- 293B Furnace Dock Road
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567
(914) 739-4320
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The cccArts is a visual arts education center serving the north Westchester communities since 1991, making arts engagement accessible and rewarding.
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Our programming is made possible, in part, with the ongoing support of the Town of Cortlandt, Supervisor Linda Puglisi and board; ArtsWestchester and our generous cccArts board and members.
Children Classes
DRAWING & PAINTING
Fourth – Seventh Grade
with Cathy Faiella
See and interpret; re-see and re-interpret both instructor and student designed set ups. We will become familiar with the artist’s tools and choices through interactive conversations and exercises. Students will explore their own artistic choices through composition, line drawings and color/value studies.
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ART START
Child with Adult
with Cathy Faiella
Parent/grandparent/caregiver and child share in art explorations. Projects include a collaborative clay keepsake in time for the holidays as well as exercises in painting, printmaking and collage. Inspiration taken from the best in children’s literature, observation and their imaginations. Help your child explore ways to think about and create art with many different materials while encouraging creative risk taking.
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DRAWING
Fourth Grade – Adult
with Kathy Moss
Embark on a crash course in seeing and drawing while mastering classical fine art techniques and materials. Learn to interpret and capture observations with personal descriptive marks in pencil, charcoal and permanent ink and color.
Listed under Adult and Teen Classes, Children Classes
CLAY: WHEEL THROWING & HAND BUILDING
Fourth grade – Adult
with Cathy Faiella
Learn to throw basic forms on the potter’s wheel and add glazing (mineral colors) to your work. This personalized class is adaptable to all levels and is limited to 5 students. Class price includes clay and firing fees.
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CLAY
Kindergarten – Third Grade
with Cathy Faiella
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CARTOONING, POP ART AND MORE
Fourth – Seventh Grade
with Cathy Faiella
Create and explore a character or two of your own! Emphasis on character creation, humor, idea generation and beginning storyboarding. Exposure to many cartooning techniques assist students in developing and maintaining their own original comic style.
Expand your imagination through an exploration of such modern and pop art masters as Warhol, Rauchenberg & Lichtenstein.
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ART QUEST
Kindergarten – Third Grade
with Cathy Faiella
Who’s Art? What’s Art? Where’s Art?… Explore way to think about and create Art with many different materials and creative risk taking. This class will focus on drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpting and encourage young artists to develop the strong observational skills that are key to all areas of learning– all while stretching the limits of their creativity and imagination
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SUMMER CERAMIC ART
Entering First - Adult
with Robyn Tauss
Emphasis on learning hand building techniques: pinch, coil and slab. These techniques/skills will be combined to form teapots or other vessels. Several classes will be devoted to learning beginning wheel throwing techniques. This personalized class is adaptable to all levels and offers limited enrollment. Class price includes clay and firings.
(Consider a “family art opportunity” by joining in a summer clay exploration with your child!)
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