and the winner is...

House favorite + winner is #1

Danni Xie, Mysore, India 'Hanging Clothes to Dry'

Runner up is #10

Amanda Nguyen, Perseverance

Best use of light is # 12

Nicole Casart Hilo, Hawaii 'Sunset at Coconut Island'

Most unique is #9

Serena Zhang, Butchart Gardens, 'Road to Oz'

Wild card is #2

Laura D'Asaro, Lamu, Kenya 'Haraka Haraka Haina Baraka (Hurry Hurry Has no Blessings)'

Summer Photo Contest ...vote for your fave!

VIEW all submissions by clicking HERE

Thank you for voting!

Summer Photo Contest

Another Kirkland Photo contest...to show off your mad talent and share your summer adventures. This month's theme is 'summer' however that may be interpreted. Please e-mail one submission per Kirklander (unless it is really a series) to kirsten at kirstenpisto@gmail.com by Thurs. Sept. 16th.

Photos will be judged by 5 tutors and a house-wide vote for best in show.

please include, along with your photo in jpeg format...

your name:

date taken:

location shot:

type of camera:

title of work:

good luck shutterbugs!

image via the blue hour

*The winner of this contest will have their photo framed and featured in Scott's office from September-October

Sophomore Exquisites

Dearest Kirkland Sophomores,

The Kirkland Art Lounge would like to invite you to participate in the first Kirkland art event of the year, Sophomore Exquisites!

To acquaint you with your fellow Kirklanders' awesome creative talent, and provide you with a lovely piece of wall art for your new room, please do the following...

1. pick up a large sheet of paper from the dining hall (table near the meeting room)

2. in the top right corner write down your room number as well as all your roommates names

3. turn paper over

4. using any sort of medium you would like (pens, paint, markers, pencil etc.) draw or write some things on the front of the paper. this can be anything you want, you can choose a theme, or just start drawing whatever...be creative

5. You don't have to fill the paper too much, leave a little white space

6. Find another room in Kirkland whose inhabitants you do not already know

7. carefully roll up your paper and stick it in the door.

8. knock loudly

9. run away

Kirklanders: when you find these Sophomore Exquisites, please allow all of your roommates to add to the drawing before you repeat steps 4-9 until you see that you are the 5th room to participate, in which case you will return the Sophomore Exquisites to the sophomores in the beginning room #1.

Sophomores: when you receive the finished piece of art, please take it to Kate in the office, who will scan it and then we can put it on this blog to share with everyone.

I would also recommend hanging it up in your common room (with the special tacky stuff Scott has in the office, please) and inviting everyone who worked on it to a little room party*

*I do not endorse crazy room parties, just nice little art parties ;)

Tuesday, September 7 Sophomore Exquisites starts with room #1

Sunday, September 12: SE ends with room #5

history of exquisite corpse drawings here

if you need some motivation check out vitamin d

'carry on' by amy kligman

Back to Kirkland ART events for Fall 2010!

Welcome back Kirkland! I hope you all had an amazing summer full of family, friends and hopefully some new adventures! The Kirkland Art Lounge has missed you and can't wait to hear about your newest creative endeavors. If you have anything awesome to share relating to your summer, art making or anything else, please send me a link, photos or a write up and I will be happy to post it!

Upcoming Art Events for Kirkland House include:

Sophomore Exquisites will start on Thursday, September 7

Summer Photo Contest (submit to kirsten by Thur, September 16)

Each week, Kirkland Art Lounge will be interviewing a few of you for our blog, so be prepared to answer like 5 questions about your favorite art and send us a photo of yourself in a creative pose ;)

Upcoming Harvard/Cambridge Art Events include:

a host of artist talks at VES

image in question: war, media, art at carpenter center

one of my favorites, penelope umbrico at carpenter center

all night clay party on sept. 9

installation and talk by ruth bauer sept. 15

make like ghost and get some clay action at one of the ceramics classes offered each fall

AVEDON fashion photo show at the MFA

new works: printing, drawing, collage at the MFA

COLLEGE NIGHT sept. 23 at the MFA FREE!

and be sure to check out the Harvard Arts Beat here

xoxo, k

African Art Awesomeness

Are you interested in Africa, Art and a chance to win $250?

