PHAME’s Fall Term will run September 24 – December 6, and we can't wait to see our students back on campus! We've got 25 excellent classes on the schedule—including Music Theory, Theatre History, Storytelling, and many more!—and it's sure to be a great term.
Read MoreOver the last year we’ve been talking to students about their web preferences and have been researching web accessibility best practices. Today we are thrilled to share our new and improved website that incorporates what we learned.
Read MoreDear Friend of PHAME Academy,
I have been a student at PHAME Academy for 11 years and a staff member since 2016. Before PHAME, sometimes I would have trouble at school—when people used to make fun of me, I would cry instantly. PHAME has made me more brave.
Read MoreThis summer, PHAME is beginning an 18-month partnership with the Portland Opera, and we're calling it the Rock Opera Project. The project is part education, and part performance. For the next few school terms at PHAME, we’ll hold many classes where students can learn how to create a rock opera, including designing costumes, building sets, and writing the story and the songs. In these classes we’ll not only be learning about rock operas, but will also be creating our own opera based on fairy tales.
Read MoreStarting this March, PHAME will be hosting tours of our school and programs! Come see PHAME students in action, learn a little more about our history and programs, and hear about our exciting plans for the future.
Read MoreAfter my disability was diagnosed in the fourth grade, my classmates could be cruel. I still remember being called names when I was put in Special Ed in 1962. I wanted what others had—a place to belong.
Read MorePHAME is thrilled to announce the live auction lineup for our Sparkle: Battle of the Bands gala!
Read MoreThe Board of Directors of PHAME is pleased to announce that Jenny R. Stadler, Ph.D., will become PHAME’s Executive Director on September 11, 2017. Stadler brings extensive experience as an arts and educational non-profit leader, most recently as the Executive Director of the Portland Revels.
Read MoreAfter a blockbuster spring of guest appearances and performances - including a standing-ovation-evoking appearance at the April 15th TEDxPortland event at Portland's Keller Auditorium - PHAME is thrilled to announce that it's returning for another collaboration with Portland's beloved mini-orchestra, Pink Martini, coming up July 1st at McMenamins Edgefield.
Read MorePHAME, the Portland region’s acclaimed arts nonprofit, announced today that Oregon-based business Consumer Cellular has been selected as the first winner of PHAME’s new Excellence in Inclusive Employment Award.
Read MorePHAME is pleased to announce our summer 2017 collaborative project with director and playwright, Matthew B Zrebski. PHAME students and staff will be collaborating with Zrebski to create a devised theatrical work about relationships, life moments, connections and being human, no matter what our differences. The work is titled In a Single Breath and will premiere late August 2017 at Artists Repertory Theatre.
Read MorePHAME is thrilled to announce a new annual event to bring attention to the growing movement for full community inclusion of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our regional arts and business communities, and to highlight inclusion success stories and inspire continued progress.
Read MoreI didn’t always have the opportunities PHAME offers. When I was growing up, I never felt like my teachers could help me go beyond my own limitations.
Read MoreIn a major step forward for creating a more equitable Oregon arts community, PHAME announced this morning the inaugural membership of its newly formed Oregon Arts Leaders for Inclusion Coalition.
Read MoreThis past Sunday, PHAME supporters came together in an incredible show of support for PHAME at the organization's "Best of Broadway" themed 2016 "Sparkle!" gala - and by the time the final notes had rung out from PHAME Rock Ensemble in the Sentinel Hotel ballroom, a new all-time fundraising record had been set.
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