Christmas trees need lights, and lights need power. Where does the power come from? This Winter, THE POWER COMES FROM YOU! Make.Shift invites you to participate in our first full day of human powered holiday joy. By hopping on one of our Power Wheel bike generators this December 10 and 11, you’ll be among the [...]

Make.Shift is happy to announce that Jinx Art Space will now have open office hours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays – Fridays. Come take a look at the gallery, peruse our zine library, or check out one of our open studios for rent!

ZOE FRALEY / THE BELLINGHAM HERALD BELLINGHAM – Local music nonprofit Make.Shift is debuting its new home Friday, Oct. 7, with an art show during the Downtown Art Walk. Make.Shift’s new spot at 306 Flora St. will provide practice space for musicians, studio space for artists and a venue for live music, as well as [...]

Jinx Art Space Grand Reopening: Make.Shift Finally Finds a Home! WHAT: Jinx Grand Reopening & October Art Walk WHEN: 6 p.m.-12 a.m. Friday Oct. 7 WHERE: Jinx, 306 Flora Street Make.Shift is happy to announce the grand reopening of Jinx Art Space on Friday October 7. The local nonprofit, which bought the business and took [...]

Jinx Art Space is owned and operated by local artists and business owners Michelle Schutte and Django Bohren, and located at 306 Flora Street. Jinx is an artist collective in the heart of the Bellingham Arts District. The art and music venue has become a nexus for local artists and musicians since opening nearly three [...]

We’re sad to announce that the building owners at 111 Unity Street, where we’ve been planning our new all-ages arts and music hub with WhAAM, backed out of lease negotiations last week. This comes as a surprise to us as much as it does to our donors and the broader Bellingham community. Make.Shift and WhAAM [...]

We’d like to thank What’s Up! Magazine for giving Make.Shift the Best of 2010 Appreciation Award on 01/29/11. What an honor!

We’d like to thank everyone who has supported our Kickstarter fundraising campaign toward make.shift and WHAAM’s new, all-ages arts and music hub — Tonight we made our $8,500 goal! If you haven’t donated yet, it’s not too late! You can still contribute to our page until our deadline: January 15. Anything over our goal will [...]

Wanna help Make.Shift and WHAAM renovate our new, all-ages music and arts hub? Here’s a list of materials we need to make it happen! Virtually all items are sold at Bellingham’s Hardware Sales. Ask a clerk to see Make.Shift and WHAAM’s materials registry, and pitch in! * 100 10-foot 2×6′s * 12 sheets of OSB [...]

Check out our Kickstarter page to see a video about our new building, and contribute to renovations! Make.Shift is transforming an historic auto body shop into an all-ages arts and music hub, which will host all-ages concerts, affordable band practice space, a local art gallery, resource library and more. We’re partnering with WHAAM (Whatcom All-Ages [...]