Wednesday I met you in the dining hall, we ate well and you talked about your Shangri-La, your ultimate landscape

What is your ultimate landscape? Do you see thick stretches of dark forest lined with sparkling turquoise lakes? An endless lawn of freshly cut grass, poolside? Or a cave of gemstones, with black moss and lime green ooze? What is your ultimate landscape, where would you go to escape? The Alps? The Everglades? Tahiti? Purple mountain’s majesty? Your grandpa’s fishing spot? Describe this place, however fantastic or real it might be. Tell us how it feels to be there. Describe the terrain, the colors, the lay of the land…

Confess your landscape, your Shangri-La.

Landscape Confessions
take part in the K-house wide video project
in the private dining room in the D-hall
TONIGHT!!!
5:00-7:30pm

Experience a landscape confession, and enter to win the secret prize, we promise it will be good! Reeaaal good...

Tuesday in the name of love

Your Art tutors went on a grand art adventure to Province town/Cape Cod on Saturday. This is what they found...

The good:

Tao Water Gallery. an awesome gallery, primarily consisting of contemporary Chinese painters. The man who runs the gallery was there, and is also a painter, and we loved talking to him. He had a lot to tell us about his process and the way he imagines his work before he begins. He told us we should never use photos to paint from, because its the idea of the place that matters most, the moment. We liked that, even though we both use photos sometimes. Shh.

The Studio on Slough Road was also a great secret find. The gallery is intimate and full of wonderful prints from artist, Kathleen Sidwell and others. The ladies who run the gallery are cheerful and warm, a perfect place to check out on our way back to Cambridge.

Provincetown is a beautiful place, so there are a lot of artists, landscapers and beach-painters. There is also a vast supply of ice cream, coffee shops, overpriced beach art and doggy clothing companies. We had to pull off the road a few times ourselves in the hunt for the perfect composition.

The Bad: Lets face it, there are always a few bad eggs, and we have to admit that there are only so many CapeCod sunset paintings you can look at before the sweet pink and yellowy colors kind of get to you. And this place...















The Ugly: This thing was outside a clothing/ home goods store in Provincetown. I don't think it needs an explanation, and if it does you are free to inquire yourselves because we did not.














The Art of the Prank?

Your artist of the day is... Kathleen Breeden! aka Kat, your art tutor! Here is her fabulous website.

Kat considers herself a landscape painter, she loves traveling and taking part in all things outdoors. Her work is a testimate to her pristine painterly skills as well as a love for nature. Kat uses oil on panel and watercolors and you can get a one on one lesson and learn from her fine skills during her upcoming painting study break - stay tuned for details!

TGIF, relaxation station

Artist of the Day: Andrea MyersIsthmus, Andrea Myers 2009

Super Fine Artist, Yuko Adachi

lego art awesomeness

leggo my Magritte?

a fun distraction.

Thursday is a day of pleasant sunshine

Take a break, join Kat for the decidedly awesome time that is the MFA College Night (see yesterday's post for more info)





Who is this happy guy? Phillip Pruitt, 2009 subject of Elad Lassry. 'Lassry, a Los Angeles-based artist, exhibits his works un-specifically, and often without differentiating by media; he'll even match the frame to a prevailing color in the image to create a happy retro-period uniformity, and to stress the unity of the image and the sculpture-like container.'

More of his work can be seen here.



Artist of the day: If you are not familiar with Takashi Murakami, you should be. As far as contemporary artists go, he is probably one of the most successful and intriguing.

Warhol/Silver, 2009.Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

'It's the repetition and the interest in merging business and art along the lines of mass production—that so echo Warhol. Warhol would have loved the Murakami for Louis Vuitton—even if they were limited edition. But with contemporary Japan as his context, Murakami demonstrates the rise of mass customization over mass production, and the reincarnation of repetition as a type of uniqueness in art.'-Interview

Who used to wake up early in 3rd grade to read about Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield?


Yes, the scrumptious Californian twins in the Sweet Valley High series are going to be adapted into a film, directed by Diablo Cody, the same lady who brought you Juno. 'That is exactly what Universal is doubling down on, in negotiations to pick up the rights to the long-running book series, with Cody attached to adapt.'

Kirkland's Trip to the Big City aka Get Your Art On

Tomorrow night is COLLEGE NIGHT at MFA!!!

