As events are canceled and organizations close to help slow the spread of coronavirus, we know that artists are suffering deeply and are in need of assistance. Below is a collection of resources our team has found to help artists in need during this time.
We will continue to update this list as we find more resources. […]

Hey, it’s Jesse Ziebart, BIMA’s Cultural Programs Manager and producer of Mojo Rhythm & Blues Festival. Each week, I’ll be coming at ya with my top 5 blues songs of the week to get you through this mess! Check out each week’s picks below and come on back every Wednesday at 4pm for more tunes!
Check out the full playlist here! […]

As schools, museums, and other community-based organizations across the region close to limit the spread of COVID-19, we know that lots of families are thinking about how to continue learning from home! 
BIMA’s Education team has collected a variety of free online resources to support arts learning from home, with an emphasis on hands-on projects that rely on everyday materials, […]

❄️ Happy Holidays from BIMA! ❄️
We’re so grateful to have you as part of the BIMA family.
As a gift to you and yours this holiday season, BIMA’s staff put together a mix tape of some of our favorite tunes to warm up the long winter ahead!
From all-time favorites to wedding first dances, nostaligic jams to songs that just have a us grooving right now, […]

BIMA’s Within/Earshot Jazz Festival is over, but I’m still applauding. Bravo to the musicians, educators, filmmakers, organizers, sponsors, partners, artists, and jazz fans who filled the museum with excitement, buzz and some of the most mind-bending programming BIMA has seen all year long.
Here are a few highlights from Within/Earshot 2019:
Johnaye Kendrick launched us into Within/Earshot 2020 with her improvised jazz standards and ambitiously arranged original compositions. […]

We’re excited to feature local multimedia artist Ellen Antonelli in the Museum Store for the month of November 2019. Stop by the Museum Store to pick up one of Ellen’s handmade bags, wallets, totes, and duffle and travel bags.
The Museum Store is open daily from 10am-6pm.
About Ellen Antonelli

Nature inspires artist Ellen Antonelli, […]

We’re excited to feature local multimedia artist Carrie Goller in the Museum Store for the month of October 2019. Stop by the Museum Store to pick up one of Carrie’s greeting cards, prints, and paintings, many of which feature Carrie’s Woodland-theme seen in her exhibition Creatures Comfort at BIMA in 2018.
The Museum Store is open daily from 10am-6pm. […]

BIMA is super excited to be participating in Refract, The Seattle Glass Experience from October 17-20, 2019!
Refract celebrates the region’s luminaries of glass art with epic exhibitions, festive art parties, fascinating talks, tours & demos, scores of open studios and exclusive collector events over four days. Glass artists, collectors, enthusiasts and more will converge on the Puget Sound region to give credit where credit is due in the Pacific Northwest’s role in advancing the art form. […]

We’re excited to feature local artist and designer Joel DeTray in the Museum Store for the month of September 2019. Stop by the Museum Store to pick up one of Joel’s charming etchings featuring wildlife and the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
The Museum Store is open daily from 10am-6pm.
About Joel DeTray
Joel DeTray is an artist and goldsmith living on Dyes Inlet in Bremerton, […]

We’re excited to welcome guest blogger Natalie! Natalie, who will be starting 3rd grade in the fall, recently attended the Art & Nature Camp at BIMA this summer and wanted to share some of her experience with the world:
Art camp was good. There was lots of art. Lots and lots of art. My teacher was Isobel. […]