MIXT is a community creation event, built upon a sonic landscape by Julian Wild called "The Illusion of Nature." The cell theatre will be transformed into an interactive and immersive environment where we can cultivate the celebration of our diversity and find the common ground through which we all intersect along the way. Artists, hobbyists, and humans of all disciplines and experience levels are invited to submit or perform their original works, to be included in the curation of “A Living Gallery”.

Featuring Poets, Dancers, Painters, Musicians, Actors, Writers, Feelers, Viewers, Listeners, and you.  

ALL NIGHTS

Julian Wild, Soundscape designer/composer/singer/actor, Ms. Zilbert, Host / Drag Cabaret Performer, Peter Ver Brugge, Painter / Community Art Facilitator, Bloom Sound Collective, sound healers, Mary-Angela Granberry, dancer/actor, Elizabeth Gartman, composer ft. World Premiere of commissioned chamber work, “When Nature Stood Trial.”, Sydney Anderson, soprano/flutist , Ashtyn Brown, cello/composer, Alberto Medero, Creative ASL

Thursday, February 2

David Ross Lawn, piano/fashion/photography , Amanda Rose Austin, visual art/soprano, Sarah De Sordi, dancer, Jorge Sosa, composer/electronics (World Premiere), Dina von Zweck, poet, Timothy Peterson, composer, Doori Na, violin, Sophie Delphis, mezzo-soprano, Norm Mattox, poet, Lynn Lane, poet, Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble

Friday, February 3

Lucy McKnight, composer/vocalist, Kennedy Taylor Dixon, vocalist/violist, Legs Akimbo, Varietease Artist, Titilayo Ayangade, cello/photography, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Quaba Ernest, dancer, Laura Dearman, dancer, Bryce McClendon, writer/storyteller, Vayl Larkin, poet, Elemen2al The Poet, Chelsea Helm, soprano, Akshaya Tucker, composer (World Premiere), Timothy Peterson, composer (World Premiere)

Saturday, February 4

Derek Weagle, composer ft. World Premiere of commissioned chamber work, “a mask of flowers”, Jacob Bolda, poet, Bryce McClendon, countertenor, Carla Fortmann, clarinet, Funda Cizmecioglu, violin, Legs Akimbo, Varietease Artist, Akshaya Tucker, composer, Kamini Avril, visual artist, Tanner Stegink, trombone, Sir Dominique Jordan - The Prolific One, poet, Dicky Dutton, baritone/writer, Vayl Larkin, poet, Brooklyn Motion Capture Dance Ensemble

Featured Installation Artists

Kamini Avril, visual artist, Angela Wei, painter, Varvàra Fern, sculptor, Tala Abunuwar, painter, Sheldon Kleeman, mixed medium collage artist, Pamela Marino, Painter/Mixed Media Visual Artist, Nathaniel LaNasa, visual artist/pianist, Sydni Peeler, painter, N33fti, painter, Emilie Karl, collage artist, Roman Hardy, mixed media doodler

Featured Digital Gallery Artists

Hannah Mae Sturges, poet/actor/filmmaker, Elemen2al, poet, Sam Waits, poet, Kit Wren, poet, Vayl Larkin, poet, Chen-Yi Wu, visual artist, Alexa Letourneau, Composer/flutist/vocalist/slam poet, Katya Bormotina, viola, Charles Kreidler, composer/photographer , Jared Shwartz, Illustrator, Political Cartoonist, Nessa Nachelle, writer/poet, Frogg Corpse, Poet/Vocalist/Photographer, Shockie G The Poet, Emma Sue Ewing, dancer, John Boudreau, painter, Jairo Dealba, painter/writer , Nionda Torriell, painter

Ticket tiers: 

Single-Day General Admission: $45

Single-Day Artist Ticket: $27
*Purchase of an Artist Ticket requires commitment to participate artistically in the Living Gallery during an Open Mic moment.         

Single-Day Livestream: $18                 

All-Access General Admission: $99
*All-access tickets grant ticket holders admission to all three nights of the Living Gallery.

All-Access Artist Ticket: $54
*All-access Artist tickets grant ticket holders admission to all three nights of the Living Gallery.

All-Access Livestream: $36

Tune in during any gallery open hours!

Festival Pass: $169 ($50 savings!)*Festival Pass includes admission to all four The Why Collective productions in 2023, including:

• All-Access Admission to MixT: A Living Gallery (Feb 2-4, 7-10pm)
• General Admission ticket to The Smallest Sound, in the Smallest Space - A New Play by Bryce McClendon (Mar 3-5)
• General Admission ticket to Words of the Prophets - A New Theatrical Poem by Vayl Larkin 
• General Admission ticket to The Women Have Something to Say - A concert of monologues and music, performed by the women who wrote them. A Co-production with Intersection Arts of Houston, TX.