Gretchen Leggitt's art explores a diverse range of subject and medium, evidence of her passion for expansive investigations of the creative world. An avid adventurer and traveler, Gretchen's playful subjects are mused by influential places that have caught her eye along the way. Many of her patterns and landscapes are reflections of her roots in the Southwest, along with the cultural and natural influence of her current home in the Pacific Northwest. She resides, recreates and creates in Bellingham, WA, ancestral lands of the Coast Salish People, the Lummi and Nooksack Tribes.
Understanding the importance of creative culture in communities, in addition to the integration of indigenous voices and diversity in the public art domain, Leggitt is the co-founder of Paper Whale Arts and the Noisy Waters Mural Fest. Paper Whale is a non-profit  whose mission is to cultivate community in an evolving program of multi-sensory events to inspire and creatively activate placemaking. They are responsible for many of the public art installations in Bellingham as well as producing Fire & Story, the Noisy Waters Mural Fest and the Indigeversal Collective.

Learn more at Paper-whale.com

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