Sentences with phrase «engage living artists»

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We ate one of the most delicious meals of my life at Zahav, we finally saw one of my favorite artists in concert, and our friends got engaged!

Today, Mass Audubon and Living Observatory work together to expand this place - based, long - term outdoor laboratory, in ways that engage scientists, naturalists, citizen scientists, artists, and visitors.

Walden, a Game Artist: Tracy Fullerton; Key Collaborators: Todd Furmanski, Lucas Peterson, Michael Sweet In this game simulation of Henry David Thoreau's experiment in living at Walden Pond from 1845 to 1847, players walk in Thoreau's virtual footsteps, attend to the tasks of a self - reliant existence, discover the beauty of a virtual landscape, and engage in the ideas and writings of this unique philosopher.

Set against the social, political and cultural landscape of the times, Chasing Trane brings John Coltrane to life as a fully dimensional being, inviting the audience to engage with Coltrane the man, Coltrane the artist.

The working processes and dispositions of contemporary visual artists, in their diversity, eclecticism, and the absence of a uniform organizing principle, ideology, or label, can provoke and inspire us to reframe the way we understand, interpret, and engage the uncertain and complex world we live in.

To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist - an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real - life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways... Johannes» gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household.

This engaging picture book biography of artist Horace Pippin captures the essence of his life and work through tightly woven narrative and vibrant illustrations.

Think of creative artists who are so engaged by their art that they view it as part of their daily life, not just a means of making a living.

«Get Up And Dance is an engaging way to liven up holiday parties and have fun with family and friends, all for an affordable price,» said Jim Scott, CEO of OG International Ltd. «Packed with plenty of hours of entertainment and top dance artists, Get Up And Dance is a phenomenal title for those looking to break a sweat from the comfort of their living rooms.»

Following an acclaimed curated program of Qatari artists as part of START London last year, artist and curator Mahmoud Obaidi presents «Qatar for Tomorrow», an engaging showcase of nine artists, either from or living in Qatar for START Doha.

By engaging the discourse of sculpture through the tools of cinema, the video follows the lives of «related» artworks and recounts the conditional relationships between artist, artwork, and third - party agents (institution, caregiver, surrogate) in familial terms.

It could equally be that the artist is engaging me in a discussion, replying to my statement or question about art or about life.

The event pairs live music with the work of engaging visual artists, where the artists earn 100 % of the proceeds made off sales.

As a tribute to the artist, P.S. 1 presents works created during the last five years of his life, all of which poetically articulate his knowledge of traditional Chinese culture and Western avant - garde art to engage Eastern and Western audiences.

The show is an attempt to engage with the immorality inseparable from the African diaspora, by a working artist whose life is indivisible from it.

A critic of institutions and a believer that the artist should act as what he termed an «incidental person» — one who operates in a non-art context, inserting oneself into political and social life — Latham created an oeuvre that paved the way for much socially engaged and politically charged art practice that we see today.

Rather than get hung up on Isaac Julien's recitations of Das Kapital (which even Enwezor admits is «a book that nobody has read and yet everyone hates or quotes from,» [5]-RRB- a more engaged viewer might see these readings as part of a larger program of live performance [6] that periodically animates the installation, both in David Adjaye's massive red «Arena» and throughout both exhibition venues, with musical compositions arranged by artists including Charles Gaines, Jason Moran and Alicia Hall Moran, Jeremy Deller, and Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla.

Co-founder of the Jack Shainman Gallery, Simard dedicated over 30 years of his life to engaging with and enriching the lives of artists as both muse and patron.

In 2016, three individual artists living in and working in the Creative Coalitions service areas of Brownsville and East New York received awards of $ 2,500 to support socially - engaged community arts projects.

, both on view through December 17 — engage that complicated relationship in indirect but interesting ways: Betbeze is a Georgia native who continues to make work here despite now living in New York, and Detroit artist Harrison's show draws much of its source material from Atlanta - based collections of African art.

Interesting to me is an artist who is personally imbued and engaged with content and able to create and sustain a life that is full of meaning.

I believe the artist has a social responsibility to engage others in a thought process that ultimately brings the creative process into everyday life thereby enhancing the quality of our experience.»

Each of the museum's two current headline exhibitions — Anna Betbeze's Venus and Matthew Angelo Harrison's Dark Povera Part 1, both on view through December 17 — engage that complicated relationship in indirect but interesting ways: Betbeze is a Georgia native who continues to make work here despite now living in New York, and Detroit artist Harrison's show draws much of its source material from Atlanta - based collections of African art.

Rose Ocean: Living with Duchamp, on view from February 17 through May 20, 2018, revisits the 2003 Tang Teaching Museum exhibition Living with Duchamp and features more than 50 artists whose conceptual and irreverent works engage with Duchamp's oeuvre.

Eligibility: Applicants should be actively engaged in the visual arts and seriously interested in writing about or creating exhibitions of living artists from the region.

