Sentences with phrase «for the young writers project»

Currently, Darcie Abbene works as a consultant and writing coach for the Young Writers Project based out of Burlington, Vermont.

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In 2013, he founded Writers for Children, a project that helps young people build confidence in their storytelling abilities through annual awards.

Charlie Hopper is principal / writer, special projects, for Young & Laramore, a full - service advertising agency based in Indianapolis, and founder of the blog SellingEating.com.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

Kramer initially derided Foreman's House Un-American Activities Committee testimony as unhelpful, but then irked many by commissioning another blacklisted writer, Nedrick Young, for a pair of projects.

The movie, the first feature - length project from writer / director Pearce, centers on a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.

Other recipients include Jean - Paul Rappeneau for his project Belles familles; Louis Garrel, whose Les Deux amis will team the writer - director with Vincent Macaigne; and Christophe Honoré... Michael Caine will star in Paolo Sorrentino's In the Future, a drama about «friendship between two old people»... Abdellatif Kechiche is contemplating another helping of wrenching romantic anguish with a movie version of Héloïse et Abélard... Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are currently shooting an adaptation of Eleanor Henderson's novel Ten Thousand Saints, with Ethan Hawke and Hailee Steinfeld, about a young man (played by Hugo star Asa Butterfield) who moves in with his estranged father in Manhattan in 1987 at the height of the East Village punk scene...

Siobhan Dowd (pronounced Shivorn) was named one of the «top 100 Irish - Americans» for her global anti-censorship work with the writers» organization Dowd also co-founded the English PEN's readers and writers program, which brings authors into underprivileged schools, prisons young offender institutions and community projects.

2014 Ayelet Danielle Aldouby, Curator & Co-Founder, Artea Projects Harutyun Alpetyan, Independent Curator, Armenia Marco Antonini, Executive Director & Curator, NURTUREart Rocio Aranda - Alvarado, Curator, El Museo del Bario Karen Archey, Independent Curator & Critic, NYC and Berlin Nova Benway, Assistant Curator, The Drawing Center Boshko Boskovic, Program Director, Residency Unlimited Marie Burns, Program Manager, apexart Ethan Cohen, President & CEO, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts Irina Danilova, Independent Curator Eva Diaz, Critic & Assistant Professor of Contemporary Art, Pratt Institute Erin Donnelly, Independent Curator & Programs Manager, Smack Mellon Juliana Driever, Independent Curator, Writer, and Educator Shlomit Dror, Independent Curator Jason Duval, Artist & Independent Curator Alessandro Facente, NARS Special Projects Curator Jane Farver, Independent Curator Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Contemporary Art, BRIC Arts Carter Foster, Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawing, Whitney Museum of American Art Anna Frost, Independent Curator, Berlin andCopenhagen Asya Geisberg, Owner & Director, Asya Geisberg Gallery Jessica Gildea, Programs Director, CUE Art Foundation Jan Hanvik, Executive Director, Clemete Soto Velez Cultrual Center Larissa Harris, Curator, Queens Museum Eric Heist, Founder & Director, Momenta Naomi Hersson - Ringskog, Executive Director, No Longer Empty Felicity Hogan, Artist, Independent Curator & Senior Program Officer, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Learning Jin Young Hwang, Co-Founder, K&H Art Advisory Inc Tzu - chieh Jian, Independent Curator & Critic, Taiwan Paddy Johnson, Founding Editor, Art Fag City Rhiannon Kubicka, Co - Owner / Co-Director, Blackston Gallery Omar Lopez - Chahoud, Independent Curator & Artistic Director, UNTITLED Stephen Maine, Artist, Critic & Independent Curator Julie McKim, Director, Kunsthalle Galapagos John Moore, Independent Curator & Critic Isabelle Normand, Independent Curator, Paris & Los Angeles Isin Önol, Independent Curator, Vienna Douglas Paulson, Residency Director, Flux Factory Vittoria Pavesi, Independent Curator, Italy Laurel Ptak, Director, Triangle Arts Association Sara Reisman, Director, Percent for Art, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs David A. Ross, Independent Curator & Chair, MFA Program in Art Practice, School of Visual Arts Cindy Rucker, Owner & Director, Cindy Rucker Gallery Sebastien Sanz Santamaria, Director of Operations, Residency Unlimited Krista Saunders, Curator & Co-Founder, Ground Floor Gallery Keith Schweitzer, Co - Founder / Director, The Lodge Gallery and Director of Public Art, Fourth Arts Block Bernard Schutze, Independent Curator & Critic, Montreal Felipe Scovino, Independent Curator Eric Shiner, Director, Andy Warhol Museum Carolyn Sickles, Director of StudioLab, Abrons Arts Center Sarah Suco Tores, Independent Curator Yulia Tikhonova, Independent Curator Jodi Waynberg, Executive Director, Artists Alliance Inc..

Other projects planned for the 2018 Spring Season include an exhibition by immigrant and first generation young artists organized by writer and recent citizen to the U.S. Ingrid Rojas Contreras, a print performance by artists Sergio de la Torre and Chris Tregiarri, and an evening of performances organized by poet and musician Sandra Garcia Rivera.

The Italian teacher, artist and writer Tonucci gave an interesting presentation about the «Città dei bambini» (City of the children) project, where they base urban planning on children's ideas for public spaces, because they represent everyone (young and old, handicapped people, etc.) not just children.

An online poetry project for young writers developed by Cape Farewell, in partnership with The Poetry Society»