Stay Connected
While the Museum is currently closed, we are still here for you. Because CMA values and cultivates experiences, creativity, and relationships, you can count on us to continue to bring you great art with great experiences for everyone – wherever you may be.
Now more than ever, we need creativity and connection. CMA values the role artists play in society to imagine, question, connect, and explore. Join us online over the next few weeks as we experiment with new ways of virtually gathering, cultivating creativity and play, and building community resilience and connection together.
Explore Art Online
View more than 3,500 works of art from CMA’s collection from the comfort of your own home.
CMA Home Kitchen: Spring Berry Pie for Mother’s Day
Celebrate Mom with a special recipe for Spring Berry Pie from CMA Executive Chef Laura Richmond. Watch and read on the blog.
Walk With Art
CMA is here for you wherever you are. We are committed to sparking curiosity, inciting empathy, creating connection, inspiring hope, and reminding all of us of our shared humanity through art and culture. Scroll through this selection of videos to design your own walk with art experience.
Columbus Museum of Art Zoom Backgrounds
Conduct your next Zoom meeting or Happy Hour from inside a Monet painting and other works of art with these free downloadable
Zoom backgrounds from Columbus Museum of Art’s permanent collection.
Virtual Social Distance Gallery Tour
Check out writer Scott Woods’ Social Distance gallery tour. Executive Director Nannette Maciejunes goes behind the scenes of the Folk Art Road Trip installation, and Executive Assistant Director, Director of Learning and Experience Cindy Foley shares ideas from the Center for Art and Social Engagement on how we can stay connected during the age of social distancing. Plus get a sneak preview of a new Wonder Room installation.
Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989
Missed the Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 exhibition opening? Watch the Art after Stonewall opening talk with curator Jonathan Weinberg. We’re also bringing you behind the scenes peeks from the exhibition. In this Art after Stonewall behind-the-scenes video Pizzuti Family Curator of Contemporary Art and Head of Exhibitions Tyler Cann talks about how artists responded to the AIDS public health crisis.
Plus check out the Art after Stonewall Virtual Exhibition.
Creativity at Home
Read the Columbus Dispatch article on how to keep kids engaged at home. Weekly #myCMAStudio creative challenges you can do from the comfort of your own home.
Learn at Home Resources
Check our these virtual creativity challenges for online instruction, and more from Jason Blair, Columbus Museum of Art’s first teacher-in-residence. For more about creativity challenges, including downloadable lists of prompts, check out CMA’s Making Creativity Visible resources site.
Recreate Famous Art:
Recreate your favorite works of art and take the #homemademasterpiece challenge.
And check out some of our favorite #HomemadeMasterpieces.
Stay up to date on the blog
Visit the CMA blog for news and creative inspiration.
Follow us on social media
Stay connected with us and each other. #myCMAatHome
Want to get involved?
Here are ways you can support CMA and Pizzuti Collection of CMA.
- Become a member and help fuel creative expression and ignite cultural curiosity.
- Donate and provide critical support for our exhibitions and performances, diverse offerings, and imagination-expanding learning experiences that benefit children, youth, adults and families throughout our region.*IMPORTANT: Because of the Federal Stimulus Package, you are able, for 2020, to receive an extra tax deduction on gifts up to $300 if you do not normally itemize your contributions (that is, you do not donate in excess of the standard deduction).
