Painting: Steven Walden, Art, Baseball, Charity
5:26
Grades: 6 - 12
Video Description: Steven Walden stumbled upon painting by accident. He didn’t start painting until 2014 and now it’s his full-time job. Combining his love of baseball and pop-culture with his desire to help others he has partnered up with and helped raise money for many local charities.
Type of Video: Profile*
Unique Video ID: AandA-SWalden**
Quick Ideas for Using the Video:
- For Discussion: Compare Mr. Walden’s paintings to photographs of the sports figures he has painted. How well do you think he captures the person? How accurate do students think a portrait painter needs to be when creating his works?
- Activity Idea: Use the video as inspiration for an activity that has students creating art linked to sport.
*Profile videos use a first-person/first-hand approach to highlight interesting people doing interesting things in the area of study.
**The unique Video ID can be used to quickly locate a single video in the ET collection. This search function is designed to let teachers assign students to watch a specific video and have only that video appear as a search result. Just click on Search and choose “By Video ID.” Then type in the Video ID as it appears above. Be sure to include the dash.
