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• Why Universities Shouldn’t Act Like Commercial Art Galleries

  21-03-2019 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Art schools that commit to The MFA Fair by representing recent alumni in their first outing as professional artists are clearly endorsing the idea that “the market” is the dominant way for artists to make a living. This is misleading at best and completely irresponsible at worst. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Why Universities Should Act Like Commercial Art Galleries

  21-03-2019 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Art schools that commit to The MFA Fair by representing recent alumni in their first outing as professional artists are clearly endorsing the idea that “the market” is the dominant way for artists to make a living. This is misleading at best and completely irresponsible at worst. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Get Out The Pitchforks! What’s The Difference Between Criticism And Intimidating Work Out Of The Market?

  21-03-2019 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When it comes to Young Adult literature, what, precisely, is the difference between the marketplace of ideas and a Twitter mob?A group of unpaid readers—one with an undeniable personal investment in the Y.A. community—seems to be doing much of the work of critique that is usually first the task of agents and editors, and then that of booksellers and critics. But, when these particular readers do that work, they are derided as pitchfork-wielding hysterics.” – The N
  
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• North American Movie Box Office Set New Record In 2018 (But Worldwide Box Office Down)

  21-03-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Motion Picture Assn. of America said Thursday in its newly released annual survey that worldwide box-office ticket sales rose slightly by 1% to $41.1 billion for 2018. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• More And More Art Auctions Are Moving Online

  21-03-2019 21:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  This development reflects broader trends in the retail industry, where high-street shops are disappearing as more and more sales take place online. According to figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office, the ranks of e-shoppers are constantly swelling—about 80% of consumers in the Netherlands, the UK and Sweden purchase goods online.  – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Gigantor Devours The Movies: Disney Buys Fox And Extends Its Dominance

  21-03-2019 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  It is estimated that the merger gives Disney control of 40% of all theatrical box office and puts it in a position to take on the digital streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon and Apple.  – The Guardian
  
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• Big Gods, Little Gods – Do Cultures Get The Gods They Need?

  21-03-2019 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Anthropologists say small societies generally worship Gods who only need to be worshipped. Larger societies’ Gods have many more rules for how followers behave… – The Economist [registration]
  
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• Artist to facilitate 6 workshops for young people aged 8-13 / SPID Theatre Company / London

  21-03-2019 20:08
  SPID Theatre are looking for an artist to facilitate 6 workshops for our young people aged between 8 - 13 years old. The workshops are held every Tuesday between 4-6.30pm. The young people will be...
  
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• How This Dancer With Cerebral Palsy Stays Performance-Ready

  21-03-2019 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  As a dancer with hemiplegia cerebral palsy, Jerron Herman has never been far from the physical therapy room — or an occupational therapist or some kind of medical interventionist. ‘I’m almost always in deep conversation with that kind of practitioner,’ says Herman, who performs with Heidi Latsky Dance. It’s part of keeping his body ready to dance — and to move throughout his daily life. Herman shared his routine with [Rachel Rizzuto].” – Dance Mag
  
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• Just What Exactly Makes Bernard-Henri Lévy A Public Intellectual?

  21-03-2019 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  While Lévy’s ideas are unremarkable, his ability to claim public attention is striking. His lengthy career is a reminder that cultivating a controversial persona to build fame and fortune is hardly a technique invented by reality TV or social media.  – Quartz
  
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• When Gustav Mahler Rode The New York Subways

  21-03-2019 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Oh yes, he traveled by subway during his years (1908-11) as director of the New York Philharmonic. (He’d have taken one of the BMT lines to conduct at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and the now-gone Ninth Avenue El to get home on the Upper West Side.) “Yet claiming Mahler as a New Yorker … is complicated,” writes David Patrick Stearns. “Connect the dots one way, New York was Mahler’s nightmare and possibly his undoing. Connect the dots another way, and Mahler
  
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• The Warren 2019 Entry Level Theatre Technician / Otherplace Productions Ltd / South East

  21-03-2019 18:47
  DATES
  1 May – 2 June – Live Operation
  POTENTIAL CONTRACT EXTRAS £150 per day for build + break 19 April – 30 April – Build3...
  
