Sentences with phrase «cultural landscape made»

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Our cultural landscape clearly shows this, too: Retailers are hoisting up towering Christmas trees, colorful lights are being strung across the roofs of homes, and Santa Claus is making his rounds at the local malls for eager tots long before we even carve our turkeys.

Given the cultural hand - wringing over decreasing marital rates, divorce and stepparenting, and the rise in non-nuclear families and non-marital births, her proposal to create a legal status seems to make a lot of sense; family law has not kept up with the vast changes in the marital landscape.

Most Europeans and Scandinavians invented names under the guise of phytosociology and geobotany, describing the parts of their cultural landscapes as they tried to assess the make - up of the natural vegetation that was there before people arrived.

Adds co-author Anna Shoemaker, also a PhD at Uppsala University «The 50 questions in this paper make no distinction between the history of people and landscapes, or natural and cultural, the two are fundamentally connected.»

Together, says Lipe, the sites within Bears Ears contain a record of «the whole pattern of the way people lived on, made use of, and built their cultural memories into the landscape over thousands of years».

Whether you live in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Hobbs or Deming, the diverse landscape and rich cultural heritage of New Mexico makes dating exciting and pleasurable.

Like its hero, the movie is uniquely American, and its palpable affection for the landscape — both geographic and cultural — can make your heart swell.

Local rural and urban communities, small enough for all members to take part in face - to - face decision - making, as the fundamental unit of governance, linked with each other at bioregional, ecoregional and cultural levels into landscape / seascape institutions that are answerable to these basic units.

When they first began, the architects were faced with dilapidated buildings «that made no acknowledgement of the surrounding landscape, nor the cultural importance of the 90 per cent Maori school roll, as the Indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand».

This artist will make a significant contribution to the artistic landscape through creative, skillful collaboration on productions by local arts and cultural agencies.

Following the publication of a cultural landscape report for Upper Fort Mason in 2012, the National Park Service made plans to uncover and rehabilitate the network of historic walks, walls, benches, and stairs.

With a volcanic landscape, diverse nature, world - class beaches, and an intriguing cultural history it makes for an exciting vacation destination.

And as this a photostory of landscapes, we didn't include the cultural aspect of Nova Scotia, but we agree, it is the people and culture that make Nova Scotia such a wonderful destination.

Chiang Mai is the cultural capital of Thailand making it home to some of the country's most beautiful temples, landscapes and incredible restaurants and cafes.

Sun worshippers will appreciate the striking beaches just 7 km (4.3 miles) away, close to the unique landscape of Mounte Teide, making the hotel a great base for exploring the geographical and cultural attractions.

Through a series of in - depth interviews between writer / director Wes Anderson and cultural critic Matt Zoller Seitz, Anderson shares the story behind the film's conception, personal anecdotes about the making of the film, and the wide variety of sources that inspired him — from author Stefan Zweig to filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch to photochrom landscapes of turn - of - the - century Middle Europe.

The five pieces that make up the exhibition were inspired by the natural and cultural characteristics of Miami, as well as the landscape and architecture of the site.

This project has unfolded over the space of a year in different locations including the print room in the School of Art, Design & Fashion at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) where Lubaina Himid is Professor of Contemporary Art, leading the Making Histories Visible Project — an exploration of the contribution of black visual arts to the cultural landscape.

Inspired by the cultural landscape of her home, Abboud draws on the traditions of Palestinian folklore and myth - making by collecting stories and fairy tales.

[vii] Although Arneson puzzled over the reaction of personal offense, it makes sense given the cultural landscape painted by Fineberg.

For the artist, «landscape» is positioned between man - made cultural constructs and wilderness.

The featured works, all made between 1970 and 1979, reflect the historical, socio - political and cultural landscapes of the decade.

Adnan's unique career — spanning several decades and including as wide a range of media as it does traditions and continents — has made a significant contribution to the artistic, cultural and political landscape of the 20th and 21st centuries.

These projects along with the gallery's ambitious and scholarly exhibition catalogues and ongoing lecture series are what make Kukje a significant contributor in shaping Korea's cultural landscape.

He often collaborates with artists such as Paul McCarthy, Raymond Pettibon and Tony Oursler, to make video works that reflect on the American cultural landscape.

The artworks included in this small, focused, survey exhibition encourage conversations surrounding indigenous cultural practices such as mark - making and mapping; visual representations of settlement and expansion; and depictions of changes to the landscape brought about by colliding cultures.

