Today is the 537th birthday of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, aka Michelangelo!  Considered to be one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo was a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet during the Renaissance.  In recognition of his artistic success during his lifetime, there were two biographies about him published while he was …

March is Women’s History Month, and to celebrate, CCA will recognize some of our favorite female artists.  Today’s artist is someone whom we will be studying later in the semester: GEORGIA O’KEEFFE!   O’Keeffe was born in Wisconsin in 1877 and decided to become an artist when she was just 12 years old!  In 1916, …

This week, our artists focused on mixing colors of paint that matched their mood.  Each bed also included details that reflected a part of each individual – Audrey included a tail of purple fabric to her artwork that resembles an element of her own bed at home, and Ella used fabric textures and created designs …

Our finished “beds” are full of colors and patterns inspired by a variety of found objects!  During our second week of Rauschenberg, each artist added objects, fabric, and paint to their combine, and invented a title to match their design.   See the full gallery on Posterous Soley “The Playground” See the full gallery on …

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Winter Break is coming to an end, but that just means that you still have time for more fun!  We’ve picked out a few awesome activities and places to visit as a family and enjoy the time together this weekend.     How do you create a sculpture from a car?  Visit the Guggenheim and …

We made a composite of all the stills from our group drawing and here’s our finished film!

We made a composite of all the still shots from our group drawing and here is our finished film! City_Day.m4v Watch on Posterous