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• Seattle Opera Gets A New General Director

  21-03-2019 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Christina Scheppelmann, who’s currently the artistic head of one of the top opera houses in Europe, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Spain, will become general director of Seattle Opera in August, succeeding Aidan Lang, who announced last fall that he would be leaving at the end of this season to become general director of the Welsh National Opera. – Seattle Times
  
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• Cultural Funds - Team Assistant / British Council / North West

  21-03-2019 18:09
  Main Opportunities and Challenges for this role:
   
  -  Completing financial tasks to enable grant payments to be made (e.g. creating grant vendors, raising purchase orders,...
  
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• Tees Valley Culture & Visitor Sector Analysis & Baseline Study / Tees Valley Combined Authority / North East

  21-03-2019 18:08
  Tees Valley Combined Authority is commissioning a package of analysis, baselining and recommendations in two separate – but interrelated – 'lots': one focusing on the Culture Sector and...
  
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• She Wasn’t Just A Pioneering Silent Film Director, She Was An Auteur — And Her Material Would Be Considered Sensitive Even Today

  21-03-2019 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Caryn James: “A nude scene! Abortion; birth control; prostitution! In the silent-movie era, Lois Weber’s films were shockingly ahead of their time – and also immensely popular. She wrote, directed, produced and sometimes starred in her films, and in 1916 was the highest paid studio director in the US, man or woman. She pioneered techniques including split screen and double exposure, for a time ran her own studio, and along with Alice Guy-Blach​é was one of the two
  
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• 'I feel like a pariah' – how art dealer Mary Boone fell from grace

  21-03-2019 17:54
  One of New York’s most renowned art dealers and gallerists is heading to prison for filing false tax returns and closing her gallery simultaneouslyMost of the art openings were a celebration during Armory week in New York, the city’s foremost art fair – but there was one that was bittersweet. The Mary Boone Gallery poured free wine for one of the last times before closing next month. Its famed gallerist will soon be sent off to federal prison for two and a half years after fili
  
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• Marketing Manager / New Victoria Theatre / South East

  21-03-2019 17:41
  We are seeking a proactive and creative individual with previous experience in marketing, preferably within the arts environment, to join our experienced team in a dynamic venue in the heart of...
  
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• British, Irish Theatres Step Up Dialog As Brexit Looms

  21-03-2019 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is of course a long history of interaction between the British and Irish theatres, and this looks certain to continue into the future — however Britain’s relationship with the EU (and thus with Ireland) evolves in the years ahead. – Clyde Fitch Report
  
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• Audience Research and Insight Manager (IWM London) / Imperial War Museums / London

  21-03-2019 17:23
  The Audience Research and Insight Manager will provide insight and analysis on IWM’s audiences and the wider marketplace to senior managers in order to assist with strategic planning and...
  
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• Casual Visitor Services Roles / The Place / London

  21-03-2019 17:08
  The Place, London’s boldest dance theatre and studio space, is looking for friendly and enthusiastic individuals to join our Visitor Services Team.  The team are the first point of contact...
  
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• Contemporary Connections by ArtNoble / Willesden Gallery / London

  21-03-2019 17:05
  Willesden Gallery is pleased to present Contemporary Connections curated by ArtNoble, a group exhibition displaying works by seven contemporary European artists.
  In a world constantly heading...
  
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• Carpenters / CT Creative / London

  21-03-2019 17:03
  Creative Site Carpenter FreelanceLooking for a change?If you are a carpenter / joiner with a creative eye? Would you like to turn your skills to something a little more bespoke and...
  
