Sentences with phrase «for federal art»

Lush images of modern dance pioneers; haunting early cyanotypes of algae (the first photographic works to be produced by a woman); majestic geographical surveys taken along the Union Pacific Railroad, iconic Depression - era images taken under the Farm Security Administration's famed photography program; Berenice Abbott's epic documentation of 1930s New York for the Federal Art Project; stunning 19th century vistas of the Egypt and Syria; scenes and portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants, the Statue of Liberty under construction...

In 1934, Krasner was appointed to the Public Works of Art Project, and the following year she and Rosenberg were assigned to Max Spivak's mural project (for the Federal Art Project [FAP]-RRB-.

During the Depression of the 1930s, Davis taught at the Art Students League in New York, and also produced murals and other works for the Federal Art Project (Swing Landscape, 1938, Indiana University of Art).

From 1935 to 1940 he painted a number of murals for the Federal Art Project.

He worked as an artist and teacher for the Federal Art Project in the New Deal years and was a founding member of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936.

As a young artist, he would have an unbeatable opportunity in 1935, when he became an artist for the federal art project for the WPA (Works Progress Administration), through which he created a number of murals and other works.

In 1936, he began working for the Federal Art Project of the WPA, teaching at the Harlem Community Arts Center and the George Washington Carver School, where colleagues included Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White.

They settled in New York, and in 1939 Johnson went to work for the Federal Art Project, teaching at the Harlem Community Art Center, a position he held until 1943.

[2] By the 1930s, Davis was already a famous American painter, but that did not save him from feeling the negative effects of the Great Depression, which led to his being one of the first artists to apply for the Federal Art Project.

While working on several murals for the Federal Art Project, Davis tried to find alternatives to traditional Cubist structure.

In the 1930s, when Mr. Bloom was working for the Federal Arts Project in Boston, his virtuosic painting caught the eye of project's director, Holger Cahill, whose wife, Dorothy C. Miller, was a curator at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Thanks to Burgoyne Diller, the abstract painter, he worked for the Federal Arts Project (easel division) of the WPA right out of college in 1936.

During the 1930s, De Kooning executed a number of mural paintings for the Federal Arts Project - where he met Harold Rosenberg, the famous art critic of the 1960s and 70s - before devoting himself full - time to art, in 1936.

From the 1930s to the early 1940s, while working for the Federal Arts Project and assisting the revolutionary Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, Pollock's style evolved from a dark, turbulent form of regionalism to a more freely rendered abstract expressionism.

Not exact matches

Thanks to pockets of investment for things like a new $ 1.2 billion medical center that will spearhead bio-tech research, and a staggering $ 70 billion in federal aid that has gone to rebuilding infrastructure — including a $ 15 billion state of the art levee system — Landrieu says, the city has created 9,100 new jobs since his administration took over in 2010.

In a tweet posted Wednesday, Kirshner applauded the federal government for the steps it is taking to create safe workspaces within the arts sector.

A federal judge denied Hobby Lobby's request for an injunction against the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) contraceptive mandate on Monday, ruling that the arts - and - crafts giant must cover emergency contraceptives in its insurance policies even though it believes the pills cause abortions.

Financed by a three - year, $ 40 million federal allocation, Team Nutrition is designed to help schools change to healthier meals, improve nutrition education for children and their families, and provide state - of - the - art training and technical assistance for food - service personnel.

Also at 6 p.m., Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. holds a workshop designed to help Bronx residents successfully apply for affordable housing featuring a panel discussion moderated by HUD Regional Administrator Holly Leicht, who oversees federal housing programs throughout New York and New Jersey, Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, the Bronx.

Also at 10 a.m., Rep. Dan Donovan, the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, will chair a Congressional field hearing at the College of Staten Island titled Securing our Communities: Federal Support to High - Risk Urban Areas, Center for the Arts, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Building 1P.

These areas heavily rely on federal funding of the arts, considering about 79 percent of National Endowment for the Arts block - grant funds go to rural communities and low - income areas, according to The Washington Parts, considering about 79 percent of National Endowment for the Arts block - grant funds go to rural communities and low - income areas, according to The Washington PArts block - grant funds go to rural communities and low - income areas, according to The Washington Post.

PLATTSBURGH — With millions of dollars in federal arts funding on the chopping block, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) appeared at the Strand Center Gallery in downtown Plattsburgh on Friday to rail against President Trump's proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (Narts funding on the chopping block, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) appeared at the Strand Center Gallery in downtown Plattsburgh on Friday to rail against President Trump's proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NArts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Grimm was honored earlier this year by the American Alliance of Museums for supporting federal funding for arts programs like the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanitarts programs like the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the HumanitArts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Joshua Kretser, executive director of the Strand Center for the Arts and Ward 6 city councilor, noted the vital part federal and state funding played in the Strand Theater restoration.

