McLean Project for the Arts has compiled a list of art activities, art experiences, and creative pursuits to inspire artists of all ages.
Early Childhood
- Crayola: Colorful solutions and fun things to do at home with kids
- Activity Village: Hundreds of crafts for children, organized by season, topic, or craft type
School-Age Children
- Lulus: Fun Fashion Activities–Jewelry making, knitting, and more!
- The Getty: Recreate Getty artworks using household items
- Hirshhorn Kids at Home: Keep kids of all ages engaged and interested in exploring art and making with unique hands-on projects inspired by your favorite Hirshhorn artworks. New projects are released every week.
- Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: Join Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems at home for online art classes (1pm EST)
- #metkids | The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Enjoy art made for, with, and by kids and The Met
- HGTV: Sculpt sea creatures and bake them to populate your own underwater world
- Artsology: Arts activities designed to engage kids with fun games as a way to introduce them to art history
- National Children’s Museum: Virtual field trips, online art activities, STEAMwork video programs, and more
Teens
- The Prado Museum: A video game offers a unique way to tour the museum in a highly innovative and entertaining way
- Google Arts & Culture: Explore a new activity or lesson each day, such as transforming your photos into artwork or learning about fashion icons who have changed the way we dress
- “Occupy White Walls”: Featuring hundreds of architectural elements, this free game allows players to design their own art galleries–and explore others’ out-of-the-box creations
Adults
- Picasso Museum in Malaga: Conferences, seminars, poetry recitals, sound tours of exhibitions and many other activities are on offer through the museum’s Soundcloud Channel
- Museo de la Evolución Humana (Museum of Human Evolution): This Burgos museum encourages the public to visit its virtual exhibition, offering three different tours of its permanent exhibition
- National Gallery of Art: Visit the Gallery virtually through video tours of current exhibitions, in-depth looks at highlights of the collection, online learning opportunities, audio and video recordings of lectures by artists and curators, and more
- Museu d’Art Comtemporani de Barcelona (MACBA): Download the museum’s mobile app to access images, videos, audio guides, interesting facts and documents detailing the works of their collection
- The Reina Sofia Museum: Peruse 170 videos of current and past exhibitions
- Thyssen Museum: Users can take virtual tours of the museum’s facilities and its permanent collection, accompanied by commentaries of the most important works
- National Archaeological Museum: Wander virtually through the different rooms of the museum (from the Palaeolithic to the Modern Age), clicking on each piece to learn more
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: Explore videos and articles from around the SFMOMA museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum: Explore Upcoming, Current and Past Exhibitions
- National Portrait Gallery: Try your hand at a few jigsaw puzzles from the Gallery’s collection
- Jennifer Bolande–“The Composition of Decomposition”: Currently on display at Magenta Plains. Explore the virtual showroom or the feed of still images
- Hastings Contemporary Museum: This English art institution is offering virtual tours using a telepresence robot
