Sentences with phrase «careers of living artists»

The gallery works to promote and excel the careers of living artists who were traditionally trained, work only in oils, and have a distinctive personal approach to their work.

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If you choose, for example, to be an educator or a social worker or an artist, realism demands that you prepare for the possibility that a shrunken job market or the impossibility of making a decent living will force you to abandon your career aspirations in favor of something more «practical.»

In my early career, I worked as an opera singer, actress, model, and voiceover artist in New York City, which certainly taught me a thing or two about the importance of self - care and maintaining a positive self - image, regardless of what life throws my way.

Today, this down - to - earth artist, wife, and mother of two offers readers a peek into her life and career, with a dash of humor to boot.

One of Warhol's muses, singer of the Velvet Underground and a woman of legendary beauty, Nico lived a second life after the story known to all, when she began her career as a solo artist.

Though Strouse reportedly based his screenplay on his own difficulties making a name for himself as a playwright early in his career, the film's look into the life of struggling artist Jessica James (Jessica Williams) feels familiar at best.

Swanberg bases the script off his real life, playing a filmmaker trying to raise a child in a home where both parents are artists, which forces one of them to put their career on hold.

Irish actor Robert Sheehan delivers a nicely nuanced performance as Picasso's friend, Carles Casagemas, a young artist who could never gain a foothold in his career and whose life spiraled downward in a haze of alcoholism, opium addiction and unrequited love for a young prostitute named Germaine (Emma Appleton).

Not a biography by any conventional definition this is a freewheeling Bob Dylan portrait where his name is never spoke, his life and career is represented by six different actors representing various personas, and the songs and stories (real and imagined) and mysteries of the artist are as important as any historical record.

Then again, last year's winner, Searching for Sugar Man, told the story of Rodriguez, a folk artist who, contrary to rumors, wasn't as short - lived as his American career.

Magicians aren't supposed to reveal their secrets, but this compelling documentary provides plenty of insight into the life and career of Richard Turner, a «card mechanic» who has become one of the most respected sleight - of - hand artists in the world despite being totally blind.

The always - great Toni Collette does possibly the best work of her career as Annie Graham, an artist (she designs miniature models that often replicate her own home life, which is clearly a reference to a filmmaker producing a film that he's admitted comes from his own personal life) and mother of two.

There were great performances across the board by Christian Bale (whose combover alone deserves some kind of award) and Amy Adams as the con artists, Bradley Cooper as the fed who is as tightly coiled as his perm and Jeremy Renner as a politician who falls into their trap out of a genuine desire to help his constituents but the whole thing was stolen outright by Jennifer Lawrence as Bale's wife, a live wire whose innately direct nature is enough to blow the entire deal in an instant, in what may be the best performance to date of her already incredible career.

Director Ondi Timoner has made a career telling stories of artists driven to the edge by their creative pursuits... often to the detriment of their personal lives.

Maro: «Átiko13 are five social workers, and there are also community organizers; there are monitors of leisure time; a recent addition of a degree in geography has also long been living in Mexico and has many ideas in music; there are musicians; we have psychologists; a social educator, designer, and artist... Apart from that, everyone then has a master's degree in Journalism, a master's degree in Human Rights, a more or less promising career in music and art in general... Right now, we are 11, with two recent additions.

In my mid-thirties, I spent six years as a youth worker for Melbourne Citymission, where I mentored quite a number of young people, and once again my life experiences and career position afforded me an opportunity to work along side many brilliant mentors, including some top business people and some very successful artists.

Celebrated author and cartoonist Paul Noth, an alumnus of Rufus King High School and Trowbridge School, visited his former schools to talk about his career and his life as a writer and an artist.

This exquisitely written novel - as - linked - stories is an impressive ode to feminism as Whitney Otto follows the lives and careers of eight daring female photographers — most based on real - life figures — staking their ground as artists throughout the 20th century.

They love and hate deeply, with an artist's fervor, and this extends beyond career considerations into the most intimate aspects of their personal lives.

Freedman gracefully narrates the story of Anderson's life and career in this handsomely and spaciously designed book about an artist who preferred to focus on her career but was forced to confront her nation's racism.

