Sentences with phrase «secured as a museum»

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HIs contributions to our neighborhood have included «securing financing through the State's Secured Hospital Revenue Bond Program so that Flushing Hospital Medical Center and Jamaica Hospital and Medical Center could modernize and expand; providing the Lifeline Center for Child Development with a permanent home; securing the financial support that has enabled the Bayside Historical Society to undertake its restoration of the Fort Totten Officers Club; creating the Colonial Farmhouse Restoration Society to operate the former Adriance Farm Site as the Queens Farm Museum and transferring 52 acres of surrounding land to New York City for permanent use as horticultural - agricultural parklands; and providing land for the Cross Island YMCA to expand, for the Hollis - Bellaire - Queens Village - Bellerose Little League to own their ball fields and for Catholic Charities of the Brooklyn - Queens Diocese to develop senior citizen housing in Bellerose.

He occasionally confided in museum colleagues, as in a 1921 letter to paleontologist W. D. Matthew stating that he had «an exciting time in Turkey, and secured much desired data for the State Department.»

ABOUT THE VENUE The organisers are delighted to have secured the Flett Theatre at the Natural History Museum in London as the main venue for our conference.

We are feverishly working to get everything done in time: finalizing the items to be displayed, securing loan materials from other museums, and even recreating settings from the novel, such as Dr. Manette's shoe workshop and the guillotine platform where Sydney Carton meets his end.

Panel: «Blockchain Horizons» at the New Museum This discussion, organized by Rhizome, will focus on the cultural implications of blockchains, which are, as a release defines, «distributed databases, secure and transparent by virtue of peer - to - peer networks that collectively validate each entry.»

The addition of a piece by such a distinguished artist as Hito Steyerl marks an important moment in this journey and has enabled Glasgow Museums to secure a brilliant and poignant work for the city and Scotland.

He was so inspired that he started painting well before I had the New Museum of Contemporary Art secured as a venue.

Prior to joining Artpace, Kanjo served as the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Portland Art Museum (1996 - 1999) where she managed a lively contemporary art program within the city's general museum, and secured selected acquisitions by such artists as Robert Irwin, Michael Lazarus, Claes Oldenburg, Diana Thater, among oMuseum (1996 - 1999) where she managed a lively contemporary art program within the city's general museum, and secured selected acquisitions by such artists as Robert Irwin, Michael Lazarus, Claes Oldenburg, Diana Thater, among omuseum, and secured selected acquisitions by such artists as Robert Irwin, Michael Lazarus, Claes Oldenburg, Diana Thater, among others.

He was selected as the Official War Artist for Iraq in association with the Imperial War Museum in 2003 and participated in Documenta as well as securing several major solo exhibitions, including the Fondazione Prada and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Specializing in: • Developing exhibitions internationally, securing loans from institutions and private collections • Strategic planning and project management for museums and foundations • Site - specific installations by artists, designers and architects • Building and developing institutional and private collections of contemporary and modern art globally • Creating strategic partnerships between private funding sources, museums and cultural institutions • Initiate and oversee local and global fundraising projects • Collaborate and facilitate with partnering institutions • Serving as active board member in the private and public sector • Historic building preservation and conservation

University of Chicago PhD candidate, Max Koss, explains how the Kress Foundation's 1973 gift, secured by Edward Maser, helped shape the Smart Museum's collection and status as an exemplary teaching institution.

Recent acquisition of works by Museum More and his subsequent solo exhibition, Enter The Void, has secured his position as a master of photo realism.

By 1951, when the Whitney Museum of American Art mounted «Arshile Gorky: Memorial Exhibition,» Gorky's stature as an important modernist painter was secure.

Over eight years, she served as a curator and associate director at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, helping to secure its current location, in a former synagogue on the Grand Concourse.

Duncan Phillips passed away in 1966, to be succeeded him as museum director first by his wife Marjorie (in 1966), and then his son Laughlin (in 1972), who placed The Phillips Collection on a more secure footing.

In the hopes of fast - tracking technical research into the museum's 22 computer - based works — and using them as case studies to establish best practices for the field — the Guggenheim has just secured funding for a two - year fellowship dedicated to the Conserving Computer - Based Art (CCBA) initiative.

And curators from such prestigious institutions as the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art, the Malmö Konsthall and the Göteborgs Konstmuseum secured his works for their permanent collections.

Sehgal, who prohibited photographic or filmic documentation of his works, sold limited editions of his situations — editions were owned by the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, both in New York City, as well as by some private collectors — with a strict verbal agreement, discussed in a notary's presence, that secured his authority over installation, forbade documentation, and guaranteed fair wages to the interpreters.

On a similar note, Lynn Hershman's The Floating Museum operated from 1975 - 78 as a kind of nomadic, artist - run exhibition service, helping artists secure venues outside the confines of the white cube and execute one - night or short - term exhibitions in the San Francisco area, and later in venues abroad.

2001-11-25 04:00:00 PDT New York — As chief curator of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Gary Garrels secured a string of important additions to the museum's permanent collection, including major works by Rene Magritte, Piet Mondrian, Mark RMuseum of Modern Art, Gary Garrels secured a string of important additions to the museum's permanent collection, including major works by Rene Magritte, Piet Mondrian, Mark Rmuseum's permanent collection, including major works by Rene Magritte, Piet Mondrian, Mark Rothko,

«We would like to reassure you of our commitment to extending MOCA's legacy and international reputation as a preeminent contemporary art institution, to fulfilling the museum's mission, and to ensuring that it has a secure future both financially and artistically.»

This weekend the museum announced that it had secured roughly $ 200 million worth of art as «anniversary gifts,» on top of the $ 500 million in art recently pledged by the former Univision chairman Jerry Perenchio.

Research and secure event locations, meet with caterers regarding service and food options, inspect and order all flower arrangements, signage, AV equipment and photographers Key Highlights: • Manage and oversee Museum's annual fundraising event with financial success, serving as Point of Contact representative.