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December 1 @ 6:00pm PST
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This one-night-only benefit will feature unforgettable performances by Alice in Chains, as well as an acclaimed lineup of guest and youth musicians who will put their own twist on some of the band’s most iconic songs.
For the first time ever, this highly anticipated annual event will be moving from MoPOP’s Sky Church to an online platform where it will be accessible and open for all, giving pop culture lovers across the world an opportunity to connect and become a part of our creative community.
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Your Support Means More Than Ever
While this year's Founders Award will stream for free and be open to all, like many arts organizations around the country, MoPOP has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. As a community supported non-profit museum and in-person gathering space, closing our doors was especially difficult.
All proceeds raised through Founders Award will provide relief by allowing us to continue to serve our community, reach young people, and preserve our shared pop culture history during this difficult time.
Learn more about ways you can show your support or bring a little bit of the in-person party to you by making a gift below!
Our 2020 Honoree
Over the course of their remarkable career, Alice in Chains (vocalist/guitarist Jerry Cantrell, drummer Sean Kinney, bassist Mike Inez and vocalist/guitarist William DuVall) have garnered multiple Grammy nominations, sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and amassed a diehard international fanbase whose members number in the millions.
Their discography features some of the biggest and most important albums in rock history, including 1992’s quadruple-platinum-certified Dirt, 1994’s triple-platinum-certified EP Jar of Flies, which was the first EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and 1995’s self-titled double-platinum-certified Alice in Chains, which also entered the Billboard Top 200 at No. 1. They returned in grand style in 2009 with the critically acclaimed Black Gives Way to Blue, which hit No. 1 across the rock and alternative charts, earned a Grammy nomination, was certified Gold and hailed by Vice as “a record that’s as powerful as anything the band has done.” The band’s latest album released in 2018, Rainier Fog, hit No. 1 across Billboard’s Rock, Alternative and Hard Music Charts and No. 1 on the iTunes Rock Album Chart and earned them a Grammy nod for “Best Rock Album.” Alice in Chains remains one of the most successful and influential American rock bands of all time.
FOUNDERS AWARD COMMITTEE
JODY ALLEN *
HONORARY CHAIR
LESLIE JACKSON CHIHULY
COMMITTEE CHAIR
CHARLIE BILLOW
LEIGH ANNE CLARK
MARK DEDERER
DANA FRANK *
SHELLEY HILF
IAN R. KERRIGAN
MARIA MACKEY
MICHAEL J. MALONE
MIKE MCCONNELL
LIZ MCCONNELL
MICHELLE QUISENBERRY *
AMY SPRANGERS
AMY WINDHAM
* = MoPOP Board Member
PAST HONOREES
Brandi Carlile 2019
John Fogerty 2018
The Doors 2017
Joe Walsh 2016
Jimmy Page 2015
Jackson Browne 2014
Crosby, Stills & Nash 2013
Carlos Santana 2012
Buddy Guy 2011
Billy Cox 2010
Steve Cropper 2009
Robbie Robertson 2008
Ann & Nancy Wilson 2007
