upcoming events
We present a variety of events and experiences to inspire creatives and enhance arts and culture in the Pacific Northwest.
"Drawn In" with Jessa Gilbert
Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Squamish, BC based artist, Jessa Gilbert, is an established muralist and backcountry guide. She has been commissioned for public murals with YETI, Burton Snowboards, Salomon Freeski, Stance Socks, Mountain Equipment Co-Op (MEC), Fox Racing, Trek Bicycles, and the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) - just to name a few! Based on her latest production "Drawn In", a short film created between Antarctica and her art studio, Jessa Gilbert will be showcasing the parallels and overlaps between exploration and creating art.
Keynote: Jessa Gilbert
Live Artist: Kat Houseman
Non-alcoholic Karma Bar provided by Banter.
Noisy Waters Uptown Block Party
Thursday, June 6, 3:00 - 9:00 PM
Live music, DJ's, and LIVE ART! Experience a Noisy Waters Mural Festival teaser from State Street (Bellingham's Uptown) and help us celebrate three new murals in Bellingham. This FREE event includes:
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Live muralists, including 2023 Noisy Waters 2nd Place "People's Choice" winner, Emily Beaudoin (Calgary, Canada)
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Kids wall
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Live painting of Bellingham's 2nd mobile mural
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Live music and DJ's (lineup announced shortly)
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The first tap of our "Noisy Waters" Ale, from Wander Brewing
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Mural tours
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Food trucks, vendors and more!
Date: Thursday, June 6 | 3:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: Chuckanut Builders, 1000 N. State Street, Bellingham
Noisy Waters Mural Festival
August 16 - 18 | 2024
Back for a record-setting second year, the Noisy Waters Mural Festival brings together renowned artists from across North America to participate in a friendly art battle, with prize winners receiving large-scale murals across Bellingham.
More than 35 artists, 4,000 attendees, live art, workshops, mural tours, music, food & drinks, Noisy Waters is a celebration for your entire family.
Learn more at noisywatersmuralfest.com
"Roots and Research" with Nina Vichayapai
Wednesday, Sep 4, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Nina Vichayapai is a visual artist. Orienting her belonging somewhere between the United States, where she lives, and Thailand, where she was born, has resulted in her searching the globalized world for signs and representations of belonging. Through researching a wide range of subjects such as non-native plants that have naturalized in US soil, to artifacts of early Asian Americans in the form of hundred-year old soy sauce jars, Nina excavates for symbols of belonging in the world around her. Her recent projects include organizing road trips to explore Asian American histories in rural areas, curating an art gallery on the dashboard of her car, and starting a garden from community contributed seed paper wishes for the earth.
Nina will share about her formative experiences exploring the Pacific Northwest from childhood trips to go crabbing with her family in Larrabee State Park, to living on an island in Deception Pass State Park for an artist residency. Along these forays she has made many surprising discoveries on the vastly underrepresented history of Asian Americans across small towns in the Pacific Northwest. Nina uses her art as a medium to tell these and other stories about history, place, and belonging.
Keynote: Nina Vichayapai
Live Artist: TBD
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"New Ways to Wear Clothes" with Quinha Faria
Wednesday, Oct 2, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Quinha Faria (Campinas, Brazil, 1988) is a nurse and visual artist based in Portland, OR. While working as a Emergency Room nurse in Philadelphia, Quinha apprenticed master tailor Larnell Baldwin to learn patternmaking and custom garment manufacturing. During that time, she founded the Philadelphia Packaging Company, a nine-person collective that distributed free, print publications honoring the stories of small business owners in Philadelphia. Her work has been included at various national shows such as Vox Populi, Asian Arts Initiative, Mural Arts in Philadelphia and Frieze New York. Quinha is pursuing her MFA in painting at Bard.
Keynote: Quinah Faria
Live Artist: Cameron McCool Art
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