Sentences with phrase «as a museum dedicated»

Los Angeles is also full of cultural towns like Little Korea and Little Armenia, as well as museums dedicated to the many people that formed the city.

His Boston home is open today as a museum dedicated to his life and work, and is much as he left it.

This came as a surprise to some, since the Judd Foundation will soon reopen the space as a museum dedicated to the artist and his legacy.

The museum largely thinks of itself as a museum dedicated to living artists, so one of things that is, I feel, important — and that the institution takes on too — is to engage with future generations of living artists.

Not exact matches

(A new city hall will be located three blocks south, as part of a roughly $ 500 million redevelopment effort that includes a museum dedicated to the history of the Las Vegas Mafia and a proposed arena for a professional basketball team.)

The Chicago Academy of Sciences was founded in 1857 as Chicago's first museum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Celebrating 160 years of science exploration and education, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is the public face of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, founded in 1857 as Chicago's first museum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientific knowMuseum is the public face of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, founded in 1857 as Chicago's first museum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientific knowmuseum dedicated to educating Chicagoans about nature and science through the preservation and display of native specimens, classroom activities, and dissemination of scientific knowledge.

Dr. Stark is dedicated to her teaching, and served as a teaching assistant at Tufts and at CIRM (Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques) in Luminy, France, as well as outside the academy, where she led Math Circles for elementary and secondary students, and volunteered at the Museum of Science in Boston.

It was left in ruin for many years, but fortunately the current owners have spent much time and money restoring it and creating a lovely museum dedicated to Josephine and her career as an entertainer.

As the kids explored a darkened room dedicated to fireflies, teachers and museum staff compared notes about the specific chain reaction that allows the glow worms to light up.

There is also the excellent Caen Memorial Museum which is dedicated to peace and is known as one of the best World War II museums in France.

You could also take the kids on a cruise in the Dubai Creek, or visit one of the fascinating museums - you'll find everything from beautifully restored historic houses dedicated to the city's long history as well as exciting galleries featuring contemporary art and design.

This artistic vibe is still present today with its art fairs and museums dedicated to such inspirational Catalan artists and playwrights as Santiago Rusiñol and Antoni Gaudi (who built a summer residence there).

As the only museum - related research facility in the world dedicated to the study of American Modernism (late nineteenth century — present), it sponsors research in the fields of art history, architectural history and design, literature, music and photography.

As the most visited art museum in the state of New Mexico and the first museum in the United States that is dedicated to a single woman artist, we work hard every day to ensure the preservation of these treasures for the enjoyment of generations to come.

Commonly known as the MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago was established in 1967 and is the largest museum in the world dedicated to contemporarMuseum of Contemporary Art in Chicago was established in 1967 and is the largest museum in the world dedicated to contemporarmuseum in the world dedicated to contemporary art.

This is also where most of the city's museums are concentrated, dedicated to such wildly varied topics as salmon migration, Nordic history, 17 - century warships, and Astrid Lindgren, the revered Swedish author who created Pippi Longstocking — just to name a few.

Set within beautiful landscaped gardens, this remarkable museum dedicated to local entrepreneur and philanthropist Revi Karuna Karan houses one of the largest collections of Swarovski crystals in the world as well as hundreds of items of fine porcelain from the great manufactures including Delft, Armani and Capo di Monte.

Stewart also spent ten years as a field biologist for the Museum of Northern Arizona, a nonprofit institution dedicated to preserving the Colorado Plateau's natural and cultural heritage.

As far as sightseeing goes, Taman Legenda (Legends Park) is an open - air museum dedicated to the myths and legends of LangkawAs far as sightseeing goes, Taman Legenda (Legends Park) is an open - air museum dedicated to the myths and legends of Langkawas sightseeing goes, Taman Legenda (Legends Park) is an open - air museum dedicated to the myths and legends of Langkawi.

Later there is time to explore the Station Museum, dedicated to the history of this line, which also serves as a popular Hollywood filming location.

We visit one other Lambrusco maker as well, Gavioli in Nonantola, which includes a museum dedicated to the history of wine - making in the region, as well as race cars (naturally).

The classic Swedish sauna is not for all outsiders - though for those interested, there is a museum dedicated to the art of sauna as a cultural practice.

[As a guest GSW article, professor and exhibit advisor Stephen Jacobs was nice enough to fill us in on the opening of a dedicated video game exhibit in New York state at the Strong Museum Of Play, including a host of excellent resources and archives from the history of gaming, from arcade machines to historical artifacts and beyond.]

