How to Find Ceramics Classes for Adults in Mountain View
The best adult ceramics class in Mountain View will depend on what you’re looking for: beginner instruction, a regular studio practice, or something in between. A few key factors separate genuinely good programs from ones that leave students frustrated: class size, what’s included in the price, instructor experience, and whether the program is designed to […]
CSMA’s Pop Up Art Market returns Nov. 22
CSMA’s Pop Up Art Market returns for its second year on Saturday, November 22nd, from 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM. The event will take place in CSMA’s beautiful Mohr Gallery space. Discover one-of-a-kind art and ceramic pieces crafted by talented faculty, staff, and students, and support CSMA programs at the same time. Artwork for sale […]
Family Art Project: Wildflower Close-up Painting
Celebrate spring and the lovely flowers blooming on our local trails with a fun, mixed media art project inspired by modernist artist Georgia O’Keefe’s enlarged flower paintings. This project guides artists through the process of creating a California native Tidy Tip bloom, however, you can make your favorite local bloom using the same materials. […]
Family Art Project: Yayoi Kusama Mushrooms
Yayoi Kusama is a contemporary Japanese artist known as “the princess of polka dots.” Dots and repeated patterns are a common theme in all of her work, which includes paintings, sculptures, performances, and installations. Yayoi was raised in Matsumoto, Japan, and trained at the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts in the traditional nihonga painting […]
Meet the ceramics studio at CSMA — it’s a potter’s dream!
Welcome to the Ceramics Studio at Community School of Music & Arts in Mountain View, CA! There’s a reason why wheel-thrown ceramics and hand-built pottery classes are the most popular art medium at CSMA—it’s not only fun to play and create with clay, but the results are useful and beautiful. Ceramics is challenging enough to […]
School break camps are a great way to engage young artists
CSMA’s school break art camps are thoughtfully designed to allow children to explore new art mediums, make friends and discover their inner artist. Offered year-round during school breaks and summer, art camps are taught by professional teaching artists focused on age-appropriate themes tied to the seasons. Take a look at artwork from some of our […]
Hanukkah Family Art Project: Dreidel Mobile
Join CSMA in celebrating Hanukkah with a simple, fun family project! According to Tomer Noyhouzer, Ph.D Hanukkah is the eight-day Jewish festival of lights that celebrates the Maccabees’ rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement by the Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE. “Some people see Hanukkah as a celebration of religious freedom, whereas […]
Family art project: Halloween Haunted House
Get into the Halloween spirit by creating a spooky watercolor resist haunted house. In this open-ended art project, we will take you step-by-step to create your own ghostly creation! If you are looking for an art class the whole family will enjoy, check out CSMA’s art workshops for all ages. Materials: – Pencil […]
Artistic Intelligence Program provides avenue to creativity and freedom
Art can be an avenue to creative discovery and freedom. Such is the case for participants in CSMA’s Artistic Intelligence Program. In honor of Disability Awareness Month, we want to share what our program is all about and its benefits within the community. CSMA’s Artistic Intelligence program is held in partnership with the Morgan Autism […]