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.