This compelling look at an artist's life and career was a finalist for the National Book Award and ranked # 5 on our Best Books of 2015.

This meticulously researched book is equally insightful and entertaining, teeming with detailed accounts and rich descriptions that bring not only Michelangelo to vivid life but also the Renaissance era in which he lived, when «the princes of the Church» had the power to make or break an artist's career.

This ongoing series of essays on the craft of writing will include all topics related to writing fiction, including: The Basics Plot & Structure Voice Theme POV Characterization Dialogue Narrative Creating a bond with your reader Pacing Advanced writing and plotting techniques Writer's block Marketing Branding Publishing Self - publishing Healthy habits Bad habits The Writer's Life eBook formatting Paperback formatting Amazon keywords Writing blurbs and descriptions Cover design & layout Productivity The Classics Short stories Poetry The Writing Process Show don't Tell Self - editing Proofreading Building a solid career Targeting a specific genre Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sharpening your writing skills Making every word count Deadlines Putting together an Anthology Working with other artists Collaborating Grammar Punctuation Writing for a career Treating it as a business Running a small press Financing your career Keeping track of your royalties Staying motivated Writing movies Writing comics Writing games Building a fan - base Online presence Newsletters Podcasting Author interviews Media appearances Websites Blogging And so much more... Are you ready to be called an author?

Creative writing has been a part of his life for many years, as he enjoyed writing plots and stories for the various RPG games he played with friends as a teenager, and creating stories within his English classes at school.Following his education, Andrew eventually found work as a Freelance, and then in - house artist, while also pursuing a side career in wedding Photography before returning to full time freelance work.

Artists Helping Artists artistshelpingartistsblog.blogspot.com With recent episodes of this podcast covering a range of topics, from how to start your art career later in life to how artists can use Pinterest to sell their art, AHA host Leslie Saeta doesn't just want her listeners creating art... she wants them sellArtists Helping Artists artistshelpingartistsblog.blogspot.com With recent episodes of this podcast covering a range of topics, from how to start your art career later in life to how artists can use Pinterest to sell their art, AHA host Leslie Saeta doesn't just want her listeners creating art... she wants them sellArtists artistshelpingartistsblog.blogspot.com With recent episodes of this podcast covering a range of topics, from how to start your art career later in life to how artists can use Pinterest to sell their art, AHA host Leslie Saeta doesn't just want her listeners creating art... she wants them sellartists can use Pinterest to sell their art, AHA host Leslie Saeta doesn't just want her listeners creating art... she wants them selling it.

It is somewhat pathetic that this highly successful artist, unsparing of herself in the painstaking study of animal anatomy, diligently pursuing her bovine or equine subjects in the most unpleasant surroundings, industriously producing popular canvases throughout the course of a lengthy career, firm, assured and incontrovertably masculine in her style, winner of a first medal in the Paris Salon, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Order of Leopold of Belgium, friend of Queen Victoria — that this world - renowned artist should feel compelled late in life to justify and qualify her perfectly reasonable assumption of masculine ways, for any reason whatsoever, and to feel compelled to attack her less modest trouser - wearing sisters at the same time, in order to satisfy the demands of her own conscience.

This is the second in an ongoing series of interviews with artists who are making a living through their art and complimentary careers (or «day jobs») that encourage their creativity and artistic expression.

We love our quirky city and our home, but are looking at all these same questions, whether it means living in Baltimore or elsewhere.We're especially interested in what it could mean to be a part of an artist community in the «intentional community» model (owning your own space but utilizing some shared labor and resources, with all participants committed to building a successful shared community, not just their own careers, which seems to be a common pitfall in artist housing).

That achievement in the arts, as in any field of endeavor, demands struggle and sacrifice, no one would deny; that this has certainly been true after the middle of the 19th century, when the traditional institutions of artistic support and patronage no longer fulfilled their customary obligations, is undeniable: one has only to think of Delacroix, Courbet, Degas, van Gogh and Toulouse - Lautrec as examples of great artists who gave up the distractions and obligations of family life, at least in part, so that they could pursue their artistic careers more singlemindedly.

