Sentences with phrase «of championing artists»

«At the Brooklyn Museum we have a long history of championing artists before they have gained wider acceptance.

«At the Brooklyn Museum we have a long history of championing artists before they have gained wider acceptance», said Anne Pasternak, the Brooklyn Museum's Shelby White and Leon Levy Director, «and we are thrilled to be able to continue that tradition with the support of LIFEWTR and WME IMG.»

Anne Pasternak, Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum, said: «At the Brooklyn Museum we have a long history of championing artists before they have gained wider acceptance.

Not exact matches

Your child's Barbie can now hang out with the likes of Olympic snowboarding champion Chloe Kim, artist Frida Kahlo, and filmmaker Patty Jenkins.

Hundreds of artists and designers work on the game itself; others work outside the game on those videos and animated vignettes that develop the backstories of its champions.

«This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist, humanitarian and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place,» read a family statement.

There is perhaps no other tribe more obsessed with others» personal routines and rituals than creatives — a visceral desire to peek into the lives of great artists and to borrow any or all ideas that champion creativity.

Starbucks has also become a champion of emerging artists such as John Legend, Madeleine Peyroux and Fleet Foxes, introducing customers to these musicians at an early point in their careers.

2016.06.21 RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards: Make «Room» for this eclectic mix of Artists, Academics, Entrepreneurs and Community Champions 200 inspiring immigrants have been recognized by their peers for outstanding contribution to Canadian society since the awards...

After her death, her family released a statement that read: «This morning, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, matriarch and the exquisite artist, humanitarian and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke Pearce, closed her eyes, quieted her pain, and ascended to a beautiful place.

Founders Chef Jacquy Pfeiffer and Chef Sébastien Canonne, M.O.F., have brought together a faculty of award - winning and internationally - recognized experts, World Pastry Champions, Certified Master Sugar Artists, and Master Bakers to provide aspiring and experienced sweets and dessert professionals with the knowledge and expertise to excel in the industry.

At this free - to - attend event, fans will get the chance to meet some of the Premier League's former stars, including Premier League champion and all - time top scorer Alan Shearer, and enjoy live music from top local artists and DJs.

Tomm Voss moved his training from that of a competitive bodybuilder to that of a world champion martial artist.

They champion alternative music in the North of England and feature bands, artists and culture on a local, national and international level.

Dirty Computer champions the confluence of an attractive production and a socio - political writing — two things that most artists have been trying to pull off; Less succeeded, and Dirty Computer is one of the few that feels triumphant and earnest.

Kara Hui and real - life martial artist and former Peking Opera student Sharon Yeung Pan-pan are a pair of cops hunting fugitive triad leader Kenneth Tsang, who's come back to Hong Kong from Japan to shake up the underworld, bringing with him a tough and muscular female bodyguard (real - life powerlifting champion and «Girls With Guns» superstar Michiko Nishiwaki).

The Film Independent Spirit Awards stand for something much deeper: championing creative independence in visual storytelling and supporting a community of artists who embody diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision — a mission that is more relevant now than ever before.

As a champion and curator of independent stories for the stage and screen, Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists in film, theatre, film composing, and digital media to create and thrive.

Stallone's script about struggling boxer Rocky Balboa who has the chance of a lifetime — a match against champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers in the film)-- was appreciated by United Artists, but it was viewed as a possible vehicle for A-list stars as Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds or James Caan.

A filmmaker, artist, and champion of artists» rights.

«A member of the DGA's National Board and a recipient of the DGA's highest honor, the Lifetime Achievement Award, Milos actively championed artist's rights throughout his career, speaking multiple times before Congress and world audiences about the importance of creative rights and artists» protections against the violation of those rights,» continued Schlamme.

Kickboxer: Vengeance (Unrated) High - octane tale action flick about a martial artist (Alain Moussi) who travels from L.A. to Bangkok to avenge the killing of his brother (Darren Shahlavi) by the Muay Thai champion (Dave Bautista).

At the highest levels, Leadership Giving donors will champion the work that is core to our mission — the strategic development, support and discovery of artists — and receive unparalleled access to Sundance Institute's yearly work with artists worldwide.

White House LGBT Artists Champions of Change is intended to shore up the White House's support for LGBT awareness, and The Danish Girl will show alongside episodes of award - winning TV series Transparent, featuring Jeffrey Tambor as a transgender father.

If Green ultimately takes too much pride in his hipster references (however nostalgic I got seeing the 2001-esque United Artists logo that used to scare the bejesus out of me as a child, it's self - conscious whims like these that make Undertow sometimes feel superficially invested), the presence of the generally indifferent Bell has a neutralizing effect on Green's tendency towards the pedantic, and the director's championing of old - school values — his dislike of ADR, his fondness for found locations — once again inspires lonely but hearty cries of solidarity.

«Championing talented artists who aren't afraid of taking risks is at the heart of the Film Society's mission and our ongoing support of filmmakers around the world.