Then check out something exciting taking place at Harvard this fall...

If you or someone you know is interested in submitting art work to this competition,

please contact Meghan Healy at the Committee on African Studies: (617) 495-5265 or

mehealy@fas.harvard.edu.

hello tokyo

techtile

hallucinatory motion

artist of the day: tomoko konoike

beer + art = happy

(tonight's stein club gets creative)

sometimes

art makes us...

cry

smile

really laugh hard

contribute

look

artist of the day: gideon chase

kitchen thoughts: aka photo tuesday

I am waiting for the cupcakes to cool down. I made them for the art show opening on Friday. Are you coming?

Check out Aaron Huey: seriously mouthwatering photos

And Agnes Thor, so smooth!

If you haven't yet, stop by the Museum of Natural History's special exhibit, The Language of Color.

Photographer of the Day: Clayton Cotterell

get psyched for Hatch! at Stein club Thursday!

There will be some collaborative art pieces at Stein Club on Thursday, so if you want to contribute to Hatch, but don't have time to submit work on your own, please stop by, have a beer and get creative!

Portrait Wall: (remember your pre-school shadow portrait? well, same idea except Kirkland is making it awesome with a giant canvas, paint and numerous subjects...you!) Come ready to get drawn or trace someone else.

Bricks: What do the Kirkland House bricks see and hear that we don't? What stories would they tell? In the spirit of postsecret , Kirkland will be accepting 'bricks' that tell our own secret Kirkland narrative. You can pick up a blank 'brick' any time in the dining hall.(starting on sunday night). Please paint or color or fill in (photos, pen, coffee stain, whatever) the brick side, and write your secret Kirkland story on the back. The idea is that by allowing anonymous Kirkland narratives, we might see a different perspective of Kirkland life than the dining hall narrative we are so used to.

When you finish, return the brick to the 'brick box' in the d-hall. You will also be able to do this at Stein Club on Thursday.

xoxo

Ób'ówie Kirkland!

Artist of the day, Yinka Shonibare.

Scramble for Africa, 2003

Leisure Lady (with Ocelots), 2001

don't stop

cool art installation

'As you have hopefully noticed, someone has been building something in front of Matthews Hall over the past several days. That was us - Native Americans at Harvard college and our friends from the Aquinnah Wampanoag Nation. We have been hard at work building a wetu (pronounced "we - two"), a traditional home of the Wampanoag people.'

Native Americans at Harvard College would like to cordially invite you to attend our Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Harvard Yard Wetu Tomorrow, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 3:30PM.

things to do for your art

listen to her

look at these

summer reading list...this, this or this

get a crush on this guy and his plants

this is really fake its so real

eat this

laugh at this, but realize berger is totally awesome and watch the whole series, it only gets better!

under the sea

old underwater photography

interesting article with bruguera

kara hamer paintings

biggers on campus

check out the senior thesis show at VES

amazing week at gsd

martin kersels video, haha

satisfactory sunday

sculpture from mouse poop and owl pellets

sad vader...hilarious

night vision

fashion smashin

artist of the day... fernando llanos

photo via lost

tonight tonight!

Don't forget to check out Kirkland's finest, Cabaret Sauvignon! Tonight and Saturday at 8:00pm in the JCR!

FREE Admission!!!
Food and drink provided.
Singing, dancing, and more than enough irreverent humor.
Rated R.

Written and directed by Loren Amor '10 and Dixon McPhillips '10. Music by Daniel Melodia.

good morning art

things that are happening now that you might want to check out...

this lightwork is muy bueno

landscape scrabble

mask

edible estates

thick

photography lover

tabaimo

lars eling

geographical limits

social portraits

william monk

bharti kher indian highway

another photo guy, amazing how close he gets to his subjects

Winner of Kirkland Spring Break Photo Contest is...

