Category: Class Project Results

JUNE IS ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY….

…Which means CCA’s SUMMER JUNE ART CAMP is right at our doorstep! 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 SEE PAST SUMMER CAMPS HERE & REGISTER HERE!

Mother’s Day Art Terrariums @ CCA

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 …

Seeing ART then Making ART from Africa with “Indigo dye”, Patterns, & Silhouettes

Making Art History fun for ALL Ages with CCA’s Museum Tours @ The Met!

Art Adventures @ The METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART this week at CCA!

Calder Stabiles for the win!

We took inspiration last week from Alexander Calder’s mobiles and stabiles to create our own version of these Kinetic Art sculptures! We learned all about our line and shapes family: creating straight, curved and angle lines in our wires & pipe cleaners. Then connected these lines to our shapes! We were then introduced to the …

CCA welcomes artist and teacher Mr. Chris to share unique folding techniques for Heart-Shaped Tie Dye fabric!

This past week was all about HEART in our ART …..with Tie Dye exploration! We practiced practiced & practiced- folding and tying fabrics using a very special technique that revealed a vividly colorful heart in the center. SEE MORE of our Hearts (& OTHER SHAPES!) HERE

Valentines Art Making fun a la inspiration from Mosaic art and Jim Dine!

We explored Abstract Art, the difference between warm and cool colors & decoupage when creating our Abstract Mosaic Paper Paintings! While our Mini Art Adventurers created Heart Cards, Our older Art Adventurers created more abstract landscape work… CHECK OUT ALL THE HEART in OUR ART HERE! 

Let is Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow….in your Artwork!

We are quickly approaching our Spring Semester @ CCA! So for our last full week of January, we continue to let the Winter season inspire our Art Adventures- creating Snowscape Value paintings with our 5-7yo Art Adventures ..and Snow(wo)man Clay Sculptures with Found Objects for our Mini Art Adventures! Whether it’s the weather, nature, found …

ART MAKING with FOOD: Spice Painting!

You can use almost anything to make art….even from ingredients in your pantry! Our Art Adventure took us to the kitchen this week, where we found everyday spices such as cinnamon, turmeric, paprika and even cocoa powder to create different color paints. Just mix in increments with white tempera paint to achieve the desired tone, …