Sentences with phrase «national acclaim as»

It was written that her «expressionistic figure paintings soon evolved into tempestuous abstract expressionist works which brought her national acclaim as one of the most promising artists of her generation.»

This solar - powered building has earned national acclaim as a showcase for green building technologies and operating systems.

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If Mr. Xiao's disqualification is upheld by the Conservative Party National Council, it is expected that Edmonton hotel manager Kelly McCauley will be acclaimed as the party's candidate for the next federal election.

My candidate for a «prophet to the liberals» is Will Campbell, publisher of the journal Katallagete and author of the highly acclaimed Brother to a Dragonfly, an autobiographical book about the lives of Will and his brother, Joe, as they leave their father's small cotton farm in Mississippi — Will to become a civil rights worker for the National Council of Churches, Joe to become a small - town pharmacist.

Though the Sermon has been publicly acclaimed as the ideal basis for national and international policy, if peace is to be had, there is little in the actual working policy of any so - called Christian nation that remotely approaches it.

Thornton Winery continues to build on its national and critically acclaimed reputation as one of the finest outdoor venues.

The cooking school brings national as well as locally - acclaimed and beloved chefs to work directly with customers, and Southern Season's Share the Food non-profit foundation, a program that fights hunger and poverty, works with local charities to reach the hungry in the local store community.

Pender will most likely settle the middleweight championship — andeliminate the confusion and controversy surrounding it — by taking on GeneFullmer, who is the National Boxing Association champion, acclaimed in allstates save Pender's, as well as Asia and South America.

His seven goals in 17 starts during a breakthrough 2011 - 12 campaign — that included a superb performance against Tottenham Hotspur in a late January FA Cup tie — bringing him national acclaim, the Championship's Young Player of the Month award for March and a contract extended until 2015, which indicated that the management at Vicarage Road rated Murray as highly as the fans.

The Finger Lakes region, in particular, has gained increasing prominence as home to world - class wines and is now considered the Napa of the Northeast, with acclaimed national and international recognition.

Health coaching is recognized as an important tool to improve health outcomes by some of the most acclaimed health institutions in the world, including the World Health Organization, the U.K. National Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and the United States Preventive Services Task Force.

She launched her collection of rich, wearable gems in 2006 and has since received national acclaim with features in magazines such as Real Simple (on the cover!)

He played Cornelius Melody in the highly acclaimed London West End production of Eugene O'Neill's A TOUCH OF THE POET, and most recently as Lord Asriel in the National Theatre's HIS DARK MATERIALS.

Receiving positive notices for his impromptu portrayal, the actor found further acclaim the following year, with his performance as Edward Voysey in the Royal National Theatre's production of The Voysey Inheritance.

Jessica Raine's acclaimed career has gone from strength to strength since she was plucked from RADA early to make her professional debut at the National Theatre as Lesley Sharp's daughter in Simon Stephens» Harper Regan.

Recently, the Warner Archive Collection released two lesser - known James Stewart films that offer a unique and unusual perspective on the actor from an especially fertile period just as he was attaining national recognition and acclaim.

Ta - Nehisi Coates — one of the biggest names in journalism as a national correspondent for The Atlantic, and a National Book Award winner for «Between the World and Me» — will make his comic book - writing debut with a new «Black Panther» ongoing, illustrated by acclaimed industry veteran Brian Stenational correspondent for The Atlantic, and a National Book Award winner for «Between the World and Me» — will make his comic book - writing debut with a new «Black Panther» ongoing, illustrated by acclaimed industry veteran Brian SteNational Book Award winner for «Between the World and Me» — will make his comic book - writing debut with a new «Black Panther» ongoing, illustrated by acclaimed industry veteran Brian Stelfreeze.

«The Social Network,» the acclaimed drama about how Harvard computer nerds created the social networking site Facebook, had been the front - runner during the awards season, winning countless critics honors, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn., New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics awards as well as the Golden Globe for dramatic film.

The national tests would be similar to exams given in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which are widely acclaimed as challenging, Mr. Sminational tests would be similar to exams given in the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which are widely acclaimed as challenging, Mr. SmiNational Assessment of Educational Progress, which are widely acclaimed as challenging, Mr. Smith said.

Thom Markham, Ph.D., President of GlobalRedesigns, and Senior National Faculty member at the Buck Institute for Education, is a psychologist and educator who served as a Director with Active Learning, Inc., an innovative motivational and learning skills camp program for high school and college students, taught at an award - winning high school, where he led school reform efforts and developed a highly - acclaimed internship - based program, and co-founded the Marin School of Arts and Technology, an innovative charter high school in Novato, California.

Nearly seven years since Gate Safe became the first organisation to initiate a campaign for improved standards in automated gate safety, the charity marked another important milestone, as it celebrated hitting 1,000 installers on its acclaimed national register of Gate Safe Aware Installers - which currently features 459 companies.

Prior to that, she served as executive director of the New York City Algebra Project, the local site of the acclaimed national math reform program, also present in Baltimore.

Horry County — a diverse, high - poverty district with over 40,000 students — won national acclaim for its transformation under Dr. Elsberry's leadership, and was rated as one of South Carolina's highest - performing school districts.

Lofthus led the Kauffman School to state recognition: It was named the 2015 Missouri Charter School of the Year and earned a 100 percent Annual Performance Rating from the state the past two years, as well as national acclaim, achieving the Platinum Rating from the Leverage Leadership Institute and RELAY Graduate School of Education.

Earlier investments of nearly $ 3 million in this personalized learning portfolio include Rocketship, a national network of blended learning schools seeking to eliminate the achievement gap in low - income neighborhoods, New York City's School of One blending learning model upon which New Classrooms is based, and CFY, a national nonprofit organization that runs the acclaimed online learning platform, PowerMyLearning.com, which provides students, teachers, parents and school leaders with free online access to pre-screened digital learning activities produced by third parties, as well as consumer ratings.

