Edward Hopper “Approaching a City” 1946 oil on canvas 27 x 36
Edward Hopper – Born July 22, 1882 Nyack, New York (USA)
Edward Hopper started out as a commercial artist and illustrator. He later was drawn to painting American Realism. Hopper depicted a mood and sense of isolation and alienation within urban cities.
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James McNeill Whistler - Born July 11, 1834 Lowell, Massachusetts
He is considered the first major American artist to earn an international reputation. He played an important part in popularizing Impressionism in Great Britain and North America.
A Local Educator Embarks on Trip to Bangladesh to Explore Climate Change with High School Students from the United States
Linda Stern, an Art Teacher at Bronx High School for the Visual Arts, has been selected for the pilot year of the American Youth Leadership Program with Bangladesh, an experiential education program involving travel and study in Bangladesh regarding climate change. She will spend her holiday break traveling to Bangladesh with 4 other educators and 30 student youth leaders from around the United States in a prestigious program visiting communities and organizations affected by climate change and seeing the impact firsthand. Such visits will include meeting farmers dealing with the loss of their farmland, and a firsthand look at the destruction of habitat in the Sundarbans nature reserve. The group will also learn about Bangladeshi culture and participate in service learning projects with Bangladeshi students.
The immersion trip is part of a prestigious initiative sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State called the American Youth Leadership Program (AYLP). World Savvy has partnered with the Bureau to run an AYLP with Bangladesh focused on climate change during the 2011-12 school year, with the goal of fostering mutual understanding, respect, and civic engagement among young Americans and their Bangladeshi peers. The AYLP with Bangladesh is a unique opportunity for 30 U.S. high school students and 5 U.S. educators to explore their interest in the critical issues of climate change, delving into the problem firsthand through a four-week trip to Bangladesh.
Upon return to the United States, youth leaders will implement action projects that they have designed during their Bangladeshi trip. Through enlisting the leadership of others in their schools and communities, they will transfer learning from their time spent abroad to their local environment, sparking change at home to address an issue affecting people globally.
Linda Stern Wins Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship
For Bronx High School for the Visual Arts
Bronx, New York, June 07, 2010 – Local visual arts teacher Linda Stern has been selected to receive a $5,500 Fellowship from the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program. Bronx High School for the Visual Arts, where Ms. Stern has taught for 6 years, also has been awarded a complementary grant of $1,500 to support post-fellowship activities in the school.
The Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program (SATF), a venture of the Surdna Foundation’s Thriving Cultures Program, recently announced Fellowship recipients for the tenth round of its national awards. Fifteen outstanding arts teachers, representing 14 specialized public arts high schools and arts-focused magnet and charter high schools from around the country, were selected from an initial pool of 67 applicants. The teachers excel in a broad spectrum of visual, performing, and literary arts.
Award recipients were evaluated by a peer review panel based on demonstrated excellence both as artists and teachers. All permanently assigned, full- and part-time arts faculty in eligible arts high schools were invited to submit applications.
Ms. Stern plans to use the money to immerse herself in the artist community at Split Rock Arts Program, MN, exploring digital textile design and photography techniques that will help develop a new body of work.
“I am honored to have been awarded this Fellowship. For me, art is about showing people how to view something in a way that differs from their own vision. Creating a new body of work is rejuvenating and I look forward to sharing the process with my students,” said Ms. Stern. “In these difficult financial times when funding for art supplies and partnerships are being cut in New York City public schools — I feel very fortunate that Surdna will provide my school with a grant so I can continue to create rich and meaningful art experiences for students in underserved areas of Bronx.”
“We’re thrilled to be able to offer these Fellowships to teachers of the arts. By focusing on their own creative work and interacting with professional artists and colleagues, these teachers are exposed to new ideas and practices that they can carry back to the classroom. After ten rounds of Fellowships—and close to 200 Fellows—we’ve witnessed the transformative effect of the Fellowship experience on both the individuals and the schools,” said Ellen B. Rudolph, Program Director for Thriving Cultures, Surdna Foundation.
About the Surdna Foundation
The Surdna Foundation, a national family foundation established in 1917, seeks to foster just and sustainable communities in the United States—communities guided by principles of social justice and distinguished by sustainable environments, strong local economies, and thriving cultures.
One focus of the Surdna Foundation’s Thriving Cultures program is to strengthen the artistic abilities of teens while addressing the isolation and lack of opportunities for artistic advancement for young people from disadvantaged communities. Surdna hopes that these teens will contribute to the artistic fabric of the United States and to the evolution of new art forms. The goal of the Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program is to support the artistic revitalization of their arts teachers. Surdna strives to help them increase their effectiveness as they guide and train young people for careers or advanced study.
