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Spring Semester Ends with ART Flying and soaring to Summer ART CAMP!

Mother’s Day Art Terrariums @ CCA

To ALL MOMS NEAR AND FAR, Hope your Sunday was a very special day for you! We celebrated Moms the only way we know how…through love and ART! Our Art Adventures explored nature & art through dot art/ Mandalas and planting their very own Terrariums! Mandalas are a spiritual/ritual symbol found in multiple cultures and …

What are Art Adventures? What do we do for Summer Camp? Register NOW for June Camps

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Art Adventures @ The METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART this week at CCA!

Warmer weather means Summer Art for CCA!

While NYC finally enjoys this warmer Spring weather this April, CCA already has summer on our minds! 2018 Art Adventures June Summer Camps that is. Take a peek at fun past years of our weekly Summer Art Camp in June. Rich in Contemporary, Modern & Multicultural Art, diverse materials & inspiring art processes 3 weeks of fun at All Souls Church, …

Springtime Art of the City…in the city at CCA!

Spring is finally here in NYC! We were inspired by our city and the artwork of Romare Bearden (who also took inspiration of this great place & the people in it) these past 2 weeks. So we became urban planners and  architects to design our own city! Week 1 was all about collaging and decoupaging! …

Art Adventures Studio Class: Exploring Plaster & Alginate

Calder Stabiles for the win!

We took inspiration last week from Alexander Calder’s mobiles and stabiles to create our own version of these Kinetic Art sculptures! We learned all about our line and shapes family: creating straight, curved and angle lines in our wires & pipe cleaners. Then connected these lines to our shapes! We were then introduced to the …

CCA welcomes artist and teacher Mr. Chris to share unique folding techniques for Heart-Shaped Tie Dye fabric!

This past week was all about HEART in our ART …..with Tie Dye exploration! We practiced practiced & practiced- folding and tying fabrics using a very special technique that revealed a vividly colorful heart in the center. SEE MORE of our Hearts (& OTHER SHAPES!) HERE

Valentines Art Making fun a la inspiration from Mosaic art and Jim Dine!

We explored Abstract Art, the difference between warm and cool colors & decoupage when creating our Abstract Mosaic Paper Paintings! While our Mini Art Adventurers created Heart Cards, Our older Art Adventurers created more abstract landscape work… CHECK OUT ALL THE HEART in OUR ART HERE!