Create a song by dragging and dropping music notes.

Find artwork from our artists as online puzzles to work on our Jigsaw Planet puzzle page.

Concert Roulette is a new way of discovering classical music, to fill the concert-shaped hole in your lives. Simply click to start and you’ll be presented with a video of a concert.

Enjoy these ultra-hi-res images of the Raphael Cartoons – a set of 7 full-scale designs for a series of tapestries created by Raphael, considered one of the greatest treasures of the Renaissance – Via the V&A Museum, London.

Have some fun..create your own Opera No musical skills required.

Take a Free Art & Design Course from Harvard University

Learn about Art with free courses from Annenberg Learner

Check out these free virtual Cirque du Soleil performances! Escape from everyday life through the delight and whimsy of their shows. Enjoy!

Download over 200 art books from the Guggenheim for free

20 free ebooks for designers and artists

Create your own comics

University Art Classes You Can Take for Free Online

24 Activities Free for Kids

Free Drawing Lessons

Rob Biddulph, children’s book author & artist is offering free art lessons. ~ Rob is an internationally bestselling and multi award-winning author and illustrator. He is the official World Book Day Illustrator for 2019 and 2020.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design has made available over 200 downloadable Vintage Posters on Flickr. Art of the Poster 1880-1918 is a curated collection of works from artists like Alphonse Mucha, Jules Chéret and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, known for their contributions during the Belle Époque period, which is synonymous with iconic art and is often called the Golden Age of design.

Watch extraordinary performances free from The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Arts Across America: In collaboration with arts organizations from coast to coast, this series presents free, online programming available on Facebook Live, YouTube, and on their website.

Download Free Coloring Books from 113 Museums

Download the Norfolk Arts Coloring Book or print a page or two.

6000 Historical Children’s books Digitized and Free to read online

Draw free with JJK produced by National Book Award Finalist Jarrett J. Krosoczka. Krosoczka is the New York Times-bestselling author/illustrator behind more than forty books for young readers. The program educates, entertains, and empowers young artists.

Eight Digital Education resources from the Smithsonian

45 places you can download tens of thousands books, plays and other literary texts completely legally for free

Tired of Netflix? Stream Experimental Films and Video Art
400,000 high-resolution digital images
Ivy League courses you can take for free
of public domain works in the Metropolitan Museum’s world-renowned collection may be downloaded directly from the Museum’s website

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center offers over 1,000 archived performances, all free, online. You can also listen to interviews with artists and learn more about the pieces through lecture

14 of the Most Thrillingly Mind-Expanding YouTube Videos From Museums Around the Globe

VIRTUAL TOURS:
2,500 Museums You Can Now Visit Virtually

11 Historic Artists’ Homes You Can See on Google Street View

Here’s 33 National Park tours you can take virtualy

Virtually tour the National Gallery in London

Take one of these virtual tours of the galleries at Thyssen-Bornemisza Museo Nacional We especially love the Rembrandt and Portraiture exhibition. They have VR capabilities too.

Take a virtual tour of Monet’s home

Check out Painting by Numbers, an online exhibition that offers a modern way to explore Ferdinand Bauer’s vintage drawings.

Explore ancient history from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and Oceana in this totally interactive virtual tour of the British Museum, London.

Enjoy these Virtual Tours at The National Gallery of Victoria: Australia’s oldest, largest, and most visited art museum. The museum offers a wide variety of international and Australian art in its collection, including paintings, drawings, photography, and sculptures.

Did someone say Gaudi? Virtually visit 3 of his amazing creations

Visit Rome! Take this virtual tour of the Vatican Museums.

6 Eclectic Online Exhibitions You Can Explore With the Click of a Mouse

Gustave Doré: The Reign of Imagination. Explore the curated collection of paintings, engravings, and more. Skilled in printing, drawing, illustrating, graphic art, and sculpting, Gustave Doré was one of the 19th century’s most creative figures. The French artist explored the “main genres and formats of his era, ranging from satire to religion, and from sketches to monumental canvases,” an acclaimed approach that was at the core of this Musée d’Orsay’s 2014 show.

Hey art lover check out this virtual visit to The State Hermitage Museum in Russia with over 60,000 artworks!

Virtually tour Frank Lloyd Wrights most famous buildings Note: They are taking a short summer vacation from #WrightVirtualVisits. The project will relaunch on August 20 in an exciting new format but you still view videos online.

Explore the National Museum of Women in The Arts

Explore Every Stitch of the Famed Bayeux Tapestry with this high-resolution image of the 224-foot medieval masterpiece, which chronicles the 1066 conquest of England.

12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch

Take a personal tour of Vincent van Gogh’s works with the Van Gogh Museum of Amsterdam’s seven-part virtual series.

World Class Museums to enjoy online

Free Textile Talks via the San Jose Museum of Textiles features weekly presentations and panel discussions from the International Quilt Museum, Quilt Alliance, Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Surface Design Association. The programs are held online at 2 pm Eastern / 11am Pacific US and Canada (GMT/UTC -5) each Wednesday and last approximately one hour.

First Tuesday’s for Writers Free 1hr. Zoom Meetup with Norfolk Arts grantee, The Muse Writer’s Center

FOR YOOUNG CREATIVES:
​Storytelling School with The Moth

Free Will Sliney comic book art classes on YouTube
If you know a kid who’s constantly drawing Spider-Man, this is their chance to learn from a pro.

Resources for teaching on line

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