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Let is Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow….in your Artwork!

We are quickly approaching our Spring Semester @ CCA! So for our last full week of January, we continue to let the Winter season inspire our Art Adventures- creating Snowscape Value paintings with our 5-7yo Art Adventures ..and Snow(wo)man Clay Sculptures with Found Objects for our Mini Art Adventures! Whether it’s the weather, nature, found …

Visiting Artist Banks Clayton shares Pastel Techniques with Art Adventures STUDIO Class

Winter Trees and Snowscapes came to life as Mr. Clayton revealed fun techniques with Pastels, Bristol Board, Blending Sticks and the use of Values to create distance in a landscape.    Bravo Art Adventures STUDIO artists!  

New York Awards CCA For Excellence In Education For 10th Consecutive Year!

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 …

It’s ELEMENTAL!

Our Art Adventures had us revisit a favorite artist of ours: Robert Rauschenberg! We normally know him for his Combines (click for more), but this week we were introduced to his Elemental Paintings – paintings made with unconventional materials like dirt, clay, gold, grass, …etc. Students chose materials from nature and/or human made, chose their color paint, …

FOOD ART: Thiebaud and Matisse

From all of us here at CCA, wishing everyone a grateful, filling and very Happy Thanksgiving! Stay Hungry for ART!

Cave Art with our Mini’s

Last week was all about Cave Art! This two day project included creating stamps from model magic and drawing with new materials. Exploring lines and shapes and even tracing our hands with craypas and pastels. Our Mini Adventurers finished the day “painting” cave art animals with natural elements:  

Lights, Camera, Halloween!

What a fun experience for our Studio Art Adventurers! Some images from our Halloween Photoshoot with Visiting Artist, Katie Grammes.  

Halloween Photo Shoot with Visiting Artist, Katie Grammes

We are super excited for our photo shoot with Katie Grammes tomorrow using the original costumed masks/ hats our Adventurers created! Here’s a sneak peek of their work!  https://www.katiegrammes.com

Creepy Creature Food Sculpture!

Halloween fun! Non-Edible Faux Food Sculpture created by our 7-year olds… Now we can’t wait for Halloween candy!