Free Fridays in the Open Art Studio!

From 1-3 PM on (almost) every Friday, stop by Make.Shift’s Open Art Studio and craft whatever you’d like with the supplies and tools we have available (including vintage magazines and collage materials, paint of all kinds,...

Exposed

Voxel Gallery presents Exposed, a provocative group exhibition exploring the beauty, complexity, and vulnerability of the human body. Featuring works that delve into body composition, sensuality, eroticism, and the nude form, the show invites artists to express the human figure in its raw beauty. Exposed opens Thursday, February 6, at 6 p.m. and runs through March 25 at 312 West Champion Street, Bellingham. Visit www.voxelgallery.com for more info.

Free Friday

Come to MakeShift!! We have an open art space for anyone to come in and use our art supplies. Paint, Draw, Watercolors and anything your heart desires. Our space is open from 1-3 pm on Fridays.

Welcome Spring! Crocuses in Watercolor

Let’s ring in Spring on the first day of the season by painting one of Spring’s earliest flowers, the Crocus! In this one-day watercolor workshop, instructor Angela Wright will guide students through the process while students gain insight into this fun medium and learn valuable, fundamental techniques. Students will walk away with their own beautiful rendition of this sweet flower. This class is great for beginning and experienced painters alike. Class...

Visual Basics: The Nose

Saturday, March 22nd from 1-3pm at MakeShift Art Space (306 Flora St.) $15, NOTAFLOF. Facilitated by local artist Zion Georges (@zionartistry). An introductory workshop focused on understanding and drawing the anatomy and structure of the nose. We will also explore with instructions on using charcoal to capture the form of the nose through shading and...

The Circus of Second Chances

Acrobatic Conundrum presents “The Circus of Second Chances” featuring rope acrobatics, Cyr wheel, handbalancing, live baking, and clown. On a relentless quest for wonder, three veteran acrobats let their imaginations run wild to fulfill secret longings. Fluent in the language of circus, Acrobatic Conundrum’s principal performers melt the fourth wall to reveal their flaws and journeys to redemption. The audience plays a vital part in The Circus of Second Chances, in which ropes are dancescapes, trapezes are windows to the...

The Circus of Second Chances

Acrobatic Conundrum presents “The Circus of Second Chances” featuring rope acrobatics, Cyr wheel, handbalancing, live baking, and clown. On a relentless quest for wonder, three veteran acrobats let their imaginations run wild to fulfill secret longings. Fluent...

Curious about Curios, Making Gaffes: Plants

Cabinets of curiosity have a long-standing tradition, ranging from a single bottle to an entire room. And as long as humans have been curious, we have been making gaffs, fake curiosities (often passed off as real). In each of these three classes, we will fill as many jars as we...

Bubbles and Optics Fused Glass Workshop

Create an amazing, fused glass piece that reveals a perfect array of tiny bubbles trapped inside or presents an optical illusion of lines growing wider and narrower in a checkerboard pattern. These pieces incorporate simple tricks based on the...

Watercolor Bunny and Spring Flowers

In this one day workshop, instructor Angela Wright will guide students through painting a watercolor cottontail bunny sitting in Spring flowers. Students will walk away with a beautiful, seasonal painting, as well as a newfound appreciation for watercolor and various new techniques. For beginning and intermediate artists alike. Class Fee:...

4 Hand Intuitive Painting

Intuitive Art is all about connecting with your creative intuition and allowing it to guide you through the process of creating art. The idea is to unleash your inner artist and nurture your self, experience creative freedom, experiment with different...

Morning Sampler Camp

In the Morning Sampler Camp, each group of kids stays together as a class and visits a different workshop each morning. This is a great way to try a bunch of new things in one week! Open to all kids aged 6-14, the young artists will be divided into groups of similar ages and will stay with their group for the remainder of the week, moving through each of the J’s studios day by...