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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader - About Art?

Annie and Asa at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture

Annie and Asa walk through the Figurative Modernist exhibit in the Paxson Gallery on the UM campus. During this short segment, Asa and his art teacher, Jennifer Bardsley, talk about color, negative space, shape, and more. 

Tune in this afternoon between 4 and 5 pm to hear the art museum tour and Classics for Kids.

Figurative Modernists: Picasso, Chagall and other Masterpieces from a Private Collection
Through February 8, 2014
Paxson Gallery

This exhibition focuses on the power of the figure. Committed to offering the highest quality art by world-renowned artists, MMAC has assembled Modernist paintings and sculptures by major 19th and early 20th century artists. Included are works by Jean Arp, María Blanchard, Marc Chagall, Giorgio De Chirico, Sonia Delaunay, Leon De Smet, Barbara Hepworth, Fernand Léger, André Masson, Jean Metzinger, Pablo Picasso and Georges Rouault. This exhibition will examine Modernism as an interdisciplinary endeavor that links music, dance, opera, the visual arts and literature, using art historical movements including Surrealism, Art Deco, Fauvism, Constructivism, Cubism and Expressionism.

Annie Garde is the Children's Program Director and host and producer of the Pea Green Boat and the Children's Corner.
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