Arts Education

25th Annual Children’s Art Walk

Exhibit run May 2-16, 2025
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm
Opening Reception: Friday, May 2nd, 5pm-8pm
At Our New Address! 1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

We welcome all to stroll through downtown Bellingham and delight in the works of the younger art community! On Friday, May 2nd, Whatcom County students will proudly display their works of art during the 25th annual Children’s Art Walk presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County. On this night there will be a number of activities for kids and adults, music, and more to celebrate the arts in schools – Bo Bestvina will be performing music at Allied Arts’ gallery at 1213 Cornwall Ave, and Christian Anne Smith and Andy Koch will be doing puppetry at Cof& two doors down from the gallery. Art will stay on display through the first two weeks in May in honor of the statewide Arts Education Month.

Allied Arts is a non-profit gallery, all proceeds from sales go towards supporting the arts in our community.

For more information visit www.alliedarts.org, call us at 360-676-8548, or email us at gallery@alliedarts.org.

By Marketing|2025-05-30T15:31:29-07:00April 25th, 2025|Categories: AAWC Blog, Art News 360, Arts Education, Past Exhibits|Tags: art show, Art Walk, RARE, reuse|

Teaching Artists Professional Development

from ArtsWA –

ArtsWA partners with OSPI and the Pacific Northwest Ballet to build a community of practice for teaching artists working across the state. We encourage arts educators in your communities to join us for this year’s Washington State Teaching Artist Training Lab (TAT Lab) cohort!

Learn more about TAT Lab: https://www.arts.wa.gov/tat-lab/

Teaching artists can apply:

Deadline to apply: Monday, September 16, 2024

Apply to the program and register for an Info Session: https://www.arts.wa.gov/tat-lab/

Organizations can sponsor an arts educator:

Deadline to sponsor: Monday, September 16, 2024

Sponsor a teaching artist here: TAT Lab Core Program Organizational Sponsorship Form

(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSco885NMR_ckusDIsPWFDMkJdbavd2XOF_3UY76Z6VJNq2Ojg/viewform)

Nominate a teaching artist (or yourself) for a R.I.S.E Award:

Deadline to nominate: Monday, September 16, 2024

Nominate a teaching artist here:

Other: The R.I.S.E. Award Nomination Form

(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScH1HYeS54fvWr6Mh46H2YMks1AxxVslMyvyiMg5IvXilwnnA/viewform)

Self: TAT Lab Core Program Application 2024-2025: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TAT2025

TAT Lab is a statewide community working at the intersections of arts, PreK-12 education, and teaching artistry. We provide workshops and resources to teaching artists and arts educators across Washington State. TAT Lab welcomes arts educators with all identities who teach in many different contexts and work in any arts discipline.

There are 2 remaining info sessions about the TAT Lab Core Program. Learn more about this professional development program for teaching artists and arts educators. Join us for virtual Q&A sessions led by TAT Lab staff and faculty.

Wed. Sept. 11, 6pm | Info Session #5: Learn more about the Teaching Artist R.I.S.E. Award

Thurs. Sept. 12, 1pm| Info Session #6

Questions? Contact TATLab@PNB.org

By AAWC|2024-09-06T19:01:21-07:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: AAWC Blog, Art News 360, Arts Education, community news|Tags: arts education, Arts Education Program, ArtsWA, professional development, teaching art|

Call for Artists: Stay Inside The Lines

Submit your artwork below for consideration/inclusion in our free community coloring page library.
Submissions will also be considered for the second edition physical Coloring Book ‘Stay Inside The Lines Washington’ releasing 2024 in partnership with ArtsEd Washington (501C3).

By submitting your artwork, you consent to Stay Inside The Lines (SITL) and ArtsEd Washington providing your art for free download and use for any marketing in relation to Stay Inside The Lines Seattle and our partners with appropriate artists attribution where applicable. You reserve the right to contact SITL at any point for removal from the site should you desire.

ART SPECS:

Black and White

8.5×11″

300dpi and/or vectorized (.ai/.eps/.png/.pdf)

When saving from Illustrator, Save As PDF, be sure to check the [Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities] box to ensure vectorization is preserved and transparent background.

Attach or add download link (WeTransfer, Dropbox, Box, etc.) to message box.

**Artists must be Washington State based.

Apply Now by Clicking here!

By AAWC|2024-09-06T17:15:28-07:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: Art News 360, Arts Education|Tags: art, ArtsEd Washington, call to artists, coloring book|

Intergenerational Crown-Making w/ Alicia Mullikin workshop

When: Sunday September 8th, 2:00 PM 4:00 PM

Ages: all (children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult)
Cost: $38 (total for two participants)
In-person class in MoNA’s Art Studio

Where: Museum of Northwest Art
121 1st Street
La Conner, WA, 98257
United States

You are invited to join us in celebrating National Grandparents Day! This workshop will encourage meaningful dialogue between youth and their elders (all family configurations are welcome) and offer a unique opportunity to create a visual representation of our individual heritage that is passed through generations. All materials will be provided and all family & friend configurations are welcome!

Find out more & sign up!

By AAWC|2024-09-06T17:08:07-07:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: Art News 360, Arts Education|Tags: art class, art workshop, cultural arts, La Conner|

EL GRITO 2024

VIERNES | SEP 13
De 5PM a 8:30PM
2405 E College Way, Mount Vernon
En Tollefson Plaza

SVC promueve un entorno libre de drogas y discrimanción por motivos de raza, color, religión, nacionalidad, sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, discapacidad, estado civil o edad en sus programas educativos y oportunidades de empleo.

By AAWC|2024-09-06T16:54:53-07:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: Art News 360, Arts Education|Tags: Española|

Since Time Immemorial Curriculum and Art Connections (K-5)

Michelle DeAsis, Teaching students Cedar Bracelet making

Jason LaClair teaching students Coast Salish Art forms

Allied Arts is partnering with Northwest Educational Services District 189 through the Clime-Time Program, to provide professional learning and indigenous art experiences to participating K-5 teachers in Whatcom County. Classroom Teachers will learn more about art as an “other way of knowing and communicating” that they will be able to expand upon in future years. Additional information will be available on the AAWC website when available!

By AAWC|2024-09-06T15:15:19-07:00September 6th, 2024|Categories: AAWC Blog, Art News 360, Arts Education|Tags: anacortes, art class, art classes, arts education, Arts Education Program|

Give Big for Allied Arts!

On May 7th & 8th help us raise $30,000 to support the expansion of Since Time Immemorial teaching artists in Whatcom County. Since Time Immemorial curriculum has been required in Washington state public schools since 2015. Our teaching artists, including Jason LaClair and Michelle DeAsis, have been working with Bellingham schools to implement hands-on curriculum to connect students with local indigenous history, art and culture. Money raised will help us hire additional teaching artists and bring them to more schools throughout the county.

Donate today here!

By AAWC|2024-05-05T17:47:14-07:00May 5th, 2024|Categories: AAWC Blog, Art News 360, Arts Education, community news|Tags: arts education, charitable giving, cultural education, donation drive, indigenous artists, Support Allied Arts, Time Immemorial|