It’s a Frigate! Don’t Forget It!

In celebration of Columbus Day, our Art Adventurers used a myriad of materials from fabrics and ropes to stars and anchors to create a mixed media collage of a frigate. What is a frigate? It is a ship with many sails built for speed and maneuverability. We learned the  technique of collaging while also gaining …

Art Adventures’ 1st Gallery Tour for the Fall!

CCA’s first gallery tour of the fall wouldn’t have been the same without the genuine enthusiasm and personalized tour from the Serge Sabarsky Gallery on 79th street!  (Shepherd M & K Gallery) Art Adventures Studio students were able to explore the different modern and contemporary artists on display and recreated their favorite using various drawing media in …

Welcome Back Art Adventurers

Week One is complete! So excited to see familiar faces and have new adventurers joining us this fall. We had great fun building our ship on the mural and sharing our stories with each other through collages. As inspired by artist, James Rosenquist, students chose their favorites images, colors, stickers, and visual textures to decorate their classroom …

Fall and the Importance of Art

Happy Fall! We are SO EXCITED for the start of our new 2016 semester of Art Adventures! As we await the foliage and next week’s classes, we’ve been catching up on some great Art Education reads! Check out what we’re reading HERE! And see you on Monday!  

Make Your Own Fall Colors!

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Stop Motion Animation at Art Adventures

As we look forward to our upcoming Fall Art Adventures, we look back on our Summer Camp Art Adventurers who were inspired by the work of William Kentridge and created our version of a Stop Motion Animation! Check out our short animation video HERE!

Moholy-Nagy at the Guggenheim

One of our favorite artists is at the Guggenheim: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy! Taking inspiration from his work, our Art Adventurers  have explored the art of sun prints. Its a great Summer out door art activity… and all you need is photo sensitive paper, random objects and the sun!                 …

Manus x Machina at The Met

The Costume Fashion Exhibit, Manus x Machina at The Met is closing! We had such fun taking our Art Adventurers on our Museum Tour and becoming fashion designers for the day. If you haven’t seen it, don’t miss your chance! Visit The Met before Monday, September 5th with the whole family or let us know and …

Summer Museum Trip with the family

We have been super busy getting ready for an exciting fun filled Fall Art Adventures and checking out all the great current exhibits in New York City! A must see before it closes, is Unfinished: Thoughts left Visible at the Met Breuer. Check out the unfinished works of artists both past and present: from Da Vinci, and Rembrandt …

Summer Art Project Fun

Mandalas in Art The term Mandala, meaning circle or completion in Sanskrit, carries great symbolism in many world religions and philosophies. In the Art world AND in our classroom, the Mandala can bring on a form of creative therapy. Our June Summer Camp Adventurers explored Mandalas and created their own version! Using elements found in …