Sentences with phrase «laxart public art initiatives»

The new mural is part of a public art initiative funded by a $ 35,000 grant from City Councilman Brad Lander.

August 17, 2016 Maddie's Fund ®, a national family foundation based in Pleasanton, CA, awarded Portraits of Hope (POH) $ 300,000 to support their public art initiative to make animal shelters more inviting, appealing and attractive public spaces to help drive people to those venues to adopt dogs and cats in need of a home.

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 Santa Monica.

Currently, Allison serves on the selection committee for a new public art initiative for the King Street Park at the Waterfront in Old Town, Alexandria.

Ballroom Marfa collaborated with Chalk the Block --- a downtown El Paso public arts initiative --- to install our recently commissioned video work by Teresa Margolles, Irrigación.

Hamza Walker is the Executive Director of LAXART, an independent nonprofit art space in Los Angeles presenting experimental exhibitions and public art initiatives.

Proceeds from this sale support APF's public art initiatives.

Billboard 8171 is a public arts initiative produced by Annin Arts that gives artists the unique opportunity to work on a billboard overlooking the heavily trafficked London Bridge.

LAND is a public art initiative committed to curating site - and situation - specific contemporary art projects, in Los Angeles and beyond.

The exhibition is part of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities» citywide public arts initiative, the 5 × 5 Project.

In 2014, LAXART will launch its Vision Campaign including The Occasional — a city wide exhibition and public art initiative.

This Broadway Billboard installment is part of Khoshbin's ongoing series, Word on the Street, an all - female public art initiative in collaboration with public art producer, House of Trees.

Founded by Lauri Firstenberg in 2005, LAXART is an independent, non-profit art space in Culver City which has made important contributions to LA's art scene by focusing its program on commissioning new work by emerging artists and organizing an array of public art initiatives.

Hunt recently served as associate curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem and curated of «inHarlem: Kevin Beasley, Simone Leigh, Kori Newkirk, Rudy Shepherd,» a multisite public art initiative in four historic Harlem parks (on view through July 25, 2017), and Portland2014: A Biennial of Contemporary Art.

So really, BAMart, which encompasses rotating exhibitions in addition to the public art initiative, is simply a measure of incorporating the visual arts more formally into the programming.

As Creative Director at WonderRoot, Dowda will oversee WonderRoot's exhibition programs, public art initiatives and artist resource services.

Thousands of them perch on rooftops throughout the five boroughs, and now around 100 of the distinctive wooden barrels are being transformed into temporary canvases for a public art initiative.

The press release called it an «unprecedented citywide public art initiative» for the Second City.

In conjunction with the Project Room exhibition, Anderson's work will be featured on over 30 bus shelters around Miami in September 2012 for the Bus Shelter Project, part of Locust Projects» public art initiative Out of the Box, which commissions artists to create new work for public spaces in Miami.

Queens Museum Prerana Reddy, Director of Public Events As Director of Public Events, Prerana oversees Queens Museum of Art's community engagement and public art initiatives, working with a full - time community organizer to combine arts and culture with social development goals in nearby neighborhoods, such as Corona, Queens, which are predominantly comprised of new immigrants.

Since July 2010, she has been an independent curator and worked with public art initiative Smart Spaces and produced exhibitions at Wesleyan University, Gasser / Grunert Gallery and organized video art festivals and events in the greater New York area.

Thirukode is the co-founder of Project For Empty Space, a nonprofit public art initiative that brings contemporary art out of institutional spaces and into vacant lots in cities.

Prerana Reddy is the Director of Public Events at the Queens Museum, where she oversees the Museum's community engagement and public art initiatives working with a full - time community organizer to combine arts and culture with social development goals in nearby neighborhoods predominately comprised of new immigrants.

Off - site projects were produced by LAXART Public Art Initiatives with ForYourArt in conjunction with numerous generous partners including the City of West Hollywood Art on the Outside Program, High Desert Test Sites, and the City of Culver City.

Almost two years ago, WonderRoot approached the artist about taking the creative lead of the organization's ambitious public arts initiative known as the En Route program.

APF, whose proceeds benefit its public art initiatives, has been reenvisioning the beach towel since 2007, when it partnered with Alex Katz, Marilyn Minter, Richard Phillips, and Rob Pruitt.

Soon after I moved to L.A. from New York, I co-founded the Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), a nonprofit public art initiative committed to curating site - and situation - specific contemporary art projects in Los Angeles and beyond.

Urban Video Project (UVP) is a multimedia public art initiative of Light Work, the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, Spectrum, and Onondaga County.

In 2013 his work was presented on fifteen of the large digital signs in Times Square, as part of a public art initiative by Times Square Arts.

In addition to her work at The Contemporary, Deana lectures extensively, consults on various public art initiatives, contributes to cultural publications, and teaches at institutions such as Towson University and Johns Hopkins University.

