Sentences with phrase «on creative initiative»

As the church faced the cultural upheavals at the turn of the sixteenth century, the response was to attempt to preserve the established structures and to put a damper on creative initiative.

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It must be stressed, however, that it is not necessary to refute Darwinism on scientific grounds in order to maintain the religious truth claims expressed in the biblical account of history: e.g., God's sovereignty and creative initiative, man's free will, his unique dignity in the universe, and his supernatural end.

Sidney Frank Importing Company Inc., prides itself on being creative and effective beverage alcohol brand stewards, known for the continuous introduction of innovative products and initiatives.

She shared some creative ideas on how anti-hunger groups can help school nutrition programs through initiatives like school meal application campaigns and grant writing, and she punctuated her points with success stories from DC Hunger Solutions and DC public schools, Ohio's Children's Hunger Alliance, and Project Bread, among others.

The Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Elizabeth Ofosu - Agyare said domestic tourism will improve local communities and improve livelihood especially in the rural areas and therefore called on all to support the Explore Ghana initiative.

The essay competition is part of the Foundation's initiative to promote creative and analytical thinking in senior secondary students in Nigeria and is a follow up on the Foundation's Read Africa initiative, which promotes reading culture among students through the reading and free distribution of Africa literary classics in secondary schools.

AT&T's partnership with BCAT and Squeaky Wheel on this initiative is a creative way to expose local students to the skills and technology necessary to create film and multimedia projects.

The new initiative is consistent with several of the recommendations from Creative New York, the Center for an Urban Future's recent report on the city's arts economy.

It's a creative strategy, but Crowley won't place odds on the initiative's success.

For the past 7 years, she led media engagement and social impact initiatives supporting documentary film and is now bringing her expertise to narrative projects as Advisor on Impact & Social Innovation for Killer Content and their new creative studio venture Level Forward in partnership with filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail Disney.

In addition, he is looking to work with partners for creative solutions on delivering quality early literacy education, which he sees as a vital initiative for stemming the low - performance culture of Holyoke public schools.

Reflecting Padworth's open and perceptive attitude towards learning, James says: «There is more than one way to reach to the result and that is why we encourage a variety of approaches and for students to work on their own initiative as well and be creative.»

She says teachers and students need to be clear on a long list of assessment criteria — from extending the student's knowledge to demonstrating analytical, logical, and creative thinking to effective background research and evidence of initiative.

«Looking forward, the Arts Council's two major policy initiatives, the 25 - year Creative Talent Plan and the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education, will be exploring the importance of culture in young people's lives, and make proposals to government on unlocking creativity in children through education.»

STEM at Riverside Girls High School provides experiences for our students to develop creative and collaborative approaches to solve complex problems, critically think, take initiative for their own learning, see and act on opportunities as well as innovate.

In 2014, the school was honored as a National School of Character for its innovative character - based initiatives, including Time For Living — the foundation of the Woodlands Way culture — which is based on the idea that strong character education creates happy, sensitive, creative children who grow into adults who are morally and socially responsible.

State policy makers and education agencies should find ways to disseminate the creative initiatives that local districts develop to comply with and exceed state policy expectations and expand on those expectations in light of local needs and priorities.

This has created an emphasis on the importance of developing creative approaches to implement programs and maintain initiatives within schools.

Commenting on the initiative, PressBooks founder Hugh McGuire said, «It's been great to have creative publishers like Say Books thinking of new ways to use PressBooks.

Work on your soft skills, like communication techniques, teamwork, initiative and creative thinking.

We will reach this goal by executing a five - year operating plan that is focused on initiatives that will deliver an aligned brand architecture, creative hospitality innovations, more streamlined operations and an integrated global platform.

• A round - up of the besttools for mobile development • A look at developing games for Google Glass • A studio tour of Aardamn Digital, and a look at its iconic parent company • We visit the German dev hub that is Frankfurt • How Lionhead harnessed the power of Unreal Engine 4 • The results of September's close fought Develop Quiz • Geomerics details its work with Arm's Mali platform • Unity's new 2D elements are profiled in detail • A farewell to Blitz, with response from the industry • Autodesk tells all about its indie - friendly middleware Maya LT • Microsoft maestro Paul Lipson shares his thoughts on game audio and composing • The Tizen OS opportunity explored, and why Marmalade matters there • Creative England and Microsoft's Greenshoots initiative under the microscope • Our expert columnist Nick Gibson offers advise on attracting and impressing external funders

First up was the Game Republic business event, which featured talks from Mario Viviani, Technology Evangelist at Amazon Appstore with an update on their platform, including new opportunities to be featured on the Appstore and free GameMaker software, followed by Tony Baldwinson from Creative England, giving an update on the GamesLab Leeds initiative that has funded more than a dozen games developers and provided workshops and mentoring.

GameDevDay begins with a Game Republic event at Platform in Leeds from 3.30 pm, featuring talks from Unity's Josh Naylor on the latest innovations from the company, Matt Frenchman from PlayIgnite about mobile user acquisition, Sam Rushton from Creative England about their previous projects and an update on the latest funding and support initiatives, Neil Parmar from Escape Technology discussing useful software for developers, Mario Viviani from Amazon unveiling the new GameOn initiative plus Chris Taylor from Eaton Smith on the importance of GDPR rules for games developers.

