Creating our
magical worlds!
Enjoy The Wild Buffalo, The Shakedown, and The Blue Room as you have never seen them before… Completely converted into the magical worlds of your dreams by The 2024 Bellingham Exit Artist Grant winners.
2024 Artist Grant Winers
The Shakedown will transform into
The Imagination Room: The Future is Golden
Artist: Jocelyn Suzanna of Bella Blue Earth
Please make yourself at home in the future! While you’re here, please envision and imagine a healthy climate for future generations. While you’re exploring be sure to watch your step. Around this place, it’s not wise to hop the gates. Some of the old paths are climbing and falling off the cliff. It’s very old, you know.
The Wild Buffalo will transform into
The Alchemy Plant
Artists: Interactive Bellingham (501 c-3 artist collective)
Welcome to The Alchemy Plant, a post-industrial factory where magical machines are made. Dripping with the detritus of Bellingham's past, The Alchemy Plant transforms our fears and tribulations into playful joy. A little bit creepy, and lots weirdly wonderful, The Alchemy Plant dares us to create an inclusive future for Bellingham through reuse, interaction, and playful imagination.
The Blue Room will transform into
FinTasia: The Mysterious Deep
Artists: Seth Ferain & Abby Butzen
Jump into Posiden’s Realm when you enter into our water inspired magical world. A space full of mermaids, sea creatures, whimsical fins, waves and bubbles galore will be a shimmering treat for festival goers. We will create this space with a mix of sturdy constructions, reclaimed fabrics, lights, holographic cellophane, and much more.
Photos by Oscar Witron and Sattva Photo
Thank you to last year’s winners Bellingham Theater Works, Sasha Petrenko, Nancey Mintz, and project supervisor Mark Kuntz!