LIGHTCATCHER BUILDING
250 Flora St
Bellingham, WA
HOURS: wed-sun 12-5pm
OLD CITY HALL
121 Prospect St
Bellingham, WA
HOURS: wed-sun 12-5pm
360-778-8930
ADMISSION: adults $10; youth, students, military, seniors $8; children 2-5 $5; under 2 free.
LIGHT CATCHER BUILDING
To May 6
Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America. Chronicles a history of American basketry from its origins in Native American, immigrant, and slave communities to its presence within the contemporary fine art world. Organized by the National Basketry Organization in partnership with the University of Missouri’s Museum of Art and Archaeology and sponsored by the Northwest Basket Weavers Vi Phillips Guild.
To May 6
Jeweled Objects of Desire: From Ordinary to Extraordinary. Features rarely seen items from the vaults of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Each piece in this exhibit demonstrates the skill and ingenuity of various artists in transforming simple materials into striking treasures.
Opening May 19
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts at 25. The exhibition features approximately 60 prints drawn from the Crow’s Shadow Print Archive and will focus on themes of landscape, abstraction, narrative, portraiture, social critique, and humor.
OLD CITY HALL
To May 6
Gathered Together: A Show of Work Celebrating Members of the NW Basket Weavers Guild and Hidden in the Bundle: A Look Inside the Museum’s Basketry Collection.
Alfredo Arreguín: New Paintings.
Ongoing
John M. Edson Hall of Birds, highlighting the Museum’s founding collection of mounted birds by amateur ornithologist John M. Edson, with interpretation on modern-day bird habitat, species status, and hands-on activities.
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ROOTED, REVIVED, REINVENTED: BASKETRY IN AMERICA