Submitted by Sunnyland Stomp
The 8th annual Sunnyland Stomp will take place on Saturday, July 16 when the Sunnyland neighborhood will transform itself into a friendly summer art walk full of backyard galleries displaying a wide range of art, music, food and more. In 2010 the event was honored with a Bellingham Mayor’s Arts Award for bringing awareness to the creative talents and community spirit of Sunnyland’s residents. This year 25 galleries will be participating, showcasing everything from paintings to a puppet garden to wood fired pizza to live action screen-printing among many other festivities. Local artist and Homeskillet co-owner, Tina White, created the poster art for this year’s event.
The Stomp has new organizers this year — Alice Clark has passed the baton to Erin Boyd (of Red Boots Design) and Kendall Dodd. Both are committed to continuing Clark’s vision for The Stomp as a grassroots neighborhood event that showcases Sunnyland and its residents.
“I’m really excited to see the community come together for this unique, creative event. It’s such a good reflection of the best of Bellingham,” said Stomp co-organizer (and participant) Erin Boyd. “We’re looking forward to sharing art, food and fun times with all of the visitors to our neighborhood.”
Other highlights from this year’s Stomp include: family activities at Sunnyland Park, Broadway park and St John’s Lutheran church earlier in the day (between 11am-3pm), art by many local artists and craftspeople, live music as well as food prepared at many of the galleries as well as food trucks that will be in the area.
Sunnyland Stomp Schedule
- 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Broadway Park (by the playground): Cardboard Playground with Play Lab.
- 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Sunnyland Park: games, music and shenanigans for kids of all ages.
- 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at St John’s Lutheran Church: free concert and sing-a-long.
- 4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. backyard galleries will be open throughout the whole neighborhood.
Sunnyland Stomp maps will be available at each gallery as well as at many of our sponsor locations. In addition, the list of galleries and a downloadable map will be available in early July on the Stomp website – www.sunnylandstomp.com. Bike and pedestrian travel around the neighborhood is highly encouraged. See you at The Stomp!
