+
Website
Kentucky Educational Television

Kentucky Educational Television: Ellis Wilson: So Much to Paint

For Students 9th - 10th
Created as a supplement to a television documentary on the African-American artist, Ellis Wilson, site content includes extensive biographical information, a timeline of his life, and examples of many of his paintings.
+
Website
PBS

Pbs: This Far by Faith: The Black Arts Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
From PBS this is "The Black Arts Movement" as part of the series "This Far by Faith", which examines the role of faith in the civil rights cultural movement from the 1940s through 1960s in the U.S..
+
Handout
Other

Ro Gallery: Benny Andrews (1930 )

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy profile of artist Benny Andrews lists his career achievements and contains a discussion of his styles and techniques used in painting.
+
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Jacob Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art presents the African-American painter and Harlem Renaissance figure, Jacob Lawrence, with a short biography, image, and description of his work on view in the collection and a video interview...
+
Website
Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: African American Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Art Institute of Chicago's collection of African American art provides a rich introduction to over 100 years of noted achievements in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Ranging chronologically from the Civil War era to the Harlem...
+
Article
Other

Chicago Public Art Group: Techniques of Community Murals

For Students 9th - 10th
Street murals in California, and the cultural influences on these murals are presented here. Murals dating back to the 1970s are examined as well as mural techniques.