It's hard to believe that we are already talking about fall, but we are!

We have been busy getting together an incredible fall catalog you're sure to love.

Save the dates for fall quarter registration - and don't forget to become an education member so you get your first choice classes.

Become an Education Member Here

Preview the Fall Catalog Here

Summer Camps Available Now!

Ahoy maties! Arrrrrr you ready to enjoy a week of creative expression?

This year’s Kirkland Arts Center's summer camp theme is Seafaring Artists. Campers will learn new skills, develop community, and make discoveries with clay, pastels, water-based paints, and printmaking.

A camp-wide community coral reef installation will top off this dynamic week of artistic exploration.

Camps are available with limited space to children ages 5-12.

This year, summer camps will be taking place at Peter Kirk Elementary.

View Summer Camps Here

Rain Village
Community Exhibition Now Open

How do you create Home?

Since 2018, multidisciplinary artist Soo Hong has pondered this question. Rain Village is a community arts project that brings together communities in conversation and creation on the topics of belonging and mutual empathy. Using the symbol of a raindrop, Soo invites patrons to participate in an example of social practice by creating 3D ceramic sculptures of participants drawings, interactive decals, and - with this interaction - completing a mural of a topographic map of Kirkland. As a guest of the gallery, you are encouraged to add raindrops to the map, as well as view artworks on display that were created in separate iterations of this project in Seattle, Redmond, Issaquah, and Bellevue.

Special Announcement: KAC would like to invite patrons to attend artists panel discussion “Finding Home: Conversations on Community and Creativity,” on July 9 at 3 pm for a dialogue with artists Maja Sereda and Rupa Palasamudram, facilitated by Associate Curator Ellen McGiven and Miha Sarani. Soo Hong will be there as well!

Featured Artists: You! There are many participatory elements of the Rain Village Project. Come visit and leave your mark.
Closing Reception: Friday, August 5, 6 pm - 8 pm
Exhibition Dates: June 8 – August 6, 2022
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays – Fridays 12 pm – 6 pm, Saturdays 12 pm – 4 pm

More Information Here

Seattle Art Fair

We are thrilled to be invited to be part of the Seattle Art Fair this year.

Seattle Art Fair, presented by AIG, returns to the Lumen Field Event Center this July 21-24 for the fair's celebrated weekend, bringing 85 top local, national, and international galleries together with the region's strong collector base.

Seattle Art Fair's anticipated sixth edition will also highlight the region's museums and institutions while featuring an array of innovative installations, events, talks, and performances curated by author, curator, and self-described “cultural infrastructure builder” Nato Thompson, returning again as the fair's Artistic Director.

Please consider buying a ticket for this amazing event, and come see us!

More Information Here

We currently have the following position available:

Director of Education

If you are interested in this position, please visit our website.

Not quite the right fit for you but know someone amazing? Please send it on and consider one of our fabulous volunteer opportunities for yourself.

Thank You Lauren Lyddon

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Lauren Lyddon, our Director of Marketing and Communications for her years of hard work and dedication to Kirkland Arts Center. We wish Lauren all the best on her future endeavors and will certainly miss her!

Kirkland Arts Center is a non-profit organization driven by the belief that art has the power to transform lives, and powered by donors like you.

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