Sentences with phrase «cultural initiatives in»

Offering both local audiences and international visitors the opportunity to discover artists, their work expands outside the gallery through a public programme that includes talks, residencies, site - specific installations, and supporting cultural initiatives in Ghana and beyond.

Solo Exhibition at Izolyatsia Platform For Cultural Initiatives in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Our public programme has encompassed talks, residencies, performances, commissioning new site - specific installations, and supporting cultural initiatives in Ghana and beyond so we are delighted to have an off - site project in Dubai for the first time in advance of our participation at Art Dubai fair.»

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Buzzfeed has been aggressive in covering what it sees as Uber's cultural shortcomings, recently highlighting an apparent initiative by Uber in Lyon, France, to partner with an escort agency.

The initiative, launched in October, represents a momentous cultural shift for YouTube and arguably its biggest product launch to date.

Officials in Iran are continuing their cultural «cleansing» initiative by confiscating statues of Buddha sold in local stores.

With private property initiatives and market incentives kept in place, appropriate cultural changes («a great deal of educational and cultural work,» CA No. 36) can be introduced to purge capitalism of consumerism and thereby bring the market economy to a higher level of moral perfection.

Given that they were travelling to Italy, the discussion soon focused on the Church in Italy's innovative Progetto Culturale [cultural project], an initiative which is not well known beyond the borders of Italy.

I get it that this is a coming out of the «theological closet» initiative for the American Atheist organization intended to reach like - minded individuals in concentrated cultural and religious neighborhoods.

This initiative was part of a large and powerful cultural trend in the postwar era that involved rejecting more than nationalism.

For a recent essay on this distinction, see Simon R. Charsley «Caste, Cultural Resources and Social Mobility,» in Dalits Initiatives and Experience from Karnataka (ed.

The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.

He is currently employed on the Electronic Culture Research Project, a special initiative of the Uniting Church's Commission in Victoria to explore the impact of electronic media on global cultures and the implications of this cultural change on religious institutions and on the social experience and expression of religious faith.

Whereas the second Quest demythologized the apocalyptic eschatology that informed Jesus» message of the kingdom in such a way that the kingdom remained God's initiative and gift eliciting a new ethos, thereby respecting the biblical - Jewish roots of Jesus» word and deed, the Borg - Crossan construal tacitly posits an inert deity who at best provides a formal warrant for a class - based cultural criticism and who apparently has allowed the covenant - commitment to Israel to lapse, for there remains neither promise nonfulfillment.

This initiative follows a report my administration compiled in 2016 recommending the use of the ULURP process to secure affordable cultural and studio spaces for artisans and artists,» Adams said, referring to the city's Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.

In addition, he gave the organization another $ 51,000 as a local initiative to support cultural programming and operations at the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown cocultural programming and operations at the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown coCultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown community.

The unit had been formed in January 2016 as a joint initiative under Speaker Mark - Viverito and Mayor Bill de Blasio to more thoroughly engage multilingual and cultural media outlets and included a compiled directory «for city employees to use in outreach and informational and paid campaign efforts.»

To date, the initiative has invested $ 700 million in 176 parks and historic sites - including installing 76 playgrounds, conserving 14,000 acres of buffer lands, rehabilitating 200 miles of trails, and beginning the building or improvement of 300 cabins and cottages and 30 nature and cultural centers.

Jan Rinehart, president of Women in Engineering Progams and Advocates Network (WEPAN), suggested that current and previous workforce diversity initiatives have had minimal impact because critical cultural change — a true and fundamental commitment to diversity — has still not taken place in academia or industry.

Represent Recovery is a reflexive initiative calling for a paradigm shift in the way we view mental health in diverse cultural communities.

[But] the soul is created [and] enhanced by the people working on it and experiencing it and these initiatives can come to life in magical ways resulting in repeat business,» says Ghizlan Guenez, CEO of The Modist, a Dubai - based e-commerce site that offers contemporary designer brands like Stella Jean and Maison Rabih Kayrouz to women whose religious, cultural or personal tastes lean to a modest style aesthetic.

He spoke passionately about the need to support and fight for music education at a time when the place of music in schools — and that of cultural education in general — is threatened by initiatives such as the English Baccalaureate: «Children deserve the right to a music education.

Different institutions and initiatives are working on facilitating community participation from education to health to achieve a more complete educational intervention, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean, where popular education was initiated and developed multiple socio - cultural experiences that ultimately work for a particular model of social change and transformation.

«It's a lot harder to cut a program in seventy - five schools than a program in three schools,» says Gina Jacquart Thorsen, vice president of research and program development for Big Thought, the nonprofit organization that coordinates ArtsPartners and Thriving Minds, an expanded initiative to infuse creative learning into the curriculum, after - school and out - of - school programs, libraries, and neighborhood cultural centers.

In addition, # 5.7 million will be invested into initiatives that boost literacy and numeracy skills, through the government's Strategic School Improvement Fund along with a # 7.7 million curriculum fund to encourage the development of high - quality teaching resources by organisations, including by leading cultural and scientific institutions.

Instead they require people willing to take initiative, to explore and think laterally, to imagine possibilities and be willing to travel across cultural distances in a globalised world in order to achieve any kind of significance.