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• Ali Stroker Talks About Doing Broadway Musicals In A Wheelchair

  21-03-2019 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the 2015 Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening, Stroker became the first wheelchair-user Broadway actor, and she’s now playing Ado Annie (the girl who can’t say “no”) in the revisionist Daniel Fish staging of Oklahoma!. In a Q&A, she talks about what she sees her job as being (and not being) as a “mainstreamed” disabled performer, how she deals with a given theater’s accessibility issues, and showing the public a wheelchair-using character who&rs
  
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• Box Office Groups Co-ordinator / Bristol Old Vic & Theatre Royal Trust Ltd / South West

  21-03-2019 16:57
  Box Office Groups Co-ordinator
  Are you passionate about the arts with a flair for customer service? Then this could be the job for you!
  We’re after a keen new Groups Co-ordinator to join our...
  
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• Journeying Between 2019 / Tavaziva Dance / London

  21-03-2019 16:53
  After a successful first year of Tavaziva’s ‘Journeying Between’, 2019 has seen the launch of the second year of the project. See a short film of Journeying Between, year...
  
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• Digital Project Coordinator / Bristol & Bath Cultural Destinations / South West

  21-03-2019 16:48
  The Bristol and Bath Cultural Destinations Project seeks an enthusiastic, outgoing and confident person with a wide range of digital skills and experience, able to communicate well with digital...
  
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• Project Support Officer 40954 CESE / Norfolk County Council / East

  21-03-2019 16:45
  Project Support Officer 40954 CESE
  Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse, Dereham
  £17,504 - £19,326 per annum
  30 hours per week
  Fixed term contract until 24 April 2020
   
  A Project...
  
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• Managing Editor / The Reader / North West

  21-03-2019 16:45
  Based in Work at Home with regular visits to The Reader at Calderstones Park, L18 3JB, or work at Calderstones.
  Reporting to: DirectorSalary: pro rata £22,000 - £27,000 per annum...
  
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• PHP Developer / Royal Opera House / London

  21-03-2019 16:44
  Permanent contract
  Central to our digital presence is our responsive website, serving the digital needs of our audiences, customers and the ambitions of the organisation. The website is established...
  
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• Drawing Workshop: Sculptural Drawing - 1 April 2019, 7pm / City Arts (Nottingham) / East Midlands

  21-03-2019 16:44
  Learn a range of different drawing techniques in a friendly and supportive environment. In each session we will explore a different approach to drawing.
  Artist Amelia Daiz wants you to push the...
  
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• Senior Sound Tutor (1 Year Fixed Term Contract) / Mountview / London

  21-03-2019 16:40
  Mountview is one of the UK’s leading drama schools. We offer professional vocational training at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level in performance and production arts, alongside...
  
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• Infinity Mirror - Chris Dawes / The Muse Gallery / London

  21-03-2019 16:39
  The Muse Gallery proudly presents
  Infinity Mirror-Chris Dawes 
  4-20 April,
  Opening Night: 4 April,  6.30-9.00pm
   Where to start with selecting works for an exhibition when you have...
  
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• Freelance Technician / Marlborough Theatre / South East

  21-03-2019 16:33
  We are looking for freelance in-house technicians to work with us, facilitating companies’ get-ins, technical rehearsals and operating for shows programmed at our venue.
  Further information on...
  
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• Russian Collection Tour with Dr Louise Hardiman / Dorich House Museum / London / Kingston Vale

  21-03-2019 16:28
  RUSSIAN COLLECTION TOUR WITH DR LOUISE HARDIMAN
  FRIDAY 10 MAY, 11am
  Dorich House Museum will be holding a specialist tour focusing on the Russian collection acquired by the Hon. Richard Hare and...
  
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• Casual Administrative Assistant / Aesthetica Magazine / Yorkshire

  21-03-2019 16:27
  Salary £8.21 per hour.
  We are recruiting a casual Administrative Assistant to join our busy office in York city centre. You will provide administrative support, mainly to our marketing...
  
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• Kansas City Symphony Names A New Executive Director

  21-03-2019 16:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  He’s Daniel Beckley, who most recently was vice president and general manager of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.  Beckley succeeds Frank Byrne, who’s retiring this year after a 19-year tenure. 
  
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• Learning & Community Officer / The Courtauld Institute of Art / London

  21-03-2019 16:15
  Learning & Community Officer (4 years fixed term)
  The Courtauld Institute of Art is the UK’s leading institution for teaching and research into the History of Art, Architecture and the...
  
