Sentences with phrase «most practicing black»

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That dynamism is not the dominant pattern in middle - class black churches is a virtually undisputed fact, empirically verifiable by any unbiased investigator in most communities where middle - class blacks practice religion.

Still, breast - feeding rates remain significantly low among blacks and Hispanics, and research shows most mothers abandon the practice after a few months.

As apart of this rich annual event, BMBFA is excited to partner with Henry Ford Health System to launch Mommy - Friendly Detroit ™ — a celebration of black motherhood that helps Detroit to become a place where systems, policies and practices align to achieve racial and health equity on behalf of all women, with an emphasis on Detroit's most vulnerable women, their babies, families and communities.

Venetian trader and explorer Marco Polo said that one of the most surprising sights during his travels through Asia in the 13th century was the Chinese practice of burning a strange, black rock for heat — and the mountains along the Silk Road that smoldered due to underground coal fires, like the ones burning throughout the country today.

We will be sharing the most innovative, creative, engaging and successful strategies with Black educators who are eager to learn new practices to implement in their spaces.

It is a common practice of most shelters and rescue organizations to never adopt out black or white cats during the Halloween season.

Since then, Santeria and Palo Mayombe have become the most widely practiced religion or form of «Black Magic»

His most recent books are a collection of critical essays on art writers and art writing, Words for Art: Criticism, History, Theory, Practice (Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2013) and a collection of poems, Trembling Hand Equilibrium (Black Square Editions, New York, 2015).

Her most recent mixed media works for example start with black and white photographic images of potatoes which De Jong transforms into landscapes, animals or monsters, which have become so characteristic to her practice.

Voulkos» emphasis on the fertility of experimentation, improvisation, and the ambiguous relationship between intention and chance ignited a dialogue between ceramics and postwar aesthetics of spontaneity as practiced by affiliates of Black Mountain College, turning him into a leader of the West Coast craft movement of the postwar era and his studio into one of the most important pedagogical sites for the development of ceramic art.

Interestingly, although being a black artist he does not incorporate motifs related to racial topics, rather he is eager to fully establish his artistic practice by applying purely painterly issues in relation to contemporary points of view, urban experiences and, most importantly, humor.

As a cross-disciplinary artist, Gates» expresses his meaningful and empowering works through an array of artistic practices including painting, sculpture, audio, and performance art.The title of the exhibition references The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois», a publication considered among the most important work in African American literary history and sociology.

This category is the most commonly practiced among painters including Michael Berryhill, Sebastian Black, Katherine Bradford, Lois Dodd, Louise Fishman, Ron Gorchov, Joanne Greenbaum, Nora Griffin, EJ Hauser, Sanya Kantarovsky, Alex Katz, James English Leary, Matvey Levenstein, Dean Levin, Margrit Lewczuk, Chris Martin, Loren Munk, Catherine Murphy, Aliza Nisenbaum, Joanna Pousette - Dart, Ellen Phelan, Tal R, Neo Rauch, Julia Rommel, Cordy Ryman, Julia Schmidt, Juan Ulsé, Don Voisine, Merrill Wagner, Roger White, Terry Winters and Lisa Yuskavage.

Gates» role as an archivist, historian, and storyteller of black narratives is foundational to his practice, but it is his ability to shift between the museum, the gallery and the street that has made him one of the world's most influential artists.

The world's most glittery glitter and pinkest pink... Do you see their production and marketing as part of your artistic practice — as a comment on popular and consumer culture, or just a play on Anish Kapoor's Vanta Black?

In light of recent controversies over the use or absence of Black bodies in relation to abstract painting (most notably the controversy of the Dana Schutz painting at New York's Whitney museum), and the ahistorical suspicion of abstraction as a form of practice that manifest in some of the discourse, it is important that Black artists» role as innovators in the field of abstraction is given due significance here through the works of Whitten, Bowling, and others.

This danger was exposed in Brown's recent concert at the Brooklyn Academy of Music [Oct. 16, 17 and 18, «81], where the black - and - white restraint of Glacial Decoy was immediately followed by the coloristic exuberance of Brown's most recent work, Son of Gone Fishin», with a set by Donald Judd, costumes by Judith Shea and, in what is perhaps the most significant departure from Brown's previous practice, a musical score by Robert Ashley.

In this 21st - century era of so - called post-Black art, some of the most acclaimed and innovative Black contemporary artists practicing today continue to revisit the subject of slavery in their work.

She engages in research, organizing projects, curatorial practices that attend to the lived experiences of the black Diaspora — centering the experiences of black women most vulnerable to the violence of poverty, carcerality, polluting environments, reproductive legislation, economic exploitation, and housing discrimination.

With decades of business and practice experience including black belts in lean six sigma, we work with clients to carefully analyze and «deconstruct» any given process down to its essential components and resources, then redesign processes for optimal value based on metrics that matter the most.

A basic business course would benefit most lawyers in their law practice, and should be taught along with the black letter law courses in school.

I viewed the recognition of the lawyers named in the article as a victory for the black legal community, but also as a reminder that if hiring practices continued to progress as they had, my odds of one day acquiring a coveted position in a partnership were not the most promising.

Regression modeling for the 4 most common disciplinary practices showed (P <.05) that black race, lack of Aid to Families With Dependent Children receipt, more - educated mothers, and female sex of child were associated with higher use of teaching or verbal assertion; a biological father in the home was associated with less use of limit setting; and black race and report for child maltreatment were associated with more use of mild spanking.