Game Republic, supported by Autodesk, is hosting a special GameDevDay event on Thursday 24th November in Leeds, with the launch of Creative England's GamesLab Leeds funding initiative.

Since joining the family business in 1995, Nadja Swarovski has built on this heritage by implementing a series of visionary design initiatives which have transformed the company's image, turning crystal into a much desired component in the creative industries.

It is an initiative where creatives come together to raise awareness for the beauty and fragility of our oceans and collaborate on projects that can end their destruction, it addresses major threats towards our oceans, the most important ecosystem of our planet.

Nashville — The Tennessee Arts Commission is partnering with fellow Tennessee Livability Collaborative Members — the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability and the Tennessee Department of Health — to launch a new initiative and statewide grant opportunity called Creative Aging TN.

Her activism focuses on policies affecting new immigrant and migrant artists, cultural workers and educators with an effort to build relationships with artists, businesses and political officials to implement initiatives that will promote sustainable and creative communities.

Learn about The Otis Report on the Creative Economy, Your Creative Future initiative, and the College's commitment to Sustainability.

Since 2006, 21c has collaborated on arts initiatives with artists and cultural organizations worldwide, including Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, MASSMoCa, North Carolina Museum of Art, Speed Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, Creative Capital Foundation, and others.

By Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access — The Tennessee Department of Health, the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability and the Tennessee Arts Commission have partnered in an initiative called Creative Aging Tennessee.

In a launch initiative that focuses on unleashing creative energy, and focusing on making work that really matters, the design encompasses the idea that basic tasks such as storage should be automated to highlight the results of true unburdened collaboration.

Today's funding trends such as Creative Place - making, made possible through partnership enterprises among foundation, governmental, and financial - sector support, such as ArtPlace America, are concentrated on giving art and artists opportunities in diverse communities yet also require artists and arts organizations to think through an entrepreneurial frame by integrating their initiatives into their community's economic development and community revitalization strategies and having the potential to attract additional private and public support of the community.3 Is this a worthy challenge of contemporary arts insularity or does it discount subversive and against - the - grain art production, made by and for art communities, including that which is made within and by these same diverse communities that are being targeted by new funding initiatives as in need of help in the form of artistic interventions?

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The notion of dispersal was further enhanced by other creative initiatives including Absolut Access, an internet installation in the gallery which enabled the public to interact with the exhibition on the web.

The two - day TMW conference is a leading creative impact event focusing on music, new economy, civic initiative, gender politics, better cities and design thinking.

Denmark's Kvadrat, which, since 1968, has aided artists, architects, and designers in finding novel ways of utilizing textiles in producing creative work, is teaming up with New York's New Museum on a three - year initiative to support emerging artists in the making of new artworks.

Iniva contributes to a new initiative showcasing emerging creatives through online profiling of the arts and creative industries with Hackney Council on Hackney Live.

The Watermill Center's Education Roundtables bring together local and international education professionals for a dialogue on creative education initiatives.

On February 23, Creative Capital's Director of Programs & Initiatives, Sean Elwood, moderated a program session with three Creative Capital grantees at the College Art Association's 2012 Conference in Los Angeles.

The event puts a spotlight on the creative triumphs of Sub-Saharan Africa and the African diaspora while also raising funds to support Amref's various infrastructure improvement initiatives on the African continent, including increasing access to water and healthcare among many other positive benefits for communities across Africa.To further support these efforts, Amref is hosting a contemporary African art auction, featuring various works of contemporary art and hosted by Artsy.

With a mandate to support creative initiatives, Alserkal Avenue is known for supporting local talent and cultural projects: Quoz Arts Festival, the first free, community arts festival in the UAE, Galleries Night, a biannual feature on Dubai's art calendar; galleries and creative spaces simultaneously open their doors to the public, including live performances by local musicians; and Urban Market, a seasonal, daylong, outdoor festival to bring the community together, celebrating arts, food and creativity.

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Affordable membership fees allow the Arts Foundation to fund artistic and cultural initiatives, advocate at the local, state and national level for more awareness on the impact the Cape's creative economy has on our region and beyond, and increase the Cape's reputation for arts & culture.

This column will focus on Part V of the papers from the symposium, Creative Initiatives at US Law Schools (all the papers may be found at http://ow.ly/O8YQJ).

Newer, cloud - based products like Boundless, not to mention Adobe Digital Publishing and other widely - available platforms, facilitate collaboration among faculty and even among law schools in developing and sharing content, while initiatives like CALI's eLangdell («eBooks for Legal Edcuation») make available to faculty and students everywhere professional, scholarly content on a Creative Commons licence, intended for incorporation into digital legal casebooks and textbooks.

«By enabling local, creative initiatives focused on social good to grow, we promote a culture of self - sufficiency and empowerment, not dependency.

Newman is committed to social justice, creative pedagogical approaches, and to serving marginalized communities in the Miami area and beyond, and her initiatives have focused on the Haitian diaspora, veterans» rights, pediatric care, and more.

Through websites such as Kickstarter, which let entrepreneurs and creatives solicit funding from investors, and initiatives on GoFundMe to help someone in need of medical help or for a legal matter, by now most of us are familiar with crowdfunding.