DEMAREST Mikhail Zakin Gallery "Contemporary Puppetry: The Language Inside," exhibition featuring the artwork of local, national and international puppetry artists.
Other educational efforts have already begun or are imminent, including an English-language Web exhibition for students 11 to 14 that highlights testimonies from survivors who were children during the Holocaust.
"Trying to come up with an exhibit topic that could make use of a variety of objects was a part of the equation, as well as an interest in the history of language and exhibitions".
The events are part of the British Library's Evolving English: One Language, Many Voices exhibition, the first show of its kind to explore language from Anglo-Saxon times to the rap of today.
The Lutheran Bible in effect created the German language, and the exhibition includes a copy of the 1541 version, signed by Luther and with his transcription of the 23rd Psalm on the flyleaf.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission said the site's developer, the Instituto Cervantes, a nonprofit cultural group created by the Spanish government, had not violated any laws or regulations while preparing to build an auditorium under the yard and renovate buildings around it to house a library, classrooms for language instruction and exhibition space.
Starting this Saturday, the Brooklyn-based Transfer Gallery will offer its space to A Bill Miller and Daniel Temkin, two new media artists who will use their new exhibition, Language and Code, to present new methods of "creative coding".
26 Words: an exhibition exploring the DNA of language Free Word Centre, London EC1R 3GA266 November-31 January 2014.
The money, which would come from a pool of $2 billion in federal financing administered by the corporation, would be used for domestic violence prevention programs, language classes, art exhibitions and other social services at the center.
