PODCAST NUMBER 2

ART TALK : WHAT IS ART AND WHY DOES IT MATTER ?

Yale University Art Gallery

Exercise : Twenty questions usingthe podcast as a resource for oral comprehension.

1) What is the name of the podcast series ?  
 Art Talk

2) What is the name of the student ?  
Elise Nelson

3) What is she studiying at Yale University ?  
The history of Art

4) What is the subject around this specific talk ?
 a.museum b.library c.music

5) Where did the girl go to have answer to the topic question ? 
a.to the mall b.to the music hall c.to the open house

6) Did she go there in september the 6th of last year ? 
Yes/No

 7) How many people were at the event ? 
a.Over 800 people b.Less than 800 people c.About 800 people

8) The first student work on Precolumbian Art in New Mexico ? 
Yes/No

9) Why does Art matter to him ? 
Separate us from other people but in the same time builds bridges

10) What is Art to the second student ? 
a.Someone else's old teddy bear b.someone else's old friend c.someone else's old shirt

11) What is art to the fourth student ? 
Art is a relationship between the creator and the viewer.

12) What does Sam Boylen think ? 
art is good french fries with chili sauce

13) What is the name of the student who thinks that art is the expression of human creativity ? 
a.Sean Paul b.Chris Brown c.Kanye West

14) What part does Elise Nelson desagree with ? 
the beauty part

15) Why is the student being intentionnaly vague ? 
Because you can't define art narrowly/deeply/completely.

16) What Joseph Alvarez is considered as ? 
The father of the new vision of art

17) Where was this vision born ? 
a.In Germany b.in Spain c.in France

18) Where did he teach before teaching at Yale ? 
Black mountain college, North Carolina/South Carolina/North Dakota

19) What is Elise's point in introducing Joseph Alvarez ?
 He was constently struggling to answer a very specific question.

20) What is this big question ?  
What is art and why does it matter ?


 http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/whatisart/podcast/index