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WORK HISTORY Preservation; Activism; “Ignite Your
SARAH GISH GISH CREATIVE 1940-A FOUNTAINVIEW, SUITE 116 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057 www.gishcreative.com [email protected] WORK HISTORY Owner Gish Creative (www.gishcreative.com) 2000-present Founder and Creator IGNITE YOUR LIFE! art project and community campaign (www.igniteyourownlife.com) I9NITE!, Inc. (nonprofit associated with the art project) 2013-present (IYL) and 2016 (I9NITE!, Inc.) Publisher and Creator Gish Picks: Curated Culture for Kids and Adults (www.gishpicks.com) The Summer Book®: A Guide to Houston Day Camps and Classes for Kids and Teens (www.thesummerbook.com) 2003-present Writer/Advisor Local Houston Magazine (www.localhoustonmagazine.com) – “Gish at the Movies” CutureMap (www.culturemap.com) -- freelance Glasstire (www.glasstire.com) -- freelance Houston Community Newspapers (www.hcnonline.com) – “Gish Picks” Houston Family Magazine (www.houstonfamilymagazine.com) -- freelance My Table Magazine (www.my-table.com) – “Summer Camps for Kids” Texas Family Magazine (www.texasfamilyonline.com) -- freelance Zap Magazine for Kids (out of business) – freelance 1998-present Workshop Presenter/Speaker/Teacher (for adults and/or kids) Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer; The Jung Center; Body, Mind, and Soul store; Conoco Phillips; Shell; Chevron; Baker and Botts; Bioneers Conference; various parenting groups; The Coalition of Behavioral Health Services; Houston Area Community Services Inc./SEARCH; The Junior League of Houston; West University Parks and Recreation Department; Harris County Department of Education/AmeriCorps; -
LDS (Mormon) Temples World Map
LDS (Mormon) Temples World Map 155 operating temples · 14 temples under construction · 8 announced temples TEMPLES GOOGLE EARTH (KML) TEMPLES GOOGLE MAP TEMPLES HANDOUT (PDF) HIGH-RES TEMPLES MAP (GIF) Africa: 7 temples United States: 81 temples Alabama: 1 temple Aba Nigeria Temple Birmingham Alabama Temple † Abidjan Ivory Coast Temple Alaska: 1 temple Accra Ghana Temple Anchorage Alaska Temple † Durban South Africa Temple Arizona: 6 temples † Harare Zimbabwe Temple Gila Valley Arizona Temple, The Johannesburg South Africa Temple Gilbert Arizona Temple Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Mesa Arizona Temple † Temple Phoenix Arizona Temple Snowflake Arizona Temple Asia: 10 temples Tucson Arizona Temple† Bangkok Thailand Temple† California: 7 temples Cebu City Philippines Temple Fresno California Temple Fukuoka Japan Temple Los Angeles California Temple Hong Kong China Temple Newport Beach California Temple Manila Philippines Temple Oakland California Temple Sapporo Japan Temple Redlands California Temple Seoul Korea Temple Sacramento California Temple Taipei Taiwan Temple San Diego California Temple Tokyo Japan Temple Colorado: 2 temples http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/maps/ LDS (Mormon) Temples World Map Urdaneta Philippines Temple† Denver Colorado Temple Fort Collins Colorado Temple Europe: 14 temples Connecticut: 1 temple Hartford Connecticut Temple Bern Switzerland Temple Florida: 2 temples Copenhagen Denmark Temple Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple ‡ Frankfurt Germany Temple Orlando Florida Temple Freiberg Germany Temple Georgia: -
Binding People Together in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by James Thornock
Binding People Together in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints By James Thornock have never been happier than on January 3, ple in Nauvoo, Illinois, where the Church was I 2015—the day I was married in the Hous- based at the time. This temple was critical be- ton Texas Temple. This place remains in my cause it was the members’ only way of pro- memory as an edifice to my marriage and viding salvation for their ancestors. During to The Lord. Many thousand members of this time of crisis, church leaders concen- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day trated their efforts on keeping the Church Saints have had the opportunity to wor- together, thus preventing the immediate ship here, however, that was not always move to Texas. The next time Latter-day the case because Houston did not have Saints came in contact with the city of a temple until August of 2000. Temples Houston was approximately 1918.1 are vital to the worship of the Latter-day From the organization of The Church Saints, but with only 150 around the world, of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830, they are not always nearby. To qualify for a members were encouraged to immigrate to temple, a city must reach a certain level of the location of the church’s main body, which membership and church attendance. As a Founder of The Church of began in Palmyra, New York, but later includ- result, the Houston Church needed to grow Jesus Christ of Latter-day ed Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; Winter substantially following the arrival of the Saints, Joseph Smith. -
The Menil Collection Celebrates Return of Byzantine Frescoes with Public Events Honoring Sacred Works
