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Asian & Indian art from "The Collection of Walter and Nesta Spink" highlight Moran's 2-day Traditional Collector sale!

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- John Moran Auctioneers is pleased to present the highly-anticipated 2-day sale, The Traditional Collector: Featuring The Collection of Walter and Nesta Spink taking place Tuesday, April 9th & Wednesday, April 10th, 2024, at 12:00pm PDT. The auction will include fine and decorative art, furnishings, tableware, lighting, clocks, and 176 lots of Asian and Southeast Asian works from private collections, beginning with property from Walter and Nesta Spink—two highly respected figures in the world of art history, academia, and collecting. Walter's scholarly focus on early Buddhist art and architecture, particularly at the Ajanta Caves in western India, reshaped our understanding of these ancient sites. 

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  • The auction will include fine and decorative art, furnishings, tableware, lighting, clocks, and 176 lots of Asian and Southeast Asian works from private collections, beginning with property from Walter and Nesta Spink—two highly respected figures in the world of art history, academia, and collecting.
  • Walter's scholarly focus on early Buddhist art and architecture, particularly at the Ajanta Caves in western India, reshaped our understanding of these ancient sites.
  • Day one will include 176 lots of Asian and Southeast Asian works from private collections.
  • Coming from the 5th/6th century from Óc Eo Region, Vietnam is lot 1002, a buff sandstone figure of Kubera, valued at $20,000-30,000.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Announces Jiseon Lee Isbara as Next President

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Friday, February 16, 2024
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CHICAGO, Feb. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a leader in art and design education, today announced Jiseon Lee Isbara as the School's next president, completing a successful national search. Jiseon, who currently serves as the provost of Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, will step into the role that will be vacated by Elissa Tenny upon her retirement.

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  • CHICAGO, Feb. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), a leader in art and design education, today announced Jiseon Lee Isbara as the School's next president, completing a successful national search.
  • Jiseon, the second woman to serve as president in SAIC's 158-year history, comes to the School with extensive experience in higher education and the arts.
  • "SAIC is composed of a community of diverse people, philosophies, pedagogies, and goals, and I am honored to serve as the School's next president," said Jiseon.
  • "I am so thrilled that Jiseon will serve as the next president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago," said Board of Trustees Chair Denise B. Gardner.

Subaru of America and AAAS Announce Winners of 2024 Prize for Excellence in Science Books

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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CAMDEN, N.J. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. , and the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, today announced the 2024 winners of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books .

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  • CAMDEN, N.J. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. , and the American Association for the Advancement of Science , the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, today announced the 2024 winners of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books .
  • "AAAS believes that, through good science books, this generation, and the next, will have a better understanding and appreciation of science," said Sarah Ingraffea, the AAAS/Subaru Book Prize Award manager at AAAS.
  • Awards are given in four categories: Children's Science Picture Book, Middle Grades Science Book, Hands-on Science Book and Young Adult Science Book.
  • With today's announcement, the AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books has now honored 76 books and more than 100 authors and illustrators.

State Department Announces 2023-2024 Fulbright Top Producing Institutions

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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Fulbright Top Producing Institutions are grouped by Carnegie Classification, and represent the range of institutions engaging with the Fulbright Program and ensuring its broad impact on American communities across the country.

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  • Fulbright Top Producing Institutions are grouped by Carnegie Classification, and represent the range of institutions engaging with the Fulbright Program and ensuring its broad impact on American communities across the country.
  • Lee Satterfield, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, commended the honorees: "Fulbright's 2023-24 Top Producing Institutions represent the diversity of America's higher education community.
  • The institutions with the highest number of U.S. Scholars within their classification were California State Polytechnic University, Kirkwood Community College (Iowa), Middlebury College (Vermont), the Pennsylvania State University, Salem State University (Massachusetts), and Western Washington University.
  • For more information and stories about the Fulbright Top Producing Institutions, and to view the full list of institutions, visit the Fulbright Top Producing Institutions website .