That's certainly the case for the protagonist in the upcoming action film, «Bound By Debt,» which marks the first leading movie role of champion martial artist, Paul Mormando.

The program has championed the unique visions of a next generation of feature filmmakers from around the world, and has become an international model for supporting artists.

In a year where 80's retro electronics are all the rage when it comes to the sci - fi throwback realms of «Stranger Things,» leave it to Matthew Margeson to salute to the era's days of sports - ready synth glory with this run down the slope of power - pop electro artists like Harold Faltermeyer, Bill Conti and Vince Di Cola Margeson also layers on inspirational strings for his tribute to The Day's most unlikely Olympic ski champion of them all.

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) champions the future of storytelling by connecting artists with essential resources at all stages of development and distribution.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its ceremony's presenters championed inclusion throughout the proceedings, celebrating representation on screen, solidarity particularly among women, and groundbreaking artists in addition to the best films of 2017.

Ahead of their Sakaar showdown on the big screen this November in Thor: Ragnarok, the God of Thunder and the Green Goliath are set to do battle in the next sinatlments of Marvel and comiXology's line of exclusive digital comics, Thor vs Hulk: Champions of the Universe, from writer Jeremy Whitley and artists Simone Buonfantino and -LSB-...]

As one of the first festivals to champion VR as a dynamic form of storytelling, this year's offerings include 33 virtual reality (VR) innovative exhibitions and experiences from top creators such as Jeremy Bailenson, Chris Milk, Eliza McNitt, Eugene Chung, Gabo Arora, and Saschka Unseld, and emerging artists Asad J. Malik, Gabriela Arp, and Lucas Rizzotto.

When Ava DuVernay, who told King's story in 2014's «Selma,» won Entertainer of the Year, she championed her fellow artists and declared, «This is our time.

Austin Film Festival furthers the art and craft of storytelling by inspiring and championing the work of writers, filmmakers, and all artists who use written and visual language to tell a story.

All of us here in Paris: Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions for Sports in this historic gathering are committed to help carry out the vision of a» new humanism» articulated by the first woman Director - General of UNESCO, Dr. Irina Bokova.

The classroom teachers, administrators, professional artists, arts - integration specialists, and community leaders who are champions of the program are eager to see it replicated in schools and school districts elsewhere.

CECILE GUIDOTE - ALVAREZ UNESCO Artist for Peace, 2003 / UNESCO DREAM Center 2011 President, International Theatre Institute's Cultural Identity and Development Committee Delivered October 16, 2012 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris All of us here in Paris: Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions for Sports in this historic gathering are committed to help carry out the -LSB-...]

King is a great champion of lesser - known artists, both musical and literary, and he's definitely picked a winner here.

Koontz is no less an artist for his championing of the good and his determination to have readers identify with it, as this hair - raising thriller attests.»

They highlight his seeming support for the idea that publishers should be championing writers and artists working to exploit the creative potential of digital formats to provide readers with experiences that may be challenging and disruptive, but also exhilarating and boundary pushing.

Having been at the helm of her media and communications company spanning more than thirty years, managing several successful Platinum selling recording artists, working as executive producer for artists of the caliber of Tupac Shakur, hired to procure and produce a specialty album for Microsoft co-owner Paul Allen, launching a critically acclaimed television music program «Your Music Network», and traveling the world with four time heavy weight boxing champion and fellow music lover, Evander Holyfield, while handling his business affairs along with those of his family are only a few of Lisa's achievements.

Marvel Contest of Champions comic writer Al Ewing and Kabam artist Gabriel Frizzera will be available for autographs at Marvel's New York Comic Con booth on Friday, October 9 at 10 a.m.

He is, of course, a white middle - aged man, but he's also one working hard to champion (and financially support) African artists, and practitioners based outside Africa whose roots lie in the continent.

The show will feature important works by those artists — Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, and John Marin, among them — championed by the great photographer and gallerist Alfred Stieglitz, as well as many other notable figures of this period.

Leslie Waddington, whose London gallery offered master - class shows of postwar American art, and who was known for championing up - and - coming British artists during the late 1960s, has died at 81.

«I feel it is an important time to present an exhibition of female artists who are resisting oppressive structures and climates by championing sex positive feminism.

The exhibition consists of twenty - eight works by fourteen major American artists whom the gallery has consistently championed over the years: William Baziotes, Willem de Kooning, Beauford Delaney, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Lee Krasner, Norman Lewis, Boris Margo, Alfonso Ossorio, Richard Pousette - Dart, Mark Rothko, Charles Seliger, Theodoros Stamos, and Mark Tobey.

Fortunately, these undervalued artists are finding champions in people half their age — curators and dealers who learned about their work in school and can now give them the kind of prominence they never enjoyed.

Among contemporary American photographers, Opie is exceptionally attuned to the histories of representation, and Portraits and Landscapes vigorously embodies the artist's conversation with classical European portraiture as well as the American Pictorialist idiom within landscape photography championed by Alfred Stieglitz in the early 1900s.