Sentences with phrase «in federal arts»

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 (NEH).

Both Krasner (1908 - 1984) and Lewis (1909 - 1979) embraced abstraction in the 1940s, after early flirtations with Social Realism: They both had been involved in the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (and may even have met through that organization), and Lewis had been a member of the Harlem artists» group 306 (which included the socially minded artists Romare Bearden and Jacob Lawrence.)

In 1935, Alston became the first black supervisor in the Federal Art Project when he was assigned to direct the WPA's Harlem Hospital murals.

Prior to the war, many of them participated in the Federal Art Project, (WPA) Works Progress Administration, which provided stipends during the depression in the Roosevelt administration.

De Kooning joined the Artists Union in 1934, and in 1935 was employed in the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, for which he designed a number of murals including some for the Williamsburg Federal Housing Project in Brooklyn.

Nevertheless, during the period 1935 - 1943, he took part in the Federal Art Project and began to learn something about modern European painting, both abstract and Surrealist.

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When the collection of major works housed at the city's world - class Detroit Institute of Arts Museum was in danger of being liquidated to pay off municipal debt, the federal mediator, Judge Gerald Rosen, city emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, and other civic leaders leaned heavily on community and national foundations, lawmakers and the museum itself to put their money where their masterpieces were.

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.

OTTAWA (CP)-- Arts and culture organizations will now be required to commit in writing to providing a workplace free of harassment and sexual misconduct in order to receive federal funding, Heritage Minister Melanie Joly declared Wednesday.

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.

Art Schlichter, NFL quarterback Has spent four of the past six years in prison on various charges; currently in Marion County Jail, Indianapolis, awaiting trial on federal charges of money laundering.

Ruling that graffiti — a typically transient form of art — was of sufficient stature to be protected by the law, a federal judge in Brooklyn awarded a judgment of $ 6.7 million to 21 graffiti artists whose works were destroyed in 2013 at the 5Pointz complex in Long Island City, Queens.

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.

The federal funds included in the spending bill will go towards building a state - of - the - art NCO training academy on base.

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.

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.

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.

Individual laboratories within each of these federal agencies specialize in everything from parasitic diseases to space robotics and offer postdocs hands - on experience at state - of - the - art facilities.

Fast - forward from that first lightbulb moment with the video through a couple of years refining the idea, patent approval, and the formation of Marine Desalination Systems in 1999 to the procurement of federal funding in 2001, and Max is in St. Petersburg, Florida, with a lab in a refurbished 1927 art deco building where Sealtest once made cherry - vanilla ice cream.

IATAP is a newly established federal crowdsourcing program overseen by the US Coast Guard and working in parallel with BP's ART team.

The state's arts minister, Kay Hallahan, wrote to her federal counterpart, Wendy Fatin, last week, urging her to retrieve the meteorite and to prosecute any Australians who assist in the illegal export of meteorites.

In Canada, the naturopathic medical profession's infrastructure includes accredited educational institutions, professional licensing, national standards of practice, participation in many federal health committee initiatives, and a commitment to state - of - the - art scientific researcIn Canada, the naturopathic medical profession's infrastructure includes accredited educational institutions, professional licensing, national standards of practice, participation in many federal health committee initiatives, and a commitment to state - of - the - art scientific researcin many federal health committee initiatives, and a commitment to state - of - the - art scientific research.

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.

Effective side roles include those of Terence Stamp as the art critic, Danny Huston as the reporter, Jon Polito as the night club owner, Jason Schwartzman as the owner of an art gallery, James Saito as the judge in Honolulu's federal court, Madeleine Arthur as Margaret's teen daughter, and Krysten Ritter as Margaret's best friend DeAnn.

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.

Partly in response to federal accountability measures ~ curriculum in many schools particularly those serving predominantly disadvantaged students has narrowed to focus on reading and math at the expense of the arts ~ physical education ~ civics and other subjects.

In voting to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and the Humanities last month made several other changes in existing law that would limit students» access to federal loans and grants, but would increase the amounts students who qualify could receivIn voting to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Senate Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and the Humanities last month made several other changes in existing law that would limit students» access to federal loans and grants, but would increase the amounts students who qualify could receivin existing law that would limit students» access to federal loans and grants, but would increase the amounts students who qualify could receive.

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.

Federal officials and educators in the arts last week hammered out a wide - ranging agenda intended to guide research in arts education over the next decade.

Improvements in states» academic standards in English / language arts have been widespread since the federal No Child Left Behind Act kicked in three years ago, but the mathematics guidelines are still generally «vague and undemanding,» concludes the latest 50 - state review by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

House Resolution 319, introduced by Representative Jim Langevin (D - RI), and still in play, «expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that adding art and design into federal programs that target Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, encourages innovation and economic growth in the United States.»

The federal Atomic Energy Commission donated the state - of - the - art instruments to school science programs back in the 1960s when nuclear energy seemed the wave of the future.

(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.)

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.

The state now knows how much federal funding it stands to lose by declining to give state standardized tests in math and English language arts next spring to all students: at least $ 15 million — and potentially tens of millions of dollars more.

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.»]

In late April, President Obama announced an unprecedented initiative that places the federal government at the center of the conversation on the role of arts in educatioIn late April, President Obama announced an unprecedented initiative that places the federal government at the center of the conversation on the role of arts in educatioin education.

Although a majority of school administrators say the arts are a vital part of the public school curriculum, fewer than half the nation's high schools include them in graduation requirements, a federal survey has found.

Every decade the federal government issues a large report on arts education throughout the country, Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, and the most recent data from 2010 confirms that low - income schools don't offer music and visual art as much as high - income schoolsarts education throughout the country, Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, and the most recent data from 2010 confirms that low - income schools don't offer music and visual art as much as high - income schoolsArts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, and the most recent data from 2010 confirms that low - income schools don't offer music and visual art as much as high - income schools do.

In an effort to help school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculuIn an effort to help school districts provide students with a well rounded education that includes the humanities and arts, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to state and local education leaders outlining creative ways they may enhance holistic education programs by utilizing in conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculuin conjunction various federal resources.The department defines humanities in the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculuin the letter as history, civics, government, economics, geography, literature, art, music and other non-STEM subjects not usually found in the English / language arts curriculuin the English / language arts curriculum.

Federal policies and programs must be strengthened to support local magnet schools, public military academies and other schools that provide educational opportunities through specialized curricula and unique learning experiences in science, technology, engineering, the arts, mathematics and other areas related to a well - rounded education.

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.

Federal law requires all public school students in grades 3 - 8 be tested annually in math and language arts, science in fifth and eighth grades, and high school students must take one math, one English, and one science test before graduation.

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.