Art Activities

 

Activities

Child holding a toy camera and smiling. 

General Art Activities

 Arctic Landscape collage made of blue and white paper, wax paper, and colored cutouts of walruses, seals, and polar bears.

Animals in Art

Clay sculpture of a beetle, with wings and antennae made from red pipecleaners and a proboscis made from a toothpick.

Carving & Sculpture

 

Drawing of an ammonite in an ocean habitat, made up of tissue paper, foam pieces, and yarm.

Collage

 

Hand arranging balls of colored play dough in a circle to represent a color wheel.

Colors

 

Colorful planets drawn with crayon on a black watercolor background.

Painting & Drawing

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Links and Resources

 

Watch a conversation about colors, science, and art.

Animals in Art Museum Minute:  Explore animal art from museum collections and get inspired to make your own.

Art and Water Museum Minute: See artwork inspired by water, snow, and ice, and experiment with using water to make your own.

UAMN Fine Arts Collection: Explore the museum's Fine Arts collection.

Art in the Making: The Art In The Making exhibit folio shares the history and process of painting, ceramics, photography, printmaking, and woodcutting.

Lesson plans about the art and science of nature’s colors.

UAF Art Department

UAF Visual Art Academy

 

 

 

A child looks at a colorful abstract painting by Alfred Skondovitch.

UAMN photo by Gail Priday.

 

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