Digital Resources
Looking for projects or resources to make and use at home? Welcome to our 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
The Dayton Art Institute recognizes and celebrates the contributions of women artists. Click Here to learn about selected artists from our collection!
Families
Paint-Stamped Aliens
Create a fashionable garment for the alien to wear, using cutting, stamping and painting skills.
Torn Paper Sunset Silhouette
Use tearing and painting skills to make their own animal silhouette landscape.
Watercolor Castle Silhouettes
Make a castle silhouette with a watercolor background.
Drawn Silhouettes
Draw, cut and glue to explore lines and silhouettes in art.
Upcycled Newspaper Hats
Use molding, cutting and taping skills to create a wearable hat from upcycled materials.
Torn & Painted Paper Mice
Use tearing, painting, collaging and coloring skills to make a heartwarming mouse scene!
1st – 3rd Grade
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4th – 6th Grade
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7th – 12th Grade
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YA & Adults
Flowers and Plants
Geometric shapes as our starting point on the journey into a freeform, flower-filled world
The Holy Family with a Donor in a Landscape
Pier Francesco Bissolo (Italian, 1470/72—1554)
The Holy Family with a Donor in a Landscape
Draw from the Collection – Flowers and Plants 2
Tiffany Dragonfly Lamp
Dale Chihuly’s Olive Macchia with Cadmium Yellow Lip Wrap
Draw from the Collection – Portraiture
Create a portrait drawing based on Alice Neel’s John (1979).