Visiting artist Mackenzie Younger demonstrates the basic elements of cartooning with Art Adventures Studio students! After learning silhouettes, characters, friends and foes, backgrounds and thought bubbles, students tried their hand at their own cartoons… “Mr. Mack” has published his own children’s book as well as shows his work in NYC.
As the snow storm approaches, some of our CCA students have had the joy of making snow globes! What fun to build our own with found objects, a glue gun, glitter, boiled water (let cool) or distilled water (less bubbles), and some Glycerin… (to help the snow fall more slowly;)
Ellsworth Kelly, Who Shaped Geometries on a Bold Scale, Dies at 92 We love this artist for the use of his works in our lessons, exploring color, scale and shape! Museum Adventures often visited his works to learn the color wheel and tints, as 3-5’s especially connected with his “Spectrum” at the Metropolitan Museum of …
…to check out one of the many contemporary artists who has inspired us here at CCA: Rachel Whiteread at the Luhring Augustine Galleries! This is the final week with the show closing this weekend: December 19th in Chelsea and the 20th in Bushwick Click HERE for details and happy Art Adventures!
Children and Adults learned to press textures from leaves and patterns to create bowls, trivets, plates and Holiday Ornaments! Underglazing with colors, they will be fired in a Kiln! See The Whole Process!
Our tummies are full, hearts filled with thanks and minds ready for more art! During our Thanksgiving break, the crew here at Art adventures went on an Art field trip to Material for the Arts! Artist in Residence, Juan Hinojosa shared his creative process with us using the art form of collage. Simply using scissors, glue, and …
Taking from the greats such as Renaissance painter, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, contemporary artist Philip Haas created 3D fiberglass sculpture versions of his works, The Four Seasons. These will surely inspire all ages in Art Adventures for our current 3D food art project! Just in time for Thanksgiving, who is hungry for art?! Check out the fantastic sculptures by our …
We have taken much inspiration from artists of both past and present recently! Using multiple paper materials, model magic and even recycled products, our adventurers created face sculptures as inspired by french contemporary artist, Junior Fritz Jacquet (check out his work HERE) and silly “Pop Art” masks as inspired by Roy Lichtenstein!
Lots of fun materials + Lots of choice-making! Scultped pumpkins were drop-dyed then added to the spooky pumpkin patch! Scratch art provided opportunities for learning what is negative space, which glows in the dark… Happy Halloween!