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• Grayson Perry to stage first major solo exhibition in Scotland

  24-03-2019 23:33
  Edinburgh art festival reveals line-up of artists from around world and hefty retrospectives The artist Grayson Perry will stage his first major solo exhibition in Scotland this summer, as part of the line-up for the Edinburgh art festival revealed today.The former Turner prize winner’s giant tapestry work Julie Cope’s Grand Tour – about the fictional everywoman Julie Cope – will be at the city’s Dovecot Studios. Related: Grayson Perry: Rites of Passage review &ndas
  
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• 2 Male Performers needed for new Dabke Dance Theatre Production / Al Zaytouna / London

  24-03-2019 22:13
  Al Zaytouna Dance Theatre & ivo theatre are seeking 2 male performers for their latest production, which will combine contemporary Palestinian dabke with text. Dabke is an energetic,...
  
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• Final call for entries / Refresh Art Award / London

  24-03-2019 20:55
  The Refresh Art Award is a contemporary art competition and we are specifically welcoming artists who work with 21st century topics. We are accepting 2 dimensional artworks this year which includes...
  
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• Call for Artists - Average Art 35 (June 2019) / Average Art Magazine / East / North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands, South East, South West, London

  24-03-2019 19:42
  Average Art is an industry focused art magazine. Our goal is to draw attention to self representing artists. We are now taking entries for the June edition of Average Art Magazine.Brief: send us a...
  
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• Artist submissions / Migrant Connections Festival / London

  24-03-2019 17:49
  Migrant Connections Festival is back for the third year. Our goal is to create a microcosm of how society could be where diverse cultures are shared, accepted and respected. To challenge the hostile...
  
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• Head of Fundraising / Head of Philanthropy / World Heart Beat Music Academy / London

  24-03-2019 15:54
  World Heart Beat believes in the power of music to transform the lives of young people.  We provide tuition and support to more than 350 students a year many of whom come from challenging...
  
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• Ipseity - Photography Exhibition and book launch / Anthony Prothero / London

  24-03-2019 15:30
  Anthony's project titled Ipseity, is part of an ongoing investigation into Memory, Imagination and the family album. This work is the culmination of two years research as part of Anthony's MA...
  
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• Combined Arts Administrator and Marketing Manager / World Heart Beat Music Academy / London

  24-03-2019 15:07
  World Heart Beat Music Academy believes music is a universal form of communication that bridges cultural, political, social, economic and linguistic barriers. World Heart Beat takes young students...
  
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• Fellowship: Vasl Artists Association, Karachi, Pakistan / Gasworks / Karachi, Pakistan

  24-03-2019 14:21
  We are now accepting applications from artists based in the United Kingdom for a fully funded, six-week residency at the Vasl Artists' Association.  Gasworks’ International...
  
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• Fellowship: Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia / Gasworks / Cali, Colombia

  24-03-2019 13:53
  Fellowship: Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia
  2 month residency between September and December 2019 
  Deadline: 10am, Monday 13 May 2019
  We are now accepting applications from artists based in the...
  
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• The Guggenheim Won’t Accept New Sackler Family Gifts Either

  24-03-2019 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The move comes after Britain’s National Portrait Gallery and Tate (all of them) said the same thing. “The Guggenheim announced its decision on Friday in a brief statement that did not mention the opioid crisis or Mr. Sackler’s past on the museum’s board. A museum spokeswoman declined on Friday night to explain its rationale for the move or its decision-making process.” – The New York Times
  
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• Embodied Artist Retreat / / South West

  24-03-2019 13:06
  5 day residential workshop led by multi-disciplinary artists Lewis Barfoot & Vincent Manna."The retreat helped me overcome some of my deepest fears about performing and about being an...
  
