Category: Class Topics

Museum Adventures with Van Gogh and Tomas Saraceno

See the full gallery on Posterous IMG_6284.MOV Watch on Posterous On November 2nd, Museum Adventures went to the Met to explore line in Van Gogh’s work, with metal embossing and color before going up to the roof to check out the last day of Tomas Saraceno’s Cloud City installation.

3:10 Art Adventures Creates Chagall Stained Glass

See the full gallery on Posterous Our 3:10 Art Adventures class made Chagall-inspired stained glass and color mixing with pastels.

Visiting Artist Charles Hinman Comes to CCA

[[posterous-content:pid___0]] We are excited to announce that the celebrated artist, Charles Hinman, will be speaking at CCA tomorrow, November 8th.  Soon after Mr. Hinman began showing his work in NYC in the 1960s, he developed his hard-edged geometric canvases and continues to create them today… Art Adventures Studio participants learned about Mr. Hinman and his …

Welcome Deirdre to Art Adventures!

We are excited to extend a warm welcome to our new Art Adventures teacher – Deirdre!  She is an exciting addition to our team. To take a peek at her artwork work, please visit her website.

Tuesday Art Adventures Studio’s 3D Value and Form Studies

Museum Adventures with Giacometti and the Met Rooftop!

See the full gallery on Posterous Line_and_shape_in_sculpture.MOV Watch on Posterous Making_Giacometti_Sculptures.MOV Watch on Posterous Met_Rooftop.MOV Watch on Posterous At our Museum Adventures tour of the Met this week, students used the 5 elements of line and shape to create sculptures inspired by Alberto Giacometti right in the gallery.  Then we went up the rooftop to see Tomas …

Our Drawing Class Learns about Contour Lines and Compositions!

See the full gallery on Posterous Learning the fundamentals of drawing, we explored abstract line compositions and contour line study on forms during our Wednesday Drawing Class!

Thursday Art Studio and Gabriel Orozco Charcoal Value Studies!

See the full gallery on Posterous In our Thursday 4:30 Art Studio, using shading and value, students learned to balance a composition of geometric forms.  

Tuesday Art Studio Explores Contour Lines!

See the full gallery on Posterous We explored abstract line compositions and contour line study on forms during our Tuesday Art Adventures Studio!

Art Adventures Explores Primary and Secondary Colors!

See the full gallery on Posterous In Art Adventures, overlapping primaries create secondaries, especially when seen through a window!  We also learned the word translucent.