Dawid F. Prestini

The Museum of Modern Art MoMA Lisa Mazzola Assistant Director, School and Teacher Programs The Museum of Modern Art Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini March 30, 2021 5 weeks of study Grade Achieved: 96.67% Certifies their successful completion of Modern Art & Ideas Welcome to Modern Art & Ideas! This course is designed for anyone interested in learning more about modern and contemporary art. Over the next five weeks, you will look at art through a variety of themes: Places & Spaces, Art & Identity, Transforming Everyday Objects, and Art & Society. Each week kicks off with a video that connects works of art from The Museum of Modern Art’s collection to the theme. You will hear audio interviews with artists, designers, and curators and learn more about selected works in the additional readings and resources. Throughout this course you will discover how artists: -- represent place and take inspiration from their environment, -- create works of art to express, explore, an

The Museum of Modern Art MoMA Arièle Dionne-Krosnick, Christian Rattemeyer, Sean Anderson, Sophie Cavoulacos Completed by  Dawid F. Prestini March 29, 2021 Grade Achieved: 100.00% Certifies their successful completion of What Is Contemporary Art? What is contemporary art? In this course, you’ll consider this question through more than 70 works of art made between 1980 and the present, with a focus on art from the past decade. You’ll hear directly from artists, architects, and designers from around the globe about their creative processes, materials, and inspiration. Five themes serve as your guide: Media from Television to the Internet, Territories & Transit, Materials & Making, Agency, and Power. You’ll look at 3-D–printed glass and fiber sculptures, performances in a factory and a museum, painted portraits—as well as those made with artificial intelligence—and interventions into television and video games. And much more, all drawn from the collection of The Museum of Modern A