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!
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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
The Cubists are leaving! Join the final Met Cubism Tours: Pres. Day Weekend. Ages 4 and up!
Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection
What a delight for our Art Adventures Classes
& We want to share it with you!
This exhibit will close Feb. 16th, so join us next Friday-Monday to experience why these pieces have so much to offer for kids!
Ages 4-12 will be engaged by age-appropriate eye-spies and collage-making
While vicariously learning about the origins of collage, 3D forms and hidden meanings…
Museum Adventures @ Met:
Ages 4 and up!
Tours:
(Times are flexible with 3 or more students)
Friday, Feb. 13th: 4pm
Saturday, Feb. 14th: 10:30am
Monday, Feb. 16th: 10:30am & 1:30pm
Museum Adventures are 1 hour 15 min. tours led by Claire Munday. $85 for Parent and Child. Learn More.
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.
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.
Preparing Children for an Art Museum
There is a lot of feedback on how to do this, but the best way that takes the least time is to hire a professional! Armed with more than pencil and paper, CCA tours engage and enlighten with myriad materials…. And show how to do it on your own. For more info on taking your little one: http://arts.gov/art-works/2014/preparing-children-art-museums
CCA tip: Make it a Child-Directed trip- Ask 
these questions about each piece they are drawn to:
What materials is it made from?
How do you think they did it?
Guess what the artist was thinking when they made it?
What do you like?
What do you not like?
How would you make your own version?
If you’re nervous about bringing more than a pencil & paper, make a list of what your child needs to make their own version, go together to get the supplies and follow it up at home.
Imagine how excited they will get about art. And the interest they will have on their next visit!
Reflection is the name of the game for many artists…
Including Dan Graham’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last Friday
Get to the rooftop this summer! It’s worth the visit alone. And the Met is by donation.
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/press-room/exhibitions/2014/roof-garden-dan-graham
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!
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- And so did mom! Venice Set Building Parent-Child Workshop Saturdays, lead by Cliff Gokenbach
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William Wegman Studio Visit
We were sooo excited to meet the dogs, but seeing Bill’s paintings were a real treat! Catch our crew in his studio…
Honored to be invited, Bill was amazing with the kids…Who said it was the best studio visit ever!
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- Bill Wegman Studio visit with CCA
Yayoi Kusama Infinity Rooms Inspired Children From 3-8 Years!
Love Is Calling @ David Zwirner’s Gallery in Chelsea this past fall featured illuminated inflated tentacle-like forms that reflected forever. Check out our versions of these Suessical-esque worlds:
