“We don't need perfect political systems; we need perfect
participation.” –Cesar Chavez

We are Community to Community Development, a local organization focused
on farmworkers’ rights, food sovereignty, and participatory democracy.
While one of our main inspirations as an organization is Cesar Chavez’s
movement, we believe that there truly is no perfect way to participate,
as everyone’s ideas and abilities of what their participation looks like
can vary. At C2C, we believe that movement spaces aren’t stagnant and
they must include all types of people, and our community believes the
same thing. [IM]Perfect Participation includes a zine about our
organization featuring community-made collages and a photography project
with different Polaroid photos and words from community members. C2C
seeks to highlight the various ways that people show up to make a
difference in the world.

Brenda Brito Espinosa

Farmworkers Seeding the Future

Charcoal& soft pastels on pastel paper

2025/NFS

Hyojin Um

Untitled

Waterclor

NFS

Billy Lynch and Brenda Bentley

C2c Logo

Acylic on Canvas

NFS

Edgar Franks

Marcha Campesina

NFS

Allying with Plants for Self & Community Care. Saturday, February 22nd from 1-3pm at MakeShift Art Space (306 Flora St.) $15, NOTAFLOF & sliding-scale pricing available.

In this discussion and experience-based workshop, we will explore how our relationships with plant kin can support us in our movements to resist capitalism and colonialism.

Participants will leave with an understanding of how to prepare effective infusions of herbal tea, and practice sitting mindfully with plants and utilizing our inherent perceptive abilities to engage with medicinal herbs. We will also go over several specific plants and the gifts they offer us and our movement spaces: including their traditional and historical uses, biochemical properties, and applications in first aid, supporting the nervous system, and more. This is appropriate for all skill levels, and especially welcomes those who are herb-curious! Bring your questions, experiences and hopes!

This workshop is a part of the Strategic Resistance Series: a workshop series to skill up your communities living under the oppressive presidential administrations of the past, present, and future. Click here to register for all the workshops happening throughout the month.

General Workshop Information:

1. All ages and experience levels are welcome!

2. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Additionally, sliding scale pricing is available. Please get in touch with us first for this option.

3. Email education@makeshiftartspace.org with any questions or concerns.

4. Materials are included in the cost of the workshop.

5. Visit this page to learn more about Make.Shift’s accessibility.

Abolition 101 w/ Unchain Whatcom. Saturday, February 15th from 1-3pm at MakeShift Art Space (306 Flora St.) $15, NOTAFLOF & sliding-scale pricing available.

Learn about the theory of abolition—the theory of a world without prisons, police, and the bondage of oppression. Unchain Whatcom is made up of a group of abolitionists working to abolish the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC) in Whatcom County through our pen-pal program, working to stop the construction of a new mega jail in Whatcom County, and fighting to improve the material conditions of people inside the Whatcom County Jail and Interim Work Center.

This workshop is a part of the Strategic Resistance Series: a workshop series to skill up your communities living under the oppressive presidential administrations of the past, present, and future. Click here to register for all the workshops happening throughout the month.

General Workshop Information:

1. All ages and experience levels are welcome!

2. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Additionally, sliding scale pricing is available. Please get in touch with us first for this option.

3. Email education@makeshiftartspace.org with any questions or concerns.

4. Materials are included in the cost of the workshop.

5. Visit this page to learn more about Make.Shift’s accessibility.

OPEN MIC CALL! We are looking for you! Performance art, Spoken word, Noise, Rappers, Beat Makers, Comedy, Drag, what ever you got! Every second Saturday our venue becomes your venue!

Sign up available in the Gallery from 5pm-6pm when the event starts . Sign ups go all evening

6pm-10pm

All ages

Free!

Make.Shift

306 flora

NO BOOZE NO DRUGS NO JERKS

Self-Managed Abortion Workshop w/ Reproductive Justice Bellingham. Saturday, February 8th from 1-3pm at MakeShift Art Space (306 Flora St.) $15, NOTAFLOF & sliding-scale pricing available.

