Show Run: April 7th-29th, 2023 
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm 
Opening Reception: Friday, April 7th, 6pm-9pm
Performance by Chuck Dingée 

Join us for the 11th Annual Recycled Arts Resource Expo (RARE)! RARE is an event that highlights creative reuse in the form of art through a juried exhibit at our Allied Arts Gallery. RARE also promotes art organizations and facilities that incorporate sustainability in their facilities and programs. One of our main objectives for this event is to educate the community on the role that the arts can play in the sustainability movement. Attendees are inspired to take home innovative ideas that recognize the value of using resources creatively. 

This year, in addition to community submissions, we have 4 featured artists who specialize in creative reuse: Karen Hanrahan, Frank Frazee, Daelinar, and Alene Johnson. Karen Hanrahan makes one of a kind quilt-like collage art with paper. Frank Frazee paints, draw and sculpts using recycled and found materials. Daelinar combines mixed media and assemblage with natural and found elements to create intricately detailed art. Alene Johnson creates assemblage art made from altered, found and discarded objects.

Check out the full gallery album on our Facebook page!

2023 Annual Member's Show 

on display February 3rd thru 25th, 2023

Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 6pm – 9pm 
With special performances by Brian Simpson, and Andy Koch starting at 5:30 PM, benefiting children's art education 

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 4pm
1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225 

Allied Arts presents our 2023 Annual Member's Show for February in the gallery on Cornwall Ave. This 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, contemporary sculptures and everything in between, showcasing the vast variety of creativity in our community.

Check out the full gallery album on our Facebook page!

Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 6pm-9pm

Location: 1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225

Allied Arts of Whatcom County will host its 2022 Members Show in February. 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, contemporary sculptures and everything in between.

Opening Reception: January 6th, 2023 – 6pm to 9pm
Location: 1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham

Allied Arts of Whatcom County's 2023 Exhibit Series kicks off with Earth to Atmosphere featuring watercolor paintings by Michael Heath, Janine Hazebrouck and Tom McCalla; and sculptural work by artists from Baker Creek Ceramics. These works celebrate the beauty of our regional landscapes and natural resources. 

Art walk and Opening Reception: Friday, December 2, 2022, 6:00-9:00 pm 

Location: 1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham

Performer: Marcia Guderian 

Our annual Holiday Festival of the Arts has been a Whatcom County tradition for 43 years and this year it promises to be even bigger! Visit the festival itself at 1411 Railroad Avenue and browse one-of-a-kind gifts crafted by local vendors. But that’s not all! For the month of December, the Allied Arts features a selection of our fabulous Holiday Festival talent at our downtown Gallery to give them a chance to exhibit some of their larger, higher-end showpieces that don’t otherwise make it to the holiday festival.

Art walk and Opening Reception: Friday, November 4, 2022, 5:00-9:00 pm

Location: 1213 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham

Performer: Eric Hirst

Allied Arts of Whatcom County invites you to our November exhibit Of the Land, From the Land. This installment will include pieces by John Hoyte, Lori Hill, Sterling Rung, Belinda Botzong, and Liz Cunningham. Their work brings perspective on nature and our relationships with it, through such media as watercolor, acrylic, photography, found objects, and beadwork.