Performing Arts
Our Performing Arts programs use live music, movement, and storytelling to deepen how people experience and connect with forests.
Where Forests Take the Stage
From music and movement to spoken word and experimental performance, our Performing Arts programs use live art to expand how people connect with forests—emotionally, intellectually, and collectively.
Through partnerships with local and regional arts organizations, we are building a dynamic platform for performances that explore forests, climate, culture, and community. These experiences invite audiences to engage with forest stories in ways that are embodied, immersive, and deeply human.
Upcoming Experiences
Eras
May 15, 2026, Miller Hall
World Forestry Center is honored to partner with Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir and Third Angle New Music to present Eras—a world premiere wildfire oratorio exploring the intersection of past, present, and future for both people and planet.
The creative journey of Eras began in April 2025, when students from the ORS Youth Choir and Third Angle Ensemble visited our exhibit Following Fire, a powerful collaboration between photographer David Paul Bayles and ecologist Frederick J. Swanson.
Art as a Living Conversation
Performing arts at World Forestry Center are not just presentations—they are conversations. Each program is designed to spark curiosity, inspire questions, and open pathways for dialogue about the health of our forests and our role in caring for them.
Our Performing Arts program grows through collaboration with artists and cultural organizations who share our belief that creativity is essential to shaping a sustainable future. We seek projects that are inclusive, innovative, and rooted in curiosity about forests and the people who depend on them.
Past Experiences
Evergreen
October 22 & 23, 2025, Miller Hall
World Forestry Center proudly partnered with Third Angle New Music to celebrate Third Angle's 40th anniversary series. This special performance featured a string quartet and clarinet playing 3A-commissioned works inspired by the Pacific Northwest, paired with poetry recited by former Oregon Poet Laureate Kim Stafford.
Partner with us!
Have an idea for an exhibition, performance, workshop, or artist talk? We’d love to hear it. Reach out to start a conversation about bringing your creative vision to World Forestry Center.
