Name: March’s Whatcom READS Art Challenge & Cultural Festival Showcase
Start: 2024-03-01
End: 2024-03-30
Location: Allied Arts of Whatcom County

Allied Arts of Whatcom County is delighted to present a compelling array of artistic talents for the annual Whatcom READS Art Challenge, in collaboration with the Bellingham and Whatcom Libraries' Whatcom READS program. Local artists embarked on an inspiring journey inspired by this year's chosen book, Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšeblu LaPointe. Each artist brings their unique perspective to the challenge by creating art that reflects their own personal legacy.

Featured artists include: Akiko Victorson, Anita Merina, Jason LaClair, Lucia Enriquez, and Vina Brown. Allied Arts is a non-profit gallery, all proceeds from sales go towards supporting the arts in our community.

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 4pm

Opening Reception: Friday, March 1, 6pm-9pm

Applications to participate in the exhibition are available at https://www.alliedarts.org/exhibits/#whatcom-reads

Starts: March 01, 2024

Occurs: Every week on Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, until March 30, 2024

Time: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Allied Arts of Whatcom County
1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225

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Phone: 360-676-8548

Email: gallery@alliedarts.org

We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.