Top

LEO delivers a wide range of programs in the arts, sciences and humanities to rural communities across the 15 counties of Eastern Oregon. The theme of "A Sense of Place" has been developed to tie these many diverse programs together. The broad theme relates to a physical place or a mental place of well being.

To the right are examples of programs.

For a current listing, please see the LEO Calendar.

Serving Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler counties.

Powered by Squarespace

SENSE OF PLACE SERIES - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Making Sense of Place - how people conceptualize place

American Values Associated With Place  - how buildings and geographic features affect culture

Trees as Reflections of Place - how places are perceived by outsiders and inhabitants

America as Garden of Eden - early 1800s perceptions of America

 

Place and History: In Search of the Pacific Northwest - William G. Robbins

Complex relationships between geography and history in the NW

 

Lure of the West - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Depictions of people, lifestyles and landscape of the early American West

 

Chinasaurs - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Comparisons of prehistoric creatures and geology of ancient Oregon and present day China

 

Ghost Hunters in Eastern Oregon - Northwest Paranormal Investigations Society

Using 21st century technology to explore the world of spirits and haunted places

 

Kam Wah Chung & Co. - Christina Sweet, curator; Oregon State Parks and Recreation

Understanding life in a late 19th-early 20th century Old West Chinatown apothecary/mercantile

 

America's Art - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Exploring our national collection of art

 

Night of a Thousand Stars and Other Portraits of Iraq - Joel Preston Smith

 A journalist's view of Iraqis' daily lives, ritual and struggle to survive over the past several years

 

Reading Houses: What Architecture Tells Us - Diana Coogle

How our homes speak to personal, cultural and social values

 

Snake River Chinese Massacre - R. Gregory Nokes

Portrayal of the 1887 murder of dozens of Chinese gold laborers by a gang of horse thieves

 

Memory Writing - Constance Whitmore

Writing one's life story as memoir and family heirloom

 

Celtic Spirituality: Finding Peace in a Harsh Landscape - Terri Neimann

Comparing spirituality in rural British Isles to Eastern Oregon

 

Basque of Eastern Oregon - Kent McAdoo

History of Basque sheepherders in Eastern Oregon

 

Sagebrush Story - Jody Foss

Thousands of miles of travel through the American West on mule-back

 

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire! - Kathleen Almquist, Eastern Oregon Fire Museum

An exploration of the region's historical and present-day use of fire

 

Trickster of the Crossroads of the World - Curtis A. Yehnert

Trickster as central character in stories and religions around the world

 

Impressions of Iran - Lyn Craig

Memoir of recent travel to Iran explores that country's fascinating people, places and history

 

Primitive Bow Making - Ken McAdoo

Hands-on workshop of traditional Native American art

 

Writing Home - Rob Whitbeck

Creative writing classes for area writers of all levels

 

DaVinci - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Comparing the resourcefulness of the great inventor to rural Oregon ingenuity

 

True Stories and Other Fictions in Northwest Oral History - Tom Nash

Elements of folklore in nonfiction stories of frontier Oregon and the West

 

Obsidian: History Through the Volcanic Glass Window - Dennis Jenkins

Volcanic eruptions as social and cultural events in early Oregon

 

Justice in Frontier Oregon - Diane L. Goeres-Gardner

Public executions as social and cultural events in early Oregon

 

Stitched Patches: Quilts of Celebration - Mary Bywater Cross

Hand-made quilts as metaphor and manifestation for community demgrapic chnges

 

Meteorites - Dick Pugh

Identifying and searching for meteorites in rural Oregon

 

Science Festivals - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

OMSI's Discovery Dome planetarium and Science Saturdays at rural communities

 

Science at the Fair! - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Hands-on exhibits and activities to pertaining to area earth sciences at county faires