Sentences with phrase «cultural beacon»

In fact, Blayton's posthumous show was part of the inaugural edition of Uptown, a multivenue triennial feting the opening of the Lenfest Center for the Arts: the gleaming, Renzo Piano — designed «cultural beacon» of Columbia University's West Harlem expansion, long bitterly opposed by Harlemites for displacing the community.

An exhibition at the city's de Young Museum last year, celebrating the centennial of this historic event, opened with an artwork that revived San Francisco's claim as a cultural beacon: a mural by local painter Arthur Frank Mathews titled The Victory of Culture over Force (Victorious Spirit)(1914).

Our Children's Learning Center prides itself on being a cultural beacon for Bali that provides a compelling program for children aged 4 to 12.

We know from our own research that music makes a real difference affecting the culture and ethos of the whole school; music is greatly appreciated by parents — seeing their children in performance is a positive cultural beacon that enhances the school's reputation and adds parental appeal.

Just about everyone who grew up in the past sixty years reading and loving books has come across J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and discovered something of themselves within its pages; it's one of those cultural beacons that somehow represents the human condition.

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our once beacons of light continue to endorse moral and cultural relativism.

Becoming Debt Free Is One Thing, Remaining So Is Another The issue with debt consolidation and management solutions is that while they can shine like beacons in a financial haze, they are often costly and short - sighted solutions to what has become a huge cultural problem.

Located on a private one - kilometre (half - mile) stretch of Ha My Beach — hailed by Forbes as one of the best beaches in the world — the Resort is reborn under Four Seasons as a beacon of beauty that reflects the soul of Vietnam's cultural heartland and illuminates the spirit of all who visit: the culturally curious, beach purists, intrepid families, culinary connoisseurs and well - being devotees alike.

A beacon welcoming the urban, urbane and contemporary to their refuge in Seattle's cultural core...

Once avant - garde, the Whitney Biennial has become a perennial disappointment for audiences who look to it as a cultural barometer or beacon of innovation.

Reconciling vertical and horizontal, mineral and organic, light and dark, the artist has forged in the Malcolm X steles powerful beacons dedicated to the possibility of cultural integration.

He is a beacon of Conceptual art through his remarkable action paintings: where he self - choreographs and literally embodies cultural criticism and mysticism, masterfully composing body prints using his bare skin on paper.

A beacon of pride and cultural affirmation, it's a political statement that feels powerful and especially suited to the historic neighborhood and the groundbreaking institution that describes itself as «the nexus for artists of African descent.»

In fact, the Program Director understands and capitalizes on the advantages of being a beacon of cultural production and investigation in Nebraska and middle America.