Andy Choi, 2010 for Kirkland's Choice! Thanks for voting K-house!

To see Andy's photo, and the winners in other categories come to the Kirkland art show on Friday, April 30th 7:00-10:00pm in the SCR!

tree house

pixel flow

group therapy

harvard sexypants

kiss

shh...

evolution symposium

illustration voyagetasitic

rainbow hold by ahndraya parlato

graffiti art sunday TODAY in dining hall

This is sort of like the game exquisite corpse (where one finishes another's drawing)

In the dining hall there will be a large piece of cardboard, and next to it will be a bunch of tools to draw and paint and write with:

please feel free to go to town on this piece, spend as much time as you want, or just stop by and tag it

This will be going on all day from brunch to dinner, so if you want to stop by in between eats, please do!

THERE ARE NO RULES OR THEMES, just draw and write whatever you feel the piece needs.

I'm hoping Kirkland makes this awesome and we can put it in the art show!

happy sunday :)

-kirsten

brunch and a river walk and some photos for you

check out this storm chasers pics

enter black and white's photo contest or the spider awards

photo below by cole thompson

25 art inspirations for the Kirkland art show

1. a portrait of your roommates closet, a visual inventory of their shoes

2. get a pencil and a sheet of paper. play your favorite song. the rule is you have to draw the song without lifting up the pencil.

3. take a sheet of paper and sit outside in the courtyard at hourly intervals. document the things you see and hear, whatever comes to mind...then chart everything on a time line using drawing, words or found objects.

4. take a photo

5. try to imagine yourself in a different life, what would you be doing? write about it

6. confess something

7. visit this website for instant art prompts: random art prompt generator

8. make a mark every time you breath in and out. do this for 5 minutes without stopping...try to relax. (amazing friend and artist alejandro)

9. sculpt a miniature home out of things found in the dining hall

10. look at this. and this. and this. now paint whatever it makes you think of.

11. find a statistician and ask her how to measure creativity. draw. repeat.

12. find a writer and ask him how to measure time. paint.

13. ask Bob what he wants you to draw... it will probably be him. draw Bob.

14. Ask Mariana what she wants you to draw... it will probably be a shark. draw a shark.

15. make a video about your greatest fear.

16. collaborate.

17. make something using only found objects from a certain favorite place.

18. get your camera. go to the river. dance.

19. sculpt a self portrait using your clothes

20. install something in the corner. use lots of material and texture.

21. get mad at your artist's block and make a mess

22. design a new building

23. visit this site for some love

24. go to the coop and look at art books (wall, 10,000 years of art, 10x10, mcCurry, landart)

25. get some sleep

art show submissions

Hey everyone! Just a reminder that we will be accepting submissions to Kirkland's art show, Hatch until April 15th. If you have an idea for the show, or are interested in participating in any way, please e-mail kirstenpisto@gmail.com or kirklandartlounge@gmail.com.

We ask that if you put up your work for sale, you donate 25% of the proceeds to Kirkland's Partners in Health fund. More information about that here. If you have any questions about how your work should be displayed or priced, please speak to kirsten, kat or michelle!

The opening reception is Friday, April 30 from 7:00-10:00pm. Daytime hours will be on 4/30 and 5/1 from 11:00am-6:00pm.

Please invite all of your friends! Find Hatch on Facebook.

anyone going?

happy easter!

snapping photos

fancy eggs

NYRblog - Atwood in the Twittersphere - The New York Review of Books

NYRblog - Atwood in the Twittersphere - The New York Review of Books

spring break photo contestants!

To see all of the submissions click here!

After you have made your choice, click here to vote for the Kirkland Choice winner by clicking here!

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Don't forget to submit work to the Kirkland Spring Break Photo Contest!!! Details here :)

I'm in Savannah GA and it is an amazing place for photography! I will upload my own pics to share with you all soon!