Re - conceptualizing graduate education as job - embedded, practice - centered, and inquiry - focused, this graduate program went on to win national acclaim when it was selected as the top program in the country by the Association of Teacher Educators.

Whaley's Where Things Come Back might just be the most acclaimed YA novel that was published in 2011: It won the 2012 Printz Award, the 2012 William C. Morris Debut Fiction Award and Whaley was the first - ever YA author to be selected as a «Top 5 Under 35 Author» by the National Book Foundation.

In 1876, it was decided that they should be shown under the single heading of Deutsche Dogge, and they were acclaimed as the national dog of Germany.

The almost perfectly circular Pilanesberg national park, due to its lying literally in the void of a 1200 million year old volcano crater, lies 150 kilometres north west of Gauteng, virtually on the border of Sun City - one of the biggest draw cards to the area - and, by comparison, receives little of the acclaim it deserves... The 55 000 hectare Pilanesberg park opened in 1979 in one of the largest game resettlement projects in the history of South Africa, and possibly the most expensive as commercial farmers gave over land to be restocked with wildlife.

The hotel was named after the popular Carlina Square (Piazza Carlina), the local name for the Carlo Emanuele II Square (Piazza Carlo Emanuele II), and places it within easy reach of Turin's most acclaimed city landmarks, such as the Mole Antonelliana which currently houses the National Museum of Cinema, the Royal Palace of Turin, and the Egyptian Museum.

Lindblad Expeditions - National Geographic has announced that artist Zaria Forman, acclaimed for her dramatic large - scale drawings of fragile environments, will join two expeditions in Antarctica as a guest speaker.

Acclaimed as one of the 10 most stunning beaches in the world by National Geographic, Magens Bay's gorgeous shoreline is complete with ivory sand and teal water.

Exchange vows on the beach with the acclaimed Manuel Antonio National Park and its iconic islands as your stage.

The 1878 Pepper Tree Cottage is National Trust listed and houses the highly acclaimed and lauded Roberts Restaurant which has been described as the Hunter's most beautiful dining room and serves world - class cuisine.

Destiny also received critical acclaim that only became more positive as the game was gradually expanded; receiving BAFTA Best Game of 2014 at the British Academy Video Games Awards, while further awards highlighted quality within its nuances including the 2014 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) that awarded Destiny with Control Precision, Original Dramatic Score in a New IP and Use of Sound in a New IP, alongside numerous nominations.

Our educational games for many clients including the United Nations, National Science Museum and Channel 4 have received worldwide critical acclaim for being highly playable as well as informative and educational and attracting millions of users to their content.

Since that time, Thompson has organized such major projects as the annual Creative Time Summit, Kara Walker's A Subtlety (2014), the group show Living as Form (2011), Paul Ramirez Jonas's Key to the City (2010), Jeremy Deller's It Is What It Is (with New Museum curators Laura Hoptman and Amy Mackie; 2009), Democracy in America: The National Campaign (multiple artists, 2008), Paul Chan's acclaimed Waiting for Godot in New Orleans (2007), and Mike Nelson's A Psychic Vacuum, with curator Peter Eleey.

His juxtaposition of opposing elements and sentiments — the comically grotesque with highbrow culture, anger with affection — earned him national acclaim and helped to establish San Francisco as a vital center for artistic creativity.

His work was shown to great acclaim in the Parisian salons of the late 1940s and early 1950s; in 1947, Buffet became the youngest artist ever to have work acquired by the French Republic, catapulting him onto the national stage as a young art star.

As part of the wider flora exhibition project originated by Oriel Davies flora.orieldavies.org we invite professional artists working across any medium from Wales and further afield to apply for a residency taking place at the acclaimed and unique setting of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire from October 2015.

Restaurants have quickly moved into the old Meatpacking District and established national acclaim, such as the Girl and the Goat, the Publican, Moto, and Next, Grant Achatz's follow - up restaurant to his award - winning Alinea.

The exhibition will include some of his major works in ceramic, tapestry, sculpture and etching, as well as the not - to - be-missed monumental tapestry Comfort Blanket, exhibited in Perry's acclaimed National Portrait Gallery London exhibition Who are you?

Hailed as «bold,» «stirring» and «overpowering,» theBridgescapes» series has received national acclaim.

Many highly acclaimed Bay Area artists received major museum shows early in their careers and were highly respected in both the local and national press — but as Abstract Expressionism waned into Funk and Pop, they were overlooked.

In this podcast recorded on March 8, 2007, at the National Gallery of Art as part of the Elson Lecture Series, Sean Scully, an artist of international acclaim, discusses his work in the modern tradition of abstraction.

Regularly changing exhibitions feature painting, sculpture, photography, glass, video and other visual media from internationally acclaimed artists as well as artists of national and regional renown.

Still to be discovered by many art lovers in Germany, Schjerfbeck, born in Helsinki, is highly acclaimed and celebrated as a national icon in Scandinavia and particularly in Finland, the Guest of Honor of this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.

Many of the artists we have worked with, such as Lubaina Himid, Steve McQueen and Yinka Shonibare, have gone on to achieve national and international acclaim, changing the course of art history and the wider cultural hinterland.

As South Africa prepares to celebrate 20 years since the election that brought Nelson Mandela to President, and with Jacob Zuma recently securing a controversial second term to lead the governing African National Congress, Iniva reflects on the nation's social and political history through the work of internationally acclaimed artist and writer Peter Clarke.

And in the years following the release of their magnum opus, Henderson began working on a biography of Edmonia Lewis, the first African American woman to receive national and international acclaim for her work as a sculptor.