Insert Blanc Press also recently started The People, a podcast featuring the voices and ideas of The People that make up the cultural landscape of Los Angeles, the west coast, and beyond.

It's in this same year that Tate Modern's exhibition «Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power (1963 — 1983)» begins its story of the radical, brilliant and hugely varied art made by African American artists in the political and cultural landscape of Civil Rights, Black Panthers, Blaxploitation, and other manifestations of the fight for equality in education, jobs and representation.

The twins often incorporate masks, instruments, and musicians in their work as a way to visualize the folk customs, festivals, and crafts that represent the myriad of cultural influences that make up the social and cultural landscape.

The remains of the 2012 project makes a statement about Wave Hill's location within the evolving cultural landscape of the Bronx.

Through a meaningful tenure at 18th Street Arts Center, Sabran will have the time and space for critical reflection and the opportunity for art - making genuinely informed by his experiences in a new cultural landscape.

WaveMaker Grants brings critical support to the growing number of innovative, artist - driven endeavors that make up Miami - Dade County's burgeoning cultural landscape.

Geraint Evans makes paintings that explore the idea that landscape is largely a social and cultural construct, depicting the way in which nature is shaped and fabricated in high streets, shopping malls and the suburbs; in theme - parks, gardens and national parks.

SKG artist Bill Hayes» new essay in the New York Times discusses the landscapes that made New York a cultural captial.

Not born of nature but made by human hands, the works, themselves contorted by the surrounding landscape, represent a society uprooted by industrialisation and modernisation, illustrating how progress can often come at the expense of cultural and societal well - being.

While many artists of his generation such as Andy Warhol and Tom Wesselman have used the popular image to explore the cultural landscape, Wesley has employed a comic strip style and a compositional rigor to make deeply personal, often hermetic paintings that strike at the core of our most primal fears, joys, and desires.

While many artists of his generation have used the popular image to explore the cultural landscape, Wesley has employed a comic - strip style and a compositional rigor to make deeply personal, often hermetic paintings that strike at the core of our most primal fears, joys, and desires.

New drawings made with India ink on reflective chromed panel from the series Golden, which includes a large - scale triptych measuring more than three and a half meters, continue Fernández's inquiries into materiality and mining, traditional landscape painting and the cultural significance of gold.

«The Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle is now regarded as an unrivalled British centre for sculpture and Arts Council England's support for a new international sculpture triennial will enable this collaboration to take a very significant step forward and make an increasingly significant contribution to the UK's cultural landscape.»

Strangers on Common Land (2012), a large - scale work made from black and white photocopied enlargements of a photograph, shows two strangers standing in an open landscape, connected by the line of bunting that they hold and the common land on which they stand; a metaphor for the possibility of coming together through cultural celebration.

Anemic realism at Lind: In new work at Gregory Lind Gallery, Bay Area painter Jake Longstreth extends his vision of the American landscape as made ready for abstraction by its voids and by a cultural anemia diagnosed long ago by photographers such as Robert Adams and Robert Frank and Bay Area painter Robert Bechtle.

While many artists of his generation have used the popular image to explore the cultural landscape, Wesley has employed a comic - strip style and compositional rigor to make deeply personal, often hermetic paintings that strike at the core of our most primal fears, joys, and desires.

«We are proud to recognize the contributions that Jaume Plensa has made to the cultural landscape of the city of Chicago, and we are thrilled that SAIC students have the opportunity to use their talents to work with Plensa on proposals for major new public art works in our great city,» stated William and Stephanie Sick.

«When I first arrived to New York City, its rich and diverse cultural landscape helped me make sense of my life as a queer Latino immigrant and connected me to networks of like - minded people,» Casals said in a statement.

East End Promise celebrates the ever - changing visual and cultural landscape with particular emphasis on the «cultural migrants» who made this area their home from the early 80s onwards.

As we begin to make such changes, our cultural landscape will most assuredly reflect them, so balance your reading of blogs and newspapers with your reading of your own local cultural landscape.

Located within a man - made cultural landscape of a Dutch polder (land reclaimed from the sea), the firm was engaged by Delta Development Group in 2007 to create a new model of sustainable development that implements the Cradle to Cradle philosophy holistically and at all scales — from the city to the molecule.

Organized in conjunction with Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC), Making Room explores how the rise of New York's single adult population, in addition to other shifting social, economic, and cultural demographics, is dramatically changing the landscape of urban living.

Dalmatia's striking and historic landscape reflects its deep cultural roots and makes an ideal home for the botanical helichrysum.