Mandalas & More: Kid-Friendly Art Exhibits in NYC

Looking to explore the NYC Art Scene? Here are some of our favorite kid-friendly shows currently open. Plus, see below for how to make your own Mandala! Explore unique smells with Montien Boonma’s House of Hope at MoMA “Go behind the scenes of a monumental installation that explores how the invisible can be the most …

What to do with all that leftover candy? Make Art!

Happy Halloween! As all parents know, your child doesn’t need the countless amount candy they received trick-or-treating this year. Avoid the crazy sugar highs by joining us in creating beautiful Candy Window Mosaics, inspired by Pumpkins and Gustav Klimt! For this project, we studied the work of painting master Gustav Klimt. From Austria, Klimt created …

Party in Style!

Give your child a birthday they will always remember and a party your guests will love! With over 27 years’ experience….From small family parties to large-scale corporate events, Claire’s Creative Party Adventures organizes and provides all of the entertainment, supplies, and education while actively engaging children from party arrival to departure. Leave the stress of party planning behind …

Weekly Wrap-up: Lava Lamps, Sand Painting & More

What a fantastic past few weeks at CCA! And with schools off for Rosh Hashana, we held AM Camps for supplemental art education. Our next camps are on Mon 10/14 and Tue 10/15 exploring Native American arts! It’s not too late to register for FALL CLASSES: Use the 20% discount code TRIALSAVE20 for your 1st weekly …

How do we combine Halloween and Art History?

Get ready for spook-tacular Art Adventures this Halloween! Create memories that will last a lifetime with our art-history inspired projects. Join us as we study Damien Hirst’s diamond skull, Giacometti’s eerie figures, Tim Burton’s skeletons and Yayoi Kusama’s playful pumpkins and infinity rooms to create hauntingly fun masterpieces! Scroll to hear about our final semester. …

CCA Monthly news & Upcoming events

October | 2024  WELCOME BACK! Settling into Fall? Have your kids already taken CCA classes? Every class is different! Every age is different… With 24 years of creating curriculum to developmental levels and to reflect the happenings in NYC & the world, there’s so much more to do! From metal emossing to plasterwrap to painting …

Summer CampS 2024! WE had a blast ⭐️

Our summer was full of artist-inspired projects! We made works by Joan Miro (paintings), Claes Oldenburg (hamburgers & food sculpture), Henry Moore (clay), Jackson Pollock (drip painting), Marc Chagall (pastels), Tim Burton (sculptures), Wayne Thiebaud (cakes), Archille Gorky (paintings), Robert Rauschenburg (Combines), Jim Dine (hammering), and more! CCA curriculum is always interdisciplinary; See students’ work …

This summer has been a whirlwind of creativity! Check out some of our favorite projects from Summer Art Camp! Sea Globes: Combine art and science to give snow globes a summery twist! Glitter, oil and water suspend these beautiful underwater creations in an air-tight globe: a memory to last forever, or a gift for someone …

Art Adventures 2021 Summer Camps-What Did We Do? Click to See!