In these tricky times, here’s a virtual goodie bag full of classes, films, performances, and tours you can enjoy from home, as well as artisan wares you can shop from anywhere!
For good stuff and in between these seasonal roundups, watch our Instagram stories!
Stay well and be safe, friends! Keep supporting artists, makers, local businesses, and causes when you can. Nourish your soul.
Freebies
- Fun stay-at-home-themed coloring pages, activity sheets, and stickers. Download a PDF or request a free printed sheet with any order.
- Free shipping on US orders over $50 + international orders over $75.
Black Lives Matter poster printable: PDF you can download from Dropbox, print, and hang up. Artwork by Stephen Powers. (Preview)
Denver Botanic Gardens virtual Día de los Muertos celebration: Coloring pages, classes, short film competition, and online mercado.
- In Denver: Glow at the Gardens, Oct. 20-25. Reimagined for 2020, an evening of luminous displays and live performers. Advance purchase of timed tickets required. $17-21
Monterey Bay Aquarium:
Museum of Craft and Design: MCD@Home has partnered with artists and community collaborators to create at-home projects based on museum’s signature programs and exhibitions.
Where to Go + When: Free ebook by longtime travel blogger Sherry Ott of Ottsworld. Email address required to receive the download link.
- Notes of Gratitude. Free.
- Coloring pages by Southwestern artists. Free.
- Backgrounds for your phone or Zoom meetings by Tucson-based Saywells Design. Free.
- Free shipping on orders over $15 with code 2020IG.
- Buy a mask and they’ll donate one to a local organization!
Classes
Debbie Allen Dance Academy: Founded by Debbie Allen of Fame fame, DADA is a non-profit organization with programs to expand young people’s access to dance + theater.
- $5 virtual dance classes.
- Free Instagram Live classes on Wednesdays.
- “Crooked Yoga” classes on YouTube. (Optional donations: Venmo @hanna-naegle.)
- In Tucson: YogaOasis Central parking lot: Mondays 6:45pm, $6. / Crooked Tooth Brewery patio: last Sunday of every month at 6:30p, $12 for yoga + pint of Crooked Tooth beer.
MyIntent:
- Free classes in yoga, meditation, journaling, etc.
- A big list of free self-care resources.
San Francisco School of Needlework + Design:
- Online classes on embroidery and other stitching techniques. Fees vary.
- Virtual Stitch-ins: Weekly Zoom meetups where you can craft along with fellow fans of fiber arts. No RSVP required. Free.
Virtual Tours
Artnet: Roundup of virtual art world events.
Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Take a virtual tour from home.
Mission San Juan Capistrano:
Phoenix-area virtual attractions:
Shop Art + Craft
L.A. County Yarn Crawl Shops:
- Gather DTLA – Now offering custom curated packages.
- Jennifer Knits – Free patterns for tops, scarves, and hats.
- Knitting Tree – Sale on discontinued and overstocked items.
- Wildflower Studio – Free digital pattern for M.1 scarf by Shelli Anderson with purchase of 4 skeins.
Not Just Quiltz: We met this vendor at the Quilt, Craft, and Sewing Festival!
- 25% off the Bolt of the Week.
- All bolt BATIKS and precut bundles 15% off (half-yard minimum).
- Closeout fabrics $8/yard, while supplies last.
- WE CARE Paradise Fire Relief.
Orenda Tribe SPREAD LOVE + SHINE LIGHT Shop: Sale of art and artisan goods with 100% of proceeds going to critical aid on the Diné / Navajo reservation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quilt-Craft-Sew Mall: Shop vendors from Quilt, Craft + Sewing Festivals online, since so many of 2020’s events had to be canceled.
Watch
Arizona Opera’s Reimagined 2020/21 Season:
- Musical Storytime: New musical story online every two weeks through December.
- “Arizona Opera OnDemand” channel.
The Loft Cinema:
- Streaming movie rentals. (Price varies.)
- In Tucson: Open air screenings in distanced seating outside the theater. Tickets $15/person.
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts concerts: Many upcoming Scottsdale Arts shows are either all virtual or in-person with a virtual option. Live stream tickets vary by show ($20-39).
SXSW Short Films: A collection of shorts that were selected for SXSW 2020, but couldn’t be screened when the festival had to be canceled last-minute, due to the pandemic. You can now watch them from home! Free.
