Successful Projects Co-Sponsored by 4ARTSAKE
4ARTSAKE has existed in one form or another since 2024. Through the first 18 months of the project, our focus was on securing funding and support to open up a resource center that would provide artists with access to education, space to create, and the tools necessary to work in a variety of mediums, but time and time again we ran into obstacles that either slowed our progress or derailed our momentum. Since early 2026, we have pivoted to a project-based model, creating event-focused efforts that bring people together and get artists working on something small, but also achievable, impactful, and enriching. Below are a few of our recent successes.
“Mystery Date” Variety Show (8/14/26)
“Mystery Date” was a variety show sponsored and curated by 4ARTSAKE’s WUNK Magazine Project.
This free event had Stand Up Comedy from Host Anneke Wisner, Poetry from Colin Keating, Multimedia Sketch from Performance Artist Phil Schallberger, Fiction from Writer Zach Werbalowsky, and a Live Cartoon Reading by Writer / Illustrator Riley Parker.
As a 4ARTSAKE event it fulfilled our mission by being accessible (free to the public), collaborative (a mixed bill of artists from different mediums working together), local (all Portland artists), and original (artists performing inventive and cutting-edge work). In addition, we provided free food and refreshments, and held open space after the event so that the audience could mingle and engage with the performers, strengthening the community by offering space and time for people to build relationships and share ideas.
BUMP : 3 SHORT PLAYS (June 2026)
BUMP was the fully SOLD OUT premier show produced by MILLIONS & MILLIONS, a brand new collaborative play company founded by Writer / Director Riley Parker and actors Preston Black, Richard Cohn-Lee, Megan Gotz, Kelly Love, and Cris Villa.
The highly-praised show ran from June 11th to June 26th at the Heiken Gallery located above Word Virus Books in downtown Portland .
This was an ideal 4ARTSAKE project for several reasons. First, it was a collaborative project, bringing together (through the process of production and marketing) actors, writers, photographers, musicians, all working towards a shared goal. Secondly, it was an original piece of work, highlighting the creativity and ingenuity of all of the involved artists. And finally, it was accessible to the public, held in a public book store, with tickets only being $15 a seat, and free to those who could not afford the cost. By the community, for the community.