ARTnews reports on The Water Tank Project, a public art initiative intended to raise awareness about water consumption.

OVERRIDE A Billboard Project is a cutting edge citywide public art initiative, presented by EXPO CHICAGO and the City of Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).

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The Chartered Institute of Building brings art to public spaces by offering thought - provoking photography for construction sites Forget corporate logos and advertising - soon the public will be treated to dramatic, eye - catching art galleries on construction sites around the country, thanks to a new initiative from the Chartered Institute of Building.

Other state - approved projects are a downtown park with stormwater retention features on South Street, a high - speed broadband initiative, a downtown revitalization fund and a one - mile public arts trail.

The mural was created as part of a public arts project called MonumentArt, curated by Celso González and presented by La Marqueta Retoña initiative, with the support of City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito.

Lance Rutter has spent the last 30 + years of his career devoted to graphic design, working on projects in his Chicago design studio, teaching design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, serving on the national board of the AIGA, and presiding over the 2008 and 2010 Chicago International Poster Biennials, among other public design advocacy initiatives.

The many initiatives discussed for changing public education — accountability, standards, standardized testing, homework, arts in the curriculum, and so on — comprise one side of that debate.

Midway through a 10 - year initiative to restore arts education in Los Angeles - area schools, the program has expanded to 27 districts serving some 450,000 public school students.

As part of the initiative, the zoo, in collaboration with Peoplescape Theatre and supported using public funding by Arts Council England, has also taken theatre into the classroom in an innovative way to further children's understanding of the issue.

In 2014, parents of students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C., spent over $ 470,000 of their own money to support the school's programs.1 With just under 290 students enrolled for the 2013 - 14 school year, this means that, in addition to public funding, Horace Mann spent about an extra $ 1,600 for each student.2 Those dollars — equivalent to 9 percent of the District of Columbia's average per - pupil spending3 — paid for new art and music teachers and classroom aides to allow for small group instruction.4 During the same school year, the parent - teacher association, or PTA, raised another $ 100,000 in parent donations and collected over $ 200,000 in membership dues, which it used for similar initiatives in future years.5 Not surprisingly, Horace Mann is one of the most affluent schools in the city, with only 6 percent of students coming from low - income families.6

National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Media Arts Committee Leadership Richard W. Burrows, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Media Arts Committee Co-Chair, Newark (New Jersey) Public Schools, Special Assistant / Arts Dr. Pam Paulson, National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Media Arts Committee Co-chair, Perpich Center for Arts Education Minnesota Dr. Amy Jensen, Department Chair, Theatre and Media Arts Department, Brigham Young University Marcia McCaffrey, President, State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education, New Hampshire Department of Education Dr. Nancy Rubino, Senior Director, Office of Academic Initiatives, The College Board Ms. Cory Wilkerson, State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education, Project Manager

At Clayton County Public Schools, a district - wide initiative was launched to integrate art across core curriculums in order to focus on STEAM in everyday instruction.

The Texas Education Agency — in conjunction with the TLI Leadership Team, which includes 20 regional education service centers, the Institute for Public School Initiatives at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts at The University of Texas at Austin — collaborate with Literacy Lines to meet the goals of the TLI grant.

He is also currently the Executive Director of Pilgrim Center, which is focused on driving community involvement in urban Kansas City through arts programs, neighborhood initiatives, and public events.

Some 50 BookBench sculptures have been placed around the capital, in an initiative led by the National Literacy Trust and Wild in Art, the body which specializes in mass appeal public art events and which worked on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic mascot traiArt, the body which specializes in mass appeal public art events and which worked on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic mascot traiart events and which worked on the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic mascot trails.

Public financial support of Canada's humane societies and SPCAs is on par with public support of arts and culture initiatives or development / housing organizaPublic financial support of Canada's humane societies and SPCAs is on par with public support of arts and culture initiatives or development / housing organizapublic support of arts and culture initiatives or development / housing organizations.

When the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) challenged Ohio businesses to reduce kilowatt usage or face penalty fees, Coastal had already taken the initiative to reduce energy use by upgrading our equipment and lighting to fuel - efficient state - of - the - art options, and was one of 13 Ohio businesses to earn this recognition.

Their main initiative is temporary art displays, changing every two years, with the favorites (voted by public) becoming permanent.

In his 1993 essay, Meyer identified pedagogy as an area that artists were engaging with in the 1990s, and one sees it again today in efforts like the Public School, a free learning initiative operating in many cities, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation and its ambitious free art school, BHQFU, along with others that have started in recent years around the world.

«Real Fake» is one of the five new artworks installed along the Riverwalk as part of the city's Year of Public Art — a $ 1.5 million initiative to commission artists to create new works for spaces across Chicago.