Nathalie Djurberg animal sculpture required many steps! Thinking about a skeleton inside of a sculpture to keep it strong, which shape to make it and which animal to build! With the use of armature wire, aluminum foil, plaster wrap and paint, these are our amazing creatures that took 3 weeks!
We also made Murakami inspired projects in honor of Mother’s Day. Take a look:
This past Friday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum Adventures explored Color Theory through the work of Robert Ryman, Rothko, and Josef Albers.
Take a peek…
Using alginate and plaster to explore negative space, to see humor in art using body parts and learning an extreme amount of self control, students were challenged to create a hand gesture and hold it for up to 10 min. as the alginate mold was created.
Check out the results of the first part of this project:
Inspired by the work of sand painter, Joe Mangrum and Navajo healing rituals, children designed their own sand paintings using concentric circles, organic and geometric forms.
To see Joe’s work, visit his website www.joemangrum.com or find him daily in Union Square or Washington Square Park.
Inspired by the work of sand painter, Joe Mangrum and Navajo healing rituals, children designed their own sand paintings using concentric circles, organic and geometric forms.
To see Joe’s work, visit his website www.joemangrum.com or find him daily in Union Square or Washington Square Park.
Wow! Grimanesa Amoros: Beauty, Bubbles, Light, Lines & Fun!
On my always engaging tour today with Riva Blumenfeld of http://www.blumenfeldfineart.com/.
Mrs. Amoros took the time to take us on a journey through bubble islands, lines of lights and even into Times Square’s installation for the Armory show (Did you see it?)
These pieces made me feel extra serene, relaxed and even tickled somehow!
Now I’m working on a kid-friendy version- So watch our Art Adventures, here comes more fun!
Check out her work: http://grimanesaamoros.com
Experimenting with myriad materials, destruction- and it’s beauty- was our focus last week on canvases based on the Guggenheim Gutai exhibition… Children of all ages and adults should reserve now to see the Guggenheim’s Gutai show with us!
Call 646-755-7733 or visit www.ClairesCreativeAdventures.com/MuseumAdventures
Students were inspired by Basquiat’s loose, free- style improvisational paintings to paint with repetition of lines and shapes as well as using words and symbols. A friend of Andy Warhol, Basquiat was different from graffiti artists because his words had a higher meaning than just a name on the side of a building. He described his work, “I cross out words so you will see them more; the fact that they are obscured makes you want to read them.”
In Art Adventures, children discussed the work of David Hockney and his interest in space, digital reproduction and representations of the real world.
Children used layering and parts to create a whole to make their own non-conventional photomontages which played with different points of perspective and explore representation.