It is somewhat pathetic that this highly successful artist, unsparing of herself in the painstaking study of animal anatomy, diligently pursuing her bovine or equine subjects in the most unpleasant surroundings, industriously producing popular canvases throughout the course of a lengthy career, firm, assured and incontrovertibly masculine in her style, winner of a first medal in the Paris Salon, Officer of the Legion of Honor, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and the Order of Leopold of Belgium, friend of Queen Victoria — that this world - renowned artist should feel compelled late in life to justify and qualify her perfectly reasonable assumption of masculine ways, for any reason whatsoever, and to feel compelled to attack her less modest trouser - wearing sisters at the same time, in order to satisfy the demands of her own conscience.

Since 2007, the Foundation's Creating A Living Legacy (CALL) Program has sought to educate and support artists in the creation of a comprehensive archiving system to document their artwork and careers.

Visit the Foundation's website to learn more through in - depth biographies, a chronology of the artists» lives and careers, selected writings, and more.

The CSA contain studio records, photographs and slides, the artist's tools and materials, his personal library, and extensive documentation pertaining to the art, career, and life of this important American artist.

It is a deeply overdue career retrospective for the German artist Isa Genzken, who was born in 1948 near Hamburg and has lived in Berlin for the past two decades, ever since it became the center of the German art world.

Though he employed metal wire and elastic cord early in his career, the artist soon dispensed with mass and weight by using acrylic yarn to create works that address their physical surroundings, the «pedestrian space,» as Sandback called it, of everyday life.

The Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) program was developed by the Joan Mitchell Foundation to document the careers of artists through the implementation of comprehensive inventorying and archiving systems.

Through the friendship and careers of the trio of artists — all who live and work in The Hamptons — the exhibition explored paintings made and the intersections and divergences of each of their art practices during this time period.

Following numerous gallery and museum exhibitions, as well as his participation in documenta I (1955) and documenta IV (1968), he became the first living artist to be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, with his career - spanning retrospective there in 1971.

Matter's observational based abstraction and evolution of her still life genre is noticeable in this intimate selection of works that span the artist's career.

BOOK > «Draw What You See: The Life and Art of Benny Andrews» a children's book about Benny Andrews, the rural Georgia - born artist who spent his career in New York painting and standing up for the rights of artists of color, is published on Jan. 6.

Their living legacy will better prepare the participating artists to respond to grant proposals, calls for exhibitions, and present their works to curators during studio visits; thus enabling them to further their careers by taking advantage of opportunities at home and outside the Deep South.

Every show of living artists in these galleries is ushered in like a career retrospective, a quasi coronation, with everything often already sold or spoken for.

The Tate show, then, should have been the culmination of Kitaj's career and a great moment for the artist yet it became the most vehemently attacked museum exhibition of an artist in living memory.

On the occasion of her touring retrospective, the German artist talks about her previous career in fashion, an obsession with materials, and cutting objects in two to reveal their inner lives.

Now, most artists are «outsiders,» of course, in that they've decided to devote their lives to a weird, unconventional career — dubiously «useful» art — but some artists are more outside than others, and it seems that these make up the bulk of this cross-generational list.

Painted in the last phase of the artist's career, this work is an ironic comment on low - life urban society.

The exhibition spans Warhol's iconic career from his early illustrative works of the 1950s, through Pop Art's 1960s heyday, until his untimely death in 1987 — addressing the artist's exploration of every facet of modern life, from consumerism and commissions to Communist politics.

Although the artists commissioned to take on spaces in Hospital Rooms are at different stages in their careers (from exciting young artists near the beginning of their careers to internationally renowned and respected artists), they are all people who are thoughtful of the spaces and the people that live in the units.

Anya Gallaccio's current exhibition «highway» at Annet Gelink Gallery in Amsterdam, is a graceful expression of a personal journey through the life and career of this leading British artist.

At the time, members of The Archive Project felt that for artists living with HIV two deaths were on the horizon; the second was the physical death; the first was someone's artistic practice and career.