Book Event with Michele Corriel, Montana Modernists: Shifting Perceptions of Western Art

Dr. Michele Corriel, an Assistant Teaching Professor at MSU-Bozeman will discuss her new book "The Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives on Western Art." The first book fully devoted to the topic, Montana Modernists presents stunning artwork and illuminates a little-known art movement. Divided into three sections, Corriel’s exploration concentrates on place, teaching/artistic lineage, and community. The isolation, beauty, and complexity of their surrounding landscape served as a backdrop and influenced the lives and art of these ranchers, teachers, and professors. Corriel also traces artistic lineages to describe how each arrived at their particular artistic style and offers a thorough study of their teaching styles, art techniques, and social gatherings to demonstrate how a thriving community of like-minded artists, writers, dancers, musicians, and philosophers opposed the grand narrative of the West, a movement that still resonates in contemporary Montana art.