PHAME announced today the schedule and community partners for a major initiative this March – “PHAME: the H is for Honored Tour” 2012, a Portland metro regional tour showcasing the incredible talent of PHAME’s inspiring artists and performers with developmental disabilities.
From March 14 to 22, 2012, PHAME’s inspiring performers and artists will fan out across the tri-county Portland region as well as Southwest Washington, offering eight days of free arts programs in over a dozen communities – including Beaverton, Estacada, Gresham, Hillsboro, Vancouver WA and several neighborhoods across Portland – and culminating in a major PHAME and Friends showcase on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Portland’s Aladdin Theater, featuring PHAME students alongside other of Portland’s most notable artists and performers. Tickets for the Aladdin Theater show ($15 each) go on sale February 1, 2012.
“The H is for Honored Tour will fundamentally change hearts and minds about the incredible talent, humanity and possibility of adults with developmental disabilities,” says PHAME Executive Director Stephen Marc Beaudoin. “We are thrilled to be partnering with wonderful community organizations across the Portland metro region on this Tour, and look forward to showcasing the musicians, actors, dancers, writers and artists of PHAME in free showcase performances to thousands of community members on The H is for Honored Tour!”
“PHAME: the H is for Honored Tour” kicks off with a PHAME showcase and media event at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at the St. Johns Community Center, 8427 N Central Street. This event is free and open to the public. The current full Tour itinerary is available online here, at PHAME’s “H is for Honored Tour” blog.
“PHAME: the H is for Honored Tour” is supported by several generous Foundations, corporate partners and individual donors, and Portland 100 Fund of Equity Foundation was the first foundation to step forward in support of the Tour. Peter Cunningham, Equity Foundation Executive Director, said, “Equity Foundation is excited to support PHAME Academy in this endeavor with our Portland 100 Fund. Equity Foundation is Oregon’s LGBT community foundation and our mission includes creating communities that promote the dignity and worth of all people and this tour exemplifies that mission!”
“PHAME: the H is for Honored Tour” is sponsored by Portland 100 Fund of Equity Foundation, Multnomah County Cultural Coalition, Oregon Cultural Trust, numerous community and business partners and the support of generous individual donors. The “H is for Honored Tour” blog is online here. More information on the Tour – including updated Tour itinerary, community and business partners, new special events and more – will be updated in the weeks ahead.
