December closes with a happy heart and new paintbrushes!

Dearest Kirkland House...I hope you have all enjoyed a happy and joyful holiday full of family and hot apple cider. Now that the new year is upon us, I urge you all to take advantage of wherever you are and share some art experiences, good or bad, with us. Please let this be a forum for all of your art related adventures, no matter how abstract of surreal during your travels or staycations or otherwise. Cheers and Happy New Years!

I went to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA, where I used to work. My favorite part is always watching the glass blowing team, but the current exhibition called, Kids Design Glass, is awesome. Here are a few highlights...

xoxo, k

Kirkland's own Hassenfeld wins harvard/yale music mix competition

Listen to Noam's winning music mix here!

LINO Prints TONIGHT!

LINO BLOCK WORKSHOP
6:00PM-8:00PM Dining Hall Sunday 12/6

Learn how to cut and print a lino-block. All of your fine Art tutors will be there to show you whats what. Make one design and print 20 cards, give them away or hang them up.

also at the arts table...
work on your drawing skills
fold some cranes
paint an ornament
we have ribbon, pine cones, sparkles and glue, so whatever you're into we can help :)

Fusing Art and Technology
Like YouTube, they are accessible and cheap.
Artists keeping it real

Art Basel Miami closes today...
painting by Sara Landau titled Venus.

Art shows are loud and crowded and pretty much the worst place to actually enjoy the artwork, but its a who's who in the art world, and basel miami is probably the biggest in the U.S. so check out some of the work coming out of there, because these are the new art stars of 2010 :)

wish list

need good ideas for your holiday gifts? here you go!

these prints will brighten up someone's suite! (give one to your roommate and you can enjoy it too!)

give a llama.

loan some $$$ on someone's behalf. Kiva allows you to give the gift of a loan. Give a gift certificate and your giftee can chose who they want to donate the loan to. Better yet, when the loan is paid back, they can keep lending it out to others.

give this: learn how to stencil on some interior design. the bigger the better.

build that someone special a compost bin!

give a backrub

give yourself.

really want to impress that girl? buy her a solargon...

Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction firmly believes in empowering artists producing high quality work marked by fine craft and intellectual rigor. They have some nice things and the proceeds go to helping starving artists run this cool gallery in Philly.

Score some goods and some good karma with this etsy-for-charity site. Proceeds go to a good cause!

A.R.T. Art for refugees in transition.

Best, best, best place to buy Prints!

everyone loves polarbears

recycled presents are so good for you!

Green Toys make milk jugs into dump trucks and other kiddie stuff.

great list from treehugger...something for everyone.

disclaimer: just remember, green consumption is still consumption. the most important holiday experiences involve eggnog, clark griswold and your family and friends.

photo contest results...

Well, these photos were submitted to the Kirkland Art Lounge Thanksgiving Photo contest.
Judged by your trusty tutors Ana, Brett and Vanessa.

The Winner of $10 Peet's Coffee and Tea certificate is #1!












#1 "Lobster Boy meets Peter the Software Pirate" by Abel Acuna.






















#2 "Still Life" by Katherine Huang.





















#3 "Untitled" by Joanna Naples-Mitchell.















#4 "Bella" by Iris Lee.

Thanks for playing!

late night reading

Art in Hand: A Conversation with Lawrence Voytek and Peter Ballantine
Great article and interviews by Kirkland's own Madeleine Schwartz!