Venetian Mask Making Parent-Child Workshop March 1

Create the perfect disguise for any party!  Italian mask-making is a unique art, and carefully planned with lots of fun materials. During this class, you will you will design, paint, and adorn your very own striking Venetian mask with fancy jewels & exotic feathers, right along with your child.  Male masks will also be available. …

Gallery Tours and Classes This Winter and Spring!

Thank you Lauren Pohl, Founder of Kid’s Central Station for highlighting our programs with Yahoo Finance!

DIY Snowman Dough Recipe-East Coast Tuesday Project!

It’s coming down in buckets the snow! So why not have some fun with a cup of hot cocoa, popcorn and this simple kids’ project with household items: SNOWMEN:  Dough (below), sticks/ Popsicle sticks, felt/ paper or even stickers, glue or gluestick, a baby carrot, buttons or found objects, large bowl, measuring cup, spoon/stirring tool. …

DIY Self Portraits for Kids Ages 4 & Up

With a printout of face dimensions, pencil, eraser, sharpies, cray-pas on their side & a canvas… Discuss contrasting colors, opposites, around and behind +types of lines and shapes. Use examples from Alex Katz to the Fauves to African Masks!

Feb. 1: Build & Emboss your very own functioning Dali Clock. Parent-Child Workshop

Claire’s Creative Adventures Brings Art Education and Entertainment to the Classroom, Museum or Party!

A good artist @ Met Museum to teach kids perspective

    Al Held’s Brooklyn Rail is a good example of how Overlapping,Values and size teach Perspective. 2nd floor Modern Gallery.

Happy New Year… Let It Snow!

Here comes the snow falling fast on Jan. 2nd, just like in Beatrice Kleeger’s drawing diorama she made in class…    

DIY Chritstmas Tree Project for Kids

Picture an outline of a fir tree, star on top, colored in, on poster board or foam core…  Poke holes with a pencil.  Take colored Xmas lights and push through the openings!  Voila! Make a large tree, and buy the shortest lights:)  Color it in with markers using repeated strokes or scribbles. Have fun with …

Snowfall reminiscent of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms

Waking up to the snowfall this morning reminded me of Yayoi’s Installation “Fireflies On The Water.”  A new version of Deirdre’s child’s project in the works!  Definitely mirror boards and poster board involved.  Stay tuned….