Learn and organize for self-managed abortion and reproductive justice.

This workshop is a part of the Strategic Resistance Series: a workshop series to skill up your communities living under the oppressive presidential administrations of the past, present, and future. Click here to register for all the workshops happening throughout the month.

General Workshop Information:

1. All ages and experience levels are welcome!

2. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Additionally, sliding scale pricing is available. Please get in touch with us first for this option.

3. Email education@makeshiftartspace.org with any questions or concerns.

4. Materials are included in the cost of the workshop.

5. Visit this page to learn more about Make.Shift’s accessibility.

Digital Privacy Basics. Saturday, February 1st from 1-3pm at MakeShift Art Space (306 Flora St.) $15, NOTAFLOF & sliding-scale pricing available.

This workshop is a part of the Strategic Resistance Series: a workshop series to skill-up your communities living under the oppressive presidential administrations of the past, present, and future. Click here to register for all the workshops happening throughout the month.

General Workshop Information:

1. All ages and experience levels are welcome!

2. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Additionally, sliding scale pricing is available. Please get in touch with us first for this option.

3. Email education@makeshiftartspace.org with any questions or concerns.

4. Materials are included in the cost of the workshop.

5. Visit this page to learn more about Make.Shift’s accessibility.

From 1-3 PM on Fridays, stop by Make.Shift’s Open Art Studio and craft whatever you’d like with the supplies and tools we have available (including vintage magazines and collage materials, paint of all kinds, pens, pencils, yarn, embroidery thread, and fabric)! Refreshments available.

For accessibility information, visit makeshiftartspace.org/accessibility.

Always all-ages!

Make.Shift Art Space

306 Flora St.

Bellingham, WA 98225

Early Bird Sale Ends 11/25

The third annual Arts for All Ages Awards is a great way to support Make.Shift and all the work being done by amazing artists in our community.

Join us at the Bellingham Cruise Terminal on Jan 25, 2025 from 6-9pm for delicious dinner and drinks and an awesome celebration! The theme this year is Glam Rock; costumes are highly encouraged. AND you asked for it, so we are doing a costume contest this year! Best outfit will win a fun prize!

We’re seeking nominations for someone in Whatcom or Skagit County who is working to increase equity and accessibility in the arts for people of all-ages. The winner will be decided by Make.Shift’s board of directors and the award will be announced at our third annual Arts for All-Ages Fundraiser and Ceremony on January 25th, 2025.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Dec 1st, 2024.

From 1-3 PM on Fridays, stop by Make.Shift’s Open Art Studio and craft whatever you’d like with the supplies and tools we have available (including vintage magazines and collage materials, paint of all kinds, pens, pencils, yarn, embroidery thread, and fabric)! Refreshments available.

For accessibility information, visit makeshiftartspace.org/accessibility.

Always all-ages!

Make.Shift Art Space

306 Flora St.

Bellingham, WA 98225

Saturday, January 11th & 18th from 1-3pm at MakeShift Art Space (306 Flora St.) $30, NOTAFLOF & sliding-scale pricing available. Facilitated by Zion Georges (@zionartistry).

These workshops will explore drawing abstract representations of emotional expressions on the face through proportions, values, and color.

In the first workshop, we will see various artistic styles and their use of size and shape of facial features to elicit specific emotions. From this observation, we will begin to create our sketches using these distortions.

In our second class, we will have our sketches and begin to use color and shading to create more emotive and surreal depictions of the face.

Throughout these classes, participants will deepen their understanding of the importance of art that deviates from realism and how abstractions can communicate complex human emotions.

1. All ages and experience levels are welcome!

2. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Additionally, sliding scale pricing is available. Please contact us first for this option.

3. Email education@makeshiftartspace.org with any questions or concerns.

4. Materials are included in the cost of the workshop.