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About
The Community Arts Academy (CAA), is a division of the Buffalo State School of Arts and Humanities.
Our mission is to nurture student creativity, critical thinking, and applied skills through joyful cultural experiences in the arts and humanities.
Designed by Buffalo State faculty, CAA classes and workshops are researched-based and provide students with engaging hands-on experiences rooted in the most contemporary pedagogical approaches. Exceptional instruction is provided by Buffalo State faculty, graduates, and advanced student interns teaching under faculty supervision.
We are grateful for the opportunity to work with your child and hope you will share this Buffalo State cultural resource with a friend.
http://artsandhumanities.buffalostate.edu/community-arts-academy
Community Arts Academy Visual Arts Classes
Your child will develop innate talents and find new creative paths while exploring varied art making techniques in hands-on, interactive art classes. Each child receives individual attention and encouragement in these research-based classes taught by a visual arts professional.
Travel the world through art! They are introduced to art from Japan, Egypt, France & more. Each week will bring a new experience, introducing and expanding a range of drawing and painting skills.
Discussions about themes within the art will help connect to students' own experiences, which will guide their art-making choices.
Students will also be introduced to a range of popular art movements, including Cubism, Pop Art, Abstract, Op Art, and more. They will explore a variety of art-making techniques in drawing, painting, and collage. Students will create original artwork inspired by famous artists’ styles and their own experiences.
Important Information
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
Aristotle
This is Miss B's first year teaching for Buffalo State's Creative Art Academy. She is a graduate of Buffalo State with her Bachelor's in Art Education, and graduated this past Maywith her Master's in Art Education. Please feel free to contact her if you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the class.
Summer Classes Open for Registration!
Our week-long summer camp is open for registration! Students can register for the half-day program, or all-day depending on their schedule for the summer. We will be visiting the Albright Knox, creating 3-dimensional works of art, and exploring and studying nature.
