, classics, and original theatre.

Porthole Players, Ltd.

The Porthole Players, a nonprofit theatre group established in 1972, offers comedy, drama, and musical theatre.

Dance

Newport is home to three dance companies: Dance! And All That Jazz!, Oregon Coast Ballet Company and Pacific Dance Ensemble. All have both performance and teaching branches.

Music

http://www.newportsymphony.org

The Newport Symphony Orchestra is the only full-time professional symphony on the Oregon coast. The ensemble includes musicians from the coast, Eugene, Portland, Salem, and beyond. The Newport Performing Arts Center is home base for many vocal performances as well as other music.

http://www.jazzatnewport.org

Jazz at Newport is an annual event held in September featuring locally and nationally known jazz musicians.

Visual Arts

http://www.coastarts.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=43258 glass sculpture

Literally hundreds of visual and fine crafts artists are represented in the many galleries of Newport. The Newport Visual Arts Center, with its photography lab, studios and gallery, is the hub for the many workshops, classes and exhibitions offered by the Yaquina Arts Association, The Oregon Coast Council for the Arts and many independent artists. Docent services are provided by the Coastal Arts Guild.

Writing

http://www.writersontheedge.org/

The mission of the Writers On The Edge, Inc. is to promote, support, encourage, and advise writers in any form including text, performance, Internet, film, and other media. The Nye Beach Writers' Series, a program of Writers On The Edge, has featured 275 authors since its monthly literary events began in 1997. The Series showcases authors of diverse types of writing including fiction, nonfiction, plays, songs, history, memoir, poetry, essays, and investigative journalism.

Galleries

For a list of Newport art galleries, click here.