Dripped watercolor paint creating pools of color
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Making Art Together

The Art Studio facilitates creative projects for all ages. Join us as we share materials, ideas, and reflections.

A young guest explores glue and its sticky qualities.
A young guest sitting at a table focused on mark making filling in a blank book.
Bookmaking Collage Drawing Theory and Resources

Neon Narratives

Inspired by the bright and bold colors of Roger Mello’s art we explore how artists use neon colors in storytelling.  

Two people sitting at a table drawing, art materials and books also on the table
Bookmaking Drawing Theory and Resources

The Bigger Picture!

Create a unique folded drawing that reveals a bigger picture! 

A wall with an installation of colorfully painted sculptures made from cardboard boxes and paper objects.
Painting Sculpture Theory and Resources

Awesome Assemblages

Inspired by Christian Robinson’s artwork, make sculptures out of paper found materials and tempera paint.
A colorful pile of small, used crayons.
Drawing Theory and Resources

Sustainable Crayon Reuse

We are giving our broken and unwanted crayons a second life through The Crayon Initiative. Learn about this new sustainable partnership.
Three loop scissors with handles that are attached together in one continuous loop of plastic.
Bookmaking Collage Drawing Infants and Toddlers Painting Printmaking Sculpture Theory and Resources

Accessible Materials in the Art Studio

Art Educators share some of their favorite materials in the studio with accessibility in mind.
An open Art Studio with artworks on display, stools and chairs, and bright light streaming through the windows.
Theory and Resources

Accessibility in the Art Studio

Learn more about how the Art Studio incorporates accessibility into our spaces, materials, and educational practice.
A close-up look on various patterns of batik papers created by guests in the Art Studio.
Collage Painting Printmaking Theory and Resources

Batik-Inspired Project: A World Experience

How do we create a culturally and linguistically inspired art project for visitors in the museum?
Colorful homemade crayons in the shape of madeleine cookies surrounded by scribbles on white paper.
At Home Art Studio Drawing Infants and Toddlers Theory and Resources

Homemade Crayons

Create your own toddler-friendly crayons using food-grade waxes and pigments.
A close-up of the Art Studio bulletin board showing construction paper pockets with accordion fold books inside.
Bookmaking Collage Drawing

Portrait Books

Accordion books dedicated to people important to us
Glue cups, two noisemakers, and a basket of tissue papers.
At Home Art Studio Collage Sculpture

Homemade Noisemakers

How a toy display inspires a potential future project. 
A stack of triangular papers with colorful marker scribbles on them.
At Home Art Studio Drawing Theory and Resources

Reviving Old Markers

Using water, make your dried markers usable again!
An oil pastel ocean scene with jellyfish.
Drawing Nature Theory and Resources

Drawing from Photographs

Explore how the Art Studio has used photography books to inspire close observation, drawing, and storytelling.