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Visit Us Virtually!

The American Visionary Art Museum invites you IN with these online experiences! Please enjoy some of these fun ways to engage with us right from home or the classroom. Also, visit our calendar for the latest online events. If you'd like a LIVE, virtual tour or workshop for your group click here to book your virtual group visit today.

Art Projects at Home

How-To Videos

We offer art workshops at the museum year-round that complement our collection and exhibitions. With these videos, we're coming to YOU with how to's of art projects you can do right at home with everyday household items.

Sock Monkeys

Every year, the museum hosts Sock Monkey Saturday, a joyous gathering of hundreds of the general public who all come together to sew, share, and make sock monkeys. Can't wait for the next event? Here are the PDF instructions to make your own sock monkey with socks, needle, and thread. Or, view the video below to see it step by step!

Spread a Smile!

At our Kinetic Sculpture Race event every year, we hand out these smiles to the spectators in the crowd. Now, you can spread one, too.

Coloring Pages

Want to make some of our most treasured artworks your own? Why not download this coloring book of artwork by visionary artists, then let your imagination soar! What colors would YOU use in your version of the artworks?

Virtual Backgrounds

Want to bring a piece of the collection home with you? Now you can, with these virtual backgrounds for your video calls or computer desktop. To save it to your device or computer, click on one of the thumbnails below, then right click and choose "Save As."

Meet our Visionary Artists

Tour the exhibits, studios and more, of visionary artists who have been on view at the American Visionary Art Museum, or are part of the museum's permanent collection. Click here to be e-introduced.

Logan Visionary Conference Video Library

Our annual Logan Visionary Conference brings together world-class experts to speak about big ideas in plain language. Past speakers include physicist John Mather, a Nobel Laureate for proving the Big Bang Theory, to Ernestine Shepherd, who at 74 was declared the world's oldest female body builder by the Guiness World Records. The event is free to all and relates to the theme of that year's mega-exhibition. It is generously sponsored by the Revada Foundation. Click here to view videos of past speakers.

For the Classroom

Our educational mission includes preparing materials for teachers to make their class visits more fun and informative. You can download PDF files here to print as handouts for your students when they visit the museum and for use in the classroom.

The Secret Life of Earth: Alive! Awake! (and Possibly Really Angry!)

Green Monkey-Mandrill by Johanna Burke

October 5, 2019–September 6, 2020

Beckoning all Earthlings — from climate change skeptics to the world's leading eco-scientists and kid activists — to an exhibition that's one part visual Earth love feast and two parts environmental crash course on the wonders and fragility of life on our one blue homegirl planet.

MORE ON THIS EXHIBITION

Educational Materials:

PDF files - Click on the links below to view and download our free educational materials.

CLICK HERE to view an Archive of Educational Materials from our past exhibitions.

"BALTIMORE BLUES" Art Car featured in AVAM's JRVC

ArtCars!

Building an ArtCar can be a fun project for both individuals and as class projects - your class can even be in the next art car parade! Download this handy guide to get started:

Click to download:

ROAD SCHOLARS ART CAR KIT
PDF files may require Adobe Reader