Cerimon House

03/28/2022

03/20/2022

We're celebrating our new Artistic Director Vin Shambry and Cerimon House this Friday!

Please join us March 25, from 5 - 9 p.m., for a gallery exhibition of Vin's abstract and fluid art.

The exhibition celebrates Vin's 40th birthday and officially reopens the gallery space at Cerimon House, where we will be featuring local artists with a focus on Black, indigenous, and artists of color.

Masks are welcomed and encouraged!

We look forward to seeing you Friday, March 25, from 5 - 9 p.m. to celebrate Vin, community, and art! This event is free and open to the public. It will include live performances, including a live painting Vin will do at 8 p.m. with proceeds benefitting Cerimon House. See you there!

03/19/2022

You're invited! Please join us in celebrating our new Artistic Director Vin Shambry on Friday, March 25, during a building and community awakening and gallery exhibition of Vin's abstract and fluid art.

The exhibition celebrates Vin's 40th birthday and officially reopens the gallery space at Cerimon House, where we will be featuring local artists with a focus on Black, Indigenous, and artists of color.

A nationally renowned actor and storyteller, Vin started painting fluid art five years ago. "My passion for fluid art stems from its uniqueness and simulation of motion," Vin says. "No two pieces will ever be the same and its individuality intrigues me. I look forward to every day that I am able to paint. It is my hope that others can see the movement and feel the emotion in my pieces."

Stop by and bring a friend next Friday, March 25, from 5 - 9 p.m. and join us in celebrating Vin, community, and art! This event is free and open to all and will include live performances, including a live painting Vin will do at 8 p.m. with proceeds benefitting Cerimon House. See you there!

03/06/2022

Last night’s sold out performance of Resonance Ensemble’s ABYA YALA at Cerimon House was spectacular! If you don’t have tickets to today’s final show, check out the livestream starting at 3 p.m. at Resonancechoral.org/REAP.

03/05/2022

Dress rehearsal tonight for Resonance Ensemble’s ABYA YALA was moving and transformative! We’re excited about the show tomorrow and Sunday. If you’re unable to attend in person, check out the livestream on Sunday at RESONANCECHORAL.ORG/REAP.

03/02/2022

We are thrilled to host Resonance Ensemble this Saturday for ABYA YALA, a performance that explores indigenous connections with the land and history that transcends colonial and geopolitical borders. You won't want to miss! Get your tickets today!

Resonance Ensemble

02/27/2022

We’re excited to host PassinArt: A Theatre Company Monday night at Cerimon House for the reading of “The Learning Curve,” a new play by Vickie G. Hampton. Check out the terrific cast, below. Get your tickets today!

Feb. 28, 7:30 pm

02/21/2022

Violence is not evenly distributed in our society, nor are gun deaths.

While the causes are complex and the solutions call ALL of us to make positive change, we can do things that should be simple. We need to be willing to show up and raise our hands as leaders, workers, allies, and agents of positive change.

Here is one initiative that embraces our churches, our musicians, our citizens, our political and government leaders — all focused on finding ways to end violence and elevate its impact on Black history.

02/17/2022

This is a great lineup of choral music events! Mark your calendar for March 5th and 6th at Cerimon House. We're thrilled to host Resonance Ensemble in its upcoming show ABYA YALA: a gathering that spotlights the words, music, and visual art of indigenous artists from Portland and across the Pan Americas. You're not going to want to miss this!

Be still, rooster. Lazy indeed. Shall we be chastened by such a fowl mouth? Give us one good reason to drop-kick our house-jammies to the corner and head out.

02/14/2022

We have so much love for our community and supporters. Yes, you! Happy Valentine’s Day! We love you!

02/14/2022

Thank you, Laura Lo Forti and Damaris Webb for producing an extraordinary and transformative weekend of film, theater, and memory activism here at Cerimon House. We love Vanport Mosaic!

02/13/2022

Hey all! Check out the inside of the gorgeous new right across from Cerimon House. We're excited to partner with Mildred Hall to expand our arts and community programming. They are pretty excited about us too! This Alberta street corner will be humming in 2022!

02/13/2022

Vanport Mosaic co-director and producer Damaris Webb is definitely getting her steps in this weekend at Cerimon House! Join us for one more day of activities. Here’s the the line up of FREE events today that includes a panel discussion with master artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr. You don’t want to miss this!

Sunday, February 13

2p -3:15p (doors at 1p) screening of SOUL’D: the economics of our Black bodies (the Joy edition) a new performance piece adapted for film, engaging questions of how our Black bodies have participated in the American Economic Dream. Devised by a cohort of local Black performers, designers and filmmakers.

4p-6p (doors at 3:30p) Point Number Five: a conversation with Master Artist Michael Bernard Stevenson Jr and invited guests. The Ten Point Plan was a call to action and a demand for justice and equality from people in power written by the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966. Point number five reads: “We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society”.

02/13/2022

Cerimon House is thrilled to partner with newly renovated Mildred Hall right across the street to help expand our space to support more performance arts and community building. There is so much magic happening at Cerimon House House in 2022!

02/13/2022

Today at Cerimon House! Kent Ford, Portland’s Black Panther Party founder, shared his stories of defending against police violence and organizing free breakfasts for children as part of Vanport Mosaic’s three-day weekend of performance, film, and panel discussions linking the Black Panther’s 10-Point plan to challenges today. Complete with Black empowerment books from Third Eye Books Accessories & Gifts LLC!

02/12/2022

La’ Tevin Alexander brilliantly played Portland Black Panther Leader Kent Ford tonight in the staged reading of “Walking through Portland with a Panther: The Life of Kent Ford. All Power!” written by Don Wilson Glenn, directed by Damaris Webb, and produced by Vanport Mosaic. There were tears, outrage, laughs, and a standing ovation. Right here at Cerimon House!

02/04/2022

Cerimon House is excited to host Vanport Mosaic’s three-day event that links the Black Panther Party’s Ten-Point Program to challenges we face today. Mark your calendar for next weekend - February 11, 12, and 13! This event is free. Warmly accepted on-site donations benefit the repair and reconstruction of Albina’s historic Billy Webb Elks Lodge. Reservations and masks required, as is proof of vaccine, or a negative test within 24 hours.
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Join Mr Kent Ford and invited guests for a three-day event linking the Black Panther Party’s 10 Point Plan to challenges we face today