Online Art Resources

Because of our commitment at Monterey Museum of Art to artists of all ages, we created fun and simple art activities to give teachers, students, and all creatives projects that they can do at home. 

MMA Teacher Resources

 

Creative Activities to do from Home 

• Plein Air Painting
• Happy Accident Drawings
• Homemade Sketchbooks

Art Education Resources from Museums

• Akron Museum of Art
• Denver Art Museum
• Grand Rapids Art Museum
• Kennedy Center Doodles with Mo Willems
• Laguna Art Museum
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Lesson Plans
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Metkids
• Mississippi Museum of Art
• Museum of Modern Art
• Museo Eduardo Carrillo 
• Norman Rockwell Museum
• Tate Kids
• Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
• Wiregrass Museum of Art 

Art Projects to Do From Home 

• Center for Puppetry Arts
• Create Something Art and Creativity Blog
• Creative Projects at Home
• Design at Home from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
• Home is Where the Art Is Activity Pack
• Friday drawing sessions with Dav Pilkey (of Captain Underpants)
• Pencils and Plums 2500+ Drawing Ideas 
• Experience Art and Culture from Home Submitted by Skylar and Melyssa G. 

Other Art Education

• Art 21. Behind the scenes biographies of leading contemporary artists
• At-home Design Concepts
• Henitalks.  Short, high-quality art history videos between 1-15 minutes each
• Videos of Contemporary Art galore
• Youtube channel with great resources for Art History, Art Lessons, Art Appreciation, even Art Cooking
• Smart History: Short art history lessons filmed on location.

Remote Lesson Plans for all ages and subjects

• Lake Valley Education Remote Lesson Plans 
• Today Show Homeschooling Resources 
• Art Prof Teaching and Learning Art Online
• Library of Congress live sessions for Educators Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Art Class Curator E-Learning Resources for School Closures
• Cassie Stephens: Incredible Art Teacher with lots of video lessons and links to her daily live lessons
• The Joy of Painting, with Bob Ross.  Watch the Mr. Rogers of art instruction paint happy trees in all 400+ episodes:
• Lesson Plans from the Wiregrass Museum of Art
• Virtual Teaching Solutions Spreadsheet
• Teach From Home Tutorials
• STEAM design challenges from The James Dyson Foundation

Film

• Free Art Films listed by your mood
• National Film Board of Canada
• NFB Indigenous Films Archive
• My Darling Quarantine Film Festival
• Ann Arbor Film Festival
• Reel Abilities Film Festival
• Environmental Film Festival