SUPPORT THE ARTS
LEARN ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS & EVENTS
The primary purpose of the Allied Arts Education Project (AAEP) is to provide Whatcom County schools with professionally taught arts education projects. Each year our program conducts workshops in dance, theatre and the visual arts in the Bellingham schools and throughout Whatcom County. We align our arts lessons with the state standards and curriculum.
May is Washington State Arts Education Month. Join us on the first Friday in May to kick off our celebration with the Bellingham Children’s Art Walk presented by Allied Arts of Whatcom County. For the first two weeks in May, stroll through downtown where over 50 businesses will be exhibiting works by youth created in schools througout Whatcom County.
Allied Arts Reuse Thrift Store is a program that is seeking to benefit the community in Whatcom County. The purpose of this store is to sell re-used products or materials to make arts, to explore creatively, and to have new conceptions of art. Items for sale are collected through donations, and sold at lower costs or are re-purposed in our Arts Education Project.
Children's Art Walk - School Registration
24th Annual Children’s Art Walk
Opening Event: May 3rd, 2024 5:00pm – 8:00pm
On Display: May 3rd to May 17th
Important Dates to Remember:
- April 1: Registration & Payment Deadline
- April 29 & 30: Installation of Artwork
- May 3: Children’s Art Walk
- May 17 & 18: Artwork Removal
Art Walk Guidelines:
- Maximum One entry per student (does not apply to group projects)
- We recommend 2D art be between the sizes of 5” x 7” and 11”x 17”. Please let us know if you have a group project or larger art or sculpture to show.
- Please make sure students name (first only is fine), grade and school are visible. Feel free to download and attach a completed Artist Statement with each visual art entry (download from Allied Arts website) and hang next to the child’s art in your display which also has room for the student to explain their piece if they would like.
- Art displays need to be in place by noon on May 3rd and removed between
May 17th and May 18th. - Schools install their own artwork in venues and provide their own hanging materials (please be sure to use only hanging materials approved by your venue) and let us know if you will need assistance hanging art, we hope to have volunteers this year, please schedule beforehand.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 360-676-8548 or caw@alliedarts.org
Please complete the registration form below:
Payments can be made once venues have been assigned. If preferred, you can mail a check for payment to the address below:
Send by April 21st to: Allied Arts Education Project, PO Box 2584 Bellingham, WA 98225.
Click here for PDF version of application
Click for Bookmark, Poster, Postcard, and Artist Statement Cards