Category: Class Topics

Josef Albers at The Morgan Library & Museum

In Art Adventures, we spend a lot of time playing the line and shape game to learn about the fundamentals of art.  We also look at artists who focused heavily on lines and shapes in their art.  One of our favorite of these artists is Josef Albers, best know for his series Homage to the …

2012 June Art Adventures Summer Camp ~ Take a Peek!

  See the full gallery on Posterous Our 2012 June Art Adventures Summer Camp was a huge success! For all of our pictures, check out our Flickr Page under “Summer 2012”: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairescreativeadventures/sets/ Here’s a look at what we did:  Week 1: 3D Organic Art and the Imagination   We began our week of imagination by creating Mandelas – …

Our Tuesday Art Adventures in the Courtyard!

See the full gallery on Posterous Yesterday we had our Tuesday Art Adventures class in the courtyard of All Souls, and we built awesome Under the Sea Dioramas using floam, shells, waves, and surprises.  We had a great time making ART about NATURE in NATURE!

Happy Birthday to David Hockney!

See the full gallery on Posterous Today we wish a happy 75th birthday to artist David Hockney!   Considered by many to be the most influential British artist of the 20th century, Hockney is a painter, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer.  Born July 9, 1937 in Bradford, England, Hockney studied early as a draughtsman and excelled.  …

Our very own Cindy Sherman self portraits

See the full gallery on Posterous After viewing many of Cindy’s child- friendly characters on view at MoMA in NYC, studying her process from A- Z, and and choosing props to create their own characters- our summer camp kids show off their unique styles and poses:

Tomas Saraceno projects on the roof of the MET this Friday…

What is the word for the 3D FORM of a Pentagon????   Find out with Museum Adventures’ “clever” hands-on art processes!  Several June (some July) tours remain…  Book now! See the full gallery on Posterous IMG_4319.MOV Watch on Posterous

Exploring Land Art at LA MoCA

96 800×600 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE See the full gallery on Posterous In class this spring, our Art Adventures students were inspired by the land artist Maya Lin to create their very own miniature land art sculptures.  We learned about line, scale, and the ephemeral nature of most land art. Therefore, …

Land Art with Saturday Art Adventures!

See the full gallery on Posterous We had a great time on Saturday creating amazing mini-land art inspired by Maya Lin!

Last day

Thank you Philip and Mollie for a wonderful last day of class!

Can u see which ones are ours?!

Color theory, building and baking. Find the tints and secondaries…