Dear Friends,

Fall is in the air, and we are busy with changes and programs ramping up for the new season. I want to congratulate my right arm – Katy Tolles on completing her Masters in Social Work. She was a dynamo, trudging through despite taking care of a toddler, working for Allied Arts and the complications of a pandemic! She has accepted a job at Lydia’s Place to start at the beginning of September. We will all miss her terribly, but wish her all the happiness in her new endeavors.

Judy will be the boss still in charge of the books going on 25 plus years! Janis Conn continues to inspire our youth through the Arts Education Program. I also want to welcome our new teammates. We have divided duties up a bit differently. We welcome Jess Irvine as Gallery Assistant, Liz Smyth as Program Assistant, Deanna Lane as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator and Sacha Bliese as On-sight Holiday Festival Manager. All four ladies have impressive resumes and have shown us their talents as volunteers/staff at Allied Arts in the past. Come by the gallery and welcome them!

We have had a busy year continuing to: advocate for artists and arts orgs on local, be a proud participant in the Whatcom Arts Project with over 30 other local arts organizations, create a new integrated database and online store system (thanks to Ethan D’Onofrio), and a virtual version of arts education program for our local schools and adults. We look forward to bringing you another year of exciting and diverse programs – hopefully, more in-person than virtual!

Thank you for your contributions as participants, teachers, volunteers, patrons, students, donors and friends.

Warmest wishes,

Kelly Hart Executive Director

Save the Dates for these Upcoming Events

Annual Membership Meeting September 21, 2021 42nd Bellingham Holiday Art Market November 19 - December 24, 2021 Artist Exhibit Series New exhibits start 1st Friday of each month Whatcom Cultural Arts Festival March 2022 (Date TBA) Recycled Arts Resource Expo (RARE) April 1 & 2, 2022 Arts & Culture Guide May 2022 - April 2023 Children’s Art Walk May 6, 2022

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Allied Arts is addressing the needs of our artists and is hoping to offer more opportunities to expand our organization to better help them. Here is a list of great programming and projects we are working on for 2021-2022: Arts Education Program: A multifaceted approach providing teacher training, all-school public art programs and high quality intensive standards based arts education. Exhibit Series: Our gallery series consists of themed exhibits, curated juried shows as well as exhibits in other venues throughout Whatcom County. Whatcom Cultural Arts Festival: Celebrating the diverse cultures of our community. Art as Business Skill Share Presentations: Helps inspire creative souls in ways to profit from their art. Art Supply Thrift Store: Selling gently used art supplies and/or artist’s seconds. Holiday Festival of the Arts: A Whatcom County tradition featuring over 100 artists in a five week-long celebration . Children’s Art Walk: Downtown Bellingham celebrates our local youth each May. Whatcom Arts and Culture Guide: A yearly listing and map of open studios, galleries, museums, performance venues and cultural offerings in our region. Advocating for the Arts: Promoting the arts on a local, statewide and federal level. Internship and Volunteer Opportunities: Program based skill building projects for all ages and experience levels that helps to make our programs possible. If one of these projects catches your eye and you would like to help by purchasing a membership, donating, volunteering or serving on a committee, please contact Kelly Hart, Executive Director at kelly@alliedarts.org or 360-676-8548

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2020-21 ANNUAL REPORT

Current 2021 Staff & Board We would like to thank the hundreds of interns, volunteers, board members and staff that have helped at our events and festivals. STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kelly Hart Executive Director Scott Ward Janis Conn Arts Education Coordinator Sheri Clark Judy Taylor Bookkeeping Casey Curtis Jess Irvine Gallery Assistant Rachel Simpson Liz Smyth Program Assistant Kevin Coleman Deanna Lane DEI Coordinator Danielle Jordahl Sacha Bliese On-site Holiday Festival Manager

Thank you to all our members for contributing to the arts in our community. *Current Members: 1/31/2020-8/1/2021

ART BENEFACTOR Dorothy & Carey Worthen Julia Lee and Walt Ingram Karen Sloss

ARTS PATRONS Barbara Stackhouse Danielle Jordahl

FRIEND OF THE ARTS Barbara Howard Charles and Diane Robinson Christine Scheid-Zurline Deborah Loober & Jane Burns John Hoyte Paul Brower & Carol Berry Scott Ward Art Susan & David Gillespie Eric Hirst Karla Ward Lisa Nakama Marcia Ford Mount Baker Theatre Sue Hilton-Faust & Bill Faust Two Eagles Pottery - Karen & Earl Peck