One of the world's most prestigious annual photography events, The Photography Show is the longest - running and foremost exhibition dedicated to the photographic medium, offering a wide range of museum - quality work, including contemporary, modern, and 19th - century photographs as well as photo - based art, video, and new media.

Just to cover the historical end of the spectrum, there are two big museum shows: Color as Field Field: American Painting, 1950 - 1975 at the Smithsonian, the first full show dedicated to the color field movement (OK, so the show's not in New York, but it's full of New Yorkers); and Color Chart: Reinventing Color from 1950 to Today at MoMA.

Exhibitions, Lectures, Presentations & Gallery Tours Beginning with dedicated frame exhibitions in Santa Monica and Laguna Art Museum in 1996, principals of Gill & Lagodich have lectured on the subject of period frame history, fabrication, and restoration; presented walk - through gallery talks in their own gallery and many museums, led museum docent and professional educator training sessions, and conducted hands - on period frame clinics for selected museum, institutional, and private groups, as well as national arts and appraisal conferMuseum in 1996, principals of Gill & Lagodich have lectured on the subject of period frame history, fabrication, and restoration; presented walk - through gallery talks in their own gallery and many museums, led museum docent and professional educator training sessions, and conducted hands - on period frame clinics for selected museum, institutional, and private groups, as well as national arts and appraisal confermuseum docent and professional educator training sessions, and conducted hands - on period frame clinics for selected museum, institutional, and private groups, as well as national arts and appraisal confermuseum, institutional, and private groups, as well as national arts and appraisal conferences.

Slightly further afield, the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) dedicates an exhibition to Brian O'Doherty (26 April — 16 September)-- staged to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Patrick Ireland, the alias O'Doherty adopted in 1972, who was symbolically buried in a performance in 2008 as a way of marking peace in Northern Ireland.

The museum was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss, and originally known as the Institute for Art and Urban Resources, an organization dedicated to organizing exhibitions in underutilized and abandoned spaces across the city.

Last weekend, as a kind of grand finale to the Whitney Biennial, which, after his death, was dedicated to Kelley, the Whitney Museum screened three videos in which Kelley documented Mobile Homestead in its earliest stages.

«As an internationally engaged institution with a legacy of fostering cross-cultural understanding, the DMA is proud to inaugurate the first ever dedicated gallery space for the Keir Collection, which will illuminate the artistic traditions of the Islamic world for our local and national audiences,» said Agustín Arteaga, The Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art.

Whether or not a collection dedicated to the art of a particular country needs to serve as a historical museum is a moot point, but given that art history is now intimately linked to the study of social and political issues, presenting the old cocktail of countesses and Chippendale has a reduced impact.

It ranges from the NMWA's women only collection and exhibition - programme to an entire wing of the Brooklyn Museum being dedicated to feminist art; there's also The Metropolitan Museum of Art's decision to show work by lesser - known artists like Helen Torr and Elizabeth Catlett that has never been on view in «Reimagining Modernism: 1900 — 1950» (the rehang of their modern art collection); and there's the recent acquisition by the Tate of a painting by Mary Beale, who is regarded as Britain's first professional female artist.

As well as the main gallery, the museum has two new galleries — one dedicated to earth science, the other to minerals — and an education room with a learning officeAs well as the main gallery, the museum has two new galleries — one dedicated to earth science, the other to minerals — and an education room with a learning officeas the main gallery, the museum has two new galleries — one dedicated to earth science, the other to minerals — and an education room with a learning officer.

This display highlights works in The National Museum of Women in the Arts collection — the only international museum dedicated to the exhibition, preservation, and acquisition of works by women artists of all nationalities and periods - as part of the Whitechapel Gallery's programme of opening up rarely seen collections from around the Museum of Women in the Arts collection — the only international museum dedicated to the exhibition, preservation, and acquisition of works by women artists of all nationalities and periods - as part of the Whitechapel Gallery's programme of opening up rarely seen collections from around the museum dedicated to the exhibition, preservation, and acquisition of works by women artists of all nationalities and periods - as part of the Whitechapel Gallery's programme of opening up rarely seen collections from around the world.

Well, let's take as a current case in point, «Raw War,» the chapter of the Whitney Museum's current inaugural exhibition, America is Hard to See, of work dedicated to the Anti-War movement in the United States.