THE MENIL COLLECTION CELEBRATES RETURN OF BYZANTINE FRESCOES WITH PUBLIC EVENTS HONORING SACRED WORKS Byzantine Fresco Chapel, Home to the Frescoes, Will Close Sunday, March 4, 2012 Bidding farewell to the frescoes, the Menil presents special programs on consecutive Sundays: a musical tribute on February 12th and a panel discussion February 19th Final Divine Liturgy with His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America: Saturday, March 3, 2012 Houston, TX – January 30, 2012 – The Menil Collection announced that March 4, 2012 will be the final day to see the Byzantine frescoes currently housed on its campus in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel, after which time they will be returned to the Orthodox Church of Cyprus. In celebration of the frescoes, their time in Houston, and the purpose-built Chapel that has been their home for fifteen years; the Menil will present special public events commemorating the return of this sacred art. The works, the largest intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western hemisphere, have been on long-term loan to the Menil from the Orthodox Church of Cyprus following their rescue by the Menil Foundation twenty-eight years ago. They are being returned to Cyprus following the conclusion of the loan agreement between the two parties. At the heart of the Menil’s mission is the belief that art and spirituality are powerful forces in contemporary society and central to a shared human experience—and that institutions have a responsibility to preserve and present objects as stewards, safeguarding their future. “We are honored to have been entrusted as stewards of these extraordinary frescoes and to have exhibited them for the people of Houston and the world in a remarkable building,” said Menil Director Josef Helfenstein. -
Pasadena Independent School District
PASADENA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Meeting of the Board of Trustees Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 5:30 P.M. AGENDA The Pasadena Independent School District Board of Trustees Personnel Committee will meet in Room L101 of the Administration Building, 1515 Cherrybrook, Pasadena, Texas on Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 5:30 P.M. I. Convene in a Quorum and Call to Order; Invocation; Pledge of Allegiance II. Adjournment to closed session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.074 for the purpose of considering the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer, employee, or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer or employee. III. Reconvene in Open Session IV. Adjourn The Pasadena Independent School District Board of Trustees Policy Committee will meet in the Board Room of the Administration Building, 1515 Cherrybrook, Pasadena, Texas on Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 5:30 P.M. I. Convene into Open Session II. Discussion regarding proposed policies III. Adjourn 1 The Board of Trustees of the Pasadena Independent School District will meet in regular session at the conclusion of any committee meetings on Thursday, October 29, 2015, in the Board Room of the Administration Building, 1515 Cherrybrook, Pasadena, Texas. A copy of items on the agenda is attached. I. Convene in a Quorum and Call to Order THE SUBJECTS TO BE DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED OR UPON WHICH ANY FORMAL ACTION MIGHT BE TAKEN ARE AS FOLLOWS: II. First Order of Business Section II 1. Adjournment to closed -
Center for Public History
Volume 8 • Number 2 • spriNg 2011 CENTER FOR PUBLIC HISTORY Oil and the Soul of Houston ast fall the Jung Center They measured success not in oil wells discovered, but in L sponsored a series of lectures the dignity of jobs well done, the strength of their families, and called “Energy and the Soul of the high school and even college graduations of their children. Houston.” My friend Beth Rob- They did not, of course, create philanthropic foundations, but ertson persuaded me that I had they did support their churches, unions, fraternal organiza- tions, and above all, their local schools. They contributed their something to say about energy, if own time and energies to the sort of things that built sturdy not Houston’s soul. We agreed to communities. As a boy, the ones that mattered most to me share the stage. were the great youth-league baseball fields our dads built and She reflected on the life of maintained. With their sweat they changed vacant lots into her grandfather, the wildcatter fields of dreams, where they coached us in the nuances of a Hugh Roy Cullen. I followed with thoughts about the life game they loved and in the work ethic needed later in life to of my father, petrochemical plant worker Woodrow Wilson move a step beyond the refineries. Pratt. Together we speculated on how our region’s soul—or My family was part of the mass migration to the facto- at least its spirit—had been shaped by its famous wildcat- ries on the Gulf Coast from East Texas, South Louisiana, ters’ quest for oil and the quest for upward mobility by the the Valley, northern Mexico, and other places too numerous hundreds of thousands of anonymous workers who migrat- to name. -
