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American modernism within the visible arts has garnered sustained interest amongst scholars and common audiences lately, though usually with a focus on modernist painting. This exhibition seeks to expand that narrow emphasis, highlighting an array of methods and a range of artists who explored modernism’s myriad varieties through paper-based media. The Neuberger Museum of Art provides education schemes which introduce guests to American art of the twentieth century, traditional African art and modern art by way of visitor-centered experiences. During the Middle Ages, the word “artista” referred to something resembling “craftsman,” or pupil of the arts. The first division into “major” and “minor” arts dates back to the 1400s with the work of Leon Battista Alberti, which centered on the importance of the mental abilities of the artist somewhat than the guide skills of a craftsman. The European academies of the sixteenth century formally solidified the gap between the fantastic …