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

**Stephane Keske**
*I may be purring but I am still hungry*

**Jane**
*I may be purring but I’m still hungry*
The small cat purrs
sniffing the beautiful sun
glowing in the sky

**Rowaen**
*The Mother Dragon*
The mother dragon stares
at her little dragonets
a warm feeling inside her heart.

**Yin Dwyer**
*The Eye Of The Storm and The DandeLION*

**Inès**
*The storm*
The animals roar
the big branches start to sway
the storm starts to come.

**Iker**
*Weeping Willow*
Weeping willow trees
branches grabbing for my arms
sweet, scented branches

**Saige**
*Deer*
Eyes locked in a glaze
ears perked up and ready to dash away
a branch falls and the deer jumps.

**Conrad**
*Trash*
The beautiful trash
you only worry about it tipping
ready to be taken out.

**Sahale**
*Glistening*
Roller skating through the
forest, coming to a stop
at the glistening river.

**Jack**
*The Valley of Light*
The last light of day
pierces through the sky
and into the valley.

**Megan Campy Doodles**
*Coffee Axolotl*

**Myles**
*Axolotl*
Axolotls are cool
axolotls live in water
axolotls are rare.

**Lily**
*Pink Sheep*
I see a pink sheep
it is running through a field
it’s so majestic.

**Leeya**
*Sakura*
Blooming Sakura
light pink with many flowers
there floating to the ground.

**Noah**
*The Fire Alarm*
The fire alarm
blares, as we run down the stairs
screaming and crying.

**Ash**
*Missoula*
Brown, watery eyes
sitting, watching, staring
watching me work and work.

**Steeb Russel**
*Cowabunga Cruise Control*

**Ava**
*Strawberry Cow*
Strawberry cow
Standing in the meadow
Blue skies are here.

**Luella**
*Friendly Deer*
I can only hear
your soft breath making
everything warm
I lay on you.

**Denali**
*Stormy skies*
the sky is cold and grey
rain and wind blows the trees and grass
waves crash in the bay

**Cynthia French**
*Banbha and Cailleach, Autumn and Winter Dragons*

**Charlotte**
*Seasons*
Fall dragon flying
winter arrives, cold snow falls
winter dragon flies.

**Matteo**
*The Wind Takes Control*
A distant yell,
the world is collapsing
a hurricane.

**Otto**
*Baby Bird*
The bird glides to the
ground, calmly drinking water
flying to the sky.

**Karen Hanrahan**
*Pink Petal in the Rain*

**Shyloh**
*Rain*
The blossom tree sways
as the sweet wind blows softly
and the petals fall off

**Neten**
*My duck’s bath*
My duck likes water
he cozily cleans himself
in the summer.

**Rowan**
*Winter Ice*
Crisp and snowy air
strangely sweet and beautiful
pure white winter ice.

**Skyler**
*Red Leaves*
Red leaves are beautiful
when I look out the window
I see red leaves.

**Anony Mouse**
*Fawn in the Foggy Forest*

**Beni**
*The Fawn God*
As the fog falls over
the river, a fawn sips water
given by the gods.

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