Final week of the Festival, don't miss out!
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Oh what fun! Allied Arts of Whatcom County invites you to come celebrate the season with the 38
th Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts is a five week long festival featuring the work of over 100 local artisans and craftspeople. The affordable, locally handmade products range from jewelry, paintings, wearable art, specialty foods, and art from found materials.
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The Holiday Festival is wonderful, but it wears us out! The Allied Arts Gallery, Thrift Store and offices will be
closed 3pm December 20 thru January 2 to take down the festival, pack things away and recuperate from the festival! We will reopen on Wednesday, January 3 at 10am. Wishing you all a Happy New Year!
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January Gallery Exhibit - Sculpture Northwest
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January 5 - 26, 2017
Opening Reception and Downtown Art Walk: Friday, January 5, 6pm - 9pm
Sculpture Northwest will host a group show for their Associate Sculptors at the Allied Arts Gallery in downtown Bellingham. The show will open on Friday January 5, 2018 with the monthly Art Walk from 6 to 10 PM.
We look forward to showing Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom regions the fine work of Their professional Associate Sculptors.
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Other Allied Arts Exhibits
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At Giuseppe's Al Porto
21 Bellwether Way, Bellingham
Through October: Watercolor Artists Tom McCallah and Michael Heath.
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Can you lend a helping hand?
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Call for Volunteers
The
38th Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts needs volunteers to help with children's art activities, customer service and special events during the festival. Even a half hour makes a huge difference! There are shifts from November 13 thru December 27 available! Click here
www.volunteersignup.org/XJMER to sign up.
A half an hour during take-down can be a huge help. Monday December 26th 10:00am-noon we need help taking down the ornaments and trees, packing up the kids art supplies, moving equipment back to the gallery, collecting sandwich boards and banners, taking down window garland and lights, cleaning off window decals, sweeping up and garbage collection!
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Call for cultural performers, musicians, dancers, and artists!
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Whatcom County Arts and Culture Festival
Allied Arts of Whatcom County is working with organizations throughout Whatcom County on a three-day Cultural Arts Festival to take place in Fairhaven, June 21-23, 2018. The Call for Proposals is available now at
alliedarts.org and is due by
February 15, 2018.
The festival will kick off with the Historic Fairhaven Fourth Friday Art Walk and run throughout the weekend. It will be a collaborative project with the Historic Fairhaven Association, Bellingham/ Whatcom Tourism Bureau, Sculptures NW, Native Arts Collective and the Whatcom Artist Guild and more. Funded in part by City of Bellingham Tourism, Whatcom Tourism, Whatcom Community Foundation – Project Neighborly Grants, and other local contributions.
The Fairhaven Village Green will be the main hub for booths and performances with Fairhaven businesses hosting specials and activities throughout Fairhaven.
Allied Arts of Whatcom County will oversee the coordination of the event. All groups are encouraged to apply. Activities and events will focus on the arts, music, performance, food, presentations and workshops highlighting the diverse cultural communities in Whatcom County with the goal of promoting cultural diversity.
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Allied Arts Member's Show
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February 2 - 24, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, Februray 2, 6pm – 9pm
Gallery Hours: Monday thru Friday 10am to 5pm, Saturday 12 to 5pm
Allied Arts of Whatcom County will host its 2017 Members Show in January. Participation is open to all current Allied Arts Members at any level of membership. Visit alliedarts.org for more information about how to submit your work for this show.
The Member’s Show will feature work from nearly 100 Allied Arts members, including professional artists, students, and new or emerging artists.
Works presented will range from traditional paintings to photography to contemporary sculptures and everything in between.
Allied Arts is a non-profit gallery, proceeds from sales go to support the arts in our community.
For more information visit www.alliedarts.org or contact: Katy Tolles, Artist Services Coordinator at 676-8548 x2 or katy@alliedarts.org.
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Holiday Gift Ideas
Looking for a gift for that hard-to-shop-for artist or arts enthusiast?
Consider an annual
Membership
or
Gift Certificate
to Allied Arts. M
embers of Allied Arts of Whatcom County, you will receive discounts to local businesses and many other perks that can be viewed on our website. Gift Certificates can be used at the Allied Arts Gallery, Thrift Store and Holiday Festival of the Arts!
Order now!
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Allied Arts Marketing Opportunities for Artists, Businesses and Organizations
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Allied Arts of Whatcom County has some wonderful tools to help market your art related business or event.
Here's how:
- Members can sign up for a listing on our Artist Directory
- Submit your event to our Event Calendar. Listings from this calendar are also used for our monthly Art Talk segment on local radio station KMRE 102.3FM and BTV10.
- Email information about your event to newsletter wizard, Katy Tolles, at katy@alliedarts.org. Materials must be received by the 15th of the month to be included in the following month's newsletter.
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2018 Calendar of Allied Arts Events and Application Deadlines
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If application information is not currently on the linked pages, please check back, pages are updated regularly to reflect the current status of the event.
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Thank you for your continued support of Allied Arts of Whatcom County.
Please take a moment to fill out our Survey of Our Value Within the Community. The purpose of this survey is to determine the needs of our community.
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Want to find out about more great art events and opportunities happening in December throughout Whatcom County? Check out our Events Calendar!
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