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Creative Activities Online

(Image from the Victoria & Albert Museum - Design a Wig)

The AR-T of Color History (Google Arts & Culture)
Step into the history of colors in art in a new Augmented Reality gallery.
Color in Classic Art (Google Arts & Culture)
Click on a color to see classic artwork from world-famous artists. Zoom in to see fine details.
Coloring Books (various museums)
Hyperallergic Media article with links to "Dozens of Museums and Libraries Offer Free Downloadable Coloring Books"
Victoria and Albert Museum - Design A Wig
Create your own hair-raising wig using combed hair, decorations and colored powder.
Happy Color (app)
Digital paint-by-number coloring application (free - contains ads).

Color in Classic Art (Google Arts & Culture)
Click on a color to see classic artwork from world-famous artists. Zoom in to see fine details.
AI Ghahaku makes masterpieces
The AI artist begins with a photo and creates images in a range of old master painting styles.
#ColorOurCollections - Free Coloring Books - NYAM
Free coloring content featuring images from libraries, museums, archives and other cultural institutions around the world. Started by The New York Academy of Medicine in 2016.
Coloring pages by designer Ruth E. Carter
The film costume designer Ruth E. Carter provides new costume illustrations every week or so for people to color.
Color Their Collections - MyModernMet
Over 100 Museums Invite You to “Color Their Collections” with Free Adult Coloring Books (by Sara Barnes on 7-14-2017)
Art Camera (Google Arts & Cultures)
High resolution images showing fine artwork details from Google Arts & Culture
The FITting Room
This augmented reality game from the FIT Library allows you to take selfies wearing hats and clothes from fashion illustrations in the Library's SPARC holdings. #FITtingroom
Zoom Into The Threads - McQueen (Google Arts & Cultures)
Dress detail from Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen A/W 2016 (British Fashion Council)
World of Mandalas (color online)
Color and create mandalas online (free)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum - Funky Wallpaper Backgrounds
"7 Funky Backgrounds for Your Next Virtual Happy Hour"
Getty Museum Content for Zoom Backgrounds
How to Use Getty Open Content for Your Custom Zoom Background
Hello Kitty Wallpapers and Backgrounds
Hello Kitty Mobile Wallpapers & Virtual Backgrounds.
New York Public Library - Virtual Library Backgrounds
Library-Themed Backgrounds for Your Next Video Call by Alana Mohamed, Communications Blog April 1, 2020
West Elm - Video Conference Backgrounds
West Elm Video Conference Backgrounds

DIY Face Mask Videos (YouTube)
Do-It-Yourself Face Masks - Simple to Complex Designs
Masks 4 Humanity
One of many hubs that connects people who need face masks with people making face masks. Begun by the women who created Pussy Hats and Welcome Blankets. Patterns available
Sew 4 Lives
This collective, begun by FIT alums, began making masks, then organized others and worked as a clearing house to provide masks for hospitals all over New York state.