Institute for Humanist Studies) by Jan Lomnicki, among others. Warsaw Documentary Film Studio The Warsaw Documentary Film Studio (Wytwornia Filmow Dokumentalnych in Polish) is a Polish film production company. Founded in 1949 as a unit of the film monopoly Film Polski, the institution has operated as both school and producer for Poland's leading documentary filmmakers. Throughout the 1950s, the studio produced documentaries and newsreels for Polish Newsreels (Polska Kronika Filmowa). The studio also produced material for the Polish national television network, Telewizja Polska, as well as numerous promotional and commercial films for industry. At the beginning of the 1960s, the studio began developing 	Warsaw Documentary Film Studio
15894722	Peter Pearson (painter) Peter Pearson (painter) Peter Pearson is an American icon painter, author, and teacher of icon painting. He has created hundreds of icons for private collectors, churches, and other institutions throughout the world. Through his workshops and seminars, he has worked with more than 2,500 students. His workshops give even the most inexperienced painter the skills to paint their own icon. He began painting icons at the age of twelve and has studied under Russian icon painter Dr. Nina Bouroff in Bethesda, Maryland and Philip Zimmerman at the St. John of Damascus School of Sacred Arts, an Orthodox school of icon 	Peter Pearson (painter)
15894723	painting in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. He also trained with Valentin Streltsov of Toronto, Canada, Nicholas Papas in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Father Damian Higgins at the Sisters of Saint Basil Monastery, Fox Chase, Pennsylvania, Xenia Pokrovsky at Saint Tikhon's Monastery in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, at the Iconography Institute at Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon, where he studied with Charles Rohrbacher of Juneau, Alaska, with Michael Kapeluck of Carnegie, Pennsylvania, and Philip Davydov of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Pearson also studied architectural drafting and color at the International Institute of Design in Washington, D.C., and theology, with a specialization in liturgical studies, at St. 	Peter Pearson (painter)
15894724	John's Seminary in Boston, Georgetown University, and at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he graduated magna cum laude, completing a Master of Divinity degree in 1995. His course work included specialized studies on the history of church architecture and liturgical vesture, the role of art in worship, as well as a full year on liturgical consultation. In early 2016, he received a Th. D. from The Providence Theological School. Pearson served a number of parishes as a priest over 25 years. Peter Pearson (painter) Peter Pearson is an American icon painter, author, and teacher of icon painting	Peter Pearson (painter)
15894725	Institute for Humanist Studies Institute for Humanist Studies The Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS) is a think tank based in Washington, DC, USA, that says it is committed to information and practices meant to address the sociopolitical, economic and cultural challenges facing communities within the United States and within a global context." IHS, consistent with the American Humanist Association and the International Humanist and Ethical Union, says that it understands humanism to be “a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of  humanity.” The IHS was established in 2009 as the successor of the Institute for Humanist Studies, Inc., in Albany, New York. The official symbol of the IHS is the “Happy Human” supporting the world. History. In June 1999, the Institute for Humanist Studies, Inc., was incorporated in the state of New York. With financial support from Larry Jones, the founding president of the institute, the organization began its work as an educational non-profit institute, with the purpose of providing information to policy makers and others in order to advance humanism as a life philosophy. Much of this information was  made available through its on line publication – Humanist Network News. In addition to information in the form of papers, etc., the institute also offered distance-learning opportunities through its on line “Continuum of Humanist Education” curriculum. With time, these courses were made available without cost to those interested in them. Furthermore, through its registered lobbyist, the Institute sought to promote humanism within New York State Legislation. Intentionally avoiding a framework based on membership, the Institute understood itself as thereby being free to partner with other humanist organizations without competition for members. Based on this approach, the Institute became a founding  member of the Secular Coalition for America. In addition to supporting these organizations through information, the institute also provided grants averaging between $10,000-$20,000 to humanist organization in support of the policy efforts and programming. Those receiving grants include: Secular Student Alliance; International Humanist and Ethical Youth Organization (Belgium); Prometheus Society of Slovakia, Bratislava; and the International Humanist and Ethical Union (London). In 2008, the Institute for Humanist Studies, Inc., began conversations with the American Humanist Association (AHA) with the purpose being a partnership with the AHA. In 2009, the conversations shifted to the possibility of the AHA taking over  the operations of the institute with the exception of its lobbying efforts. It was eventually decided in 2009 that the Institute should be reconstitute along the lines of a formal think tank, with another organization (The Humanist Institute) taking over its online classes. It was argued a formal think tank would be positioned to provide the humanist movement with information and other modes of assistance with the promotion of humanism in the United States and elsewhere. A meeting was held in Arizona in 2009 to map out the reconstituted Institute for Humanist Studies. Shortly after that meeting, a board of  directors was constituted, and Anthony Pinn was asked to serve as Director of Research. The first Programming Director was Diane Griffin, who served in that capacity during the first nine months of the institute. The vision statement for the new Institute was drafted and approved by the Board in November 2010. This document outlined the structure and purpose of the organization. Institute for Humanist Studies The Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS) is a think tank based in Washington, DC, USA, that says it is "committed to information and practices meant to address the sociopolitical, economic and cultural challenges facing communities