Mascot Champions*
Follow Butler Blue all month long. Use our bracket to pick the best mascot in all of the madness. mayorofmarch.com thebutlerblue @thebutlerblue 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite 8 Elite 8 Sweet 16 2nd Round 1st Round MAR 19-20 MAR 21-22 MAR 27-28 MAR 29-30 MAR 29-30 MAR 27-28 MAR 21-22 MAR 19-20 National Semifinals National Semifinals APRIL 3 APRIL 3 1 Gonzaga SPIKE Baylor JUDGE JOY and JUDGE LADY 1 16 NORF/APPST Hartford HOWIE the HAWK 16 8 Oklahoma BOOMER and SOONER MASCOT N. Carolina RAMSES 8 9 Missouri TRUMAN the TIGER CHAMPIONS* Wisconsin BUCKY BADGER 9 5 Creighton BILLY BLUEJAY APRIL 5 Villanova WILL D. CAT 5 12 UCSB OLÉ Winthrop BIG STUFF 12 4 Virginia CAVMAN Purdue PURDUE PETE 4 13 Ohio RUFUS the BOBCAT North Texas SCRAPPY EAGLE 13 6 USC TRAVELER Texas Tech RAIDER RED 6 11 WICH/DRKE Utah St. BIG BLUE 11 3 Kansas BIG JAY Arkansas TUSK V 3 14 E. Washington SWOOP Colgate RAIDER 14 7 Oregon THE OREGON DUCK Florida ALBERT GATOR 7 10 VCU RODNEY the RAM Va. Tech HOKIEBIRD 10 2 Iowa HERKY HAWKEYE Ohio St. BRUTUS BUCKEYE 2 15 G. Canyon THUNDER the ANTELOPE Oral Roberts ELI EAGLE 15 1 Michigan WOLVERINE Illinois FIGHTING ILLINI 1 16 MTSM/TXSO Drexel MARIO THE MAGNIFICENT 16 8 LSU MIKE the TIGER Loyola Chi. LU WOLF 8 9 St. Bona. BONA WOLF Georgia Tech BUZZ 9 5 Colorado RALPHIE the BUFFALO Tennessee SMOKEY 5 12 Georgetown JACK the BULLDOG Oregon St. -
Great Jones Street, 1958 Enamel on Canvas Collection of Irma and Norman Braman
Great Jones Street, 1958 Enamel on canvas Collection of Irma and Norman Braman Yugatan, 1958 Oil and enamel on canvas Private collection Delta, 1958 Enamel on canvas Private collection Jill, 1959 Enamel on canvas Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1962 Die Fahne hoch!, 1959 Enamel on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Schwartz and purchase with funds from the John I. H. Baur Purchase Fund, the Charles and Anita Blatt Fund, Peter M. Brant, B. H. Friedman, the Gilman Foundation, Inc., Susan Morse Hilles, The Lauder Foundation, Frances and Sydney Lewis, the Albert A. List Fund, Philip Morris Incorporated, Sandra Payson, Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht Saalfield, Mrs. Percy Uris, Warner Communications Inc., and the National Endowment for the Arts 75.22 Avicenna, 1960 Aluminum oil paint on canvas The Menil Collection, Houston Marquis de Portago (first version), 1960 Aluminum oil paint on canvas Collection of Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Creede I, 1961 Copper oil paint on canvas Collection of Martin Z. Margulies Creede II, 1961 Copper oil paint on canvas Private collection Plant City, 1963 Zinc chromate on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art; gift of Agnes Gund in memory of Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2008 1 Gran Cairo, 1962 Alkyd on canvas Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase with funds from the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art 63.34 Miniature Benjamin Moore series (New Madrid, Sabine Pass, Delaware Crossing, Palmito Ranch, Island No. 10, Hampton Roads), 1962 Alkyd on canvas (Benjamin Moore flat wall paint); six paintings Brooklyn Museum; gift of Andy Warhol 72.167.1–6 Marrakech, 1964 Fluorescent alkyd on canvas The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; gift of Mr. -
The Menil Collection Houston, Texas
The Menil Collection Houston, Texas Kristina Van Dyke Downloaded from http://direct.mit.edu/afar/article-pdf/40/3/36/1816098/afar.2007.40.3.36.pdf by guest on 28 September 2021 hen asked in 1982 about the collection she and her late husband, John, had formed, Dominique de Menil stated, “What characterizes my collection? Maybe a passionate curiosity for the past and also a vulnerability to poetry … poetry of images revealing the beauty and mystery of the world … W[I] am very moved by … art that … expresses the tragedy of man’s ephemeral condition” (de Menil 1983:50). At the time, Dominique de Menil was working with Renzo Piano on plans for The Menil Collection, the museum that would house the couple’s collection and manifest its poetry (Fig. 1). Thoughtful and meticulous, Dom- inique de Menil labored over every detail of the design and, when construction was complete in 1987, the installation of the collec- tion as well (Fig. 2). Her goals were clear: “I would like my collec- tion to be displayed in such a way that it opens new vistas, that it reveals ‘Terra Incognita’—islands beyond” (ibid.). The Menil Collection, with its 16,000 objects, is but one out- come of this French couple’s vision and philosophy. Intertwining art, social activism, and a profound spirituality, the de Menils left an indelible mark on their adopted city of Houston, both in the campus that houses their museum and related galleries and cha- pels, and in the effect their philanthropic projects had on various institutions in the city. -
Cougar Sign the Official Class
