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
Bubble Bears
Create bubble bear art using mixing, cutting, drawing and gluing skills.
Clay Fossil Exploration
Create a homemade clay fossil using drawing and carving skills.
Spider Web Fizzy Art
Explore science through art by making a spider web painting.
Colorful Coffee Filter Apples
Use cutting and gluing skills to create apple-themed art.
Creative Corn Bushels!
Use cutting and gluing skills to create their own corn bushel.
Carrots in a Harvest Basket!
Use folding, cutting and gluing skills to make a creative harvest basket.
1st – 3rd Grade
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4th – 6th Grade
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7th – 12th Grade
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YA & Adults
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)
Kannon Bosatsu
Japanese (Muromachi period, 1392-1573)
Nature and Landscape
Unkoku Toeki (Japanese, 1591-1644), Landscape, 17th century