Our Art Adventures took us to a wedding! Marrying Japanese Artist, Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms with the art of Mandalas in our 6-9 year old classes. CCA built our own reflection rooms to incorporate MATH and ART. A mandala is a complex abstract design that is usually circular in form. In fact, “mandala” is a Sanskrit word that means “circle”. Mandalas generally have one identifiable center point, from which emanates an array of symbols, shapes and forms. Mandalas can contain both geometric and organic forms. What percentage would you need to design, in order to create the illusion of a full circle? Notice …
Did we say 5? We just couldn’t stop there! Check out what our Art Adventurers are saying about Art after taking part in our after school programs/ tours. Seeing is believing! Let’s get inspired together. Join us in an Art Adventure (with proration) or for a $45 trial class! (Class Schedules) OR General Inquiry / …
Welcome to Fall 2018! On our agenda these 1st 2 weeks were creative challenges & an artistically-inclined science experiment: Liquid Oceans, Summer Reflection Assemblage boxes as well as Impasto Painting! We explored All NEW Art tools, NEW Media & NEW techniques with Modern, Contemporary & Multicultural art. Redefining EDUCATIONAL ART for EVERY AGE & EVERY Level “It’s so much more than an art …
Claire’s Creative Adventures is officially starting our after school arts enrichment classes this week! Week 1 we’re diving right into Memories, Art AND Science! Haven’t Heard about Art Adventures? Our programs have nurtured and challenged thousands of children on the UES over the past 20+ years. We know there are a lot of activities for …
We’re celebrating National Arts in Education Week! Counting down the days until Claire’s Creative Adventures begins our after-school Fall Art program. #BecauseOfArtsEd growing up, we here @ CCA share our passion & love for ALL things ART to enrich & teach children. To build creative confidence, challenge & expand our minds and open the doors …
Labor Day Weekend was our end of Summer celebrating. But we’re celebrating Art ALL YEAR round with our Fall Art Programs and Art Parties! Having a celebration? Make it Art themed with CCA! CLICK ON THE SKULLS FOR MORE ARTSY FUN HIGHLIGHTS & CLICK CLAIRE’S CREATIVE ADVENTURE to inquire about Parties, Museum Tours AND Fall …
One of our many favorite contemporary artists’ work is in town with her MoMA PS1 exhibit at Ft. Tilden! Planning on going to the beach this Labor Day weekend? Go to the Rockaways to check out, Narcissus Garden (click link for more on the exhibit). A perfect send off to this summer before the school year …
We can’t stop visiting art museums and galleries this summer! So much amazing and fun art to see in NYC. This week we attended opening night of the Color Factory. Located in SoHo but originally started in San Francisco last summer, this team of innovators, artists, designers & non profits collaborated to create an amazing …
We continue to prepare for this Fall and our Summer tours by taking a trip to the Guggenheim this weekend to see the current exhibit on Giacometti. (click for more info on the exhibition)! While mostly known for his sculptures, Giacometti was also a prominent Painter AND Printmaker. Who knew! He experimented & created multiple prints starting …
HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY to Andy Warhol today! Did you know Warhol’s first commission work when he was an early commercial /advertising artist was for Glamour magazine in the 1940’s?! FUN POP ART FACT for August: Warhol was famously known as the “Pope of Pop” & created more than 50 collaborative works with Jean-Michel Basquiat between …