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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

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New Haven, "The Federal Art Project in New Haven: [Derived Headline]
New Haven Register; 4/27/2007; Pat Ferrucci; 762 words ; New Haven, "The Federal Art Project in New Haven: The Era, Art & Legacy," through Sept. 1, Tuesdays-Frida ... gallery open by appointment, free, Grand Projects, 61 Lyon St., (203) 415-4605. New Haven ... m., Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free, Art & Architecture Building, Yale University ... City ... Read more
The ARTS compendium: FHWA's electronic rural ITS project tracking system. (Advanced Rural Transportation Systems; Federal Highway Administration; Intelligent Transportation Systems)
Public Roads; 11/1/1997; Belfor, Galina Chen, Lee-Jane Liu, Charles Pisano, Paul Singleton, Eileen; 1962 words ; ... the ARTS Program development, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) created ... compilation of a variety of ITS project types from planning studies to federally funded field operational tests. The compendium includes projects being planned for and implemented ... scroll up and down through all ... Read more
Federal Reserve site developer has had a long, colorful career; Art Petrie is known for developing undervalued properties. But not every project has worked out.(NEWS)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 1/7/2000; Wieffering, Eric Tevlin, Jon; 1586 words ; ... remembers the first time he met Art Petrie. It was 1978, and Petrie ... from Mankato to look or act like Art did, Goldstein said. Petrie has ... associated with some high-profile projects that left dissatisfied public ... paid just $500,000 for the former Federal Reserve Bank and its prime ... Read more
NORTON GETS LARGE INCREASE IN FEDERAL MATCH FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AND MONEY FOR FIRST SOUTHEAST PERFORMING ARTS
Capitol Hill Press Releases; 10/15/1999; 669 words ; ... 1999 NORTON GETS LARGE INCREASE IN FEDERAL MATCH FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AND MONEY FOR FIRST SOUTHEAST PERFORMING ... today passed a one-year extension of a federal provision that the Congresswoman won ... project in his appropriation. This project will compliment the redevelopment ... Read more
Federal Agency Halts Art Project
The Washington Post; 6/22/1996; Jacqueline Trescott; 515 words ; ... two sculptors to stop their work on projects approved two years ago for the mammoth new Federal Triangle building. The artists, saying ... collections of the National Gallery of Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and the Corcoran ... Pentagon. The tenants will include federal agencies as well as commercial ... Read more
ARCHITECT SAW WATER, WAVES, WINGS, SAILS Museum addition grew out of location; Talented designer has impressive resume of projects SANTIAGO CALATRAVA Born: 1951, Valencia, Spain. Education: Studied art, architecture in Valencia, with graduate courses, urban studies, civil engineering; Ph.D., technical science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Honorary doctorates: University Politechnic Valencia; University of Seville; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. Architectural offices: Zurich, Switzerland; Paris, France; Valencia, Spain. Major design projects: Completion of Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York; Stadelhofen Railway Station, Zurich, Switzerland; Lyon Airport Railway Station, France; Science Centre Museum, Planetarium, Valencia; Kuwait Pavilion, Expo '92, Seville, Spain; BCE Place, Galleria and Heritage Square, Toronto; Tenerife Concert Hall, Canary Islands. Exhibits of personal work: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1992; also, art, architecture museums in London, Tokyo, Moscow, Copenhagen, Munich, Stockholm, Rotterdam and Zurich.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/10/1996; JAMES AUER; 967 words ; ... Calatrava's bravura scheme dreamed up in consultation with the architect of record, David Kahler, and the art museum's professional staff found an immediate and positive response among administrators, curators and potential donors. "He took us where we really didn't expect to go," said Russell Bowman, the art ... Read more
Something is rotten in Winnipeg.(federal aid to dubious art projects)
Alberta Report; 10/4/1999; WITTMEIER, CARMEN; 759 words ; ... Patrick Close, Regina fine arts photographer and head of the jury of professional peers that selected Ms. Thorneycroft's project, says the artist was chosen for her technical expertise, the strength of past exhibitions and the potential of her ideas ... Thorneyrcroft is used to buy time for her to conduct research. The ... Read more
Discipline before discipline-based art education: federal support, curricular models, and the 1965 Penn State Seminar in Art Education.
Arts Education Policy Review; 7/1/2002; Marche, Theresa; 7128 words ; ... standards-driven education, some art educators are caught up in the--project of using assessment to drive educational ... its appropriateness to the field, art instructors are expected to keep ... marginalization, to vie for the federal dollars attached to standards/assessment ... series of curriculum ... Read more
Models for assessing art performance (MAAP): A K-12 project
Studies in Art Education; 7/1/2003; Dorn, Charles M; 8580 words ; ... institutions in a partnership with K-12 public school art teachers in the field. In addition, this effort ... produced substantially increased interactions among art education faculty in these institutions. It also ... philosophies while stimulating the development of the project. The collaboration among ... Read more
OPPORTUNITY, EXPERIENCE, AND RECOGNITION: BLACK PARTICIPATION IN PHILADELPHIA'S NEW DEAL ARTS PROJECTS, 1936-1942.
The Journal of Negro History; 9/22/2000; Jarvis, Arthur R.; 5148 words ; ... Friday evening performance encouraged project officials to contact Hallie Flanagan ... packed house for the Philadelphia Federal Theatre Finale. [18] At the end of the performance federal marshals padlocked the theatre so ... personal clothing and makeup. [19] Federal Theatre in Philadelphia was a ... Read more

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