The governor announced to a well - heeled crowd at the Queen City's Albright - Knox Art Gallery that Thursday was an «emotional» day for him, watching with sadness as his «longtime friend» Percoco, whose kids he watched grow up, faced charges in a federal courtroom.

A federal investigation of investigation of Halfmoon Supervisor Melinda A. Wormuth is probing whether she secretly accepted money for lobbying on behalf of mixed martial arts legislation.

Programme; state of the art ICT Centre for Federal Government Girls College, Onitsha; Free eye screening and treatment including provision of glasses for 5000 constituents; Annual charity programme for orphans, disabled persons, widows and less privileged; water borehole projects in many communities in her Constituency; and Primary Healthcare Centre at Umuerum in Ayamelum Local Council.

That proposal called for the elimination of 19 federal agencies and would cut funding locally for programs like Meals on Wheels, heating assistance programs and arts and culture organizations.

The event, in honour of Obasanjo on his 80th birthday was hosted by the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, on Friday.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses a federal judge's knockdown of President Donald Trump's new travel ban, Netherland's «Donald Trump» losing bid for Prime Minister, an op - ed on allowing employers to ban Muslim women and others who wear signs of their faith, and cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts and the Humanities.

Bonnie Magness - Gardine manages the Art Theft Program at the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C.. For many years, she and other investigators had seen innumerable forgeries of the work of Clementine Hunter, a self - taught and incredibly prolific African - American painter from Louisiana.

Local dating in Denver has something for everyone, so whether you prefer Federal Boulevard food trucks or Cofax coffee shops, Washington Park or the Denver Art Museum, there are Denver singles eager to meet you.

Generous support for Southern Producers Lab comes from National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and 21st Century Fox Inclusion.

After the pay - off goes wrong, Creasy vows to take revenge on all those who have contributed to Pita's death, turning to Federal Investigations chief Manzano (Giancarlo Giannini) and upright journalist Mariana (Rachel Ticotin) to guide him through all the sleaze and corruption — and, being an ex-assassin for the CIA, Creasy knows a thing or two about the business of killing — or, as his friend Raymond (Christopher Walken) puts it, «Creasy's art is death; he's about to paint his masterpiece».

Horne, a classically trained pianist and founder of the Phoenix Baroque Ensemble, hasn't yet achieved his objective, but he has made progress: He pushed through higher standards for arts education, appointed an arts specialist in the state Department of Education, and steered $ 4 million in federal funds under NCLB to support arts integration in schools throughout the state.

We did this for Science, HPE and Arts for 5 years and only changed when the «5 point scale» was mandated by the Federal government.

The Department of Education's decision to link federal funding to the Core in its Race to the Top program, its NCLB waiver effort, and its «ESEA blueprint,» and the provision of $ 350 million in federal funds for Core - related tests, all alienated anti-Washington conservatives who would have remained neutral if the question had merely concerned states collaborating to set standards in math and English language arts.

The school was constructed as a junior high school for grades 7 to 9 during the 1930s with federal Work Projects Administration funds, and its design shows period Art Deco - influences.

(Other federal agencies such as the National Science Foundation and Arts and Humanities endowments have engaged for decades in the funding, development, evaluation, and encouragement of curricula.)

Arts organizations, while fearful of the impact of federal budget cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts, are feeling a resurgence of support from the philanthropic community.

The Education Department, along with other federal agencies and private funders, earlier this year awarded grants for the development of standards in science, history, and the arts.

When he got there, in 2003, Gioia announced his preference for the Core Knowledge curriculum and commenced an effort to bulk up content standards for federal grants in the arts.

More than 40 states have now signed onto the Common Core standards in English language arts and math, which have been both celebrated as a tremendous advance and criticized as misguided and for bearing the heavy thumbprint of the federal government.

The U.S. House of Representatives has called for a federal study on the status of arts education in the schools, to be undertaken by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Department of Educatarts education in the schools, to be undertaken by the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Department of EducatArts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Department of Education.

First, federal policymakers should offer funds to help underwrite the cost for states to take the five action steps described above [including» adopting a common core of internationally benchmarked standards in math and language arts.»]

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

California also clashed with federal officials last year when it discontinued the standardized tests in math and English language arts students have been taking for more than a decade.

As a result of a 6 - year curriculum reform and dissemination grants from the Federal Department of Education and 4 - year grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, he and his colleagues have designed an institution - wide Music - in - Education Concentration for students of all majors and created a Research Center at New England Conservatory.

The federal government funded two multistate consortia, PARCC and Smarter Balanced, to the tune of $ 350 million, to create new Common Core - aligned tests for math and English language arts.

SAGE Summative: Summative adaptive assessments required for state and federal accountability provided for English language arts (ELA), math and science