Sentences with phrase «explored social themes»

Artes Mundi 5 in 2012 explored social themes from across the globe with insight, compassion and humour offering an artistic platform for commentary on the world we live in today.

In the 1980s, artists belonging to the Minjung Misul (People's Art) movement began to explore social themes and were linked to the political protests of that decade.

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Also in the late «80s, a number of leading thinkers in the Waldorf movement gathered regularly at Rudolf Steiner College, in Fair Oaks, CA, to exploring themes of Waldorf school organization, finances, economic life and other social and organizational issues.

Dr Rutherford will explore the themes of cooperation and altruism in his event «Community Resilience under Public Service Reform» as part of the ESRC's Festival of Social Science on the 6th November in Edinburgh.

The camp will explore the theme of the cosmic distance ladder in the Universe via several astronomical sessions, including lectures, hands - on activities and night - time observations with the telescopes of the Observatory, alongside various social activities, winter sports and excursions.

Buena Vista Social Club) as well as films that explore moral and spiritual themes (such as Wings of Desire).

As expected, Linklater's penchant for the themes of alienated characters and the social constructs of America are also explored and how he effortlessly evolves through his work while working diversely between Independent and bigger productions.

Set in a fictionalized valley in California, the story explores themes Steinbeck continued to develop: group behavior, social injustice, man's inhumanity to man — all themes which continue to be relevant today.

So I say, Dr. West must be commended for so lovingly and frankly reminding Barack of the meaning of that phrase while exploring a litany of themes in a heartfelt manner, topics ranging from leadership to faith to family to identity to education to spirituality to service to social justice.

As critic David Sterritt notes in his liner essay for our edition of the film, the dazzling Brazil's «verbal and visual wit remain as incisive as ever, and the themes it explores — social alienation, terrorism, the hazards of high technology, and the bureaucratization of absolutely everything — are more urgent now than when the film premiered.»

But her performance as the well - spoken and spritely Katie Kampenfelt manages the feat of being slyly comical while exploring Burnett's darker themes revolving around sexuality troubled by social mores and private remonstrance.

Digitizing History: Exploring Moments in Time Through Web Design Students work in teams to create home pages or small Web sites based on themes related to a recent history or social studies lessons.

Mid-Pacific Institute 10th grade students explore the theme of social injustice through exploring the WWII internment of Japanese Americans through a Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii grant.

Analysis of the following texts: - leaflets - theme of holidays and attractions - articles - theme of legal driving age - reports - adverts - newspapers - range of broadsheet and tabloid - posters - NSPCC - social media - tv news - autobiography - letters - ban mobile phones Differentiation by colour: yellow = higher ability blue - middle ability purple = lower ability These resources provide opportunities to: - Analyse language, form and structure of non fiction texts - analyse the use of persuasive language - write persuasively - create a wide variety of non fiction texts - explore texts from a variety of sources and media - explore relevant topics for young people - develop speaking and listening skills Ideal for KS3 ahead of GCSE 9 - 1

Extracts taken from the following texts: - Jane Eyre - Mill on the floss - Nicholas Nickleby - Wuthering Heights Differentiation: purple = lower ability blue - middle ability yellow = higher ability Resources provide opportunities to: - explore Victorian context including schools and social classes - analyse structure - analyse language - explore Victorian school experiences - write imaginatively - explore connotations of language With a large focus on 19th century texts in the new 9 - 1 specifications for both language and literature - exploration in KS3 is vital and these resources enable students to access appropriate extracts taken from complex literature on themes that they will be able to relate to.

Last winter, while at the Ed School, Burch starred in Milk Like Sugar at the Huntington Theatre Company which — like her most recent work as a facilitator for the American Repertory Theater's production of Anna Deavere Smith's Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education — explored important social themes, striving to go deeper than mere entertainment.

With its emphasis on perspective - taking, public speaking, and exploring difficult themes, theater is a valuable medium for teaching kids about social justice.

Digitizing History: Exploring Moments in Time Through Web Design Students create a home page or small Web site based on a theme related to a recent history or social studies lessons.

«Language arts became a discipline concerned with major universal themes, the human condition, exploring life experiences, and social agendas introduced through quality literature» (Gonzales & Grubb, 1997 p. 696).

Students in grades 7 and 8, through a variety of art forms, will explore the theme of social justice with a connection to the fiftieth anniversary of the fair housing marches.

Elementary educators interested in exploring these topics are encouraged to join our ItAG as we learn together how to infuse social justice topics and themes in a developmentally appropriate way into the elementary classroom.

Next, in a class discussion or as a written or oral assignment, have students connect themes in Hughes» poems with selections from additional anthologies that explore civil rights and social justice.

