Library Guides: Activities for Kids during COVID-19 Closings: Arts

Performing Arts

Free Online Music Lessons for Kids: from Making Music Fun
Free Classical Concerts You Can Listen to and Catch Online: List maintained by Minnesota Public Radio
The Metropolitan Opera Nightly Met Opera Stream: Provides a live performance every night from their catalog of recorded events
Best Classical Music and Opera Livestreams for 2021: Maintained by classicfm.com
The Dance Center of Severna Park: A dance studio in Maryland posted activities for young dancers (look under "Live" for videos of past events)
Emily Arrow: Librarian Emily Arrow shares singalongs with music and stories on her YouTube channel

Jarrett Krosoczka: Illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka is sharing art lessons on his YouTube channel
Google Arts and Culture: This fantastic site allows you to visit and tour virtually museums and sites all over the world. This is an excellent resource for art, history, and geography
Comic Book Making and Activity Pages: This is a free site from Jarrett Lerner with downloadable materials
The Artful Parent: Fun and creative ideas for art projects to do with your children from Jean Van't Hul
Red Ted Art: Cute and easy crafts for younger kids
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems: From the Kennedy Center (site can get overwhelmed while live, but you can always watch the video later)
The North Carolina Museum of Art: Tremendous number of lesson plans and activity ideas (look in Quick Tips under Resources) for students in K-12, covering a variety of disciplines but using art as the foundation.
Downloadable adult coloring sheets: From MyModernMet, links to five major sites for downloading adult coloring sheets (these may not all be appropriate for children)