Meet a new view of Bellingham
October 1, 2007
What is your view of Bellingham? What is mine? Can we share it? Does it change? Do we?
Yoga, Art, Nature & Friends of the North West
What is your view of Bellingham? What is mine? Can we share it? Does it change? Do we?
Hello,
During the summer, myself and my friend, Andrew Hedden interviewed you in downtown Bellingham for a documentary we were making about the history of immigration in Whatcom County. Well, thanks to your generous contributions, it is completed and we are showing it twice within the next couple of weeks. We are inviting you to one or both of the showings: one at Fairhaven College and the other at the Pickford Cinema (see below for dates and times).
Feel free to call or email me if you have any questions.
Hope to see you there!
-Ian Morgan
ianmrgn*@*yahoo*.*com
(360) 708-6297
Community to Community Development – foodjustice.org
and
Whatcom Human Rights Task Force – whrtf.org
present…
“Present in All That We Do”
In 1907, more than two-hundred South Asian migrant workers in Bellingham were attacked by a mob of white workers. In the course of one night, an entire community was driven from the town – in the approving words of a local paper, “wiped off the map.” One hundred years later in 2007, hostility towards immigrants of color in Bellingham continues. Raids and detentions by government immigration agents are ongoing; so are surveillance and harassment from both government agents and groups like the Minutemen. How have the events of 1907 shaped Bellingham as we know it in 2007? What has changed and what remains the same? These issues and questions are examined in the independently produced documentary, “Present in All That We Do.”
Created by: Andrew Hedden and Ian Morgan
Funded by: Community to Community Development, Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, and Fairhaven College
Length: 50 minutes
First Showing:
The Center for Law, Diversity and Justice hosts: “Present in All That We Do”
Date: October 16th, 2007 (Tuesday)
Time: 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Fairhaven College auditorium
Free and open to the public.
Second Showing:
October 20th (Saturday)
Location: The Pickford Cinema – 1416 Cornwall Ave.
Time: 1:30pm
price: $5 for WFA members, $6 matinees (A large portion of the ticket sales go to benefit community organizations and their struggle for immigrant rights!)
Here is a related event taking place on Oct. 18th:
Panel Discussion
The panel discussion will focus on the anti-Hindu riots in Bellingham in 1907. This discussion will be a part of a community-wide observation of the riots that occurred 100 years ago this year. The panel discussion will include Dr. Satpal Sidhu, Dean at Bellingham Technical College and a member Guru Nanak Gursikh Temple (Gurudwara) Whatcom County Sikh Temple; Dr. Paul Englesberg, member of the Woodring college at WWU who has done a significant amount of research on the 1907 Bellingham event; Dr. Hugh Johnston, historian from Simon Fraser University who will discuss the 1907 race riots in B.C.; and Shankar Narayan, a Seattle-based lawyer who will discuss anti-South Asian American violence in the post-9/11 era.
Date: October 18th, 2007 (Thursday)
Time: 7-9:00 p.m.
Location: Fairhaven College auditorium
Free and open to the public.
The Prozac Mtn Boys will be playing their special combination of old
and new bluegrass and old-time music at the Cloud Mountain Farm next
Saturday from 11 am until 4 pm in Everson. If you need some
directions here they are. Once you get to Mt Baker Highway:
1: Start out going NORTHEAST on WA-542 / E SUNSET DR toward BARKLEY
BLVD. Continue to follow WA-542. 9.9 miles Map
2: Turn LEFT onto LAWRENCE RD / WA-9. 1.0 miles Map
3: Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto SIPER RD. 1.8 miles Map
4: Turn RIGHT onto HOPEWELL RD. 0.2 miles Map
5: Turn LEFT onto GOODWIN RD. 0.5 miles Map
6: End at Cloud Mountain Farm:
6906 Goodwin Rd, Everson, WA 98247, US
Hope to see you there for good food, drink, vibes, and music,
The Prozac Mtn Boys
“keeping the Northwest safe for bluegrass and old-time music”
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New Art Collective Near You….
Look for it…..
The melodic patter of rain on her studio roof gives Lea Kelley a rush of pride. Not long ago that steady assault of rain drops would have been caught in an assortment of pots and pans on her floor.
“The roof leaked like crazy,” she says. “Now it’s pouring down rain and I’m perfectly happy.”
The leaky roof was just one of many challenges for Kelley, a Bellingham artist who turned a dilapidated, garbage-filled cab garage into a collective art studio, what she calls the Bellingham Art Tank.
“It was a big ugly garage that was full of trash,” she says of the space before she got her hands on it. “There was so much junk in here.”
But more than junk, the space had potential.
“It was filled up to the brim,” she says. “I saw the skylights, and the garbage just disappeared. I thought, oh I can do this.”
Though she was looking for a studio, she wanted the space to be something more. Whether it’s artists, musicians or writers, Kelley created the Art Tank as a place for them to network, share tips and show their work.
“It’s not a business; it’s not a club; it’s more of a networking tool for artists who don’t get exposure,” she says. “There are people who have no place to paint, and that’s why they can paint here. You don’t have to be a member of the tank to get benefits. All you have to do is stop by.”
The space is immaculate now, after less than three months of cleaning that felt like a year. She picked up furniture at RE Store, hung her paintings and had an open gallery in the space, which looks more like a chic loft than a garage. No matter how nice it looks, though, Kelley likes the tank’s humble roots.
“Because of the way I found it, people don’t have to worry about making a mess,” she jokes.
She put an ad on the Web site Craig’s List to let people know about the Art Tank, and she says she’s gotten an overwhelming response. On Saturday, Kelley is hosting her first meeting at the Art Tank. She hopes it’s the first of many chances for creative-minded folks to share ideas. Though her work is on the walls, she’ll gladly take it down to have shows for other artists who haven’t had the chance to display their work publicly.
She calls the tank idea “Bellhemian,” and she hopes it will be a positive experience for everyone who decides to stop in.
“Inspiration is a good thing,” she says. “When I was 21, if someone had something like this for me, I’d have a lot more paintings done.”
Pottery Northwest (info@potterynorthwest.org)
The fall class session at Pottery Northwest is off to a roaring start and the next big thing is…
The Student Show!
If you have been a student at Pottery Northwest in the past 12 months or you know someone who has taken class here, you/they are invited to participate. Please help spread the word. Choose your best piece (you are the juror) and bring it in. The show will be up in the gallery for two weeks in November.
Gala Opening, Friday, November 2nd at 6 p.m.
to honor our amazing student’s work.