D’Amelio Gallery is currently showing Polly Apfelbaum: Flatterland Funkytown!  A “fallen painting” made up of dyed, crushed, hand-cut velvet, this piece is NYC and can be experienced in person through April 28th!  We began the Fall by looking at Polly Apfelbaum’s work so why not begin the Spring the same way?   D’Amelio Gallery 525 …

Takashi Murakami, Flower Matango   We at Claire’s Creative Adventures want to wish you a HAPPY SPRING!   As a reminder, we are on SPRING BREAK and will resume classes Monday, April 2nd!   Enjoy your time off and the BEAUTIFUL WEATHER!!!

See the full gallery on Posterous What are your plans for this weekend?  Claire’s Creative Adventures has a few picks to help you choose fun, family friendly, creative activities!   Join the Annual St. Patrick’s Open Day! Looking to fill your weekend with the luck of the Irish? Here’s our recommendation!  An afternoon of Irish …

See the full gallery on Posterous Have you ever tried to make a sculpture out of wire?  We bet it was difficult.  That’s one of the reasons that we respect and enjoy artist Derek Kinzett’s work.  Born in Gloucestershire, England in 1966, Kinzett began The Inner Spirit Collection of hand crafted, life-sized wire sculptures in …

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See the full gallery on Posterous Today’s CCA Women History Month artist is an artist we studied in the fall: POLLY APFELBAUM! Polly Apfelbaum received her B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art in 1978.  She is best known for her “fallen paintings” that often reside on the floor and fall into the space between …

It’s a beautiful day outside and feels like spring!  We at Claire’s Creative Adventures suggest going out and enjoying some of the amazing public art around the city.   Every spring, a sculptural installation opens along the Park Avenue malls between 50th and 68th Streets presented by The Sculpture Committee of The Fund for Park …

One of our amazingly talented art teachers, Queena Ko, has an exhibition of her work opening tonight and runs March 8 – April 8! Opening Reception TONIGHT for DISORIENT at The Cupping Room from 6:30 to 8:30! DISORIENT brings together three diverse artists tht challenge everyday perceptions of reality and reveal hidden elements of familiar …

Today is the 537th birthday of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, aka Michelangelo!  Considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet during the Renaissance.  In recognition of his artistic success during his lifetime, there were two biographies about him published while he was …

March is Women’s History Month, and to celebrate, CCA will recognize some of our favorite female artists.  Today’s artist is someone whom we will be studying later in the semester: GEORGIA O’KEEFFE!   O’Keeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1877 and decided to become an artist when she was just 12 years old!  In 1916, …