Category: Around NYC

2018 NEW YEAR AND STUDIO GUGGENHEIM TOUR

The Holidays and 2017 flew by with so much art at CCA! We have a lot to be thankful for… Wishing everyone a great start to 2018 and may it be filled with exciting new Creative ADVENTURES!  CLICK HERE for 2018 SPRING NEW classes &  tours! Check out more of our DEC. 2017 Adventures with our …

We love Art Museums!

A great way to appreciate ART, spend time with your family…and make Art During our School Year and June Camps, we make sure to go on Museum Tour Adventures to create ART while surrounded by ART! And sometimes we even BECOME ART! Try it and visit a Museum with your family this Summer! OR JOIN …

Let’s Make ART Outside..

….with BUBBLES! Our Summer Camp Art Adventurers painted with bubbles in our classroom, but that doesn’t mean you can’t also make bubble art outside! Go to the park, your backyard, or maybe even the beach! Just make sure to grab some food coloring, bubbles and paper before you go!

Happy Mother’s Day with Chihuly Glass!

As a very special Mother’s Day gift, our Art Adventurers sharpened their cutting skills and “toned” in on their color combination choices to create these vibrant Chihuly inspired Macchia Bowls! Using nature as his main source of inspiration, glass artist, Dale Chihuly creates these magnificent stained glass organic sculptures.             …

Starting the New Year surrounded by Art…

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art! Our little Artists are taking an adventure with CCA this week to explore the modern wing at the Met. Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman and Alexander Calder are just a few artists we will be exploring and taking inspiration from to create our own versions right at the museum!    

Make Your Own Fall Colors!

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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 …

Don’t Forget!

…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!

Art Adventures Goes To MFTA

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 …