FAMILY Clayton & Gemma Jane Medeiros Dan and Jane Coombs Daniel and Pandora Larner Deborah and William Ackley James & Jennifer Cool Karl and Edwina Kleeman Liz Cunningham Mark & Brigid Wilson Michael & Barbara Ryan Mitchell Van Duzer Naomi Rudo and Greg Stern Pace Atelier Art Studio - Jacquie Bresadola & Jeff Aspnes Rock Morris Russ & Bekki Weston

BUSINESS Absolutely Nuts LLC - Simone Rogers Adventures NW Magazine - John D'Onofrio AK's Garage - Aaron Keene Alene Johnson - Alene Johnson Amber Art Collective - Giordanne Paris Amy Jorgensen Another Wave Fiber Art - Harold Niven Applewood Farm Studios - Don Anderson & Suzanne Averre AWE Parfum - Laya Shriaberg Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth Bellingham Whatcom Tourism Bureau Baby Bird Designs - Rachel Potter Baker Creek Ceramics - Deborah McCunn Barbara Marks Barrett Lizza Design Bear Art Studios - Dave & Elvy Schmoker Belinda Botzong Bella Blue Designs - Jocelyn Hoey Bellingham Festival Of Music Bellingham Makerspace - Jeremiah McCoy Bellingham Storytellers Guild - Doug Banner Bert Rotter Birchwood Botanicals - Christie Tomlin Blast It Glass - Lori Nelson-Clonts Bonnie Rose Jewelry - Bonnie Rose Brenda Higgins-Moberg Brian Simpson Brighten Up Arts - Camille Brighten Bulman Fine Art - Richard Bulman Burdick Woodworks - Brad Burdick Cards by Linda Scoboria Carter Custom Crossword Puzzles - Owen Carter Cascade Shrub Farm - Josh Kramer CASCADIA Int'l Women's Film FestivalCascadia Stoneware USA Inc. - Jeff & Natalie McDougall Celestial Swan Designs - Susan Rothschild Changing Light Art Works - Mary Gregg Byrne Chris Clay Chris Shreve Circle 8 Creative - Chris Burns Classy Sassy Glass - Karla Eames Clear Creek Pottery - Steve Dalton Colleen Nygard Art Creekside Art Studio - Debra Pawlak Dawn's Designs - Dawn Pilon Debra Stern Dragonwood Designs - Sheri Clark Dreaming Otter Arts - Beverly Connor Earth & Clay - Stacy Murphy Ebb and Flow Knitwear - Sue McCaslin Echo Chernik

Eclectic Spirit - Deborah Dole Elegance With A Flair - Nancie Silves Ellen Clark Erica Charbonneau Art & Design - Erica Charbon-neau & Carl Hathcock Erin Libby Family Art Days Fat Dragonfly Collection - Shanni Welsh Fillerfogg Design - Dan Filler Firelight Designs - Darlene Klister Fisher Woodworking - Geoffrey Fisher Fourth Corner Frames Francie Allen From the Head of Ed - Edgar Smith IV Gallery Syre - Casey Curtis Gallery West Gary Theriault Geheim Gallery - Desi Valdez Gimme Thangs - Janice Landin Glass Fire Jewelry & More - Ebba Krarup Glassworks Northwest - Kristi Thorndike-Kent Glitt3r Lyfe - Aireekah Laudert Gorrell Art - Charles Gorrell Graham Schodda and Nancy Chambers Hammond Handspun & Wool Arts - Jennifer Landau Happy Art by Rebecca Danger Holmquist Hazelnut Orchards LLC Hook & A Stitch LLC - April Santman Jamie McPherson Jansen Art Center Jean's Curiousities Jennifer Kapnek Jennifer Young Jet City Films - Todd Warger Jim Hopkins Jo Bird Jewelry - Sarah Brockman Joy S Olney Fine Art Jumped Up Stitcher - Sid Winters Karen Theusen Designs Karmela Botanica - Karma Maclachlan Katelyn Sherman Keene's Jewelry - Robert Keene Kerri Fuhr Keffeler Khara Ledonne Kim Masser Lanny and Kay Little Laura Jefferts Laura T Design - Laura Thomsen Laurie Carroll Laurie Potter Le Gourmet Girl - Christine Wekking Little Baby Wren - Shelley Buyagawan Liz Copeland Lost Art Apothecary - Denise Clark Lotus Wise Images - Kristi Moseley Lulu B Custom Knits - Francine Orice Lyn Jackson Lynn Dee Lyz Staman Mad Mozaics - Carman Komm Marcia Muchnick Marie's Bees - Marisa Papetti Marlene Van Beek Jewelry Mary Sews Many Designs - Mary Barstow MeG Jewles - Mary Gage Melissa Rush Mesee Wilson Michael Heath - Terri & Tom McCalla Mimi Ortiz Mindport - Tallie Jones Moonlight Silks Janet Lehwalder & David Eisen-hower Morrison Glass Art - Christopher Morrison MW Soapworks/Mae Warren Designs - Andrea Lawson Nana Thebus Nancy Thomson Natural Moments Studio, LLC - Louise Magno NJDartwork Nooksack Salmon Enhancement AssociationNorth Country Cousins Designs - Marjie Miller & Cheryl Jacobson Northshore Hand Bound Books - Katherine Potzler NW Authors 4 Authors Old Duck Press Pamela Beason Panting Portraits - Laura Bergsma Pareidolia - Candice Cross Pattern Art - Ron Pattern Peter James Studio Pickford Film Center Picture Pangea Photography - Michael Colahan Rae Ellen Lee Raindrops - Bob & Lorraine Shumake Realms Bath & Body Line - Terry Kaye