Join art tutor, Kat Breedon, at 8:00pm (after the Master's Dessert) to walk to the T
The party is free with your ID card, and goes until midnight!

Free concert...rock out to the "funk fusion party" that is Love in Stockholm Free dance party...with DJ Ghostdad spinning electro, hip-hop, and "a little bit of everything" Free snacks...munch on Mexican, compliments of Qdoba Free prizes...you’ll just have to come to see what they are giving away!

If you'd rather not go downtown, don't miss visiting artist Sophie Tottie at the Carpenter Center. She is giving a talk at 6:00pm
And speaking of dessert, cupcakes anyone?

Do you have a blog, website, photo (artistic or otherwise) to share with K house?
Please let us know, we would love to see your stuff!

tuesday in the dark

Artist of the Day: Laurel Beckman.

We almost always like big things.

What might reverse graffiti be?
Steve Lambert is a funny (haha) artist. Visit here to see his Add-Art

Delicious time-waster.

And always time well spent.

Mondays just makes sense

a bear went over the mountain to see what he could see
weird science
Faceface addiction? Listen to this.

Poetry reading by Simon Armitage at Houghton Library
The Edison-Newman Room at 6:00pm tomorrow (9/22)

And I was travelling lightly, barefoot
over bedrock, then through lands that were stitched
with breadplant and camomile. Or was it burdock.

(from Armitage's the dead sea poems)

The Donkey Show has Bostonites feeling happy.

These Ikea fans were outraged, finding Verdana less elegant than Futura.The online forum Typophile ended its first post with the words, "It's a sad day."

How did the Snuggie go from this to the catwalk?

And your photo of the day... happy 1st day of fall!

via DerNetteAlex on flickr

happy sunday, two days until autumn officially begins

Ed Ruscha, "Fall All Leaves All Fall" (2009). Courtesy Ed Ruscha and Gagosian Gallery via NYT

elevator stories

Robert Frank's elevator girl sees herself years later.

Elevator Art is community based contemporary art project, located in Dorcol one of the oldest municipalities in the heart of Belgrade, Serbia.

going up?

suffer a sea-change

Interesting article and photos about Governors Island.
William Egley, Prospero and Miranda, 1850

Don't forget to audition for K-house's Tempest, put on by the Kirkland Drama Society! There is word in the dining hall that they are still in need of some ladies to fill certain roles...could be your chance to be a Kirkland Drama star!

Thursday, thuuuursday so good to me!

Here is a bunch of click-worthy art distractions...

Bob Dylan can sing, but can he paint too?


Even famous flashy photographers have financial meltdowns.

Missing L.A. art? Take a virtual tour of this fall's hippest new art stars.

Buffalo in the night.
Pear art for your divine pleasure.
Check out some Fritz Haeg. His Edible Estates Project is pretty sweet, and his project Animal Estates is even better.

Coming with...?

Special Events
College Night
7 pm — 12 am
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Museum of Fine Arts

Okay, Kirkland, get on the T and head downtown to show some Harvard support for College Night at MFA. They are throwing a party just for you. All you need is your college ID, and admission is FREE! live music, a DJ dance party, great prizes, snacks, and more. Art and snacks... Does it get any better?

What else is at MFA?

Edward Weston's stunning photos













and Glorious Beasts in Persian Paintings

superpower monday

Check out The Superheroine Monologues at Phoenix Theatre Artists & Company One BCA Plaza Theatre from sept. 10 until the 26th.

K HAUS!!!

You are cordially invited to...

Kirkland's
Art Lounge

OPEN HOUSE!
Sunday the Thirteenth
Two Thousand and Nine
4:00pm until 11:00pm

Please bring your friends and stop by the lounge for cookies and refreshments

Arts activities with Michelle
(including lantern making and creative cards)
4:00pm to 6:00pm
&
Feeling Sketchy with Kirsten
(workshop on drawing and sketching skills)
8:00pm to 11:00pm
photo via partyperfect

the sound of art

Charlie Roberts Desktop Boogie, 2009 at Richard Heller Gallery
And Ernesto Caivano's Floral Veins, and Conduits: 081, 2006 See more of this work here.

Drawings That Work: 21st Drawing Show opens today!!!
Boston Center for the Arts
Reception is at 6:00pm and is free.

The exhibition examines how artists use drawings in the preliminary stages of the creative process to convey an idea. The 36 selected artists were chosen from a wide pool of applicants and include prints that demonstrate the preparatory phase of such mediums as sculpture, video, digital prints, collage and painted color studies.

