Emmy award-winning videos celebrate genius through the eyes of children

Each film features a legendary innovator and young person who are transformed by their interactions.

Degas and the Dancer
A struggling Degas finds inspiration for his art in Marie, a young Ballerina. Degas helps Marie tap into the talent she doesn't believe she has while she convinces Degas to persevere despite criticism from the art establishment. As artist and model, they become true friends and follow their dreams.

Monet: Shadow and Light
Monet's glorious summer of painting ends abruptly with harsh attacks from his father and art critics. He intends to abandon everything, but is convinced otherwise by aspiring young artist Daniel. Having been abandoned by his own father, Daniel refuses to let Monet do the same to his son. As Monet shows Daniel a new way of seeing the world through art, Daniel helps Monet see the importance of family.

Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist
Cassatt's Parisian solitude is disrupted by the unexpected arrival of her brother's three kids, but she soon finds herself inspired and uses the children as models. Meanwhile, Cassatt's teenage niece plays cupid between Cassatt and the great painter Degas. Romance does not blossom but Degas invites Cassatt to join the Impressionists.

Goya: Awakened in a Dream
At 73, Spanish painter Goya abandons the royal court. Painting alone at his country villa, he finds that his housekeeper's daughter, Rosarita, has a talent for drawing. They become friends and Goya teaches her how to "see" as an artist. Rosarita witnesses the creation of Goya's masterpiece, The Black Paintings, and helps foil the Inquisition's attempt to suppress the creation.

Rembrandt: Fathers and Sons
At the height of his success, Rembrandt takes on a young Jewish studio apprentice named Samuel. The boy's struggle to break free of his family's rigid expectations leads the painter to wrestle with his own complacency. Rembrandt decides to defy artistic convention with his daring masterpiece "The Night Watch," and a lifelong pursuit of his own vision.

Winslow Homer: An American Original
American artist Winslow Homer leaves his post as Civil War illustrator and seeks solitude at a friend's farm. There he meets two teenagers who seem intent on disrupting his peace. It turns out that like him, the teens are haunted by the aftermath of the war. By facing the truth, they free themselves of the ghosts, and give Homer new inspiration for his art.

Awards:

12 Emmy nominations

5 Emmys

Parents' Choice Gold

American Library Association's Editor's Choice.

Ages 7 to 13.
Grades 2 to 8.

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