Rebecca Marrall Rebecca Treat Red Door Home II - Lori Hill Reject Art - Karin Mueller Re-Lit Art - Alana Coleman Rene's Music & Art - Rene Arbogast Ria Harboe Ring Rock - Amy Healy RJJKU Ceramics - Ryan Uhlhorn Roundabout Woodturning - Scott Josiah Ruth Gibbs Pottery Sam Chapman Sandy's Crafts - Sandy Schatz Scrappy Scrunchie & More - Erin Burns Sea Holly Beauty Company - Jessica Wilbert Sea Witch Botanicals Sheila Sondik Printmaking She-Ra Creations - Sheila Rood Silver Beach Pottery - Linda Stone Songbird Soap Company - Lauren Willetts Stiletto Rosso Productions Still Waters Jewelry - Karen S. Kramer Stitchcrafter - Deborah Lowery StoryCloth Design - Gail Cowan Strange and Wonderful Things - Clarissa Callesen Studio 21 - Nancy Lou Canyon Subdued Stringband Jamboree Sustainable Connections Susan Raphael Suzannah Gusukuma Suzanne Perlmutter TerrecielArts - Linda Smith Terry Brooks Terry MacDonald Art Texture Clothing Inc - Teresa Remple The Creative Frog - Margaret Nathon The FAB Studios - Sacha Bliese The RE Store Thomas Ferry Trilby's BBQ Sauce & Spices - Marilee Weber Two Blind Mice - Jenny Chatterton Uplifted Down Syndrome - Beth Margolis Validate~Appreciate - Sandra & Doug Carpenter Valley Arts Group - Alice Healy VanArts - Lori VanEtta Victoria Roberts Vikki Jackson Village Books Virginia Baker Wandering Oaks Gallery - Toby and Sheri TenEyck WE Talking Stones - Walt Hekala & Elizabeth Rhyneer Whatcom Art Guild Whatcom Artists of Clay & Kiln Whatcom Land Trust Whatcom Museum Foundation Whatcom Weaver's Guild Whimsey Whimsical Rabbit Design - Lois Dahl Wildlife Images - Donald Dye Willaby Wanders - Ana Morgan-Sheppard Williamson Illustration - James Williamson Windbell Cottage Womansongs - Jennifer Korn ZEETOONS - Frank Frazee

INDIVIDUAL Alexandra Wiley Amy Mann Ann Gorsuch Ann Ziccardi Arlene Beacom Barb Diltz Chandler Barbara Nash Beth Seils Bob Pazden Bonnie Abbasi Bonnie Ventura Buethorn Watercolor Studio - Candace Buethorn Candace Johnson Candice Christie Carol Bultsma Carol Reed-Jones Celie Thomas Cheryl Lee Chris Moench Chris Romine Colleen Curtis Daniel Romine David Inscho David Vergin Deirdre Czoberek Denise Snyder Donna Meisl Eero Johnson

Francie Gass Greenwood Enterprises - Sharon Swanson Hand On Books - Jack Mckee Hazel Ayre Hynds iFoundArt - Ken Wiener Iain Davidson Jan Mustain Janette Christenberry Janine Hazebrouck Jean Ferrier Jere' Donnelly Karen Copher Katharine Gring Kathy Huberland Kay Ingram Khiasa - Kristen Winn Laurie Rotecki Lavera Langeman Linda Conroy LS Image Art - Leslie Smith Lynn Peterson Lynne Pendleton Mantiques - Rafael Mithuna Marcia Culver Maria Wickwire Marla Morrow Marla Rodgers Martha Sheridan Meredith Jarvis Mira Kamada Molly Monahan Nancy Grigsby Nancy Pelham Foulke Patricia Morse Peregrine Entertainment - Andy Koch Rachel Simpson Rebecca Pon Ruvara Marimba - Nancy Steele Sarah Lane Sharron Newman Skye Burn Productions Susan J Erickson Terrace Watercolor - Brenda Lowery Terri & Tom McCalla Terrie May Tore Ofteness Wendy Eakle William I Salas Wray Berry

