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
Sculpt with Shapes
Build a sculpture from 3D shapes!
Watercolor Resist with Shapes
Create a watercolor resist painting!
Embossed Suitcase
Make an embossed suitcase!
Torn Paper Maps
Make torn-paper maps!
Fabric Color Collage
Create a colorful fabric collage!
Clay Color Creation
Make homemade clay and experiment with color mixing.
1st – 3rd Grade
Ancient Greek Relief Print
Create a print utilizing ancient Greek designs!
Relief with Design of Dragons
Artist unidentified (China, Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644)
Henry, 8th Lord Arundell of Wardour
Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1726-1792)
Cardboard Tube Sculpture
Create an abstract sculpture!
Watercolor Pop Art Portrait
Create colorful portraits!
Pathway
John Safer (American, 1922-2018)
4th – 6th Grade
South American Jewelry
Create pendants inspired by ancient South American artworks, using metal embossing techniques.
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.
Japanese Cherry Tree Painting
Paint moonlit cherry trees inspired by the woodblock prints of Yoshitoshi’s One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.
Native American-Inspired Clay Bowls
Sculpt a clay bowl utilizing Native American pueblo pottery techniques and designs.
Pop Art-inspired Painting
Learn to use crayons or oil pastels with watercolors to create a unique “resist” painting.
7th – 12th Grade
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YA & Adults
Hands
Learn to draw hands
Arrival of the Three Kings
Sadao Watanabe (Japanese, 1913-1996)
Sculpture and Pattern
Draw repeating patterns
Embroidery from Uzbekistan
Janet Fish (American, born 1938)
Geometric Abstraction Still Life
Create a colorful abstract drawing
The Immaculate Conception
Bartolomé Estéban Murillo (Spanish, 1618-1682)