Children's Art Walk: HAIKU

Friday, May 3, 2024
6:00 PM 9:00 PM 18:00 21:00

Make.Shift Art Space 306 Flora St Bellingham, WA, 98225 (map)

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CHILDREN’S ART WALK:

HAIKU

It's almost time for Kid's Art Walk! Join us on Friday, May 3rd from 5pm-9pm as we celebrate the opening of “Haiku", the seventh annual collaboration between Make.Shift and 4th, 5th and 6th grade students at Samish Woods Montessori. Each year, students create watercolor paintings based on a theme and artists in the Bellingham community and beyond create response pieces in a variety of mediums. Each diptych created in this collaborative manner tells the story of a visual dialogue between a student and an adult artist, with the student taking the lead and providing the inspiration for the adult. This format challenges the notion that adults are always the teachers, the leaders, and the sources of inspiration. Students really enjoy seeing the way their paintings are interpreted and relish the chance to take the lead in the creation process.

This year’s theme is “haiku” and students each wrote a haiku and created a painting to visually represent it. For cultural context, Mayumi Paluh visited the classroom to share with students about the history and significance of Haiku in Japan, and about growing up in a Japanese town famous for haiku.

Make.Shift Art Space is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit DIY venue dedicated to providing a space for all ages art and music in Bellingham. The 8,000-square-foot space includes 21 studios, an award-winning gallery, a live music performance space and a low-power radio station KZAX 94.9. We are an all-ages space dedicated to a policy of no booze, no drugs, no jerks. Learn more about supporting Make.Shift and this event at www.makeshiftartspace.org