MERCI BEAUCOUP ART Adventurers for another great ART year!
Our ART took to new heights and soared this 2017-2018 school year with the grande finale of Chagall inspired Stained Glass Kite-making at Central Park & Jackson Pollock Pants!
See the rest of our ART ADVENTURES HERE (click for album)
See you for Summer Camp next week and for our Fall 2019 Semester!
Welcome to 2018 June Summer Art Camp @ CCA!
Open the doors of opportunity for you little artist
& JOIN US to see what we’ve been up to all year and what exciting new art awaits us this JUNE 2018
To ALL MOMS NEAR AND FAR, Hope your Sunday was a very special day for you! We celebrated Moms the only way we know how…through love and ART! Our Art Adventures explored nature & art through dot art/ Mandalas and planting their very own Terrariums!
Mandalas are a spiritual/ritual symbol found in multiple cultures and faiths (both past & present) representing the universe. In celebration of all Moms in this universe and in our own circle of life, we created Mandala art or dot art on glass that carried our little succulents and on the stones that fill them. Students then follow step by step instructions to plant and care for their succulents.
Geometric Glass Mother’s Day Mandala Art Terrarium
Geometric Glass Mother’s Day Mandala Art Terrarium (5-7yo)
A special gift to Mom who is truly the center of our little universe. Thank you Moms for encouraging our creative minds!
CLICK HERE to see our Terrariums for all ages!
Ms. Claire led Girl Scout Troop 4740 from Long Island City with Troop Leaders Mildred & Luciana Lamberto through the Plaxall Gallery, sharing what it means to be an artist and how to approach making art!
Several LIC artists also shared their processes, from scultpure, dioramas to paintings, including hers -while they were working in their artist studios made available by LIC-A, the Plaxall Gallery and Edjo Wheeler
(click links for more info on LIC-A, Plaxall Gallery & Edjo)
(Click HERE for more images of our fun gallery tour day!)
Our 2 year old Art Adventurers jumped right into curves, zigzags and straight lines in last week’s project. Continuing to develop those fine and gross motor skills, we played with crayons and liquid watercolor to create these “magical” wax resist watercolor paintings.
Try it at home! All you need are crayons, watercolor paints and a brush. Be specific: Feel what a straight line does, how the body movements change with a curved line or spiral, or what it takes to actually make a zigzag (lots of self control, starting and stoping!) Make an abstract drawing, overlapping lines, or a spooky scene for the Halloween festivities for older children!
As we continue feeling the heat this sunny August, take a break in the cool AC and make some food art with the whole family!
Another great project from our June Summer Camp, we took graham crackers, food coloring, icing, brown sugar and an array of yummy treats to make a fun beach/under the sea scene.
Just try not to eat all your art materials at once!
A great way to appreciate ART, spend time with your family…and make Art
During our School Year and June Camps, we make sure to go on Museum Tour Adventures to create ART while surrounded by ART!
And sometimes we even BECOME ART!
Try it and visit a Museum with your family this Summer!
OR JOIN US at the MET this FALL!
Our MUSEUM AND GALLERY TOURS AND Our FALL SEMESTER ART ADVENTURE CLASSES
….with BUBBLES!
Our Summer Camp Art Adventurers painted with bubbles in our classroom, but that doesn’t mean you can’t also make bubble art outside! Go to the park, your backyard, or maybe even the beach!
Just make sure to grab some food coloring, bubbles and paper before you go!
Summer is in full swing and with these sunny days and hot weather, what better way to feel “cool” than with some ART!
Check out these totally beach friendly projects from our June Summer Camp!
All you need is liquid watercolor, eyedroppers, salts, and COOL WATER to make these abstract salt watercolor paintings!
The term Mandala, meaning circle or completion in Sanskrit, carries great symbolism in many world religions and philosophies. In the Art world AND in our classroom, the Mandala can bring on a form of creative therapy.
Our June Summer Camp Adventurers explored Mandalas and created their own version! Using elements found in “nature”, unity and balance were developed both in the art AND in the soul.
If interested in learning more about Mandalas and other forms of Asian Art, be sure to check out the Rubin Museum! And attend their annual block party this Sunday, July 17th, celebrating Nepalese culture as inspired by their recent exhibition: Nepalese Seasons: Rain and Rituals.
http://rubinmuseum.org/events/event/block-party-2016
Happy Art making!