Sentences with phrase «american spiritual traditions»

Neo-HooDoo is a term coined by poet Ishmael Reed to refer to the continued vitality of American spiritual traditions descended from Haitian vodun.

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«Contrary to popular perceptions, the vast majority of American adolescents are not spiritual seekers or questers of the type often described by journalists and some scholars, but are instead mostly oriented toward and engaged in conventional religious traditions and communities.»

Many Native American wisdom traditions use the Medicine Wheel as part of their spiritual practice to stay connected to the cycles of the natural world.

Natalie Brown: While earning my Master's degree in Native American Studies at Montana State, I spent two years learning a little about Native American history, spiritual traditions, federal law and policy, and contemporary issues like poverty and sovereignty.

ALISON SAAR, «Bearing» @ Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco Los Angeles - based artist Alison Saar explores African American culture and history, including the legacy of slavery, spiritual traditions and the generational experiences of black women.

Aesthetically, Latin American Muralist traditions, Eastern Spiritual Iconography, and Social Realism inform my work.

These works specifically reference African - American folklore, combining a political dimension with a spiritual vision that draws on a multiplicity of traditions stemming from Africa, Asia, America and Europe.

After 50 years as an artist, Leonard Contino has generated a compelling body of work that, according to Rose, places him as «a visionary artist, in the tradition of Kupka, Klee, Kandinsky and such Americans as Dove and Hartley who «saw art as a kind of spiritual meditation on cosmic phenomena.»

My work is inspired by my dreams and mystical experiences and informed by metaphysics and spiritual traditions across African, African diasporic, Native American, and other cultures.»

Despite such rough, utterly profane surfaces, it is a spiritual tradition of abstraction that Martin's work draws from: Native American folklore, religious mysticism, anthroposophist symbolism, the landscape painting of North American romanticism — and the great melting pot of New York City itself, where Martin has lived since 1975.

Nov. 11, 2015 — April 3, 2016 ALISON SAAR, «Bearing» @ Museum of the African Diaspora San Francisco Los Angeles - based artist Alison Saar explores African American culture and history, including the legacy of slavery, spiritual traditions and the generational experiences of black women.

Inspired by the tradition of milagros, the votive offerings that are hung in Latin American Catholic churches to invoke protection and healing, Antoni's new work continues her decades - long exploration of the body and its psychological and spiritual dimensions.

It enriches the abstract tradition in Western art with fresh political and spiritual content, and deepens our understanding of the background of major trends in recent African American art, from the material - loving, politically conscious abstractions of Mark Bradford to the politically and spiritually charged sculptures of Betye Saar and Vanessa German.

Traditionally, katsina dolls, essential to Hopi and Zuni Native American traditions, serve as messengers between the earthly and spiritual realms, often imparting moral lessons to young children.

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MelaNet's Kwanzaa Information Center explains the traditions and spiritual meaning behind the African - American celebration, Kwanzaa.