White Bird, under the leadership of Co-Founders Walter Jaffe and Paul King, is thrilled to be the recipient of the 2012 William Dawson Award for Programmatic Excellence from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters.

This award is presented to an individual or organization for the quality, innovation and vision of program design, audience building and community involvement effort.

This national award comes on the back of Paul King and Walter Jaffe receiving the Jerry Willis Achievement Award for artistic excellence, distinguished leadership and extraordinary vision at the 2011 Western Arts Alliance Conference in Seattle this autumn.

“We are extremely honored and grateful to be recognized for this national award as well as being included in the extraordinary company of the other award recipients,” said Paul King.  “We absolutely share this amazing honor with Portland’s extraordinarily vibrant dance and arts community, our loyal audience, and the enormously supportive individuals, foundations and government leaders that make arts in our city a top priority."

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