Picasso to Pollock

Understanding Modern Art

Art educator Leslie Ava Shaw examines the innovative ideas that revolutionized painting and transformed the art world during the first half of the 20th century.

Leslie Ava Shaw has been an art educator for thirty years and counting. She conducted tours for the Whitney Museum of American Art as a docent and lecturer for 22 years. She also created private tours of New York City's Chelsea galleries, where contemporary art abounds. Ms. Shaw curated an exhibition for New City Arts in Charlottesville, VA and a one-woman show at Loving Cup Vineyards in North Garden, VA. As a member of the faculty and the Arts Council for St. Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY, she co-juried and co-curated numerous exhibitions and wrote critical essays. More recently, Ms. Shaw juried the exhibition, "Make Me Happy" for Falls Church Arts, which was exhibited in 2021-22. She has been a gallery guide for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden since 2018.

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