Dawson is renovating the historic 17,000 square foot building at 210 W. Holly Street in downtown Bellingham for Children of the Setting Sun Productions, transforming the former Mindport Exhibits home into Setting Sun Circle, also called Hy'shqe Labs, a Coast Salish cultural destination built on Hillaire family ancestral homeland. Designed with RMC Architects to a LEED Silver target, the three-story renovation will house a contemporary Coast Salish gallery, a theater, a meditation garden, a woodshop, maker spaces, digital media production studios, an artist-in-residence program, a Digital Heritage Library, and immersive storytelling exhibits.
The project broke ground on Earth Day 2025 and is scheduled to open to the public in fall 2027 as the heart of Coast Salish arts, storytelling, and innovation. When complete, Setting Sun Circle will be the first dedicated Coast Salish-led cultural and media production hub in downtown Bellingham, sitting only a block and a half from Whatcom Creek where the Hillaire family's fishing village once stood. The completed three-story renovation will give Children of the Setting Sun Productions a permanent home for film, podcast, immersive media, and contemporary Coast Salish art, anchoring CSSP's social and environmental mission in the heart of the Arts District.
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