Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo Archives

Fall 2016 – January 2018, Old City Hall Curated by Jeff Jewell, Photo Archives Historian Bellingham’s parks have always been a locally loved and widely admired part of the city. […]

Romantically Modern: Pacific Northwest Landscapes

March – June 19, 2016, Old City Hall Back by popular demand and displayed in the Old City Hall galleries, this exhibition highlights the rich legacy of landscape painting in the […]

Faith in a Seed: Philip McCracken’s Sculpture and Mixed-Media Painting

February 27 – June 5, 2016, Lightcatcher Building Opening Reception: Fri., Feb. 26, 2016, 5 – 7 PM, Lightcatcher Building Curated by Barbara Matilsky Faith in a Seed: Philip McCracken’s Sculpture […]

Returning Home: Six Decades of Art by Ira Yeager

  February 6 – May 15, 2016, Lightcatcher Building Curated by Barbara Matilsky Born in Bellingham in 1938, Ira Yeager has traveled the world and created a unique body of […]

Chipping the Block, Painting the Silk: The Color Prints of Norma Bassett Hall

October 24, 2015 – February 14, 2016, Lightcatcher Building Guest curated by Joby Patterson, scholar and author of Norma Bassett Hall: Catalogue Raisonné of the Block Prints and Serigraphs This traveling exhibition […]

Unhinged: Book Art on the Cutting Edge

September 27, 2015 – January 3, 2016, Lightcatcher Building Curated by Barbara Matilsky This exhibition surveys recent directions in ‘Book Art’ through the diverse work of 60 prominent artists in […]

The Owl and the Woodpecker: Photographs by Paul Bannick

May 9 – October 25, 2015, Old City Hall Featuring the work of Seattle photographer and author Paul Bannick, The Owl & the Woodpecker introduces museum visitors to the most […]

Helmi’s World: Symbol, Myth, Fantasy

June 27 – October 11, 2015, Lightcatcher Building Curated by Barbara Matilsky Helmi Juvonen (1903-1985), known in her day simply as Helmi, was a prolific artist whose creativity embraced diverse […]

Bellingham National 2015 Art Exhibition & Awards

May 31 – September 6, 2015, Lightcatcher Building Juried by Scott Lawrimore, Director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington Bellingham National Art Exhibition & Awards is a juried exhibition […]

Back at the Park: Vintage Views from the Photo Archives

On the 2nd floor passageway of the Lightcatcher Building Bellingham’s parks have always been a locally loved and widely admired part of the city. This exhibition from the Whatcom Museum’s Photo […]