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• The Problem With Kids Theatre? It’s Not Nutritious

  25-03-2019 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Noel Jordan:“I compare commercial work for children with the McDonald’s Happy Meal. They think they want it, they get it, there is a buzz that comes with a little toy, it is all colourful, and then literally one minute after that meal is consumed, there is an emptiness and it is not satisfying or full or wholesome.” – The Stage
  
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• Administrative Assistant / The Dukes / North East / London

  25-03-2019 21:54
  3 days per week
  £16,000 pro rata
  The Dukes produces and presents theatre, is an independent cinema and offers creative learning activities. We work across a range of art-forms in indoor and...
  
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• "I happen to be here" / Artizan Gallery / South West

  25-03-2019 21:13
  Jeremy Diggle presents a selection of recent paintings and prints that represent current work from the studio in his exhibition, “I happen to be here”.
   
  Jeremy has exhibited...
  
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• Cup of Life - Exhibition of Prints, Paintings and Video Work / Mark Carr / North East

  25-03-2019 20:01
  After exhibitions in Oxford and Nuneaton in 2018, Mark Carr brings his ‘Cup of life’ series of work to his native north east of England.
  Originally, I considered this body of work...
  
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• Singing Facilitator needed on Tuesdays / Skipz Productions cic / London

  25-03-2019 19:14
  Singing facilitator required on Tuesdays at primary school in Harlesden, North West London. 
  Date: Tuesday 2nd April. Ongoing in the summer term  
  Time: 3:30pm-4:30pm.
  Fee:...
  
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• Van Gogh watercolour not as dreary as it looks, Tate discovers

  25-03-2019 18:06
  Paint has faded because cash-strapped Van Gogh used cheap pink pigment, conservators sayA Van Gogh watercolour that appears to show a midday scene of the French countryside under a dreary sky is something markedly more exciting, conservators at Tate Britain have discovered. Related: Van Gogh and Britain review – gaslit London inspired his starry night? Come off it!Continue reading...
  
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• Art Technician / West London Free School / London

  25-03-2019 17:48
  Art Technician
  Permanent – Term-time only
  Reports to Head of Art
  Start date: September 2019
  The West London Free School aims to provide all pupils, no matter what their background, with a...
  
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• Van Gogh watercolour not as dreary as it seems, experts find

  25-03-2019 17:35
  Paint has faded because cash-strapped Van Gogh used cheap pink pigment, conservators sayA Van Gogh watercolour that appears to show a midday scene of the French countryside under a dreary sky is something markedly more exciting, conservators at Tate have discovered.The true colour of Van Gogh’s sky and river in The Oise at Auvers is not a coffee-stain brown but a fabulous, vivid pink, it was revealed on Monday ahead of a blockbuster exhibition at Tate Britain. It is not a miserable lunchti
  
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• Resident Designer Pool / Almeida Theatre / London / London

  25-03-2019 17:21
  The Almeida Theatre is seeking expressions of interest from emerging set/costume and sound designers to become part of a network of designers attached to the Almeida for 12 months, and who would like...
  
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• Visitor Services Assistant / Science (UK) Ltd. / South East

  25-03-2019 17:18
  The Visitor Services Assistant will assist with the day to day running of the Newport Street Gallery Reception and the retail function (Other Criteria). Where required assistance may include...
  
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• Communication Lead / Free Radical, part of Beatfreeks Collective / West Midlands

  25-03-2019 17:18
  Free Radical has been awarded funding through Kick The Dust, a National Lottery Heritage Fund scheme, consisting of 12 projects (including our own project 'Don’t Settle'), across the UK that...
  
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• Chief Executive / Lewisham Music (Charity No. 1169721) / London / Lewisham

  25-03-2019 17:18
  Lewisham Music is a music education charity formed in 2017 to work with the people of Lewisham, to develop musical skills and make great music. We have a reputation for creating outstanding...
  
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• Sales and Marketing Manager / The Common Room of the Great North / North East / Newcastle upon Tyne

  25-03-2019 17:00
  Sales and Marketing Manager
  The Common Room of the Great North Limited (CRGN) is a new limited company and registered charity, created take forward the restoration and redevelopment of its Grade 2*...
  
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• Engagement and Programme Manager / The Common Room of the Great North / North East / Newcastle upon Tyne

  25-03-2019 16:57
  The Common Room of the Great North Limited (CRGN) is a new limited company and registered charity, created take forward the restoration and redevelopment of its Grade 2* listed 19th Century building,...
  
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• Project Manager Make Music Day UK / Making Music / London

  25-03-2019 16:52
  Make Music Day is a global celebration of music in over 120 countries on 21 June every year.
  We are looking for an enthusiastic, efficient and proactive project manager with marketing/communications...
  
