What is Art at Home and whom is it for?

Art at Home is an art education course for children and for teens and adults with 40 free lessons to explore art making, art history, art criticism, and aesthetics developed by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts. Written by Glen Nelson, it provides fun and interesting lessons with text, videos, art works, and links to resources for individuals and families.

Why is art at home important?

All children draw, but most of us stop. Equally sad, we often find it hard to look at art and talk about it. We’re missing the tools to make art, but also to study it, interpret it, and explain why it has value. Art at Home brings fresh approaches to all these barriers to engagement with art.

how is art at home organized?

Art at Home has 20 lessons for children and 20 for teens/adults. They are divided into four areas: create, study, interpret, and value. Many of the lessons give you the chance to send in your work and your ideas to share with other readers. At the end of the course, there is a final project to test what you’ve learned.

what is the center for latter-day saint arts?

The Center is a non-profit organization with a three-fold mission: To display and perform art by Latter-day Saints in New York City and elsewhere; to publish scholarship and criticism about our art to reach a wider public; and to establish a comprehensive archive of Latter-day Saint arts, 1830 to the present. You can learn more about the Center on its website, here.