Make.Shift Art Space

May calendar coming in hot! We have a huge month ahead of us, and kicking off everything is Art Walk! We have two incredible workshops to look forward to, including one about how artists can decouple from big tech. Come on down to the space and see what we’re cooking up, and dont miss our May send off with our Boiler Event at the end of the month!

what does a thriving music industry look like without harmful tech companies like spotify? i’ve been gnawing on this question for years, but in mid 2025 i finally had the courage to remove my music from streaming platforms and find out what my artist practice looked like without the music tech giants i gave a talk on my findings called “SPOTIFY DROPOUOT” people loved what i had to say so we decided to run it back at @make.shiftartspace in Bellingham, WA i’m proud of what i’ve accomplished so far, but i’m not gonna stop until we change the world. u wanna help me? music on the post by the fxcking rad @willycrooks EDIT: bham workshop time is 1-3pm

Flooding is never fun, and if you’ve been a part of Make.Shift over the years, you know this isn’t the first time we’ve had this issue. Sincere apologies to everyone playing and who was planning on coming out for this stacked lineup. We’re hoping to have this one back on ASAP! All presale tix will be honored for the rescheduled show, but if you need a refund please feel free to reach out. If you want to help us out with our mitigation efforts, please consider donating! 🙏

Friday May 29th at Make.Shift Sceneric Sprig (Seattle) No-Fi Soul Rebellion Cat Positive All ages Doors 8pm $11 advance / $15 day of show Cat Positive opens the night and we are really excited to play with Sprig again. The last time we shared a bill was at Central Saloon in 2021. The room was packed with goths, queers and baseball bros peacefully coexisting together. One of my favorite shows ever. Sprig absolutely killed it and we’ve wanted to do it again ever since. At the request of the performers, we ask that attendees please wear a mask at this event. If you’ve been wanting to participate in a masked-up show, this is a great opportunity. Thanks for helping make live music more accessible and for supporting our immunocompromised community ❤️

HEATER ALERT! Next week we got New Band Night allums Liaison and Dead Royals hitting the stage with Karmic Justice and AELEPH. Be there or be square and rectangular and bored. . Make.Shift Art Space. May 22nd 2026 - 8pm Doors - 306 Flora St. $11 presale, $15 Cash DOS. Dead Royals. Karmic Justice. AELEPH. Liaison. NO DRUGS. NO BOOZE. NO JERKS.

SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT ☆彡 WANT TO WATCH YOUR LOCAL MONARCH GET BEHEADED*? ONLY AT @make.shiftartspace MAY 22ND! WITH @karmic_justicewa @aelephband @liaison.theband DOORS @ 8 LONG LIVE THE DEAD ROYALS * no actual beheadings will take place but we’re pretty dramatic so it’ll compensate

Tomorrow! In the education space! local artist Fiona Ferguson will be facilitating an “Observational Drawing workshop,” register now using the link in bio 🩷🌸 Bring a trinket and a friend! — Fiona Ferguson is a recent WWU Art Education graduate and currently substitute teaches along with teaching workshops. She loves a wide variety of media, including, but not limited to watercolor, oil painting, screen printing, ceramics, papier mâché, knitting, natural dying, and, of course, observational drawing. She is very drawn to color, organic shapes, domestic spaces, botanical imagery, and light. Outside of art and teaching, she loves to swim in the ocean, dance, and lay on her lawn listening to music.

🛸 @neverstillstudio taking us into another dimension as 1 pt of their response for The Butterfly Effect (art made in reflection of children’s unfiltered stories) on exhibit now @make.shiftartspace 👾 Go check out their felted alien, my underwater dance party collage, and many many other WILD AND INSPIRED takes on the wonder of a child’s imagination this May. 🦋 Open Thursday-Saturday 1-6pm 🦋

small but mighty May workshops! ✨ bring your personal trinkets on this Saturday, and your computers on the 30th! registration is live, click the link 🔗 in bio and click “register for a workshop”

COMING UP! We got local emos covered in blood with Sceneric, Seattle synth rock band Sprig, the return or No-Fi Soul Rebellion, and Cat Positive! Pretty sure this is the place to be on May 29th . . . . tickets are available RIGHT NOW! Bring a mask! . LIVE! AT MAKE.SHIFT. May 29th 2026. Doors at 8pm. 306 Flora st bellingham. SCENERIC. SPRIG. NO-FI SOUL REBELLION. CAT POSITIVE. Masks are strongly encouraged to properly support immunocompromised performers! $11 online presale - $15 cash at the door. NO DRUGS. NO BOOZE. NO JERKS.

Welcome to Jack’s House was a one-night interactive art installation and photo station that we built in a day in the basement of Make.Shift and took down in an hour. This month, Make.Shift partnered with a local school to pair a student artist with a community artist for the annual Kid’s Art Walk. The student created art (theme butterfly effect) and then the community artist created a response piece. For us, this work reached across counties, created relationships, and rippled into laughter over an interactive lighted tentacle. Our set, plus my emulsion piece in the main floor gallery, was in response to a student’s (Marco) art submission to Make.Shift Art Space titled The Hurricane. The Hurricane “Once upon a time there was a boy named Mike. Mike was walking to school when a bird flew over his head. One of its feathers landed on his nose and he sneezed. The air made hurricane Katrina. The bird flew away. Mike’s house flew away so he had no food and tomorrow he would not have a lunch. A kid named Jack saw he had no lunch and came and sat with Mike. He told Mike that he packed an extra snack and gave Mike granola bar. They started talking about nonsense like video games. Soon they became friends. Mike told Jack his house blew away, so Jack invited him to stay at his house. They played video games together at Jack’s house. They had macaroni and cheese for dinner. in the middle of the night, Mike woke up because he was hearing weird noises. He looked around and Jack looked weird. Jack is an alien. The End.” - Marco (Samish Woods Montessori School) Let’s build it. Let’s be weird. So… Welcome to Jack’s House. A special thank you to Marco, who we didn’t get to meet, but we hope these photos bring a lot of joy. An extra special thank you to @make.shiftartspace , where our studio is located; @barrettlizza for being kind enough to let me take photos of old TVs in his shop (& for selling me this cool TV); the man from Skagit who gifted us his family couch that we the strapped to the roof of our car; & finally my lifelong friend @gracieface85 , who still takes me to her family home even after I say the ominous…Hey, I have this idea. Thanks for playing, Bellingham.

If you've ever seen the venue, you know we were made for this. If you haven't seen the venue, well, you could come sweat and dance and experience it at the Make.Shift Boiler on May 30th. OUR BASEMENT IS YOUR OYSTER! We have a heated lineup for you with D-jirai, guesst, six28, and 4prilXD. WEAR YOUR BEST DANCING OUTFIT. . Make.Shift boiler. a boiler style dj event with a diverse array of electronic music genres. 4prilXD. six28. guesst. D-jirai. May 30th, 2026. 8:00pm-11:00pm. $10 presale, $15 cash DOS. MAKE.SHIFT ART SPACE. 306 flora st Bellingham, WA. NO DRUGS NO BOOZE NO JERKS.