OhCanary

OhCanary Joyful art experiences for ages 1 and up in Maplewood and South Orange, NJ. Oh! Canary offers joyful art experiences inspired by children.

We provide classes, art kits, playgroups, and workshops where children- and children at heart- will engage with diverse materials that inspire imagination, celebrate play, and promote artistic development.

Let me tell you about Game Designers week.. If we could hand over this curriculum to elementary classroom teachers (and ...
08/21/2026

Let me tell you about Game Designers week.. If we could hand over this curriculum to elementary classroom teachers (and they actually were granted the freedom and materials to do engaging project work like this) it would be a WIN for all.

The kids are deeply invested in this process:

- [ ] planning
- [ ] strategizing
- [ ] sequencing
- [ ] problem solving
- [ ] design thinking
- [ ] sharing
- [ ] collaboration
- [ ] giving feedback to each other
- [ ] communicating visually, verbally, and written

There’s just *so. much. going. on* during the process of constructing this game package. I have daydreams about the ways that inventive teachers could really dig in with this process and make it so so rich with learning and meaning.

And you know the real win for those of us that have been managing working summer camps for 8 weeks? All it took was a game board, sharpie markers, stickers and some polymer clay. We worked on this for 5 days straight using simple, mess- free materials. If you work in our field, you know how rare this is 🙌

08/11/2026

We measured, sawed, rasped, sanded, hammered, drilled and painted our way through Woodshop Week and discovered a whole new world of possibilities working with a new material. Three weeks left of summer camp. We can’t wait to see you this fall.

Our journey across the vast sea of summer camp on ye olde Instagram was halted by a delightful detour of restful time in...
07/30/2026

Our journey across the vast sea of summer camp on ye olde Instagram was halted by a delightful detour of restful time in faraway lands, but we have resumed our voyage and want to make ye a record of volume 5 of Camp Canary: Myths and Magical Beings. Tiny adventurers quested to creative realms beyond as they explored mythology of yore with color, enchantment, and bravery 🗺️ 🧙

* Now my brain hurts from trying to figure out how to make that sound mythical 😂

4 more weeks of Camp Canary! And a little nudge to grab your fall class spots- afterschool is almost full across the board already, so now’s the time ✌️

Sweet Treats is one of our most delicious weeks at Camp Canary! Special thanks to SOMA SWEETS in South Orange and Somed...
07/21/2026

Sweet Treats is one of our most delicious weeks at Camp Canary!

Special thanks to SOMA SWEETS in South Orange and Somedays Bakery in Montclair for the sweetest and most accommodating field trips for our campers. Connecting with other small businesses is so enriching for us and our little artists.

If you are a croissant lover like me, you will be happy to travel far distances to Somedays Bakery - we are lucky to have them a block away ✨. If you love good vibes, a colorful candy experience and ice cream SOMA SWEETS is the place to be.. I hear they are even offering a summer camp in August if you still need a joyful experience for your kids 🍦 🏕️

We love a good art show, so it was such a treat this past week to create work with the objective to open up “Art Galleri...
07/12/2026

We love a good art show, so it was such a treat this past week to create work with the objective to open up “Art Galleries.” Artists/ gallerists were introduced to exhibition curation, titling, pricing, and marketing.

South Orange named their show “Canary Creators” and in Montclair we had an opening for “Canary Extraordinary Art!” By Friday our studios were bursting with color and imagination. A big thanks to the family members and friends who attended our “opening receptions” and paid big ( pretend) bucks for camper work- some priced as high as 4 gazillion dollars 😉

And as always, our campers and our team brought the magic to make Camp Canary WEEK 3 a huge success 🙌🌈🖼️

One solar heatwave, four earth rotations, two space stations (studios), 58 astronauts, 15 stellar team members, and infi...
07/03/2026

One solar heatwave, four earth rotations, two space stations (studios), 58 astronauts, 15 stellar team members, and infinite creativity ✨

Mission Control and the Oh! Canary Space Crew signing off of Camp Canary week two 🚀 🌏 ✌️

Happy Holiday weekend!

Week 1, Little Architects 🏡 and we’re rolling with ease right into the sweetest season of Camp Canary 🕶️ Artists built i...
06/28/2026

Week 1, Little Architects 🏡 and we’re rolling with ease right into the sweetest season of Camp Canary 🕶️

Artists built individually and with incredible collaboration through the week as we went deep into treehouse design, Frank Gehry inspired paper sculptures, Buckminster Fuller- esque candy compositions, and so much more.

A special thanks to our friend Cristina of Graff Guild , who visited and shared her design process with our Little Architects. Highly recommend if you are looking to build or modify your home ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Her eye is stunning and she is an absolute delight.

And a super special thanks to this inaugural weeks’ team! They operated such a joyful week, rain and shine, and didn’t they take the most beautiful pictures?! I was road tripping with my family- so weeks like this are when small business owner dreams come true 💛 ✨

Can’t wait to share more of our bustling, vibrant, creative summer 🌈

We have an exciting line up of spring workshops open for registration!May 7 Mixed-Media Memories: A Two-Part Creative Ex...
04/29/2026

We have an exciting line up of spring workshops open for registration!

May 7 Mixed-Media Memories: A Two-Part Creative Experience with Lisa White

May 21 Paint Your Heart Out! Abstract Painting with Lauren Liebermann

May 28 Exploring Oil Pastels: Intuitive Art with Lital Gold

May 29 Watercolor Brush Lettering with Juliana of Ink & Nibs

June 4 Iced with PRIDE! Rainbow Cake Decorating with Marlie Bakes

June 12 Photo Weaving with Jamie Grill Atlas

When my big boys were little, I remember Friday afternoons feeling like a dead zone. I wasn’t working that day and was ...
04/13/2026

When my big boys were little, I remember Friday afternoons feeling like a dead zone. I wasn’t working that day and was always looking for things to do with them after their naps and half-day preschools. A few years ago, we started Open Studio on Friday afternoons for this very reason. Eventually we moved it to Saturdays in the winter, but this spring, Open Studio is back on Fridays in Montclair. Colorful fun for the kids, and relaxed vibes for your Friday afternoon. Come play and make with us, grab dinner at one of the many wonderful restaurants in Upper Montclair, then stop in for laboratorio del gelato and take a walk around Anderson Park before bedtime. The perfect Friday plan!

Corinne came into our life around 2018, first by offering some fabulously rich family workshops and then as a staple in ...
04/08/2026

Corinne came into our life around 2018, first by offering some fabulously rich family workshops and then as a staple in our early childhood classes. When you come to one of Corinne’s classes, you will have no doubt that she is in love with the work, thriving and finding joy in the experience she facilitates for you. She is an out-of-the-box thinker, hilarious, colorful, so thoughtful, brave and kind. To know her is to love her, and we are so lucky that she loves Oh! Canary too. Corinne Amato

Address

165 Valley Street
South Orange, NJ
07079

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+19733077401

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