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 …
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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 …
We took a trip to the Cooper Hewitt this week where they brought color, science & theory to life in their current exhibitions, Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color and The Manhattan Color Walk! Learn all you need to know about color: from color theory used by artists & designers, right down to the …
We’re preparing for our upcoming school year and making art everyday! A favorite at Art Adventures, we’re taking our abstract salt watercolor paintings a step further with beachscapes! Tailored for multiple ages, all you need is watercolor paint, brushes, water, salt and a trip to the beach! Check out some salt water color beach “painting …
An interesting, fun & very real comic on art making! Also a methodology we greatly believe in at Art Adventures: Practice Practice Practice! Keep making ART this summer and join us in the FALL! (click link for more info)
Inspired by William Kentridge (click link for more on the artist) and his charcoal stop-motion animations during our week 1 of June Art Camp…we created our own! Working in teams, our 8-9 year old campers created Charcoal Drawing animations while our 5-6 year old campers created Dry Erase Marker Drawing animations. These teams created new friendships …
Said a new June camper to her mom after completing Week 1 of our June Camps… That’s because we do so much- especially in the Morning Session (9:30-12:30) and even include some French! Register Now for our Final Week: June 25-29th, including our exciting hands-on art-making Museum Tour Finale: 9:30-12:30 AM Session 1:30-3:30 PM Session …