Gallery
Open 12-4 pm Tues. - Sat. All are welcome. Free Entry. Wheelchair Accessible.
A Celebration of Quilting
June 27 - July 25
Reception: June 27th 1 - 4 pm
A Celebration of Quilting is an invitational exhibition of contemporary quilts featuring the returned Clinton Bicentennial Quilt, created by community residents to benefit the KAC in 1987. The five exhibiting artists showcase a range of styles and approaches to quilts.
Clinton's Bicentennial Quilt
Sue Beevers
Margaret Willemsen
Thomas Knauer
Jill Pavlot
Win a beautiful quilt created by local artisans for Clinton's bicentennial in 1987. Tickets are on sale for $5 each or 4 for $20 with proceeds to benefit the Kirkland Town Library, Clinton Historical Society, and Kirkland Art Center.
Artists Include: Thomas Knauer, Jill Pavlot, Margaret Willemsen, Sue Beevers & Pinny Kuckel
Upcoming Exhibitions
supported by PJ Green
Just Add Water XII
Aug. 8th - Sept. 5th
Opening Aug. 8th, 1 - 4 pm
12th Annual Community Art Project
To participate in this fundraiser, pick up a free Golden Paint Watercolor Palette and form and return it by Friday, July 17th with your finished work to be hung in our gallery and sold as a fundraiser!
The show consists of donated watercolor artwork using Golden Paint Palettes and one other medium. All ages are welcome to submit up to 4 pieces of artwork following exhibition guidelines.
Online Gallery Opens for Viewing and Purchase on Aug. 10th at 4 pm
There is one of each original piece of artwork, each being sold for $25
Juried Show: What’s Cooking
The Kirkland Art Center invites artists to submit work for What’s Cooking?, a juried exhibition celebrating the many ways food nourishes our lives, communities, memories, and imaginations.
Submission Deadline: August 26th
September 12th - October 10th
KAC Annual Members Show
December 1st - January
Woody Leslie, John Paul Gardener & Michael Gwozdz
April 10th - May 15th
Clinton High School
April 22nd - April 29th
CNY Watercolor Society
October 16th - November 13th
School Lunch- Lisa Weinblatt
October 17th - November 14th
Sculpture Space
January 30th - February 27th
Clinton High School
April 22nd - April 29th
Clinton High School
November 21st - November 28th
Susan Johnson & Steve Nyland
March 6th - April 3rd
Just Add Water XIII
August 14th - September 4th
KAC Annual Members Show
December 4th - January 8th
Previous Exhibitions in the KAC Gallery
Ill Foe: Paintings by Eric Alugas
May 9th - June 13th
Opening: Saturday, May 9th 1 - 4 pm
Closing Artist Talk: June 13th, 4 pm
Come hear renowned artist Eric Alugas speak about his work currently on exhibit - this large-scale, complicated art is worth exploring with the artist, born in Louisiana and now residing in NYC. Alugas's work unites threads of literature, the physical process of painting, and the unsettled complexities of American history. He will speak at 4:00 p.m. in the gallery. Don't miss it!
Eric Alugas was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied painting at the University of New Orleans, and was awarded a scholarship to l’Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux Arts, in Montpellier and Paris, France. Alugas lived in Paris for many years, exhibiting throughout Europe, before returning to the United States. Eric Alugas currently lives and works in New York City. He is represented by galleries in both New York and New Orleans. His work is featured in many private and public collections, including the City Hall of Paris, the Schomburg Center in Harlem, and theMuseum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) in Brooklyn.
His work is both dreamlike and insightful: loose, scumbled paint on heavy, free-hanging canvases allude both to concepts (such as racism, literature, music) and the ways in which the very materials and methods used represent the subject matter.
Juried Exhibition: Broken
March 21, 2026 – April 25, 2026
Opening: Saturday, March 21st, 1 - 4 pm
Juror is Mary Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Munson Museum of Art
Broken is a juried exhibition that engages with the idea of being broken—emotionally, physically, socially, politically, ecologically, economically and systemically. Broken objects can be non-functional, or they may be broken into many pieces. People who have endured trauma may refer to themselves as “broken”; although they seem fine on the outside, they may carry a wound deep inside. Ideas, nations, dreams…so many things can be broken.
Pamela Vogan Lynch
John Paul Gardener
Christopher Legare
In Focus: CNY Photographers
Opening: Saturday, January 31st 1- 4 pm
January 31st - March 7th
Featuring artists: Gina Murtagh, Sarah Cross, Bob Sossen, Mark Hemendinger, Larry Pacilio, Sylvia de Swaan, and Tom Santelli
Annual Member’s Show
Opening: Saturday, December 13th
December 13th - January 17th
Vote for your favorite pieces! Winners take home cash prizes!
