Online suggestions to learn and find inspiration!

Fun and Rewarding Virtual Art! The Smithsonian is offering free lecture classes of all kinds at https://www.edx.org/school/smithsonianx and their hands-on classes are at https://www.si.edu/events

Closer to home – and now on view in your home – the Metropolitan Museum has much of its collection on view, with topics from Collection Highlights to Birding at the Museum and Artworks from the Google Doodle! Visit them all at https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection

The Louvre is expanding its online database to include ALL of its artworks! The database now holds 482,000 artworks. Included are not only the works on public display but also those in storage. To tour the collection, visit: https://collections.louvre.fr/en/

Find past exhibits for “Art of the State” at: statemuseumpa.org/aos2020/
You can check out the art that was accepted in past years into this wonderful yearly state art show. Submissions are usually due in February, so you could be working toward entering your work this year!!

While you are on the State Museum website check out their interactive map of all of the New Deal Post Office art in Pa—
pretty cool!! statemuseumpa.org/common-canvas/
View 7 virtual tours offered by The Frick Museum in Pittsburgh at: thefrickpittsburgh.org/virtualexhibitions

The Philadelphia Museum of Art has several online exhibitions including ones on African American art and Impressionism:
https://philamuseum.org/

Also from Philadelphia, check out the online offerings of the Barnes Foundation which include some free classeshttps://www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/online: www.barnesfoundation.org/whats-on/online

Enjoy experiencing international museums from London to Seoul at https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours

Take a free art class from MOMA at:
www.moma.org/research-and-learning/classes

click “100 Famous Painters and Their Studios”. There are some surprises!! While on YouTube, check out the videos by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.