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
Alphabet Line Drawing
Make a line drawing using letters!
Art Vids for Kids: Lost and Found
Alison Saar (American, b. 1956)
Balloon Painting
Young artists paint using a balloon.
Crushed Chalk Houses
Create an artwork using crushed chalk!
Art Vids for Kids: Circe Mulling Wine
Gioacchino Assereto (Italian, 1600-1639)
Retrofit: Turning Today’s Clothes into Period Costumes (Lesson 1)
Create fantastical, faerie-inspired skirts and a matching magical wand.
1st – 3rd Grade
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!
Art Vids for Kids: Lost and Found
Alison Saar (American, b. 1956)
Art Vids for Kids: Circe Mulling Wine
Gioacchino Assereto (Italian, 1600-1639)
Retrofit: Turning Today’s Clothes into Period Costumes (Lesson 1)
Create fantastical, faerie-inspired skirts and a matching magical wand.
4th – 6th Grade
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7th – 12th Grade
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YA & Adults
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.
Couple (Amina and Maurise)
Mary Beth McKenzie (American, b. 1946)
Feasts and Flair
Draw ornate, colorful fabric details.
Cantata
Norman Lewis (American, 1909-1967)