DONORS Analisa and Michael Ficklin Arts Fund Beau Murrah Bellingham Natural Family Medicine Betsy Retterer Carolyn McCarthy Charli Daniels Children of the Setting Sun Productions

Cynthia St Clair Darlene Mathias Deborah Granger Gail Ridenour Hafer Family Foundation Helen Cooper Hope Rendleman Jean Andresen John Egbert Judy Taylor Karen Gulden Laurel & Tom Kunesh Linda Smeins Lisa Friend Liz and Steve Wright Louise Grubb Lummi Community Contributions Manuel Montano Marcia Corey Marla and Ken Bronstein Marvin & Joan Wayne Mary Katherine Riordan Mary Vermillion Matthew Luxon Merry Thomas Millie & The Mentshn National Endowment for the Arts Richard Little Robert B McMillan Foundation Solveig Apt Stephen Beringer Sue Ciao Susan Albert Susan Hemingson Susan Hunt Sylvia Graham Tamara Tregoning Thomas Wilmore Todd Schumann Washington State Arts Commission Whatcom Community Foundation

Our membership of 400+ supporters: 80% of them being artists working in a variety of mediums, from the seasoned professional artist to the novice, from local businesses to art enthusiasts, Allied Arts provides members with numerous opportunities:

Members only events

Festivals

Up to the minute e-news

Discounts at partnering businesses

Special invitations to community arts happenings

Allied Arts presents their monthly exhibits at their Gallery on Cornwall Avenue. Works from over 200 local artists were exhibited over the past year, and included seven small group shows in our Juried Artist Series, as well as larger shows with local art groups such as Whatcom Artists of Clay and Kiln and the Whatcom Artist Studio Tour.

Ever changing COVID regulations kept gallery and art walk attendance on the slower side, but the appreciation from visitors who enjoyed experiencing some creativity in-person was so fulfilling! We continued our online presence and explored new ways to connect with artists and appreciators via digital communication.

Due to distance learning the fall 2020 semester looked very different for the Arts Ed Program. The typical sessions were on-hold due to the Pandemic. Several avenues were taken to get art to students. Lesson plans and video instructions were posted to our website; Collaboration with the Environmental Educators to provide an art component to their program; the Dementia Northwest Program began online. Spring Semester saw four of our teaching artists actively providing art via Zoom to Bellingham Classrooms. The Children’s Art Walk was an in-person event this year! Forty

businesses displayed over 2,000 works of art from twenty schools.

Live music was enjoyed by an estimated 1,800 folks strolling the

sidewalks.

Income 2020-21 Total Budget: $278,467

Allied Arts of Whatcom County usually hosts three annual festivals. Due to Covid-19, we were unable to do that this year. Instead we offered mini and online options!

41st Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts November 20 - December 24, 2020 The Holiday Festival of the Arts celebrated it’s 42nd year. Over 60 local artisans participated in the five week-long festival which looked a little different this year. Instead of our typical large festival space, we created two ways for folks shop their favorite Festival vendors. The Wired Market was an online marketplace where shoppers could order and pick-up their purchases curbside at our gallery. Holiday Festival Lite was a teeny tiny version of our festival with goods displayed in our gallery space on Cornwall Ave.

64 Participating Artists 4,500 Objects Sold 2,300 Visitors

Whatcom Cultural Art Festival March 5-27, 2021 This year’s Whatcom Cultural Art Festival consisted of a gallery exhibit featuring work from local Pacific Islander, Native American and African American Artists. In addition to the gallery exhibit, videos of traditional dance, storytelling, and discussions were shared with audiences online.

Festivals Gallery Exhibits

Education Project

Allied Arts Gallery Exhibit

Katy and Gracen at the Mini- Live Holiday Festival

Teaching Artist - Lori VanEtta teaching via Zoom

5th Grade: Keith Haring Inspired Self Identity Project

Rainbow Medicine Walker and Friends at Gallery Walk

Kelly in the warehouse for the Online Wired Holiday Festival Kelly and Katy masked and ready!