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
Fabric Color Collage
Create a colorful fabric collage!
Clay Color Creation
Make homemade clay and experiment with color mixing.
Q-tip Painting
Use Q-tips to make a painting!
Fingerpainted Pets!
Learn about letters & construct with clay!
Squiggly Story Drawing!
Learn about letters & construct with clay!
Stamped Stars Painting
Make a stamp to create a star painting.
1st – 3rd Grade
Art Vids for Kids: Portrait of a Daughter of Dietrich Bromsen
Michael Conrad Hirt (German, 1615-1694)
African-inspired Masks
Create an African-inspired mask!
Art Vids for Kids: Vendedoras de Frutas
Alfredo Ramos Martínez (Mexican, 1871-1946)
Ink Wash Painting: Abstract Landscape
Paint an abstract landscape!
Art Vids for Kids: Jaguar-Shaman Tripod Vessel
Nicoya Culture (active 400-700 CE)
Playful Stage Diorama
Design a playful diorama!
4th – 6th Grade
Pop Art-inspired Painting
Learn to use crayons or oil pastels with watercolors to create a unique “resist” painting.
Clay Creature Sculptures
Create an imaginative clay creature that combines unique features of many animals.
Creative Costume Design
explore the foundations of fashion design through exercises in shape, line, color, pattern and texture.
Awesome Assemblage Art
Create an original assemblage sculpture that features both 2D and 3D qualities.
Surrealist Scene
create a dream-like world filled with unusual creatures and other imaginary elements
Watercolor Still Life Collage
Create a watercolor painting inspired by two still life artworks in the museum’s collection.
7th – 12th Grade
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YA & Adults
Jain Shrine
India, Gujarat region
Chief Massasoit
Cyrus Edwin Dallin (American, 1861-1944)
Portraits & Poses
Consider pose and composition.
The Clock Tower, Venice
Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712-1793)
Abstraction: Op Art
Create abstract designs and optical effects.
Retrofit: Turning Today’s Clothes into Period Costumes (Lesson 3)
Create low-sew Rococo-inspired overdress, hip padding, and stomacher from everyday clothing.