Each of the Looking at Painting programs has been broken down into bite-sized segments to facilitate classroom use. These pages contain ideas for using the segments in middle school or high school (or college) classrooms to help address specific Kentucky Core Content in the Arts and Humanities. Visual arts teachers will find ideas for inspiring and instructing aspiring painters; humanities teachers will find segments that will help students understand various art movements or the art of painting itself. These lesson plans and activities—all contributed by Kentucky teachers—offer many opportunities for discussion, writing, and critical thinking as well as hands-on art projects.

In addition to broadcast airings listed on the series home page, Looking at Painting will air periodically on KET’s satellite Star Channels for Kentucky schools. See our online ITV schedule for dates and times. The programs also may be purchased on videotape from KET; call (800) 945-9167 or e-mail tapes@ket.org for information.

For more lesson plans and ideas for classroom activities in the visual arts:

• The KET Arts Toolkit features lesson plans built around excerpts from Looking at Painting and other KET productions, plus a wealth of related resources.
  


• The web site accompanying Ellis Wilson—So Much To Paint, a KET documentary about an African-American painter from Mayfield, KY, includes several lesson plans and some examples of student work.