This film highlights Chase's years at Shinnecock, on Long Island, New York, where in 1891 he established the first important outdoor summer school of art in America. Chase's paintings and archival photographs—many of the artist's studios—are interwoven with footage of the hills and beaches at Shinnecock and Chase's house and studio as they are today. (26 mins. with viewer's guide, closed captioned)

Four lessons—Greek and Roman Origin Myths, Heroes and Heroines, Art and Ecology, and Nineteenth-Century America in Art and Literature—are tied to national curriculum standards. The packet includes pre-lesson activities, worksheets, student handouts about works of art and maps, and assessment and follow-up activities. Lessons were written for teachers who may not teach art but would like to integrate art into their instruction. Image CD with 20 digital images, 20 color reproductions, and 116-page printed curriculum guide (Slideset version with 20 slides also available)

Short, evocative studies of works by major artists represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art—Copley, Catlin, Cassatt, and American naïve painters—are not intended as definitive examinations of these artists; rather, each is designed as a starting point for group discussion of the art and artist. Segments can be used independently, in any order or combination. (25 mins., closed captioned)

Paintings by the nineteenth-century American landscape painter George Inness are surveyed. Beginning with his early works, this program focuses on the artist's personal view of landscape as an expressive image, particularly as seen in his lyrical late paintings. 18 slides, audiocassette (40 mins.), and text

This program introduces American painting from the colonial period to the early twentieth century. Image CD with 20 digital images, 14 study prints, timeline, and booklet (Slideset version with 20 slides also available)