Curators Andrew Bonacina (The Hepworth, Wakefield) and Laura McLean - Ferris (Swiss Institute, New York)-- who takes over from Ruba Katrib (MoMA PS1, New York)-- will advise ambitious solo shows by 19 emerging galleries in Frame; and Toby Kamps (Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston) returns as curator of Spotlight, a section dedicated to 20th - century pioneers which expands to 35 presentations this year.

Rothko Gets Museum in Native Land — Color Field painter Marcus Rothkovitz, better known as Mark Rothko, will have a museum dedicated to his work in his home country of Latvia, where he was born in 1903, to serve as both a historical commemoration and, as the late painter's son Christopher Rothko states, «a center for living art that will help promote visual art in the region.&Museum in Native Land — Color Field painter Marcus Rothkovitz, better known as Mark Rothko, will have a museum dedicated to his work in his home country of Latvia, where he was born in 1903, to serve as both a historical commemoration and, as the late painter's son Christopher Rothko states, «a center for living art that will help promote visual art in the region.&museum dedicated to his work in his home country of Latvia, where he was born in 1903, to serve as both a historical commemoration and, as the late painter's son Christopher Rothko states, «a center for living art that will help promote visual art in the region.»

Curators Andrew Bonacina (The Hepworth, Wakefield) and Ruba Katrib (MoMA PS1, New York)-- who hands over to Laura McLean - Ferris (Swiss Institute, New York)-- will advise on ambitious solo shows by 19 emerging galleries in Frame; and Toby Kamps (Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston) returns as curator of Spotlight, a section dedicated to 20th - century pioneers which expands to 35 presentations this year.

21c erases the boundaries found in a traditional museum, with curated exhibitions installed in dedicated galleries, as well as works of art featured in unexpected spaces.

The Max Ernst Museum, located in Max Ernst's birthplace of Brühl, Germany, is dedicated to showcasing Ernst's work as well as other prominent Dada, Surrealist, and contemporary artists.

Curators Andrew Bonacina (The Hepworth, Wakefield) and Ruba Katrib (MoMA PS1, New York)-- handing over to Laura McLean - Ferris (Swiss Institute, New York)-- advised on ambitious solo shows by 19 emerging galleries in Frame; and Toby Kamps (Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston) returned as curator of Spotlight, a section dedicated to 20th - century pioneers which expanded to 35 presentations this year.

At the DMA, Moore will be responsible for strengthening the Museum's role as an international leader in education programming, anchored by a dynamic 5,000 - square - foot dedicated C3 space that offers visitors interactive learning experiences with its collection and exhibitions.

Many of these works (e.g. the stunning anti-lynching prints) will likely not be on view again for a very long time — especially if, as some have predicted, the museum now dedicates itself to blockbusters to keep its gorgeous new building packed with visitors.

In 1996, as part of an institution - wide reorganization, the museum was renamed Miami Art Museum and dedicated itself to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries with a special emphasis on art of the Amemuseum was renamed Miami Art Museum and dedicated itself to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries with a special emphasis on art of the AmeMuseum and dedicated itself to collecting and exhibiting international art of the 20th and 21st centuries with a special emphasis on art of the Americas.

Today, you can visit the house in Iowa, as it has been turned into a museum dedicated to Wood and the painting.

Marrakech already has an array of artists» residencies, two new fine art schools, local commercial galleries such as Galerie 127, Galerie Noir sur Blanc, and David Bloch Gallery, and the Yves Saint Laurent museum, dedicated to the late French designer who lived between Marrakech and Paris.

Often referred to as his greatest work of art, Isamu Noguchi opened The Noguchi Museum to the public in 1985 and it remains the first museum in the country founded by an artist during his lifetime and dedicated to his ownMuseum to the public in 1985 and it remains the first museum in the country founded by an artist during his lifetime and dedicated to his ownmuseum in the country founded by an artist during his lifetime and dedicated to his own work.

Celebrating its 40th year in 2016, the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB), has expanded its role in Central California and beyond as the premier non-collecting contemporary arts institution dedicated to exhibiting, commissioning, and documenting the most innovative and compelling art of our time.

She is one of the Teen Programs Coordinators at the Brooklyn Museum, the visual arts co-curator at Nat Brut as well as a founding member and co-curator of Sweety's, a gallery and platform dedicated to supporting and exhibiting artists of color.