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• Director of Strategy and Innovation / The National Lottery Heritage Fund / London

  25-03-2019 16:48
  Director of Strategy and Innovation  
  Contract: PermanentHours:   35 hours per weekLocation:  Flexible
  Reporting to:  Executive Director; Business Innovation and...
  
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• Exhibitions and Displays Manager / Leicester Arts & Museums Service / East Midlands / Leicester

  25-03-2019 16:45
  Job Purpose:
  To develop and manage the delivery of a high quality exhibitions and display programme, interpreting and making collections accessible in order to meet targets and develop...
  
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• Community Engagement Officer / Leicester Arts & Museums Service / East Midlands / Leicester

  25-03-2019 16:42
  Job Purpose:
  To lead the co-ordination and implementation of the community engagement programme to develop, diversify and widen audiences across the Service
  You Will:
  Co-ordinate and develops a...
  
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• Actors (2) for ACE funded R&D Sharing Performance / Hilda & The Northern Powerhouse / Yorkshire / BROUGH

  25-03-2019 16:42
  Protagonist Patience – charismatic vicar + woman of colour is challenged by Hilda to turn down the chance of a lifetime and build something new. Centuries earlier, Abbess Hilda presided...
  
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• Musical Director / New Tyneside Orchestra / North East

  25-03-2019 16:35
  The New Tyneside Orchestra is seeking a Musical Director from January 1st 2020 to take over from Monica Buckland, who is moving to Australia.
  The New Tyneside Orchestra, founded in 1970, is an...
  
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• the 3rd Underground Lunchtime Recital / Fred Katz Centenary / Waltham Forest Cello Fest / London

  25-03-2019 16:26
  Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum & WALTHAM FOREST CELLO FEST 2019 ("London Borough of Culture meets Classical Music") invite you to the 3rd UNDERGROUND LUNCHTIME RECITAL.Cello recital will take place...
  
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• Lead project artist / Creative People & Places Hounslow / London

  25-03-2019 16:19
  Creative People & Places is Arts Council England’s major national investment in engaging new people and communities in the arts. In Hounslow it is  a consortium of five organisations,...
  
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• Party Developer - Children's Parties / Maggie & Rose / London

  25-03-2019 16:17
  Maggie & Rose is a family lifestyle brand that originates from the first family members’ club established by Maggie Bolger and Rose Astor in London in September 2006. From the first...
  
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• Inside the Lou Reed archive: 'You can walk directly into his world'

  25-03-2019 16:10
  The singer’s widow Laurie Anderson talks about the mountains of material preserved at the new archive launched at the New York Public LibraryWhen Lou Reed died in 2013, he left behind a mountain of material. “But he didn’t leave any instructions about what to do with anything, not one word,” explains his widow, the artist Laurie Anderson, to the Guardian. “He gave them all to me and I didn’t know what to do with it, all of these papers and sounds.” Relat
  
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• Customer Experience Manager / Sunderland Empire / North East

  25-03-2019 16:05
  The Ambassador Theatre Group is an extraordinary success story in the live entertainment industry.
  Founded in 1992 in the UK, we’ve grown into the world’s number one live-theatre company...
  
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• Casual Evening Concert Usher / St Martin-in-the-Fields / London

  25-03-2019 15:45
  If you are:Passionate – about working in a beautiful, central London location
  Enthusiastic– about great customer service
  Hardworking – who can take the initiative to get...
  
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• Creative leadership - Drama & Arts Facilitation Training / Odd Arts / North West

  25-03-2019 15:32
  Odd Arts are a theatre & arts organisation using specialist high quality arts to challenge, inspire and transform the lives of vulnerable and excluded people. All our projects use applied...
  
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• Casual Tutor: Dance for adults with learning disabilities / Hampshire Cultural Trust / South East

  25-03-2019 15:32
  We are looking for a dynamic, experienced and enthusiastic dance practitioner to deliver our popular Dance for Adults with Learning Difficulties class. You must have specialism in one or more styles...
  
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• Programme Assistant / Museums Association / London

  25-03-2019 15:27
  Programme Assistant - Museums Association
   
  Salary:                       ...
  
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• Contemporary Art + Ritual 16-21 May Crypt Gallery / / London

  25-03-2019 15:09
  An artist-led experimental exhibition exploring ritual in the broadest sense in today’s society.
  Encompassing sound, light, word via dust, wood, thread and more the show reveals ritual to be...
  
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• Digital Marketing Manager / Royal Opera House / London

  25-03-2019 14:54
  The Royal Opera House leads the way in opera, ballet and music live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. The work of our Audiences and...
  
