DISTANCE LEARNING VIDEOS
These online art making projects invite participants to create work inspired by artworks from different time periods, using materials they have at home. Students are introduced to new concepts, techniques, and ways to use everyday materials.
LACMA & P.S. ARTS: Distance Learning for Schools
LACMA: A Booklet of Plant Drawings
3rd Grade
Inspired by STEAM principles, explore how drawings can help you see, think, and study the world. Watch this video by registering for the Creative Classrooms course.
LACMA: Dancing Sculptures
3rd Grade
Inspired by STEAM principles, learn how artists make sculptures that appear to be moving. Watch this video by registering for the Creative Classrooms course.
LACMA: Historic Vessel Designs
3rd Grade
Inspired by STEAM principles, explore the wealth of historical secrets objects hold and learn how to make a historical drawing of your own. Watch this video by registering for the Creative Classrooms course.
LACMA: A Collage Story
4th Grade
Explore the principles of social emotional learning by making a collage about your community. Watch this video by registering for the Creative Classrooms course.
LACMA: Portrait Paper Dolls
4th Grade
Explore the principles of social emotional learning by creating a portrait in the form of a paper doll. Watch this video by registering for the Creative Classrooms course.
P.S. ARTS: Drawing Game
3rd to 5th grade
Inspired by Guadalupe Maravilla’s artworks students are invited to play a drawing game from El Salvador. After playing the game students can add real and abstract details to their drawings.
Materials: paper, pencils, coloring pencils and markers.
LACMA: An Advertisement for Change
4th Grade
Explore the principles of social emotional learning by using words and pictures to create a message about an important issue.
LACMA & LA County Library: Creative Storytelling & Communities Create LA!
Communities Create LA! Cultural Talismans
Experiment with form, texture, and color to create a talisman that represents your own culture and identity! Explore modeling techniques and learn about the symbol and function of the scarab beetle in ancient Egyptian times.
Creative Storytelling: Civic Engagement
This workshop featured a live story reading from an LA County librarian of "Giant Steps to Change the World" by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee, followed by an artmaking workshop inspired by a work in LACMA’s collection by Shepard Fairey.
LACMA Make Art @ Home
High-contrast Collage Portrait
Suggested for students ages 8 years +
Inspired by Elizabeth Catlett’s bold and dynamic prints representing the stories of black women in the 1940s and 1950s, you can create your own high contrast portraits of your family.
Materials: paper (white and black or other dark color), recycled magazine pages, glue, scissors.
Build a Paper City
Suggested for students 6 years +
Inspired by Chris Burden's representation of a busy and bustling city in his installation Metropolis II (2011), you are invited to create your own three dimensional environments!
Materials: paper, recycled cardboard base, scissors, clear tape.
Stained Glass Window
Suggested for students 8 years +
Inspired by the stained glass windows in LACMA’s collection, you are invited to create your own miniature stained glass windows using materials available at home.
Materials: card stock, sandwich bag (or other clear plastic sheet), clear tape, permanent markers, nail polish.