Tag: Art classes for kids

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Welcome Back Afterschool Art Week

Claire’s Creative Adventures is officially starting our after school arts enrichment classes this week! Week 1 we’re diving right into Memories, Art AND Science! Haven’t Heard about Art Adventures? Our programs have nurtured and challenged thousands of children on the UES over the past 20+ years. We know there are a lot of activities for …

What To Do With ALL Of That Candy? Candy Mosaic Collages!

  Holiday Pumpkins provide a unique opportunity for our introduction to the art of Mosaics… as well as the idea of recycling candy! Students this week will follow Contour Lines to create shapes, explore line families and “See-Through” or Negative Shapes. They also practiced Unity and Variety,  the cornerstone to making elevated art, as well as practice …

Cartooning Class with Mackenzie Younger

Visiting artist Mackenzie Younger demonstrates the basic elements of cartooning with Art Adventures Studio students!  After learning silhouettes, characters, friends and foes, backgrounds and thought bubbles, students tried their hand at their own cartoons… “Mr. Mack” has published his own children’s book as well as shows his work in NYC.     

3D Halloween Scene Building…Great for all ages!

Lots of fun materials + Lots of choice-making!  Scultped pumpkins were drop-dyed then added to the spooky pumpkin patch!  Scratch art provided opportunities for learning what is negative space, which glows in the dark…  Happy Halloween!  

Happy Mother’s Day! Chihuly-Inspired Macchia (spotted) Bowl For MOM

Art Adventurers had a ball making these organic and colorful forms based on Glass Artist Dale Chihuly’s works! To see more of Chihuly’s amazing pieces…visit:  www.chihuly.com  

Parent-Child Workshop: Clay Animal Sculptures

Wish you could sculpt your favorite animal?  Does your child love playing with clay? Learn easy techniques to take what’s in your imagination and make it 3D! Children and adults will leave with their own sculptures and fun memories of making art together!  Register by Friday, April 18th. Ages 6 and up.  $75pp.  Limited to …

Cy Twombly- Who Knew?

Children’s art tours with Museum Adventures @ the Metropolitan Museum of Art inspire everyone around them, making them look further into the pieces we do!  The children were drawn to a Cy Twombly and took it upon themselves to go to find the hidden marks and letters for which he is known.  Excited to see our Cy Twombly …

Acting Adventures’ ALL ABOUT ACTING final performances were laugh-out-loud fun!

Join us for a NEW 12-week session with Television & Stage actor Dina Comolli in the driver’s seat!  She’s F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S. 2/21/2015 through 5/23/2015 Visit www.ClairesCreativeAdventures.com/register for more info. See for yourself:  View the Acting Album

Plaster mixing and pouring into forms with our students for a Rachael Whiteread-esque sculpture of negative space!

Through understanding negative space, students begin to “see” the inside spaces… whether it is sculptural, or between the lines for better drawing skills.