CIA artists?

Back to art school.

Two archivists aim to catalog the soundscapes of Western states -- birds, rattlesnakes, bats -- before the racket of modern life drowns them out. article and audio slide show.

...and the real deal.

fish & dog

Fish Silk Tea Bamboo: Cultivating an Image of China.

On view March 14, 2009 to December 31, 2010 at Peabody Essex Museum

Through delicate works on paper and other select objects, explore four essential motifs Westerners often associate with China -- fish, silk, tea, bamboo.



Dog Days Bogota by Alec Soth September 9 - November 28, 2009 Stephen D. Paine Gallery at MassArt

In 2002 Alec Soth traveled with his wife to Bogotá, Colombia to adopt a baby girl, Carmen. Carmen's birthmother gave her a scrapbook book with this note; "When I think about you I hope that your life is full of beautiful things." Taking this message to heart Soth set out to capture the city during the two months it took the courts to process the paperwork.

Check out more of his work here.

also at Mass Art...
Translucent Visions: Frederic Whitaker and Eileen Monaghan Whitaker - A Retrospective in Watercolor from July 20 through September 17, 2009
President's Gallery, MassArt.



Valerio Olgiati speaks at 6:30pm - 7:30pm in the Piper Auditorium tonight! Visit the architect's website here.








Jorge Rodriguez Gerada will be coming to Boston to create one of his large scale charcoal 'Identity' pieces. Identity Boston will be up the entire month of September, don't miss out.

Happy Tuesday!

Dawei Ye's photographs of Boston

Fresh out of ideas? ...Take an art stumble.

Speaking of walks,Unnatural Histories video makes for a lovely walk on the moon.

There is some buzz in Kirkland about a secret upcoming project.


Anyone see the 'Hills' last night?

art on a stick

Feast your eyes on some Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson. And the article.

'And what anyone who stops by his work space at the palazzo will find, now or over the next six months, is a farcically romantic idea of what the end of the world might look like, at least for an artist: Mr. Kjartansson, standing at an easel day after day, relentlessly painting the portrait of a man who poses before him in a black Speedo, cigarette and beer in hand.'

Common Ahts?

Colorful chairs and common spaces seek entertainers. Read more here.

Here, for a list of Common Spaces Initiative events.

And... The Boston Arts Festival (pronounced ahhts) starts this Friday and runs through the weekend!!! The festival features over 60 juried artists from Boston and a performance program on 2 stages showcasing Boston’s best performing arts groups and performers.

Be sure to check out the ongoing Open Studios tour that kicks off this weekend too! (Your Kirkland Art Tutor will be leading a tour to an upcoming open studio visit near you- more information soon!)

photo: Artur Źmijewski, Them, 2007. Courtesy of Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich.

a maker...

'To him, almost anything discarded and durable is potential building material. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t have a complete set of anything because repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern,” said Mr. Phillips, who is slight and sinewy with a long gray ponytail and bushy mustache.'

See a slide show of his structures.

Ceramics Program Open House!

Tuesday 9/8 at 5:00 PM, Ceramics Studio
Stop by on Tuesday the 8th, anytime between 5 and 7 pm, to tour the studio, meet the instructors and staff, and enjoy some refreshments.
This will also be a great opportunity to register for classes, if you have not done so already. The Fall 2009 Registration form is available on-line as well as at the studio.

Class schedule and locations


Peter VandenBerge, Couple Watching Saturday Night Movie, 1969. Ceramic and ceramic stains, 13 x 12 x 11 inches. Collection of the San Jose Museum of Art. Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Museum’s Collections Committee.

Re-View

Re-View is on long-term view at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum and provides a selected, ongoing display of the collections.

-The Harvard Art Museum will be open on Labor Day from 10am-5pm. Come and enjoy!

American Art and Modernity, 1865–1965 and Photography and Society
September 4–October 4, 2009
October 9, 2009–January 10, 2010
Floor 4

VES Open House Today!

VES will host an open house on Tuesday, September 1 at 11:00 for first and second year students interested in courses in the studio arts, film/video production, film & cinema studies, the built environment, or becoming a VES concentrator. Meet with members of the department, and current concentrators will be there to give tours of the department starting around noon. Refreshments will be served!

Carpenter Center, 24 Quincy Street, 2nd floor sculpture studio.