This session describes an effective procedure for identifying talent in the arts based on criteria stemming from research analysis. Participants examine rating scales, a mini-curriculum of arts activities, and performance/portfolio assessment forms that broaden the concept of artistic talent beyond performance and product. The identification curriculum included in the process is based on artistic ways of knowing, which incorporates perceptual discrimination, creative interpretation, performance, and critiquing skills. The curriculum can easily be integrated into the classroom to assist in arts talent identification as well as to provide substantive content that encourages all students to perceive, think, and create as artists.