art class Archives - Claire's Creative Adventures

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!

Fall 2015 Art Adventures experimenting with science AND art!

closeup of a Summer Memory

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 your children and want to make Art Adventures on the top of their list!

CCA classes have a 3:1 teacher-student ratio, myriad material exploration, optional French, as well as lunch & art + after-school programs for Ages 2-14.

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We’re looking forward to many enriching activities this fall!

Share with your child’s class and friends to include them in this opportunity.

Join us for a trial class today!

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.

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CCA 2015 News and Upcoming Events:

New Classes For Ages 3-16. Spring Registration Extended Through 1/23.

1. Spring Semester begins Feb. 3. Register Now: Class Times Registration Information Class Descriptions

2. All About Acting Class Performance Jan. 31st @ 1:30pm- RSVP to see this performance and experience the class. Come and enjoy our final performance sharing of level one All About Acting class with Dina. Young Actor’s will perform short scenes and finesse you with some comedy improvisation. Bring friends, it’s guaranteed to delight!

3. Spring Acting begins Feb. 21st (12 weeks.) Register now-Feb. 6th.

4. Parent/Child Jan. 24th Workshop @ 4pm: Experience India w. Indian Arts: Henna, Sound Bowls, Mandalas, Music, Yoga and more! Join myself and special guest Truike, Founder of Children of the Ganges.

5. Sign up for a President’s Day Museum Tour!

Visit our GALLERY for action-packed art-making!

Thank You Students For An Incredible Year!

And for lending us your trust, becoming self-confident individuals, working together and having incredible ideas with which to work! We celebrate your uniqueness, your effort, focus and of course- sense of humor! Have a great summer.

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: Cliff taught us that through learning how to transfer from any photograph or drawing, then using Sharpees, washes and values, students re-created Venice complete with poles and Gondola! Model Magic for the tops of the poles made it pop!

: And so did mom! Venice Set Building Parent-Child Workshop Saturdays, lead by Cliff Gokenbach

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How do you go from an example of Venice to this?

In our Venice Mini-Set Building Parent-Child Workshop Saturday, students learned exactly that. Artist Cliff Gokenbach showed us how…

Check out the slideshow below, to see how it was done. Some students are already working on their next city dioramas at home!

(We love it when parents become learners with their children:) Way to go Mariella!

And a great big THANK YOU to Cliff!

: Transfer process: cover back of photo with pencil

: Flip image and draw base

: Transfer the cityscape

: Transfer the bridge

: With acrylic-based paints, water down and make a “wash” after outlining with a permanent marker

: When they dry, attach with folded card stock and tape

: On small paper tubes (easy to make), paint blue and “twirl” when adding the white stripe!

: Make several and attach by poking a hole with a pencil into the foam base

: Draw or transfer a Gondola!

: Add other details- like people and the tops of the poles (this was done with Model Magic)

: We loved how it turned out!

: And so did mom! Venice Set Building Parent-Child Workshop Saturdays, lead by Cliff Gokenbach

: Cliff taught us that through learning how to transfer from any photograph or drawing, then using Sharpees, washes and values, students re-created Venice complete with poles and Gondola! Model Magic for the tops of the poles made it pop!

Creating the Perfect Disguise at our Venetian Mask Party

At our Venetian Mask Party (great for all ages,) we adorned our own Venetian Masks with jewels, feathers, and so much more.

Take a peek at how we dazzle in our disguises!

: Love the rosettes on this mask!

: The feathers were a big hit!

: Love the butterfly!

: Our sticky mural was a hit with window markers to add designs of lines.

: So many creative and beautiful masks!

This Saturday 4pm: Parent/Child Disguise-Making for Halloween!

This Saturday, October 5th:

Create your own Venetian Mask!
4-5:30pm
1st Saturdays Parent-Child Workshop

Are you ready for Halloween?
Come create a Venetian mask that you can wear with style while trick-or-treating! Ages 5 and up should carve out time for this easy way to make an authentic-style disguise.

This Friday & Sat: Be inspired by the Impressionists! Join now.

Join Museum Adventures and Discover the Impressionists @ the Met!

This Friday, October 4th @3:45-5pm
This Saturday, October 5th @1-2:15pm
Ages 6 and up

Tours include hands-on diverse materials, on site at the museum.

Fall Art Adventures begins with Keith Haring!

In our first Art Adventures class of the Fall, we explored line families and made transparency prints a la Keith Haring.

To see all of our photos from class, visit our Flickr Page.

Have a 3-4 year old who wants to make art? Join us!

Discover the Impressionists on Oct 4th

Are your curious about the Impressionists?
Don’t know where to begin?
Explore Modern/Contemporary/Impressionist art with Claire Munday & see why and how to select works that are important to share with your children!

Join us Friday, October 4th @3:45-5pm. Register here: http://dev.clairescreativeadventures.com/register/