K-12 Online Resources
Lesson plans and content for students and teachers anywhere
a group of dancers leaping trough the UMFA Great Hall
Creative Leaps
Inspirations from Contemporary Art and Dance

A film collaboration between Ririe Woodbury Dance Company and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. 

Alfred-Arthur Brunel de Neuville, Anxious Moments, 1896, chromolithograph, purchased with funds from the John and Helen Jarman Family Fund, umfa2019.3.2
Art Breaks

Take a 5-minute break, explore a work of art, and be inspired to make art of your own.

a print of purple craggy shorline with white-peaked waves cresting towards the rocks. The is a single cloud with a moon beam arching behind it in a blue star-speckeled sky
Mindfulness in the Classroom

Through classroom practice, students can develop lifelong tools to help focus and calm the mind, reducing stress and anxiety while promoting creativity and wellbeing. Follow along with these mindfulness exercises in your classroom. 

Art in the Everyday Pedestal End Sideboard in Neoclassical Taste, Jaiquing Imperial Candlestick, Timor Spoon, beaded Baby Carrier, carved stone yoke
Art in the Everyday

Short guides of the UMFA’s global collection that can be enjoyed anywhere from your home to your classroom to the UMFA! 

Museum staff install Samurai Armor from Edo Period Japan for Beyond the Divide at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Careers in Art

Explore a variety of art career paths both in and out of the museum.

Dance Around the Maypole, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Flemish, 1625-1630, oil on panel, UMFA1992.020.001
Storytelling in Art

Experience different storytelling methods through art and make a book to create an incredible story of your own. 

A larger porcelain vase with a pattern of red bats and blue clounds
Permanent Collection Toolkit

This Learning Toolkit is a resource for exploring works of art from the UMFA collection. Whether you're in the galleries, classroom, or at home, you can learn from and make personal connections with what you find here.

Third Saturday color logo
Third Saturdays for Families - Online

Enjoy these family-friendly art-making activities at home

Katie Seastrand stands in a class room surrounded by children working at round tables
Lesson Plans

UMFA lesson plans provide inspiration to integrate art into any curriculum. Objects from the UMFA's permanent and education collections can enhance the classroom experience. Lesson plans are available as PDFs.