Category: activities with your kids

Project Party Idea for any season!

Turns out “Snow” globes make for a great project at parties no matter what the season! Just use any found objects to follow your particular theme, different color glitter, glycerin, & distilled water! With the weather quickly changing, Cherry Blossom trees with pink and white glitter can make for the perfect “Spring” globes to welcome …

Black History Month Appreciation through Art

In honor of this month, we commemorate Captain Patrice Clarke Washington–  through value study!  Born in the Bahamas in 1961, Captain Washington, is one of the nation’s, and possibly the world’s, first black female commercial airline captains! Taking a photo of her, we divided the image, and each Art Adventurer made it their own – following the “code” of …

Winter Fun AND Art!

Mother nature has inspired us this winter! And we’re preparing for another snowy day with some fun interactive Art! Here’s a sneak peak! Stay tuned for our Art Adventurer’s versions!

New Year and new Creative Ways to make 2016 Healthy!

Our new teacher Miss Nikki shared with us these fun and artistic ways to eat healthy in the new year! Check out all of these easy snack and small meal ideas! Lets look and feel great for and with our kids in 2016! apples, peanut butter, bananas, macadamia nuts kiwi, pineapple, watermelon, skewers, cookie cutters …

Don’t Forget!

…to check out one of the many contemporary artists who has inspired us here at CCA: Rachel Whiteread at the Luhring Augustine Galleries! This is the final week with the show closing this weekend: December 19th in Chelsea and the 20th in Bushwick Click HERE for details and happy Art Adventures!

Holiday Clay Parent-Child Workshop Was A Hit!

Children and Adults learned to press textures from leaves and patterns to create bowls, trivets, plates and Holiday Ornaments!  Underglazing with colors, they will be fired in a Kiln!      See The Whole Process!  

Art Adventures Goes To MFTA

Our tummies are full, hearts filled with thanks and minds ready for more art! During our Thanksgiving break, the crew here at Art adventures went on an Art field trip to Material for the Arts!  Artist in Residence, Juan Hinojosa shared his creative process with us using the art form of collage. Simply using scissors, glue, and …

3D Halloween Scene Building…Great for all ages!

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!  

Spooky Halloween Soaps!

    Art Adventures combines Halloween with Soap Making!  Spooky Halloween Soaps are easy to do…   Glycerin + color + spooky plastic items + molds!

Rachel Whiteread’s in NYC this FALL!

As we quickly approach the end of these summer days and the start of the Fall Art season, we’re so excited to see an artist that inspired some of our projects here at Art Adventures! Rachel Whiteread, a British sculptor known for her negative plaster casts of everything from the interior of buildings to boxes, …