BOO! Halloween is fast approaching and we’re SO EXCITED for what we have hiding in our art closets! Our Art Adventurers will sculpt, paint, “shop” and assemble to create a unique spooky Halloween scene. Day 1 is all about our pumpkin patches- sculpting and painting using drop dye. Day 2 we will choose different Halloween fun materials, arrange our choices, …
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CCA’s first gallery tour of the fall wouldn’t have been the same without the genuine enthusiasm and personalized tour from the Serge Sabarsky Gallery on 79th street! (Shepherd M & K Gallery) Art Adventures Studio students were able to explore the different modern and contemporary artists on display and recreated their favorite using various drawing media in …
Week One is complete! So excited to see familiar faces and have new adventurers joining us this fall. We had great fun building our ship on the mural and sharing our stories with each other through collages. As inspired by artist, James Rosenquist, students chose their favorites images, colors, stickers, and visual textures to decorate their classroom …
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One of our favorite artists is at the Guggenheim: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy! Taking inspiration from his work, our Art Adventurers have explored the art of sun prints. Its a great Summer out door art activity… and all you need is photo sensitive paper, random objects and the sun! …
The Costume Fashion Exhibit, Manus x Machina at The Met is closing! We had such fun taking our Art Adventurers on our Museum Tour and becoming fashion designers for the day. If you haven’t seen it, don’t miss your chance! Visit The Met before Monday, September 5th with the whole family or let us know and …
Another great June Summer camp here at Art Adventures! Our Adventurers never ceases to amaze us with their art abilities and we had a blast! Thank you once again to all who made our 2016 Summer an artistically memorable one. Check out our art filled month of June HERE! And don’t forget to register for …
We went HIGH fashion this week during our tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! With over 170 garments in the Manus x Machina exhibit, our Art Adventurers learned the difference between haute couture (hand made high fashion) and pret a porter (ready-wear machine made). We discovered many different fashion techniques such as pleating & embroidery; …
As inspired by mosaic artists throughout history and the world we became designers and created our own mosaic art! We used real ceramic and plastic tiles to “build” our abstract mosaic image on wood panels. Geometric and organic patterns were used here paying attention to the color, size, & shapes of the tiles.
CCA’s former student, Hannah Walden recently painted a self-portrait. We are so proud of her and to know that this piece will be exhibited at the Queens Museum of Art! It was painted at Hunter’s Point Community Middle School while under the instruction of teacher, Lucinda Kalin. Way to go, Hannah!