In Tandem
Two Artists, One Creative Journey
October 25th - November 29th
Artist Reception: Sunday, November 2nd, 1 - 4 pm
Moe & Sarah LaLonde
Moe LaLonde
Sarah LaLonde
Familias
September 13th - October 18th
Opening Reception: Sat. September 13th, 1 - 4 pm
Ramiro Dávaro-Comas
The exhibition Familias, explores the emotions and experiences facing young immigrants to our country. This series of paintings explores Ramiro’s own lived experience and personal identity as a child caught between two worlds, vulnerable yet hopeful. In addition to the Dávaro-Comas paintings, artwork from Clinton Middle School workshops conducted by Dávaro-Comas will form part of this exhibition.
Just Add Water XI
Aug. 2nd - Sept. 6th
Opening Aug. 2nd, 1 - 4 pm
11th Annual Community Art Project
To participate pick up a free Golden Paint Watercolor Palette and Paper and return it with your finished work!
Consisting of donated watercolor artwork using Golden Paint Palettes and one other medium. All ages are welcome to submit up to 4 pieces of artwork.
Online Gallery Opens for Viewing and Purchase on Aug. 4th at 4 pm
There is one of each original pieces of artwork, each being sold for $25
Gossamer
June 28th - July 26th
Opening Reception: June 28th, 1 - 4 pm
Anne Faber
John Loy Memorial Exhibition
June 17th - June 22nd
Reception: Thursday, June 19th 4 - 7 pm, Words of Remembrance 5 pm
Celebrated artist and educator John Loy was a dedicated long-time volunteer at the Kirkland Art Center along with his wife, fellow artist Mary Gaylord Loy. The KAC is honored to present John's work and invite everyone to celebrate John's art and life.
Intersections
May 10th - June 14th
Opening Reception: Sat. May 10th, 1 - 4 pm
Sharon Bottle Souva, Sarah Sczepanski, Jill Ziccardi
Sarah Sczepanski
Sharon Bottle Souva
Jill Ziccardi
The Object Absolute
March 22nd - April 26th
Opening Reception: Sat. March 22nd 1 - 4 pm
Jessica Warner, Vesselina Traptcheva
Vesselina Traptcheva
Jessica Warner
Lost Faculties: A Cazenovia College Diaspora
January 25th - March 1st
Opening Reception: Sat. Feb. 15th, 1 - 4 pm
Kim Waale, Jen Pepper, Sarah Cross, Jo Buffalo, Paul Pearce, Sharon Souva, and Anita Welych
Kim Waale (sculpture)
Paul Pearce (photo)
KAC Member Show
December 7th - January 11th
Opening Reception: Sat. Dec. 7th, 1- 4 pm
* Join today and participate! *
An annual exhibit devoted to works in any medium created by artists who are members of the KAC!
We will be accepting artwork submissions Monday Nov. 25th - Wednesday Nov. 27th during office hours!
Ink on Paper
Olga Nenazhivina and Iain Machell
October 19th - November 23rd
Opening Reception: Sat. Oct. 19th, 1 - 4 pm
Olga Nenazhivina
Iain Machell
Although the artists’ works could not be more visually different from each other – lyrical, delicate, figurative vs. tough, dimensional, abstract – each artist shares an affinity for materials, textures, processes, and above all, close observation of their world.
Venn: Creative Intersections
September 3 - October 5
Opening Reception Sat. Sept. 7th, 1 - 4 pm
Venn Collective
Steven Specht with Anthony Morgan and Tony Thompson
David Rufo
Painter and Utica University assistant professor David Rufo and Venn Collective artists include Utica University psychology professor Steven Specht, Elizabethtown PA master chef Anthony Morgan, and well-known Utica artist Tony Thompson.
Whether viewers focus on the image or the mark, the works featured in Venn: Creative Intersections will surely evoke highly personal responses. Come see what narratives you can tell yourself at the Kirkland Art Center!
Past Exhibitions
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Witness to Captivity Kay Reese 2/4/23 - 3/18/23
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UCP’s Pieces of HeART 4/1/23 - 4/22/23
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Hot Off the Press A Group Show Curated by Tim Rand 4/29/23 - 5/27/23
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Poetic Personage Heidi Brueckner 6/3/23- 7/15/23
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Just Add Water IX Community Art Show 7/29/23 - 7/19/23
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HUMINT Portraits John Bentham, Michael Goe, Gregory Lawler 9/5/23- 10/7/23
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OPTICAL SENSIBILITY Frank Viola 10/21/23 - 12/1/23
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Annual Members Show 12/9/23 - 1/27/24
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Activist Stiches Quilts by Thomas Knauer 1/22/22– 3/5/22
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Abstractions of Nature Eric Shute & Collin Blackmore 3/19/22 - 4/30/22
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Handle with Care Anne Clarke 9/15/2021 – 10/7/2021
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Exquisite Corpse 10/29/22 - 11/26/22
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Big Prints at the KAC 7/30/22 - 9/3/22
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Circulatory System 3/30/24 - 4/14/24
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Chaotic Memory 4/20/24 - 5/25/24
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Visions of the Human Condition 6/8/24-7/13/24
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10th Just Add Water 7/27/24 - 8/24/24
