Sentences with phrase «pursue careers as artists»

In the decades after World War II, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women than ever before to pursue careers as artists.

In the decades after World War II, societal shifts made it possible for larger numbers of women to pursue careers as artists.

A source told us Vincent is seeking the house and a sizeable settlement in the divorce, arguing that he gave up aggressively pursuing his career as an artist to stay at home and allow her to develop her successful career.

Episodic passages reveal how her flourishing talent is first recognized by her principal and later by a county - art - fair overseer, who persuades Savage to pursue a career as an artist in New York City.

Despite facing opposition from his father, who feared painting was not a lucrative career, and his own financial struggles, Dumont continued to pursue a career as an artist.

As a teenager I was inspired to pursue a career as an artist.

Jayne Holsinger left Mishawaka, Indiana, in the late 1970s for New York to pursue a career as an artist.

Fujiwara recounts his unforgettable experience with the work, which led him to pursue a career as an artist and simultaneously reach the epiphany of his own sexual awakening.

He worked in New York galleries for ten years, leaving his position as Director of Graphics and Photography at Marlborough Gallery in 1986 to pursue a career as an artist.

Academically trained in architecture, Paris was a primary school teacher in Meta, Colombia, before pursuing a career as an artist.

She later gave birth to two sons whom she brought up more or less single - handed while pursuing her career as an artist.

Abstract painter James Hyde was born in Philadelphia, and moved to New York City at eighteen years of age to pursue a career as an artist.

I will continue to draw and paint, and pursue my career as an artist.

While working in the Philadelphia education system, Freelon continued to pursue a career as an artist in his own right.

Abstract painter James Hyde was born in Philadelphia, and moved to New York City in the late 70's to pursue a career as an artist.

He then taught art at Grossmont High School in San Diego for two years, but returned to school to pursue his career as an artist.

Johns studied briefly (1947 — 48) at the University of South Carolina at Columbia and then moved to New York City to pursue a career as an artist.

Caught between choices of pursuing a career as an artist or entering various trades

Faced with a dilemma between completing his studies and pursuing a career as an artist, Laib chose to do both.

After taking residence in the United States, he received a MFA from Bard College and pursued his career as an artist, landing well - deserved solo shows everywhere from Dallas to Montevideo to Brooklyn.

George L. K. Morris studied art and literature at Yale and pursued a career as both an artist and a writer.

He later studied history of art at Cambridge before moving to London to pursue a career as an artist.

The compensation awarded to Julie will help her to secure the support she needs to move forward and in particular to continue to pursue her career as an artist.»

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He now serves as a national spokesperson for the AAN, while pursuing a post-football career as a recording artist and motivational speaker.

London - born artist Caroline Gold began her career as a TV producer, but quit to pursue her dream to be a full - time painter.

As a graphic designer, Diana Lu Barabe didn't let the stigma of becoming a starving artist stop her from pursuing a creative career field.

Founded in 2001 by composer Elmer Bernstein, the Film Music Foundation has supported the Film Music Program since 2013, which aims to foster greater appreciation for film composition and greater diversity among artists who are pursuing film composition as a viable, sustainable career path and an opportunity to reach wide audiences.

Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of.

Creative writing has been a part of his life for many years, as he enjoyed writing plots and stories for the various RPG games he played with friends as a teenager, and creating stories within his English classes at school.Following his education, Andrew eventually found work as a Freelance, and then in - house artist, while also pursuing a side career in wedding Photography before returning to full time freelance work.

A self - taught artist, Mulder describes himself at an artistic «dabbler», having pursued a career as a stand - up comedian, and specializing for many years doing people and pet portraiture as well as writing poetry.

I'm now (and finally) taking the steps to pursue my career as a full - time and successful artist, and the first step was quitting my regular, non-creative job.

That achievement in the arts, as in any field of endeavor, demands struggle and sacrifice, no one would deny; that this has certainly been true after the middle of the 19th century, when the traditional institutions of artistic support and patronage no longer fulfilled their customary obligations, is undeniable: one has only to think of Delacroix, Courbet, Degas, van Gogh and Toulouse - Lautrec as examples of great artists who gave up the distractions and obligations of family life, at least in part, so that they could pursue their artistic careers more singlemindedly.

While other artists this season pursue darker, more obscure visions, Robert S. Neuman does it the hard way, by navigating the twists and turns in along career as a painter.

Her great success opened the way for larger numbers of women to pursue serious careers as artists.

Pamela Jenrette (bumpy acrylic abstraction that looks like a décollage; the website of Artists Space, where she had a show, notes that she gave up art to «pursue a successful career as a freelance makeup and hair stylist»)

«A Colossal World» is the first of a four - part exhibition series as part of WhiteBox's 20th Anniversary, entitled EXODUS: Émigré Artists and the New York Vanguard, highlighting the artistic contributions of artists who have emigrated to New York to pursue their careers from four countries and regions — Japan, China, former Yugoslavia, and Mexico and Latin AArtists and the New York Vanguard, highlighting the artistic contributions of artists who have emigrated to New York to pursue their careers from four countries and regions — Japan, China, former Yugoslavia, and Mexico and Latin Aartists who have emigrated to New York to pursue their careers from four countries and regions — Japan, China, former Yugoslavia, and Mexico and Latin America.

After his graduation with a BFA in painting from the School of Visual Arts in New York, Michael Reeder pursued a career as a professional artist.

The drawings span a fascinating decade in Warhol's artistic development, when he closed the door on his successful graphic - design career to pursue, wholeheartedly, a career as a fine artist.

I was unsure about pursuing a career in art before I saw works by other contemporary artists of African descent, such as Wangechi Mutu, Julie Mehretu, Kerry James Marshall, Chris Ofili, Yinka Shonibare, and El Anatsui.

pinhole exposure, 2005, pinhole photograph, 9-1/2» x 9-1/2» A photographer in Newark, Delaware, Breslin decided to leave her first career as an academic psychiatrist to pursue a second career as an artist.

The conversations flowed between Jennifer's experiences as a working artist as well as the students» endeavors to pursue careers in art.

Georgina Davis worked as a commercial artist for over thirty years, at a time when few women were able to pursue independent careers in the arts.

Born in Westphalia, Germany, Albers began his career as an elementary school teacher before pursuing his studies as an artist.

Regarded as one of the foremost postwar American artists, Stella has pursued his career over five decades, creating prints, sculpture, and works on canvas.

With Rothko an influence, Morico spent years painting abstract expressionist paintings after graduating in 1994 from Paier College of Art in Hamden while pursuing a career as a graphic artist, including on a freelance basis the past 10 years.

When his grant money ran out, Kanevsky decided to commit to pursuing a career as a full - time artist.

From the beginning of his career as an artist A.R. Penck has pursued an intense interest in systems, structures and the forces that govern them.

Although the Dallas Nine ceased to operate as a group after its members scattered to pursue careers throughout the state and beyond, artists from that circle continued to do meaningful work and exerted a powerful influence over a new generation of artists through their positions as teachers and museum administrators.

Through a competitive application process, 15 artists who demonstrate potential and readiness to pursue a career as a working artist will be selected for this professional development program.

In addition to his career as a fine artist, Beer has been pursuing a career in critical writing.