Sentences with phrase «cultural anchor in»

Under her leadership since 2000, the Studio Museum has gained increased renown as a global leader in the exhibition of contemporary art, a centre for innovative education, and a cultural anchor in the Harlem community.

During Golden's tenure as Chief Curator (2000 to present) and Director (2005 to present) the Studio Museum has gained international acclaim for its pioneering exhibitions by art by artists of African descent and role as a cultural anchor in the Harlem community.

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Volf joins a widening cadre of Christian theologians who seek to anchor the nature and mission of the local church in trinitarian thought rather than the shifting sands of cultural practices or the muddy bottoms of tired cultic traditions.

Appealing to Islamic sources, Ramadan argues that Western Muslims must fashion an independent Western Islam, anchoring themselves in the cultural context of Europe, the U.S. and Canada, not in the traditions of predominantly Muslim countries.

Ever since this page announced plans to help the Chicago Children's Museum find an ideal home, many Tribune readers have nominated a site that belongs high on any list: A new museum in the northern reaches of Northerly Island, south of the Adler Planetarium, could anchor a wealth of cultural, educational and recreational activities.

We want to strengthen Europe, improve integration through equal educational opportunities for everyone, drive forward the energy transition as a trigger for global climate change mitigation and firmly anchor cultural education in schools.

And, anchored by gorgeous production design and the pop naturalism of its performances, How to Make It in America dramatizes this particular cultural moment with uncommon style and a little grace as well.

The only thing missing would be an artificial laugh track since the jokes are abundant, yet fall flat while mostly trying to anchor themselves in sex and flamboyant cultural stereotypes.

In the following interviews, assistant editor Ross Brenneman talks with two principals of color about how they mitigate bias within their schools, infuse cultural competency into instruction, and use their life experiences to anchor their leadership.

His work, anchored in his unique cultural background as a Kenyan - Indian Canadian based in the United States for over a decade, confronts the hybrid and transitional nature of identity as not static, but enacted.

The museum's central location positions it as a cultural anchor within the community and enhances its role in developing cultural literacy throughout the Miami region.

«In these three decades, The Art Show has served as an anchor of the New York cultural calendar, offering visitors a unique fair experience that encourages engagement with high quality works of art and with the foremost galleries in the countrIn these three decades, The Art Show has served as an anchor of the New York cultural calendar, offering visitors a unique fair experience that encourages engagement with high quality works of art and with the foremost galleries in the countrin the country.

«BRIC House, as an anchor for contemporary art in the Brooklyn Cultural District, is the perfect place for an artist survey which will both shine a spotlight on extraordinary talent in our immediate environment, and enable Brooklyn - based artists to share their work with their neighbors as well as the thousands of visitors that come to BRIC House each week.»

The new center will afford Blackman the opportunity to continue his extensive curatorial work on the African Diaspora ensuring its important cultural influence finds an anchor and a proper voice in the Washington, DC art world.

The work is an expansive visual archive, a database of protruding shapes that organize themselves according to covert systems and in the absence of the textual props that would anchor them to specific cultural or political narratives.

In parallel with his work in the studio, Bradford maintains a social practice, anchored by his Los Angeles - based not - for - profit, Art + Practice, an educational platform that emphasizes practical skills for foster youth and stresses the cultural importance of art within a larger social contexIn parallel with his work in the studio, Bradford maintains a social practice, anchored by his Los Angeles - based not - for - profit, Art + Practice, an educational platform that emphasizes practical skills for foster youth and stresses the cultural importance of art within a larger social contexin the studio, Bradford maintains a social practice, anchored by his Los Angeles - based not - for - profit, Art + Practice, an educational platform that emphasizes practical skills for foster youth and stresses the cultural importance of art within a larger social context.

In 2004 the Drawing Center — the nation's only art museum dedicated to drawing — was picked to be a cultural anchor of a redeveloped ground zero.

Hired by the Whitney Museum in 1988 as a curator, Golden became the Studio Museum's director in 2005 and has since focused on strengthening the institution's status as a cultural anchor and, recently, spearheading a $ 122 million expansion by architect David Adjaye (of DC's recently opened National Museum of African American History and Culture) that will increase gallery space by almost half.

Kaabi - Linke's installations, objects and pictorial works are anchored in constellations of cultural and historical, social and political contexts and refer to a certain place or coincidental events.

Founded in 1993 as the cultural anchor of San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens development, YBCA's work spans the realms of contemporary art, civic engagement, and public life.

Due to open in 2018, Adjaye's building will anchor a new cultural campus built by the artist's trust, including CHRISpark, a one acre (0.4 hectare) green space named after her late son, an outdoor sculpture garden, and the Linda Pace Foundation gallery, which hosts traveling exhibitions.

«For nearly fty years, the Studio Museum has been a trailblazer in the cultural conversation, fostered the careers of emerging artists of African descent, and served as an anchor in Harlem,» said Mayor Bill de Blasio.

When city government works hand in hand with community anchors, we can deliver the cultural access and equity which all New Yorkers deserve.»

The Dallas Museum of Art is the anchor of the growing Dallas Arts District and, in all its vitality, serves as a cultural magnet for the city with diverse programming ranging from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary readings, and dramatic and dance presentations.

As a supplement to APT Validation Study II, the research aims for Validation Study III are to (1) generate master scores for video clips of youth program observations without cultural bias, (2) create more tailored and targeted online training and anchor systems, and (3) eliminate significant differences in certification passing rates between groups with different cultural vantage points (i.e., Black vs. White raters, urban vs. non-urban program experiences).

Developmental scholars have long been interested in documenting the social experiences that help explain within - and between - group variation in children's early language and learning.1, 2 This work is anchored in the writings of scholars such as Bruner3, 4 and Vygotsky, 5 who posited that learning occurs in a socio - cultural context in which adults and primary caregivers support or «scaffold» young children to higher levels of thinking and acting.