The Cascade County Historical Society welcomes the author of a new book, Montana Modernists: Shifting Perspectives on Western Art, Dr. Michele Corriel, who will give a presentation on twentieth-century postwar Montana art. Examining the emergence of an avant-garde movement in the state, Dr. Corriel profiles the pioneers of this movement: Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Bill Stockton, Isabelle Johnson, Robert DeWeese, and Gennie DeWeese. Together, these artists implemented an aesthetic philosophy and a modern understanding of form, color, and abstraction that…