Founded in 2004 by art historian and curator RoseLee Goldberg, Performa is the leading international organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of 20th century art and to generating new directions for the 21st century, engaging artists and audiences through experimentation, innovation, and collaboration.

Well - known artists such as Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Henri Fantin - Latour, Edouard Manet, and Paul Cezanne as well as less - familiar names such as Gerard van Spaendonck, Antoine Berjon, and Simon Saint - Jean engaged in a sophisticated reworking of traditional imagery, bringing the floral still life into dialogue with emerging models of science and commerce.

Given Müller's investment in content (which, it should be stated out front, never overwhelms the paintings» interlocking Cubist framework but rather engages it in a kind of communion), it is impossible to look at this exhibition of late paintings — almost all of them completed in the two years before the artist's death — without meditating on the extra 24 years of life (in Christopher Marlowe's version) that Faust received in exchange for his soul.

< a href =» http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/barjeel-art-foundation-collection-imperfect-chronology-mapping-the-contemporary-ii/» > Mapping the Contemporary II explores how artists using various media artistically engage with the cities where they either live or work.

«We are delighted to build on the High's commitment to engage our audiences with the work of living artists and to provide a platform for such a major figure in American art,» said Michael E. Shapiro, Nancy and Holcombe T. Green, Jr. director of the High.

Barjeel Art Foundation collection: Part 4 23 August 2016 — 8 January 2017 The fourth and final display explores how artists using various media artistically engage with the cities where they either live or work.

This is a big week for renowned performance artist Rachel Mason who is not only a music maker but also engages her audience with live shows akin to something like a hybrid between a Laurie Anderson or Yoko Ono show and Broadway's CATS, with all the vocal dramatics of Nina Hagen and Amanda Palmer.

That comparison says much about his own range as a curator, simultaneously engaging with the grand history of the KHM and working closely with living artists.

Opening on 23 August, Mapping the Contemporary II explores how a generation of multi-media artists has artistically engaged with the cities where they either live or work.

Bringing together the expansive practices of some of the most provocative and engaged artists working today — Yael Bartana, Liam Gillick, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Renzo Martens, Bjarne Melgaard, Nástio Mosquito, Hito Steyerl, and Danh Vo — the show examines ways that they negotiate the complicities and contradictions of living in an ever more complex and networked world.

Well - known artists such as Eugene Delacroix, Gustave Courbet, Henri Fantin - Latour, Edouard Manet, and Paul Cezanne — as well as less - familiar names such as Gerard van Spaendonck, Antoine Berjon, and Simon Saint - Jean — engaged in a sophisticated reworking of traditional imagery, bringing the floral still life into dialogue with emerging models of science and commerce.

In speaking about his art, Kenny Scharf commented to the museum: «I believe the artist has a social responsibility to engage others in a thought process that ultimately brings the creative process into everyday life thereby enhancing the quality of our experience.»

The shortlist for Artes Mundi 7 in 2016 brought together 6 international contemporary artists who directly engage with everyday life through their practice and who explore contemporary social issues across the globe.

From thought - provoking sculptures to a haunting video to a photographic installation, each of the chosen works engages with contemporary culture, reflecting the artist's looking at and thinking about life today.

As portrait artists, both engaged with gender, identity, sexuality, beauty, performance, and disguise in their lives and their work, revealing the intricacies and nuances of the many - splendored personalities that populated the city then.

The shortlist for Artes Mundi 8 brings together 5 international contemporary artists who directly engage with everyday life through their practice and who explore contemporary social issues across the globe.

-- Lawrence Campbell To honor the diverse audience Marisol's work has engaged, and in keeping with the museum mission of enriching lives through the power of art, several community exhibitions, Brooks + collaborations, and museum programs happened throughout the summer in conjunction with the artist's first major retrospective, Marisol: Sculptures and Works on Paper.

Whether introspective and deeply personal or engaged with broader social and cultural issues, each artist demonstrates the importance of art and culture in our everyday lives, challenging our preconceptions and opening up new ways of engaging with the world around us.

Many of the participants in Lives were younger conceptual artists engaged in the openly aesthetic practice of vernacular sociology, behavioral psychology, and local ethnography.

It identifies, recognises and supports contemporary visual artists who engage with the human condition, social reality and lived experience and is best known for its biennial international Exhibition and Prize which takes place in Cardiff.

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A must - read for aspiring arts professionals, Akademie X: Lessons in Art + Life will also engage everyone with an interest in the lives of artists.

Lastly, Fisch's section, The Still Life as Political Object, examines contemporary artists engaging conceptually and photographically with the still life traditLife as Political Object, examines contemporary artists engaging conceptually and photographically with the still life traditlife tradition.

The artists have also deeply engaged visitors with works that examine issues related to the environment, economy, or community — connecting us to each other through topics and themes that are universal in our everyday American life.»

In addition to our exciting opening night parties, MOCA's nightlife events, artist talks, documentary screenings and other programming keeps this museum alive with interesting, intelligent and engaged individuals living in the increasingly cosmopolitan Cleveland area.