FOR ALL AGES. The world-class Ringling Museum of Art started by circus owners John and Mable Ringling in Sarasota, Florida has “learn from home” art projects with instructions in professionally produced downloadable PDFs. See key excerpts from their Learn From Home webpage:
https://www.ringling.org/learnfromhome
LEARN FROM HOME
The Ringling is actively working to support students, caregivers, and teachers during this period of learning from home. The resources offered here are a work in progress, so please check back often.
Art Making Activities
The projects below are inspired by different artworks and objects in The Ringling collection and are suitable for all ages. We are working on optimizing all of these projects for you to do at home, but in the meantime we invite you to get creative if you don’t have the same supplies on hand!
Art Basics
Cellophane Collage
Fun with Chalk
Repeating Shapes
Watercolor Holidays
Texture Illustration
Positive and Negative Space
Shape and Form
Line Vocabulary
Color Wheel Painting
Abstract Landscape Painting
Circus Arts
Circus Costume Design– colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Circus Poster Design – blank paper, colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Create a Family Business– pencil and paper
Circus Route Planning – printed handout (if printer available) and marker
Circus Physics– pencil and calculator
Museum Connections
Nature
Nature & Poetry
Roses & Botanical Prints
Tabletop Rock Garden
Pollinators & Butterfly Symmetry Painting
Florida Sensory Painting– tempera paint, butcher paper or brown paper bags
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math)
Watercolor & Oil
Baking Soda & Vinegar Paint
Circus Physics
Catapult
Circus Route Planning
Early Learning
Ringling Read Alongs
It’s our popular ROAR! program connecting early literacy with art making! Watch one of our Ringling Read Along videos on our Youtube channel, and then find directions for an art making project inspired by the book in the video description or in the list below.
Puffy Paint Circus Treats
Moon Dust Paint
Monsters
No Mess Painting at Home
Color Transfer – inspired by “A Color of His Own” by Lio Lionni – paper, oil pastels or crayons, pencil
Explore The Ringling Read Along Youtube Playlist
Lesson Plans for Teachers
Many of these lesson resources are geared towards on-site visits, but they do contain activities and concepts that can be applied at home or for distance learning. We are currently working on optimization.
Collaboration in Art
The Poetry of Painting
Art Edits
Classicism in the Courtyard
Science and Circus
Ca’ d’Zan Architecture
If I Ran the Circus
A Circus Celebration
Bayfront Gardens