Sentences with phrase «as museums bring»

As museums bring a focus on learning to the fore, they become more aware of, and thoughtful about, their views — or theories — about how visitors learn.

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As for advocates of «intelligent design» — the media - savvy group that has brought its ideas to school boards and courtrooms — they aren't even worth a mention by AiG, which makes abundant references to Darwin himself at the museum in the course of doling out ammunition with which to attack him.
«To me, family and food are the two most important things in life,» says Celestino Drago, «I'm honored to bring both to the Petersen Automotive Museum as we introduce Drago Ristorante and have the opportunity to continue providing Angelenos and visitors alike with a taste of our authentic Italian cuisine and Sicilian heritage.»
Bring your curiosity and sense of wonder as you join Museum educators for fun activities, games, and crafts that teach about the natural sciences!
Over the past year the Nature Museum, as well as many others, have worked to bring attention to this bird that once numbered in the billions.
(The museum soon brought her back as an independent contractor through her business called Science Outside the Box.)
Matt Lewin was exposed to science as a small child by his father, an industrial chemist, and his aunt, who worked at New York's American Museum of Natural History, where she would often bring her dinosaur - obsessed nephew.
And I was coordinating bringing many of my colleagues from Cornell Lab or Ornithology as well Cornell University and other institutions such as the Chicago Field Museum.
Von Hagens hopes to bring Body Worlds to the United States before too long — just as soon as he finds a museum, gallery space, or abandoned warehouse brave enough to host him.
For experimentalists, like us, working with colleagues and natural history collections at the Field Museum has been particularly important as they bring key insights on evolution and biodiversity.»
And it is none too soon, says paper co-author Kristofer Helgen of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, as the low - lying atolls this bat calls home are likely to be increasingly affected by rising ocean waters brought on by climate change.
The thrill that science brings to many children can be seen on their faces as they bed down for a «Science Night» at the Science Museum in London (the next one is on 22 April).
As well as a stunning set of images, the exhibition will bring Museum science to life as experts discuss their research into the formation of the solar system and planetary landscapeAs well as a stunning set of images, the exhibition will bring Museum science to life as experts discuss their research into the formation of the solar system and planetary landscapeas a stunning set of images, the exhibition will bring Museum science to life as experts discuss their research into the formation of the solar system and planetary landscapeas experts discuss their research into the formation of the solar system and planetary landscapes.
Kati has brought her healing abilities to many in the New York Metro area, such as Atlantic Health Integrative Medicine, Carole G. Simon Center for Cancer Care, The Cancer Support Center of Central New Jersey, Summit and Chatham Senior Centers, The Rubin Museum, as well as many private clients.
The Night at the Museum saga comes to close with this sporadically entertaining yet ultimately disappointing entry, with the narrative following Ben Stiller's Larry Daley as he's forced to seek help after the «magic» that brings his inanimate friends to life starts malfunctioning.
A special award went to Adrienne Mancia, who, as a curator at New York's Museum of Modern Art for more than 30 years, «helped shape the movie - going tastes of New Yorkers by bringing the work of filmmakers like Bernardo Bertolucci, Manoel De Oliveira and Marco Bellocchio to the United States.»
Stefanie Lubkowski, who has recently left the Museum of Fine Arts film program after several years there, catered tirelessly to our needs as Film & Concerts Press Coordinator, and, as Friends of Film Coordinator, brought that program online by encouraging and disseminating feedback about their special sneak previews.
When good - hearted dreamer Larry Daley (Stiller) is hired as night watchman at the Museum of Natural History, he soon discovers that an ancient curse brings all the exhibits to life after the sun sets.
This time, Larry Daley (Stiller) and his heroic friends embark on their greatest adventure yet as they travel to London in order to save the magic that brings the museum exhibits to life!
Tishman and Blatt organized field trips to local museums as a means to bring life to the different types of learning being discussed inside their own classrooms.
The tours can be downloaded from the PS 1 Web site (as well as that of the Art Mobs, a student collaboration at Marymount Manhattan College) onto portable MP3 players and brought to the museum.
We all go to museums as a means to help the whole family discover art or history, but the added phrase here is key: Allow the kids who bring a little allowance or give them a little cash to decide what to donate to the museum.
Water was «read» by their mind, heart, sensorial attitude, into a valuable process of transdisciplinary knowledge.3 The visit to The Water Tower4 of the town and its museum facilitated the real knowledge of the objects and instruments that were used during the centuries by the rural and urban civilization concerning the use of water; the creative workshops facilitated unexpected «meetings» between poetry, music and painting in the artistic imaginary frame of water; the presentations revealed the magic powers of the water as they are known in folklore, mythology and also the astonishing Bible significations of the water and its use in religious rituals; the scientific outlook on water brought forward for discussion its physical - chemical properties, its role in the human metabolism and in all living beings.
