Digital Resources
Looking for projects or resources to make and use at home? Welcome to our new Digital Resources page!
The Dayton Art Institute’s growing Learning Library Online offers art-making lessons, projects and educational materials for learners of all ages. Connect with your museum through art experiences you can do at home … or anywhere! Click a project to learn more and to download lessons. Check here often for updates and new lessons.
Special Resource: Women Artists in the DAI Collection
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Dayton Art Institute recognizes and celebrates the contributions of women artists. Click Here to learn about selected artists from our collection!
Families
Water Droplet Collage
Create a water-inspired collage!
Daruma Sculpture
Make a tiny sculpture and a wish!
Chalk Nebulas
Make a drawing inspired by nebulas!
Painting with Rubber Bands
Make a painting!
Number Creatures
Create a creature from numbers!
Paper Plate Truck Painting
Paint a truck made with paper plates!
1st – 3rd Grade
Mummy Bundle Mask
Discover the story of a golden mask!
Kintsugi Collage
Create a colorful collage!
Colorful Flower Printmaking
Create a colorful flower print!
Symbols
Explore three artworks from our collection!
Clay Figure Sculpture
Create a figurative clay sculpture!
Musashi Plain
Artist unidentified (Japanese, Edo period, 1615-1868)
4th – 6th Grade
Kintsugi Collage
Create a colorful collage!
Colorful Flower Printmaking
Create a colorful flower print!
Clay Figure Sculpture
Create a figurative clay sculpture!
Stained-Glass Inspired Painting
Create a stained-glass inspired painting!
Colorful Cardboard Collage
Create a dimensional collage!
Mythological Clay Relief Creature
Create a mythological clay creature!
7th – 12th Grade
Leaf Texture Collage
Create a monochrome leaf texture collage using tree leaves and collagraph printmaking techniques.
Shaping Peace Together: Collaborative Chalk Mural
Create a collaborative chalk mural.
Charcoal Portrait Drawing
Learn traditional techniques to make a charcoal portrait drawing.
Wearable Art: Cosplay Armor
Build 3-D arm bracers while learning the foundations of armor design.
Plein Air Landscape Painting
Experience the outdoors in creative ways and create your own personalized landscape.
Lyrical Poster Illustration
Create a personalized illustration inspired by song lyrics.
YA & Adults
Yume
Harue Shimomoto (Japanese, born 1971)
The Dance of the Almeh
Jean-Léon Gérôme
Andy Warhol-Inspired Portrait
Draw a Warhol-inspired portrait!
Summer Afternoon
Ray Parker
Melanesian Mask Drawing
Draw a Melanesian mask!
Door with Flayed Lion
Artist unidentified (Tibetan)