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This summer has been a whirlwind of creativity! Check out some of our favorite projects from Summer Art Camp! Sea Globes: Combine art and science to give snow globes a summery twist! Glitter, oil and water suspend these beautiful underwater creations in an air-tight globe: a memory to last forever, or a gift for someone …

Welcome Back Afterschool Art Week

Claire’s Creative Adventures is officially starting our after school arts enrichment classes this week! Week 1 we’re diving right into Memories, Art AND Science! Haven’t Heard about Art Adventures? Our programs have nurtured and challenged thousands of children on the UES over the past 20+ years. We know there are a lot of activities for …

Cartooning Class with Mackenzie Younger

Visiting artist Mackenzie Younger demonstrates the basic elements of cartooning with Art Adventures Studio students!  After learning silhouettes, characters, friends and foes, backgrounds and thought bubbles, students tried their hand at their own cartoons… “Mr. Mack” has published his own children’s book as well as shows his work in NYC.     

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 …

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.

How do you go from an example of Venice to this?

In our Venice Mini-Set Building Parent-Child Workshop Saturday, students learned exactly that.  Artist Cliff Gokenbach showed us how… Check out the slideshow below, to see how it was done. Some students are already working on their next city dioramas at home! (We love it when parents become learners with their children:)  Way to go Mariella! …

Creating the Perfect Disguise at our Venetian Mask Party

At our Venetian Mask Party (great for all ages,) we adorned our own Venetian Masks with jewels, feathers, and so much more. Take a peek at how we dazzle in our disguises!

This Saturday 4pm: Parent/Child Disguise-Making for Halloween!

This Saturday, October 5th: Create your own Venetian Mask! 4-5:30pm 1st Saturdays Parent-Child Workshop Are you ready for Halloween? Come create a Venetian mask that you can wear with style while trick-or-treating! Ages 5 and up should carve out time for this easy way to make an authentic-style disguise. REGISTER TODAY!  

This Friday & Sat: Be inspired by the Impressionists! Join now.

Join Museum Adventures and Discover the Impressionists @ the Met! This Friday, October 4th @3:45-5pm This Saturday, October 5th @1-2:15pm Ages 6 and up REGISTER TODAY! (Minimum 3 children per tour) Tours include hands-on diverse materials, on site at the museum.

Fall Art Adventures begins with Keith Haring!

In our first Art Adventures class of the Fall, we explored line families and made transparency prints a la Keith Haring. To see all of our photos from class, visit our Flickr Page. Have a 3-4 year old who wants to make art? Join us!