The initiative is premised, in part, on the conviction that Minnesota teachers» lack of «cultural competence» contributes to the poor academic performance of the state's minority students.

On almost any issue, children have views, thoughts, and ideas that are both valid on their face and potentially refreshing as additions to an adult narrative, says Ben Mardell, a leader of the initiative, which has engaged young children in projects that explore — and seek to improve — cultural institutions, parks, and playgrounds.

This Urban Institute report examines the first year of The Wallace Foundation's five - year Community Partnerships for Cultural Participation initiative, which ended in 2003.

The MOST initiative produced concrete evidence about the need for concerted efforts by families, community organizations, the school system, businesses and political and cultural institutions in order to provide more and better programs.

According to Bordes and Arredondo (2005), campus initiatives such as ENLACE are invaluable because they play a significant role in addressing the cultural and linguistic needs of Latino youth before and after they arrive to the university.

In this interactive session, participants will be provided insights into leading an initiative to improve cultural proficiency in their school districIn this interactive session, participants will be provided insights into leading an initiative to improve cultural proficiency in their school districin their school district.

Eve's work leading Grub Street was recently recognized by the National Arts Strategies when they selected her to join their Chief Executive Program, a two - year initiative designed to unleash the collective power of 100 of the top executive leaders in the cultural sector to re-imagine the potential of cultural institutions and to figure out how they can contribute to civil society in the 21st century.

By announcing these initiatives at SXSW, an arts and technology event, rather than waiting for Comic - Con or the debut of one of Marvel's big crossover movie properties like the Avengers, the company is clearly attempting to stake its claim to a larger chunk of cultural real estate than the niche market accorded to superhero comics in recent times.

It's vitally important to remember that most people have not considered the immense difference between a world seen through the lens of a traditional relational database system and a world seen through the lens of a Hadoop Distributed File System.This paper broadly describes the cultural challenges that accompany efforts to create and sustain big data initiatives in an evolving world whose data management processes are rooted firm...

The Foundation, home of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, is a not - for - profit organisation which supports and nurtures a love of literature in the UAE and the region, through a programme of varied cultural initiatives.

The Foundation is a not - for - profit organization, overseen by a Board of Trustees, which supports and nurtures literature in the United Arab Emirates and the region through a programme of varied cultural initiatives including the award - winning and internationally - acclaimed Emirates Airline Festival of Literature (3 - 11 March, 2017).

We will not only expose you to some of the best wildlife experiences in the world but also offer authentic cultural introductions and first - hand insight into our ground - breaking conservation initiatives.

The addition is the latest installment for DTSM, Inc. and the City of Santa Monica Cultural Affair's public art initiative ROAM Santa Monica, created to activate the public realm and expand cultural offerings in Downtown SantaCultural Affair's public art initiative ROAM Santa Monica, created to activate the public realm and expand cultural offerings in Downtown Santacultural offerings in Downtown Santa Monica.

An initiative of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC), the Golden Chariot travels to an array of World Heritage Sites, wildlife sanctuary, spectacular palaces and cultural sites in South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

In 2015, the California Historical Society and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes embarked on a project for the Getty's 2017 Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA initiative — a far - reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles from September 2017 to January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern CaliforniIn 2015, the California Historical Society and LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes embarked on a project for the Getty's 2017 Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA initiative — a far - reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin American and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles from September 2017 to January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern Californiin dialogue with Los Angeles from September 2017 to January 2018 at more than 70 cultural institutions across Southern California.

Many of these have been woven into new initiatives, such as Abraham's Path in the south - east of Turkey whereby travellers can trek while discovering the cultural riches of the Sanliurfa area.

Throughout this two - and - a-half-year period, SFMOMA will experiment with new ideas, engage in dialogue with a range of cultural partners, and create innovative ways to experience the museum's collection, bringing the best of these ideas and initiatives back into its newly expanded home.

Candlestar is a cultural production company led by Michael Benson and Fariba Farshad that specialises in photography - related initiatives.

Along with Michael Benson, she is Co-Founder of Candlestar, a company that specialises in the creation and development of major new international cultural initiatives including the Gulf Art Fair (now Art Dubai) and the Prix Pictet.

She has participated in a number of international initiatives focusing on the preservation of cultural heritage materials.

Art Night is sponsored in part by the cultural funding initiatives of the City of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, the James Irvine Foundation, the California Community Foundation, The Getty Foundation, Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences, IZZE, and Pama Pomegranate Liqueur.

The exhibition will coincide with the Getty Foundation initiative «Pacific Standard Time,» which is a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California, all showing work made in Los Angeles from 1945 - 1980.

The «Foreign Affairs» project are three European artist - led curatorial initiatives collaborating in a cultural concept aimed to explore the relationship between artist as curator and artist each presenting the other's creative practice.

ArtNight is sponsored (in part) by the cultural funding initiatives of the City of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Arts Commission, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, National Endowment for the Arts, the James Irvine Foundation, the California Community Foundation, The Getty Foundation, the Africa Centre of Capetown, Crossroads School of Arts and Sciences and IZZE Sparkling Juice, Pama Pomegranate Liqueur and Hpnotiq Liqueur.