Inspire Your Heart with Art with Robert Powell, Artist and Curator
18:28
Grades: 6 - 12

Video Description: Robert Powell, artist, educator, and founder/executive director of Portfolio Gallery, shares his love of art, specifically art created by African-Americans, and offers his insights into the process of curating art in a gallery as he discusses the works displayed at his own Portfolio Gallery. The mission of Portfolio Gallery & Education Center is to educate, enrich lives and foster a greater awareness of American artists of African American heritage. Learn more about the gallery and see examples of artistic works at their website.

Type of Video: Program*
Unique Video ID: Visual Arts-158**

Quick Ideas for Using the Video:

  • Use the video in conjunction with an activity that has students act as a curator. Have them respond to the art in the video after learning from Mr. Powell. Is there any they would put in an art exhibition? Why? How would they describe the work to the public? Then, using art created by students in class, have students curate an exhibit of the work.

 

*Programs offer long form exploration of a topic(s) in the area of study with single or multiple guests interacting with an audience.

**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.

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