Last week I attended a tour at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery located at 135 East 22nd Street. The workshop was supposed to be from 1 to 2 pm but since there was so many people, they split us up into groups and did many short tours. The tour was about paintings that Mercedes Matter created. They were interesting paintings because they were very colorful with many shapes and lines. We saw a painting she did when she was a young girl and then a painting she did when she was a late teenager. She contributed a lot to modern art since she painted with her own sense of style and in still life. We received a summary of Mercedes Matter’s life to get a sense of who she was and why she painted. The tour guide we had seemed very informed and knew what she was talking about. She told us as much as she could in the time period she had and also expressed her opinion on how she felt about the paintings. I really enjoyed this tour because it opened up my eyes about the importance of art. This was a very interesting experience.