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Build It (Ages 5 - 6)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Roll up your sleeves and get ready for this hands-on building class! Using wood, newspaper rolls, and even found objects, young artists will delve into the fundamentals of buildings and structures. Inspired by artists Charles and Ray Eames, Andrea Zittel and all things DIY, students will think like artists and engineers as they strengthen their brainstorming, illustrative, and construction abilities! Teaching artists will guide students to safely...
Kids Camp: Build It (Ages 7 - 13)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Roll up your sleeves and get ready for this hands-on building class! Using wood, newspaper rolls, wire and other found objects, young artists will delve into the fundamentals of building and structures. Inspired by artists Charles and Ray Eames, Andrea Zittel and maker-culture, students will think like engineers to strengthen brainstorming and illustrative abilities. Teaching Artists will guide students to experiment with scale and learn the...
Animal Animation
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
This is a great class for young filmmakers with a flair for zoology. Students will work with mixed media materials like clay, wire, fabric and paper to build their favorite creatures and surrounding habitats. Using iStopmotion software, they will learn basic stop motion techniques to help bring their creatures to life. Young filmmakers will develop skills in design, character development, and narration as they explore their chosen subjects. From...
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Intro to Stop Motion (Ages 7 - 12)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
This class will introduce CMA’s unique style of collaborative storytelling using stop motion animation. Students will experiment with character drawings, puppetry and sculpture, set building, sound recording, and iStopMotion software. This class is a great introduction to the art of storytelling for young storytellers with an interest in various mediums.
Mixed Media
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Explore the magic of mixed media! In this class, young artists will learn how to layer and combine a variety of art materials to create unique works of art. Explore transparency by layering a print on top of a drawing, paint your own found object sculpture, collaborate on an installation, and discover how collage can transform a 3-D object! Inspired by artists such as Mark Bradford, Joseph Cornell, and Deborah Roberts, learn how artists throughout...
Music Video (7-12 yrs.)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Collaborate with a real NYC-based band on their next music video! Students will develop their editing skills as they design and arrange original footage to match the rhythm of a song. Music lovers and filmmakers alike will collaborate across a series of brainstorming, drawing, and storyboarding sessions, before delving into the exciting process of production. Students will experiment with stop motion animation equipment, work with live...
Printmaking (7-12 yrs.)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
In this class, young artists will explore intricate designs and techniques of monoprint and relief printmaking, as well as alternative processes. Students will develop skills in layering, carving, envisioning, composition and design as they explore materials and techniques. They will also revisit and sharpen their drawing skills to create eye-catching artworks. The medium and processes of printmaking will allow young artists to produce multiples...
Stories on Film (Ages 7 - 12)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Calling all budding filmmakers! This class will study and employ the fundamental tools needed to make an animated film. They will build character development skills as they brainstorm stories, write a screenplay, and create concept designs. From there they will illustrate storyboards, perform and record voice-overs, and collaborate with a CMA Teaching Artist to compose music to score their film. Students will construct their puppets and sets,...
Upcycled Art & Design (Ages 7 - 12)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Artists have coined a new phrase for turning their recyclables into great works of art: upcycling! In this class, students will use a variety of recyclable materials to create their own unique works of art. From the found object sculpture of Marcel DuChamp and Michelle Reader to Josh Blackwell’s plastic bag weavings, the possibilities for recycled materials are endless! An added bonus: young artists will learn to be engaged citizens...
Exploring Illustrated Stories (Ages 7 - 12)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
In this class, young illustrators will bring their favorite stories to life as they become familiar with professional illustration techniques, including pen and ink drawings, watercolor paintings, and cartooning. Drawing inspiration from the likes of Sana Takeda, Edward Gorey, Maira Kalman, Maurice Sendak, and Roz Chast, young artists will build a vocabulary in the techniques used by some of the most well known illustrators of our time. Then,...
Art Adventurers
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Don’t leave the little ones out, enroll your 5 or 6 year old in our half day camp! Young artists will take part in an adventurous day Governors Island while exploring art, story telling, and the natural beauty of the island. From observational drawing to creating sculptures with natural materials, this class will focus on showcasing the rich history and cultural aspects of Governors Island while providing ample opportunities to create art. Students...
Ceramics (Ages 7 - 12)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ 10 S St Battery Maritime Bldg, New York, NY
Make extraordinary sculptures and develop essential skills in hand work and ceramic design! After completing a series of free-draw and brainstorming exercises, young artists will experiment with traditional techniques in ceramic-making, including pinch, coil, and slab methods. Then, they will learn about the process of adding textures and glazes to enhance the artwork. Please note that while students will be busy hand building creatures and...
After School: Drawing to Sculpture (Online)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ Virtual Classroom
Turn your 2D drawings into 3D reality! Artists will be exposed to a variety of drawing, painting, and sculptural projects that encourage them to play with line, shape, and form. Inspired by the works of Linda Lopez, Noriko Kuresumi, and Renee Stout, students will create drawings, then make sculptures out of clay and found objects. The semester concludes with a virtual gallery show where students can show off their portfolios...
Drawing and Illustration: Animal Kingdom (Online)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ Virtual Classroom
Students will explore the wonderful world of animals while learning techniques in watercolor, ink illustration, and charcoal drawing. Artists will learn about animals and their habitats with a keen eye on conservation. The semester concludes with a virtual gallery show where students can show off their portfolios to family and friends. What to Expect 90 minutes interactive fine art class led by a CMA Teaching Artist trained in teaching...
Graphic Novel (Online)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ Virtual Classroom
Students will learn about the tradition of sequential art used in American comics, manga, and contemporary graphic novels while exploring techniques in cartoon and perspective drawing, character design, cover art, and storyboarding. Throughout the week, artists will work towards completing a chapter in their very own graphic novel. This unique, interactive class is perfect for those new to the art of the graphic novel, as well as those familiar...
Drawesome (Online)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ Virtual Classroom
Artists will explore the diversity of drawing as they practice new techniques and utilize a variety of materials including ink, string, charcoal, and pencil to grow their observational skills and imaginations. Students will also experience virtual tours of museums and galleries, participate in the “Drawing Olympics,” and learn to sketch with body movements. The week will conclude with a “campfire” show-and-tell where friends...
CMA Live: Beginning Broadway (Ages 9+)
Children's Museum of the Arts @ Virtual Classroom
Each week, students will learn a portion of a song and dance, as well as learn about a Broadway musical and the heroes of each story. Musical theater is a space where we can have unlikely heroes — how do these underdogs make their worlds better? Participants should wear comfortable clothes to move in and have access to a small space to move around. Weekly Themes July 30: Fight for the FutureLooking ahead and believing a better world...
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