Aliza Shvarts Named as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's New Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts Director

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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CHICAGO, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago , a leader in art and design education, today announced the appointment of artist and theorist Aliza Shvarts as the School's new Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts director.

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  • CHICAGO, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago , a leader in art and design education, today announced the appointment of artist and theorist Aliza Shvarts as the School's new Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts director.
  • Shvarts' work takes a queer and feminist approach to reproductive labor and language and often focuses on the circulation of speech in the digital age.
  • Before coming to SAIC, she served as director of artist initiatives at Creative Capital and taught at the Parsons School of Design.
  • For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world's most influential artists, designers, and scholars.

The 2024 AXA Art Prize US is Open for Submissions

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
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NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.

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  • NEW YORK, Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA XL is pleased to announce the seventh edition of the AXA Art Prize in the United States.
  • The submission period ends March 6, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT
    Since its launch in 2018, the AXA Art Prize US has become a career-launching platform for young and emerging artists whose work is judged by some of the most influential art curators, critics, and collectors in the country.
  • The 40 finalists will comprise the AXA Art Prize US Exhibition, which goes on view in New York in November 2024.
  • The breadth and stature of its Exhibition Juries and Prize Juries have been a hallmark of the Prize since its inception.

SPR Partners with the School of Art Institute of Chicago to Improve Admissions Decisions after Donating $50K Worth of Machine Learning Services

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
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CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SPR, a technology modernization firm focused on driving exceptional custom technology and digital experiences, and the School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) announced today the results of its recent partnership aimed at using machine learning technology to uncover potential correlations between student engagement at SAIC and enrollment decisions.

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  • Last year, SPR donated $50,000 worth of machine learning services to the SAIC as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
  • Looking to improve its capacity to predict the decisions of students who are offered admissions, the SAIC had developed its own machine learning models prior to partnering with SPR.
  • The School of Art Institute of Chicago plans to implement this new data and strategic approach to its admissions process moving forward.
  • For more information on this project or additional machine learning services, visit SPR's website .

Northern Trust Anchor Award Goes to Nourishing Hope

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Thursday, November 16, 2023
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231116374629/en/
    The Northern Trust Anchor Award (Photo: Business Wire)
    The Anchor Award aims to build the capacity of highly effective nonprofit organizations with a grant designed to strengthen infrastructure, systems, skills and resources.
  • The Award is a new facet to Northern Trust’s nearly 135-year history of philanthropic support, including nearly $170 million over the past decade.
  • “We’re deeply honored to receive the first-ever Anchor Award from Northern Trust, a transformative investment in our work and impact,” Nourishing Hope CEO Kellie O’Connell said.
  • Northern Trust invited select past or current Northern Trust Foundation grantees to participate in the Anchor Awards process.

Sekile M. Nzinga Appointed Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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CHICAGO, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sekile M. Nzinga as vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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  • CHICAGO, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Sekile M. Nzinga as vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Reporting to the president, the vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion serves as a member of the executive leadership team.
  • "I am thrilled to accept this role, leading the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in its commitment to advance equity in the arts and education," said Nzinga.
  • "I am elated to welcome Sekile Nzinga as SAIC's new vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion," said President Elissa Tenny.

Venus Williams to Speak at ATD's 2024 International Conference & EXPO

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Venus Williams, tennis champion and serial entrepreneur, will deliver the closing keynote at the Association for Talent Development's 2024 International Conference & EXPO in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 22, 2024.

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  • The tennis champion and entrepreneur will be the closing keynote at the Association for Talent Development's 2024 International Conference & EXPO.
  • ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Venus Williams, tennis champion and serial entrepreneur, will deliver the closing keynote at the Association for Talent Development's 2024 International Conference & EXPO in New Orleans, Louisiana, on May 22, 2024.
  • The ATD International Conference & EXPO is the largest and best attended event for the talent development profession.
  • The 2024 conference, which will be offered in person and virtually, provides world-class speakers, thought leadership, and unprecedented networking and collaboration opportunities.