The lab, created out of a partnership with Palm Beach State College's Institute of Excellence in Early Care and Education, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium, the Young At Art Museum and the school districts of Broward and Palm Beach County to bring STEAM to preschools, will serve as...
As a result, museums, performing arts organizations, literary groups and community arts centers developed and tested a range of strategies to bring the arts to more people, pioneering changes in everything from programming to ticket pricing and methods of engaging young people:
That's why it was no surprise that the National Corvette Museum would play host over the weekend to the second Vette City Con, described in a story by The Bowling Green Daily News as «an eclectic mix of pop culture that brought comic book lovers, science fiction fans and pop art aficionados» to the NCM.
The museum also agreed to bring back a Detailed Development Plan to ease noise concerns as commission members want to make sure the berm planned by the museum to keep noise levels at bay would do the job.
Earlier this month we brought you pictures of the Arctic White Corvette Stingray that was painted by three young members of the General Motors design team as part of a fundraiser for the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD).
So she spends her days (quite happily, mind you) exploring the nooks and crannies of the museum, reading ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics as easily as you or I might read the daily newspaper, sleeping in a sarcophagus (comfortable and free of drafts) and surreptitiously neutralizing the many cursed objects that her oblivious mother brings back from her expeditions.
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The Museum works to bring exhibits that offer interesting history of the city, including its past industries such as pottery as well as interesting paintings by talented local artists.
Prohibited items Do not bring any sharp items into the Museum such as knives (including pocket or «Swiss Army» - style knives), screwdrivers, scissors, nail files, corkscrews, etc..
The Museum is much admired throughout the world for it's commitment to bring the sciences to life by means of interactive workshops as well as discovery centres in search of education and excellence.
The Museum is a must - visit for anyone interested in the high seas and the Channel Islands, as the Island's past, sea stories and coastal legends are brought to life through a series of fantastic interactive exhibits.
As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.
As director, Wheeler helped bring national recognition to the North Carolina Museum in Raleigh, in part by way of his efforts to grow the museum's colleMuseum in Raleigh, in part by way of his efforts to grow the museum's collemuseum's collection.
Many of the artists that we bring to the museum school to give lectures and perform studio visits with students are artists who are really engaged in interdisciplinary practices or artists who have experience as educators and working directly with young artists.
The Artist's Museum begins with this impulse to collect and connect, bringing together large - scale installations, photography, film, and videos that employ artworks from the past as material in the present, animating existing artworks, images, and histories to reveal art's unexpected relationships and affinities.
As the patron, I look forward to witnessing the project as it unfolds, and to seeing the dynamic possibilities that Rodney brings to the museum and the city of Austin.&raquAs the patron, I look forward to witnessing the project as it unfolds, and to seeing the dynamic possibilities that Rodney brings to the museum and the city of Austin.&raquas it unfolds, and to seeing the dynamic possibilities that Rodney brings to the museum and the city of Austin.»
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The exhibition brings together works from institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation as well as works from private collections which have never or only seldom been shown in public.
His latest group exhibition at The El Paso Museum of Art titled Text as Art: From the 1960's Onward brought together prints, photographs and sculpture that combine writing and images.
Enjoy an evening at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara as DJ Crash brings the sounds of the British Invasion to Paseo Nuevo's beautiful Upper...
1943 Texas legend Clara Driscoll donates her lakeside, 1916 estate in west Austin to be used «as a Museum to bring pleasure in the appreciation of art to the people of Texas.»
Now, starting April 13, art pilgrims will find the institution vastly changed as the result of a 10 - year, $ 500 million renovation project — one that both modernized the museum, including the creation of a 24,000 - square - foot, Turbine Hall - sized public space (a current must - have for art capitals), and brought it back to its original grandeur by stripping away ill - considered additions and ornaments incurred over the years.
Kevin Tucker became chief curator at the High Museum of Art in June, and Doug Shipman signed on as CEO of the Woodruff Arts Center in July, both seemingly set to bring some interesting new energy to the campus.
As Jeffrey Deitch, the erstwhile director of Los Angeles» Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), put it, Bradford's work isn't «art about art; it's art about life... He brings the daily struggles of people left behind by the American economy into his paintings».
According to MoMA, «Among the first tasks he will undertake is an analysis of the Museum's collection of works in this area, as well as the publication of a critical reader bringing together key texts documenting black artists» work and its historical reception.»
«Bringing colonial legacies, cognac and rejas, and conversations about neglected public spaces into the museum create an opportunity for visitors to examine preconceived notions about people who are treated as less important, and places that they may not believe are open to them.
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