Our education team has curated a collection of exciting art resources that you can easily incorporate into an upcoming lesson plan as supplementary material or combine multiple to plan a unique curriculum. Each resource defines the necessary tools and includes tutorials and instructions so you can easily start teaching art classes. Whether you’re looking to ease into it or you want to plan an entire course unit, we offer resources that can be tailored to your needs.
Art classes
Selected by the Adobe for Education team
Our free art activities and projects, created by and for educators, will inspire your students, spark their imaginations, and foster a fun and creative learning environment.
Master the fundamentals of visual art
Demonstrate and experiment with key concepts from the history of visual art.
Annotate an image to demonstrate a visual art concept
Students use Adobe Spark to analyze the composition of historical artworks.
Design a poster to experiment with color, light, and tone
Students use Adobe Spark to practice telling stories with light, tone, and color.
Illustrate an image to capture a single moment or emotion
Students use Adobe Spark to learn how different shot types can advance their stories.
Create a composite photograph to experiment with perspective
Students use Adobe Photoshop and famous artworks to create composite images.
Dive into the incredible history of art
Inspire students to immerse themselves in incredible artworks, past and present.
Reconsider historic art as a meme
Students use Adobe Spark Page to recontextualize historical artworks.
Illustrate a concept from modern art with a poster
Students use Adobe Spark and objects from their surroundings to bring art to life.
Film an up-close video tour of a work of art
Students use Adobe Spark to create personalized tours of famous artworks.
Produce a video reflection about artistic movements in history
Students use Adobe Spark to make videos about developments and movements in art.
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Creative design projects for self-expression
Explore unique digital media projects to spark self-expression and creativity.
Create a magazine cover to experiment with design
Students use Adobe Photoshop to design modern magazine covers.
Design an image to experiment with context and content
Students use Adobe Photoshop to connect two disparate locations in one image.
Design a postcard to capture a secret
Students use Adobe Photoshop to represent or metaphorize a secret.
Design a social media post to share an important memory
Students use Adobe Spark to tell the story of one of their memories.
Step behind the camera and make movie magic
Jump-start your students' filmmaking careers with Adobe and Pixar-in-a-Box.
Produce a video using sound to create a sense of place
Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to create audio-visual soundscapes.
Film a short stop-motion movie on any topic
Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to create stop-motion films on compelling topics.
Create a photography flip-book using video techniques
Students use Adobe Spark to create their own photobooks by remixing found photographs into videos.
Film, edit, and produce your first movie
Students use Adobe Premiere Rush to convert their storyboards into feature films.
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About this collection of art activities and projects
This collection was hand-selected by the Adobe Education team — they know exactly what it takes to transform a traditional classroom setting into a magical learning environment. The Adobe Education Exchange offers an abundance of unique learning materials that will empower you to plan creative virtual art classes or in-person, hands-on learning experiences. These resources are unlike any others and the incorporation of digital media and tools into your art class will encourage students to express themselves uniquely. Each resource, created by educators for educators, will spark imaginations, inspire creativity, and increase appreciation for art.
Our flexible art lesson plans can be used as is or adapted to your needs. Would you like to plan digital art classes where your students can apply ideas to their own artistic work? Or what about introducing young learners to more complex art concepts through hands-on art activities? Our resources are designed with adaptability in mind so you can modify them to your specific teaching objectives. Additionally, our art lessons are designed to meet your students’ learning goals and accelerate their art education.
Whether you need supplementary material for an upcoming lesson plan or you’re building a comprehensive art curriculum, our resources help you create amazing art classes for kids that introduce them to new art concepts. If you’re teaching higher education art classes, we offer more complex projects that reinforce previous learnings and challenge students to learn content more deeply. The Adobe Education Exchange offers digital resources that align with traditional curricula, but go beyond content knowledge by implementing an exciting new array of media, technology, platforms, and tools. This curation will equip you with the resources you need to create fine art classes that break the mold.
Plan creative and exciting art classes that spark students’ imaginations
The Adobe Education Exchange is the free learning platform and community, designed by educators for educators, to ignite creativity, digital literacy, and communication skills for all students. Plan art classes for kids that combine content knowledge with creative software tools to teach them the skills they need to succeed in the 21st century. Beyond subject knowledge, young learners will begin to develop their critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and presentation skills. We have purposefully designed lesson plans across different art topics that incorporate unique media and technology so you can create powerful virtual art classes.
Whether you’re a seasoned Adobe user or new to our tools, each one of our resources includes tutorials and step-by-step instructions so you can easily incorporate them into an upcoming lesson plan or build out a comprehensive course. Adapt or mix and match our resources to create unforgettable digital arts classes and watch your students' appreciation for art unfold. No matter the software license or devices your students have, grant them unrestricted access to our free learning resources and start planning magical learning experiences.
Frequently asked questions
All our resources include easy step-by-step instructions that explain how to incorporate digital tools for online learning. Additionally, the Adobe Education Exchange offers a professional development course that provides guidance on how to teach art virtually. Whether you’re an elementary teacher looking to inspire young learners or you're tackling more complex subjects with higher education students, we have lots of exciting resources that can be adapted for distance learning environments.
Inspire students to think outside the box and present subject knowledge through digital applications of learning. Adobe’s advanced software tools will challenge students to get creative and make your digital art classes fun. Empower young students to use digital tools, media, and technology and watch them become immersed in new art concepts.