TRADITIONS COUGAR SIGN SHASTA, UH’S COUGAR MASCOT The “Cougar Sign,” is made by folding the ring finger of the right Between 1947 and 1989, five live cougars served as mascots; the tradition of a live hand toward the palm. The tradition dates back to 1953, when mascot was revived in 2011 with Shasta VI, our current living cougar mascot, who Shasta I, the presiding cougar mascot, lost a toe in a cage door resides in a beautifully-outfitted habitat at the Houston Zoo. Costumed Shasta on the way to a game. While at the game in Austin, the opposing mascots have been a tradition for half a century, becoming one of the first two team mocked UH by imitating the cougar’s injury. Cemented in costumed mascots in the country. The mascots do pushups after each Cougar 1976 with a 30-0 win over that same team, tradition tells Cougar touchdown scored, to match the total on the scoreboard. Fans count along as the faithful the paw is extended on the right hand to demonstrate mascots complete the pushups, and their voices are matched with the sounding unity among the UH community. of the Spirit Bell and the Spirit of Houston Marching Band’s music. THE OFFICIAL CLASS RING The class ring is presented each semester at a formal Ring Ceremony, an event held prior to both the December and May graduations. Tradition dictates that current students must wear the ring facing inward, with only alumni wearing the ring facing outward. Each class ring spends the night before the Ring Ceremony with our live mascot, Shasta VI, in the cougar habitat at the Houston Zoo. -
Emotional Healing and the Rothko Chapel a Progression Towards Depicting the Underlying Nature of Reality
Emotional Healing and the Rothko Chapel A Progression Towards Depicting the Underlying Nature of Reality By Marusa Nusa Petrovic A thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of BACHELOR OF ARTS In the Department of Humanities Marusa Nusa Petrovic, 2018 Tilburg University Liberal Arts and Sciences Supervisor: Dr. Lieke Wijnia Second Reader: Dr. David Janssens Table of Contents Introduction 1 Chapter One: The life of Mark Rothko and the Progression of his Artwork 2 Rothko’s Early Life and beginning of his Career as an Artist 3 The Development of Rothko’s Style 5 Earliest periods 6 The mythological Period and the Move to Abstraction 8 The Sublime Abstract Period 10 Rothko’s Chapel 15 Chapter Two: Rothko´s Intention in his Artwork 19 Chapter Three: The Philosophical and Psychological Background of Rothko’s Artwork: Nietzsche´s ‘’Birth of Tragedy’’ and Jung´s ‘’Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious’’. 25 Health and Healing 25 Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy 27 The Will 28 The Genius 29 Nietzsche’s Theory of the Dionysian and Apollonian 29 Jung’s Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious 31 The Individual unconscious 32 The Collective Unconscious 33 Jung’s Aesthetic Theory 35 Synthesis of Nietzsche’s and Jung’s Theory 37 Chapter Four: Experiences in the Chapel and the Interpretation of Rothko’s Artwork 38 Experiences 38 Christopher’s interpretation of Rothko’s Artwork 42 Chapter Five: Rothko’s Chapel and its Capacity to Heal 45 Conclusion 52 References 53 Videos 54 Images and Painitngs 54 Introduction Mark Rothko is an artist who has been characterized as an abstract expressionist. -
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks August 4, 2007 LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT Dedicated Hero of the Fort Worth Community Placeable Community Figure
E1776 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks August 4, 2007 LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT dedicated hero of the Fort Worth community placeable community figure. Marvin’s father OF 2007 and of our Nation. Abe, who openly opposed the Ku Klux Klan Cpl James H. McRae was a proud United and was a card-carrying member of the SPEECH OF States Marine and a true American hero who NAACP, helped instill in Marvin the values that HON. AL GREEN gallantly and selflessly gave his life for his made him so valued in the community. As a OF TEXAS country on July 24 during combat operations newsman, Marvin became a pioneer in con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in Diyala Province, Iraq. sumer reporting and a tireless advocate for James enlisted in the toughest of the mili- Tuesday, July 31, 2007 those who, without his assistance, would be tary branches during time of war, which without a voice in having their needs ad- Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, speaks volumes about his character and patri- dressed. I rise in strong support of H.R. 2831, the Lilly otism. Mr. Zindler initially came to prominence Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007, which will cor- Assigned to the Marine Expeditionary Force, through a week long special on the ‘‘Chicken rect a gross injustice done in the recent Su- James was a non-commissioned officer—the Ranch,’’ an illegal brothel just outside of La preme Court decision in the case Ledbetter v. backbone of the corps and a true leader. Grange, TX, that local authorities tolerated for Goodyear.