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• Instead Of Trashing Or Replacing Its Old-Style, Stereotyped Colonists-Meet-Indians Diorama, This Museum Is Interrogating It

  21-03-2019 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a 1939 diorama purporting to show a diplomatic meeting between governor Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam (today’s Manhattan) and some Lenape Indians, and — not everything in it is wrong (Stuyvesant really did have a pegleg), but in 2019, you can’t call it accurate. So the Museum decided to make the diorama an exhibit on old stereotypes, with labeling explaining the differences between what’s shown and what’s k
  
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• Executive Director / nonclassical / London

  21-03-2019 15:46
  nonclassical is looking for a new Executive Director with a passion for new music and a belief in developing artists, alongside the experience to develop the organisation strategically, artistically...
  
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• Event Assistants / Ugly Duck Spaces / London

  21-03-2019 15:37
  Event Assistants
  We are looking for Event Assistants to support with the set up and operation of the exhibition. The tasks will include artist co-ordination, guest relations and invigilation plus...
  
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• It’s Official: André Aciman’s Sequel To ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Will Hit Shelves This Fall

  21-03-2019 15:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  Says a statement from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, “In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio’s father Samuel, now divorced, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train leads to a relationship that changes Sami’s life definitively. Elio soon moves to Paris where he too has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a professor in northern New England with sons who are nearly grown, suddenly finds himself contemp
  
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• Project Delivery Manager (ScM) / Science Museum Group / London

  21-03-2019 15:30
  Are you an organised, client-focused, superstar who can ‘Think Big’ when it comes to projects?
   
  At Science Museum Group, we are committed to keeping our collections accessible and...
  
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• Volunteer Technicians / Ugly Duck Spaces / London

  21-03-2019 15:27
  JOIN US
  Ugly Duck are curating an immersive exhibition at their Victorian Warehouse in London Bridge looking at how technology affect human behavior. The exhibition will be hosting 30 artists from...
  
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• Major Programmes Assistant / Film Hub Midlands / East Midlands

  21-03-2019 15:10
  Do you have a passion for independent cinema and appetite to learn in a busy project based role?
  Film Hub Midlands is currently recruiting for a part-time Programme Assistant who will be responsible...
  
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• James Dapogny, Who Brought Musicology Skills To Early Jazz, Dead At 79

  21-03-2019 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  In addition to performing as a solo pianist and bandleader, “he applied his vast knowledge of music to transcribing early jazz works from recordings, most notably in his 1982 book Ferdinand ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton: The Collected Piano Music, which helped fuel a rediscovery of Morton (1890-1941), who had fallen out of favor but is now widely regarded as the first great jazz composer.” – The New York Times
  
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• New Order at MoMA review: artists chart a world in motion

  21-03-2019 14:39
  Museum of Modern Art, New York
  The uses, abuses and future of technology since 2000 are explored in an exhibition of Louise Bourgeois holograms, cyborg exercise equipment and lab artTo think computers were not supposed to make it to the new millennium. MoMA’s New Order: Art and Technology in the 21st Century never mentions the Y2K bug, although perhaps it should have. The 21st century has never been without the strange panic with which it began.Presenting art made between 2000 and 2017, Ne
  
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• Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Can Be, In A Way, Utopian

  21-03-2019 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The apocalypse can facilitate a different kind of social world,” says scholar Caroline Edwards. “That might seem horrifying to the protagonists, but the writer is posing a serious question: might this new world be better?” Sumit Paul-Choudhury digs into this idea. – BBC
  
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• Research Programme Manager / Tate / London

  21-03-2019 14:33
  Are you a self-motivated and collaborative manager keen to work in the arts?
  We are looking for someone to join Tate Research to support and supervise the smooth running of the department and manage...
  
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• Marketing and Press Assistant / The Peace Museum / Yorkshire

  21-03-2019 14:26
  The Peace Museum is recruiting a Marketing and Press Assistant to provide marketing and press assistance to the museum and staff. The main responsibilities of the role include; 
  Day to day...
  
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