• Wild Brushstrokes: An Expressive Acrylic Workshop

    TICKETS: https://www.lifedrawingbellingham.com/workshops An Expressive Acrylic Workshop Saturday, May 24 • 10AM–4PM at Karate Church, 519 E Maple St, Bellingham, WA $150 – All materials included This is expressive painting—where the photo reference fuels instinct, and every choice is a potential to turn up your inner voice. I will teach you how I paint from a photo reference of a wolf: My...

  • Digital Photography: Take Better Pictures with your Cell Phone!

    The great thing about phone cameras is that they’re always with us. But we’ve all cursed them for failing to get that once-in-a-life-time picture. In this two-hour-long class, I will help you to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of the little lensed miracle that lives in your phone. And that understanding will help you to capture more pictures that you love. I will use an iPhone in class but people with other brands of phone...

  • How Queer!

    Voxel Gallery presents How Queer! an exhibition that celebrates the vibrant, diverse, and powerful voices of 2SLGBTQIA+ artists in our community. As we honor Pride months, we invite you to explore the stories, struggles, and triumphs of those who are shaping the world with their art. This collection reflects on themes of love, identity, social...

  • Ted Gibson Retrospective: Photography, Children’s Lunchboxes and more!

    Ted Gibson Retrospective: Photography, Children’s Lunchboxes, and Dick & Jane Drawings Exhibit dates: June 6 - July 26, 2025. Artwalk and Public Celebration: June 6, 6 - 8:30 PM Dakota Art, 1322 Cornwall Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225 Regular Hours: Mon-Sat 10AM-5PM Facebook Event, Artist Website: https://www.tedgibson-art.org/ Contact: Mary Jo Maute, Ted’s Life Partner & Bellingham Artist. mjmaute@gmail.com, (360) 224-4313 Alan Weydert, Dakota Art, aeweydert@gmail.com. (360) 676-8918 Documentarian and political artist, Ted Gibson’s (1944–2024) collection of histories of “ordinary people,”...

  • Shapeshifters Exhibit

    The San Juan Islands Museum of Art Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary with Shapeshifters – An Exhibition of Contemporary Northwest Coast Native Art and Culture The San Juan Islands Museum of Art is proud to present Shapeshifters – a major exhibition of contemporary Northwest Coast Native art, June 13 – September 15, 2025, www.SJIMA.org. The Museum is located at...

  • Summer Art & Dance Camp: Heros & Heroines 4th of July

    Heroes and Heroines 4th of July - Art & Dance Camp #1: June 30-July 3, Mon- Thurs, Ages 7-12, $250 with Rachel Simpson for Art and Tara Reiter for Dance. Get a heroic mixture of Dance and Art in this full day, 4th of July themed camp! Join us on the last day...

  • Puzzles in Pigment

    Exhibition run: July 3rd & 5th-26th July 3rd Opening Reception: 6-9PM Regular Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 11am - 4pm At: 1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225 AAoWC presents an exhibition celebrating the diverse language of abstract art through the work of four distinctive local artists. The show features Brett Sandström's balanced compositions emphasizing mindfulness and simplicity alongside Jake Gombis's large-format conversational paintings that explore both tangible and abstract...

  • Summer Art & Dance Camp: Where the Wild Things Roam

    Where the Wild Things Roam- Art & Dance Camp #2: July- 7-11 10am-4pm Mon-Fri Ages 5-8, $300 with Rachel Simpson for Art and Tara Reiter for Dance. Get a Wild Fun mixture of Dance and Art in this full day camp!! Join us on the last day for a Dance Performance and Art Show! Students Bring:...

  • Modern Meets Primitive

    Cordata Gallery is proud to invite you to Modern Meets Primitive, an exhibition featuring the works by local artists Brian O’Neill, Richard Nash, and David Syre, whose works explore the meeting point between gestural expressions and timeless, elegant forms. The exhibition looks at how modern art can draw strength from the raw, instinctive, and ancient—reminding us that progress and tradition are...