Call to Visual Artists

Help us create our magical worlds with this artist grant!

With your help, our main venues will be completely revamped. When attendees walk into your assigned venue they will EXIT Bellingham and enter our magical worlds! See details below:

Event: Bellingham Exit in Downtown Bellingham, Washington 

Festival Kick off Oct 9-13, 2025 

The Fun Continues: Oct 9 - Nov 1

https://www.bellinghamexit.com/

Project start date: Sept 10, 2025

Setup: Oct 7-8, 2025

Teardown: Nov 2-3, 2025

Theme: Eat Up

Deliverables:  A large-scale art installation that completely reimagines what your assigned venue looks like. When entering the space, attendees will exit Bellingham and enter your food themed installation! With a team of volunteers, you will install and un-install your installation in either The Wild Buffalo, The Blue Room, or The Shakedown.  Click here for examples from last year's fest.

Pay: $3000

What we will provide: Full coverage of installation expenses (within set budget), a warehouse space to work on installation, and volunteers to help with setup and teardown.

This application will close July 15th, 2025. You can expect to hear back from our team by August 1st, 2025.