I hope you are enjoying the sunshine and freedom from classes this week!

xoxo

pass the Tuesday spring sunshine

REMINDER: KIRKLAND SPRING PHOTO CONTEST ON NOW!

Submit works to kirklandartlounge@gmail.com by the last day of spring break!

all photos via Anna Verlet

Daniela Edburg photos

Special collaborative art project in the dining hall...coming soon!

For all you seniors out there with spring fever, check out this post graduate flick by filmmaker Lena Dunham...looks funny haha.

Tiny Furniture Trailer from Lena Dunham on Vimeo.

Art and Activism workshop today at 6:00pm @ OFA

Creative people in their homes

Your artist of the day is brought to you by the chubby squirrel that lives between A and B entryways and always has a perplexed look to his face whenever one walks by him...and the artist of the day is Gary Winogrand

installation monday

inside out

new museum's new stuff

peacocks and rosebuds

look out for Sebastian... he's on the loose with a video camera and a mission!

Awesome: Art Intervention coming up! Check out Bizarre Animals

VES films this Tue and Wed

Cool Public Art Opportunity...Turn Harvard Square into an interactive canvas with a collaboratively created public art installation. Guided by Boston artist Gary Duehr, students will design, produce and present a project for ARTS FIRST, April 29-May 2. This year, the theme is human rights struggles in Burma, in collaboration with the Harvard Human Rights Advocates

Artist of the day:Ben Roosevelt

ice cream sunday cartoon art day

Like to Draw? Think you can master a cartoon?

Want to help promote sustainability with Harvard's Resource Efficiency Program?

Eat ice cream?

Want to hang out with

cool kid Peter?

Then come to the dining hall today from 2:30-4:30!

Read more about CERtoon here and its prizes!

Artists of the day (all a little looney)...

Mark Bodnar

and Greg Gossel

and of course, some Lichtenstein!

hungry art blogger

cupcake art

food in the arts

art from food

commercial artfood roundup

futurist's cookbook

artists who like to paint what they eat

art recipes

starving artist spots

lets talk about floor cake

KIRKLAND spring photo contest!

KIRKLAND'S Spring Photo Contest invites you to send your photos of the first signs of spring (however you might interpret that- and yes we know its not really spring until March 20)

Photos are due after spring break on Monday, March 22, but you can submit them anytime up until then.

1st Prize: Your work will be framed and hung in the Hatch Art Show in April. You also win a Berryline treat and lots of praise. We will also find a permanent place for your photo somewhere in Kirkland House...we're working on logistics.

2nd prize: You will win a place in the Hatch show (unframed) and a pat on the back and a Peet's treat.

3rd prize: A giant candy bar and a place in Hatch (unframed)

Please send or upload all photos to kirklandartlounge@gmail.com or send them to kirsten.

also...

aunt peggy has departed check out this cool installation

Art Talk today at the Sackler, 4:30pm Two Point Perspective: Creative Responses to Hard Times

Did you know Kirkland has an upcoming show in Arts First? Be sure to submit work by April 15th! We are collaborating with Winthrop students and have invited them to share our gallery space in the SCR. Its going to be awesome!

whitney roundup

Whitney Biennial slideshow for your art

c-print thursday

Ruud Van Empel

Holly Anders

and Massimo Vitali

cakes and a couch

Check out the Elisa Johns and Holly Farrell

tuesday bunnies

easter bunnies?

Art-Science Nexus today and manana

Andrea Fraser at VES this month!

HATCH, Kirkland Art Show update: We are opening our doors to students at Winthrop, because they do not have an arts show and want to participate in Arts First...so competition for space is something to think about if you are planning to submit work to Hatch in April. Please e-mail us if you have an idea of what you want to put in the show so we can secure your place! Let's make sure we have more Kirkland art than Winthrop art in our own show!

Artist of the Day: Jose Goncalves

saturday-ish

artist+pothole =problem solved

best art history lesson in print