Social: In times like these, it is important for people to relate to and interact with one another and with their community in ways that are healthy and fun.
Impact: It is increasingly important for our actions to affect one another and the spaces we inhabit in positive ways.
Jam: When music, dance, food, and performance are a part of our interactions, creative expression is encouraged, moods are elevated, relationships are strengthened, and community bonds are formed.
Social Impact Jam is an event series held in rotating public locations throughout Portland. Participants work to improve public spaces while guest DJs play music and guest artists paint portraits. There is a nourishment station with delicious, healthy snacks, an area with places to sit and rest, and other self-care activities available. Each event culminates in a dance party where participants come together to celebrate their shared effort and positive impact on the space! COVID protocols: The events are held outside to reduce risk and follow CDC guidelines regarding infection prevention. Partnerships: Eco-munity is partnering with SOLVE and Portland Parks and Recreation, and is supported by Precipitation NorthWest and Burners Without Borders.
First Gu
est Artist: Simran Gleason
Our first guest artist in 2021 was Simran Gleason. He is a Portland artist and illustrator who mostly works in oil painting. As the Slow Camera Paparazzi, he spends a lot of time painting bands as they play, burlesque performers as they dance, and cosplayers at cons. He also illustrates album covers for local and national bands, and recently did posters for Lark Opera, a nascent underground Opera company. He also painted the image used to promote Social Impact Jam that you will find on flyers as well as the front page of this website.
You can learn more and see examples of his artwork on his website at http://www.art.net/~simran/Store/
Co-founder & resident DJ of LionsGuard, FluffyStuff, Haüs Catz & Fresh.
From the primal roots of house music, Vamarcha’s musical curation transcends both language and culture, reminding us with deep and resonant “four on the floor” that we are all from one tribe. As a party organizer, Vamarcha creates playful healing spaces where dance and expression are free, people are welcomed as they are, and the walls between disparate communities can be breached. His music is an international collaboration of sound and culture, melded together with the structure of house music. Deep House, Tech House, and Techno - His sets include a mix of bass, funk, disco, acid, progressive, and tribal, blending it all into a sonic soundscape that is vast, deep, and energizing.
Born and raised in Spain, Vamarcha was introduced to electronic music at an early age, immersing himself in the dance culture of Madrid, Benidorm, and Ibiza. He has been DJing since 2008, and has shared the stage with artists such as: Mike Bee, Coyu, Tube & Berger, Destructo, Golf Clap, Huxley, German Brigante, Basti Grub, Mickey Lion, Deep Jesus, Lee Reynolds, Doc Martin, Rachel Torro, Tara Brooks, Anna Lunoe, Coyoti, Maximono, and Kane Ian, among others.
“Va” = To go get - - “Marcha” = The night scene
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