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The Kirkland Arts Center is happy to present, KAC teaching artist, Karen Klee-Atlin’s exhibit at the Kirkland Public Library. View open hours. More Information about Karen Klee-Atlin About the Artist Karen is an active studio artist, working primarily as a painter and printmaker, and holds an MFA from the University of Calgary. She has helped students across […]

From 1962 to the Future An Exhibition for Kirkland Arts Center By Donna Lindeman Porter Within these brick walls, creative sparks have been nurtured and sent out into the world. We honor many who fanned those sparks into flames.  Artists, teachers, collectors, donors, staff, and all who have cared for this special place. A look […]

KAC is excited to announce the first-ever Digital Exhibition: Speak Up!  Submission has ended. Voting for People’s Choice Award is open! Speak Up is a digital exhibition that welcomes any form of artwork that addresses equality and equity in our current political climate. In creating a digital space for artists to show their work that […]

September 3, 2020 - November 7, 2020 Curated by Pat Colyar This exhibition showcases the strong legacy of the Ceramics program at the Kirkland Arts Center. From the beginning of the organization in 1962, pottery and clay sculpture were major components of classes and studio work. Shown here are both old and new works from artists past […]

Curated by Pat Colyar This exhibition showcases the strong legacy of the Ceramics program at the Kirkland Arts Center. From the beginning of the organization in 1962, pottery and clay sculpture were major components of classes and studio work. Shown here are both old and new works from artists past and present. Early teachers such […]

Art is many things to many people. An emotional outlet, an intellectual exercise, a political statement, a meditation, a cry for help, or an inquiry into the nature of being.  It is what we make it and we make it as it needs to be.  Since March of this year we have been witnesses to […]

Art is many things to many people. An emotional outlet, an intellectual exercise, a political statement, a meditation, a cry for help, or an inquiry into the nature of being.  It is what we make it and we make it as it needs to be.  Since March of this year we have been witnesses to […]

Each year, an Advanced Studio Art class comprised of high school senior student artists are taken through the journey of what it might be like to create a body of work that has a common theme, write an artist statement, create an artist postcard, then have their work properly matted and framed in order to […]

Each year, an Advanced Studio Art class comprised of high school senior student artists are taken through the journey of what it might be like to create a body of work that has a common theme, write an artist statement, create an artist postcard, then have their work properly matted and framed in order to […]

his exhibition is a partnership with The Society for Art of Imagination – founded in 1961, with a desire to foster a resurgence of interest in imaginative art. Its members and their associates employ technical skill coupled with imagination to create fine works of art that transcend the ordinary. The Society has produced numerous exhibitions, at prestigious […]