Opera 'N Art

The signature HiArt! program that combines gallery hops and museum visits with opera through hands on art! Going strong since 1997! Now beginning its eighteenth year, Hi Art! and Opera ’N Art open the landscapes of contemporary art and music to children of all ages—from toddlers to preteens. 

Opera 'N Art classes alternate visits to the best “grown-up” art shows at New York’s major galleries and museums one week, with a creative burst of hands-on art, music and movement the next. Studio time offers a fluid, mixed-media approach that focuses on a modern musical masterpiece and a tantalizingly delightful hands-on art project, both of which continue to unfold over the course of the semester. 

Based on a pedagogy that privileges process over result, Hi Art! supports a child’s instinctive desire to create,develop his or her own ideas, and to realize their potential as a gifted individual. The program artfully combines a broad range of recognizable skills and materials (gross and fine motor skills, design, language, cultural history, musical repertoire, art theory, critical thought, self-expression, dance and choreography) with the “invisible” skills that build sensitive, insightful children who are independent thinkers. 

Younger children work alongside their adult companions each at his or her own pace and big kids are always free to go it alone! As always, HiArt! makes New York its art oyster. Biweekly gallery hops and museum visits - with lots of projects and lots of drawing - keep our eyes (and brains) popping. Where great art is, HiArters go: massive art fun on the horizon! Make a splash this Fall with Rimsky’s epic opera, Sadko!