“Sharing Mythologies” - November 21-28, 2025

Whatcom Art Center
1105 11th St, Bellingham, WA 98225

“It’s good to see eclectic artwork that imaginatively combines current events, mythology, and the history of art to represent our current fears, anxieties, and hopes. Art can combine the past and the present, the real and the ideal, and can both satirize the problematic present and present imaginative humanist alternatives for the future. Louise Bourgeois said, ‘Art is a guarantee of sanity’ and, ‘It is not a torment to be an artist. It is a privilege.’"

– DeWitt Cheng

“Exploring Relationality” - Jan 15-30, 2026

Art is fundamentally an exploration of relationships. From the cave paintings of Lascaux to Pollock’s Male and Female, artists have long sought to express the interconnected nature of existence. Rather than viewing reality as separate and individual, art often reveals how we exist in constant relation—to people, places, objects, time, memory, and even art itself.

This theme echoes across cultures and philosophies. In Taoism, for example, Yin and Yang emerge only in relation to one another. Similarly, we are shaped and defined through our connections.

Juror: Maria Porges

Please visit CaFÉ™ for entry application and details.