Hult Center Artist Mixer
Artists across Lane County are invited to the Hult Center’s Artist Mixer, Tuesday, June 23 from 5 – 7 p.m. Whether you’re a performer, writer, visual artist or creative of any kind, join us for this FREE event, focused on creativity, connection and community!
Mingle in the lobby, join small group breakout sessions, share your art on our community board, or add to a LIVE group art project – we’re excited to get to know you, your work, your story and your perspective.
We want the playlist to belong to you too! Whether you’re a recording artist or someone who quietly makes music, we want to hear it. Every genre, every mood, if you made it submit it for the Artist Mixer playlist. We’ll curate the submission into a soundtrack that plays throughout the evening for all to enjoy. Find your original track on Spotify and share it with us by completing our short form HERE
Meet the artists helping to bring the Artist Mixer to life!
William “Hank” Parham is a black non binary radically minded person that receives their formal education via CSULB in political science with a concentration in law. William has also received certification in healing circle facilitation through the association of black psychologist and currently serves as the crisis chair for Sawubona Healing Circles. William has made their home in The PNW for the last 8 years and became interested in trauma informed care on the heels of the George Floyd and Briana Taylor uprising when they co-founded an organization called Antifa Equity Outreach. William these days spends their time providing support to kids via Honey Enrichment Camps and spends their free time in the gym, listening to live music, spending time with friends or hanging out with their dogs. In the fall you can find William hunched overlooking for Mushrooms and in the summer, William is either on the back of a truck at the Oregon Country fair or swimming in one of Oregon’s beautiful rivers. William recently was added to the board of Grass Roots Connect and also serves on the budget committee of the Oregon Country Fair.
Sage Liskey is the founder of the Rad Cat Press, Peer Mindfulness Collective, and Song & Poetry Open Mic. He is a poet, digital artist, and author of 8 books which explore topics such as creativity, trauma healing, and building a better world. His work can be found on Instagram @Sage.Liskey or https://www.sageliskey.com/
M5 was raised in the South but now currently based in Eugene, Oregon. M5 has a deep love for the candid and the unscripted. They have been shooting on and off since they can remember, starting off with disposable film cameras photographing friends, family, classmates, and all types of gatherings. That early instinct shaped them into more of a documentary style photographer, drawn to natural motion, unusual angles, and the quiet power of real life unfolding. Whether they’re capturing events, festivals, weddings, or the motion of the streets, M5 tries to gather the essence of the particular moment, observing with intention and feeling. If an image moves them, makes them pause, or reflect, they know it’s something worth sharing. Photography constantly challenges how he sees the world. It pushes them to translate that vision into something others can feel. M5 has performed for many years under the artist name: m5 vibe. That experience has helped them understand what other artists and event organizers are looking for as well. Over everything, it just feels good to take a beautiful / meaningful shot that they admire, share it, and that for whoever receives or views it feels great about it as well.