Throughout, Tiffany (an agricultural journalist living in Melbourne) explores the themes of man against nature, and the nature of man against man, but she also captures a big slice of social history, illustrating the incredible hardships of the time - the great depression, extensive years of drought, the memories of one war still present and the impending onset of another - stories that are at one level uniquely Australian but at another level, totally universal.

Both are debut novels by foreign authors, both explore the interplay between the tight bonds of family and the larger, pervasive national consciousness, and both traverse these themes amidst the backdrop of political and social unrest.

Although some advocates may see this theme park as an opportunity for kids to explore career paths, the essence of social interaction is missing.

These are values and themes that Urban Trailblazers (UTB) take on as they explore social and environmental justice issues through media and art courses.

It was as basic as the genre could come, with simple turn - based combat, and a story that more served the function of transporting you around towards fantastical places rather than propelling you into conflict with the cardboard - cutout villain, or exploring any social or philosophical themes.

Blending the personal with the political, McMillian has worked in a range of mediums and materials, including sculpture, painting, video, performance, and immersive environments, to explore themes of class, gender, race, social history, and culture.

Themes explored in the exhibition include emergent ideas of the body and notions of human enhancement; the internet as a site of both surveillance and resistance; the circulation and control of images and information; possibilities for new subjectivities, communities, and virtual worlds; and new economies of visibility initiated by social media.

Her work — exploring such deeply personal themes as female sexuality, mortality, and social injustice — combines different printmaking techniques and color applications in nontraditional ways.

Exploring social and political themes, Bradford's abstract collage paintings have been exhibited around the world, but the Los Angeles native has never had a solo museum show in his hometown.

Her work, which explores themes of history, identity, and social relations, has been presented in diverse cultural contexts across the US and internationally since the 1980s.

«The exhibition uses the theme of the figure to explore how John has time and again asked pressing questions about the political and social nature of our reality — through beautiful, humorous, and subversive forms.»

Pairs have been chosen for the dynamic interplay between the two selected works, and based on similar or contrasting themes, formal motifs, or geographic interests, as well as topics endemic to photography's discretely defined history: social documentary, performative, and formal modes will be explored within the expanded discourse of film and video.

John Hartley Much as David Levinthal's War Games series depicts combat through staged photographs of toy soldiers, the Fort Worth - based Hartley draws from his interest in toy collecting and the human figure to create oil paintings that explore militaristic, religious and social themes.

The animating idea behind Marfa Dialogues is to bring artists and people from the creative community together with journalists, academics, scientists, public interest advocates and activists to explore social and political themes.

Rigidly comparing and contrasting works drawn from the broad period of the 1950s through to the 1990s, the show explores such shared themes as social and political power; the acceptance of cultural differences; mortality; and the tumultuous realities of celebrity.

His works explore themes as varied as war, the history and topography of his local and personal environment, social protest, hill walking and religious philosophy.

Much as David Levinthal's War Games series depicts combat through staged photographs of toy soldiers, the Fort Worth - based Hartley draws from his interest in toy collecting and the human figure to create oil paintings that explore militaristic, religious and social themes.

Smith, whose work often explores feminist themes through depictions of the female body and women from history and mythology, is drawn to the complexity of Bakerʼs career as a performer / showgirl, and a social and political activist.

Three themes that emerge from her work are explored in Outcasts: finding a voice, the process of constructing multiple perspectives on female identity; hybrid alternatives to the status quo, harnessing ancient and modern mythologies to subvert the established social and cultural order; and healing and empowerment as pathways to resistance, inclusiveness and recovery from loss and trauma.

Sound recordings and audio collages are played while concurrent choreographed movement explores themes of the school - to - prison pipeline, gun culture in America and social justice hashtags, masculinity and queer culture, and comic relief.

Her stunning narrative paintings of fantastic allegory and mythology explore themes surrounding women, sexuality, and complex social and political issues.

Those familiar with the artist's online animated identity know that the themes of cultural positioning, social anxiety and peer pressure are hallmarks of the concepts explored in the ongoing narrative he posts across a range of social media.

Each of the three events will explore dominant themes such as public space, social control, activism, identity, war in relation to the overall theme of Conflict.

Eric Fischl presents new paintings at Skarstedt Gallery in «Late America,» an exhibition that continues the artist's theme of exploring moral ambivalence and social malaise while depicting scenes around suburban pools.

A collection of drawings, mixed - media paintings and ceramic pieces that explored the theme of water, through metaphor, visual poetics and myth and how it relates to social and environmental issues.

Reflecting on the female body in its historical and social context, she has explored themes of generation and goddess imagery, sexuality, and everyday erotics, as well as personal biography and loss.

Childish then embarked on an artistic odyssey exploring a broad range of worldly themes including war, history, and social protest.

The works explore themes of political and social injustice, identity, and contemporary conflicts between man and nature.