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• It Wasn’t Easy Being An Actor In The 19th Century

  24-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just ask Sarah Bernhardt, or her greatest rival. “Technological advantages like the steam locomotive and gas lighting made it possible for acting companies and star performers to reach larger and more varied audiences than they ever had before. At the same time, actors and the playwrights who wrote for them began to move from productions that prized flamboyant gestures and histrionic speeches toward those that championed a more naturalistic and intimate performance style.” – A
  
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• Julianne Moore Didn’t Quit ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ – She Was Fired

  24-03-2019 12:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  At least, according to Richard Grant, a 2019 Best Supporting Actor nominee who eventually made the movie with Melissa McCarthy (nominated for Best Actress in 2019) as lead instead. The issue? Moore wanted to wear a fake nose and a fat suit. – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Writing Isn’t Therapy

  24-03-2019 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  And writing about trauma doesn’t bestow some kind of catharsis on authors, or so says T. Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls. “My love for magic, still, is all about mechanics. Construction. Physics. My knowledge of how tricks are done does not deaden the awe and admiration I feel—it deepens it. Sometimes I work hard for that knowledge.” – LitHub
  
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• Secretary / Greenwich Music Trust / London

  24-03-2019 11:32
  The Greenwich Music Trust is a registered charity with the sole purpose of raising money in order to provide a continued programme of individual instrumental learning for musically...
  
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• Treasurer / Greenwich Music Trust / London

  24-03-2019 11:28
  The Greenwich Music Trust is a registered charity with the sole purpose of raising money in order to provide a continued programme of individual instrumental learning for musically...
  
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• Bar Staff / Blackheath halls / London

  24-03-2019 11:26
  Built in 1895 by William Webster, Blackheath Halls is part of the oldest surviving purpose built cultural complex in London. Blackheath Halls presents a diverse programme of concerts and events...
  
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• Beyoncé effect fills galleries with a new generation of art devotees

  24-03-2019 10:59
  Fame sells: that’s the lesson in a survey revealing the world’s most popular exhibitions during a bumper yearIn Paris, it was Beyoncé and Jay-Z; in Washington, it was Barack and Michelle Obama; while, in London, visitors queued to look at Pablo Picasso’s erotic muse or Grayson Perry’s summer picks.Last year the lustre of celebrity, whether garnered from fashion and entertainment or history, seemed to be the best way to attract visitors to museums and galleries. Con
  
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• Drama Teacher / Elizabeth Samuels Drama School / London

  24-03-2019 10:30
  Elizabeth Samuels Drama School is an independent family of creatives dedicated to providing children aged 5-12 with fun drama classes where participants improve self-esteem, develop their creativity...
  
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• Art Lab at Dean Clough: April Line Up Announced / / Yorkshire / Halifax

  24-03-2019 10:09
  Art Lab at Dean CloughArtists’ Presentations | Critical Dialogue
  Fletcher’s Mill, Dean Clough, Halifax
  Monday 1st April 2019, 7:30pmArt Lab is a peer-group meet-up for artists...
  
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• Mike Nelson: The Asset Strippers review – his all-time masterpiece

  24-03-2019 09:00
  Tate Britain, London
  Using found industrial relics, Mike Nelson has created a breathtaking landscape of Britain’s recent past that is rich with cultural, social and personal allusionsThere is a moment in this magnificent show – Mike Nelson’s all-time masterpiece – in which you find yourself peering into the innards of a giant machine, attracted there by a curious sparkle. Inside is a miniature landscape, a topography of soot-black heaps in which odd particles glint like c
  
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• Edvard Munch: Scandi novelists on the master of misery and menace

  24-03-2019 09:00
  How is the great Norwegian artist seen back home? Ahead of a new British Museum show, Karl Ove Knausgaard and other Scandinavian novelists explain what Munch means to themEdvard Munch’s most famous creation is a bit of a scream: the funny little figure with its squishy bald head, hands to face as if edified by some particularly scandalous bit of gossip, and all against that glorious flame-red sky. Can Munch be entirely serious? The Scream is cherished across the world and only marginally l
  
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