The state of South Carolina enacted the Educational Improvement Act of 1984 which mandated the identification of young students gifted in the visual and performing arts. This practicum sought to effectively identify South Carolina children in grades 1-3 who were gifted and talented in art, music, drama, and dance. The program used an interdisciplinary approach with an array of criterion-based procedures, such as written forms, student interviews, and student auditions, that were considered to be economically feasible, socially viable, practicable, and consistent with the legal mandate. The screening and evaluation process involved a nomination phase, an evaluation by art specialists who were on the school staff, and a rating by a panel of expert judges. The practicum identified 21 of 158 children (13%) as being gifted/talented, and achieved 98% agreement between art specialists' ratings and the experts' ratings. (Author/JDD)