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• Crossroads - Open Call / A Festival of Creative Urban Living / South East

  25-03-2019 14:44
  A Festival of Creative Urban Living will unite the worlds of art, architecture, design, and high-tech within the urban context of Milton Keynes, in a unique biennial event. Running from the 26th...
  
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• Audience Development Officer / Bedford Borough Council / East

  25-03-2019 14:38
  We are looking for an Audience Development Officer to work as part of a team across Bedford Borough Council’s Libraries & Culture venues (Bedford Borough Libraries, The Higgins Bedford and...
  
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• Deep Trash Eco Trash / Art Feminism Queer / London

  25-03-2019 14:27
  The legendary East London exhibition-cum-performance club night Deep Trash is back! Teaming up with the 3-week festival EcoFutures, Deep Trash delves into our present day ecological dystopia to...
  
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• Senior Costume Technician / Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance / London

  25-03-2019 14:12
  Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is a forward thinking, contemporary and world-class Higher Education Institution with a vision to redefine the conservatoire for the...
  
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• Event Co-ordinator and Logistics / Heartbreak Productions / North East / Newcastle

  25-03-2019 14:09
  Event Coordinator needed to manage the successful running of outdoor theatre performances in Newcastle. Duties to include: set up of box office, first aid, take down of equipment. An event manual...
  
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• Event Co-ordinator and Logistics Manager / Heartbreak Productions / South West / Plymouth

  25-03-2019 14:05
  Event Coordinator needed to manage the successful running of outdoor theatre performances in Plymouth. Duties to include: set up of box office, first aid, take down of equipment. An event manual will...
  
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• Marketing Coordinator / Axisweb / Yorkshire

  25-03-2019 13:57
  Salary: £21,000 to £25,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part-time / flexible working arrangements will be considered)Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract - 3...
  
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• Social Media and Exhibition Strategies for Artists / Parker Harris / South West / Trowbridge

  25-03-2019 13:49
  A professional development event for artists focusing on two key aspects of successful self marketing: social media and exhibition strategies.  
  The day will be split into two parts,...
  
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• Dance Tutor - Kathak and storytelling / Khyal Arts / London

  25-03-2019 13:47
  Khyal Arts' success is opening Kathak students, and diverse new audiences to the magic of the dance. We aim to inspire and encourage their imaginations to learn and share using Dance as a...
  
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• JV2 2019 Tour Announced / Jasmin Vardimon Company / London / Kent

  25-03-2019 13:43
  Now in its seventh year, JV2 returns to the stage with an exciting triple bill featuring 14 young talented dancers, hand selected by Jasmin Vardimon.
  JV2 2019 premiers works...
  
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• Creative Stall Holders wanted for Pride themed Craft Market / SoLo Craft Fair / London

  25-03-2019 13:39
  BALHAM SUMMER MARKET APPLICATION FORM - 8th June 2019
  Balham Summer Market: Pride SpecialWhy: During the year of Brexit, things are pretty glum here in the UK, but never fear as we're...
  
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• Green Man/ Mother Nature Ceramic Sculpture workshop / Brenda Burgess Arts / South East

  25-03-2019 13:32
  Join Brenda Burgess  for a day of ceramic sculpture at the truly beautiful location of Godinton House, near Ashford, Kent.  All levels of ability are very  welcome, from beginners to...
  
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• Van Gogh and Britain review – gaslit London inspired his starry night? Come off it!

  25-03-2019 13:15
  There’s a good show trapped within this flabby blockbuster, which suggests Britain’s peasoupers and smoky tube stations inspired Van Gogh’s light-filled hymns to lifeI never thought I’d see Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers wilt. Yet, in this exhibition about his relationship with Britain, this incandescent painting is embalmed in a kind of floral chapel of rest. Dull homages to Van Gogh’s blooms by such early 20th-century British painters as Frank Brangwyn, Matth
  
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• Applicant Experience Manager / BIMM / North West / Manchester

  25-03-2019 13:09
  Contractual Hours:               Full-time, 9am to 5.30pm (to include Saturdays)
  About BIMM Institute
  BIMM, The British and Irish...
  
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• Artist Call Out: Commissioning Opportunity / Strike A Light / South West

  25-03-2019 13:01
  Strike A Light, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, Hawkwood and Lives of ColourArtist Call out and Commission
  We are offering a unique seed commissioning opportunity for a Black artist or Black led...
  
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• Call for Contributors - Paid / Artful Publication / UK wide

  25-03-2019 12:57
  The Artful publication is now accepting submissions for a cross-arts anthology that will creatively discuss the obstacles faced by people seeking access to the arts, and propose possible solutions to...
  
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• Call for Contributors - Paid / Artful Publication / East

  25-03-2019 12:57
  The Artful publication is now accepting submissions for a cross-arts anthology that will creatively discuss the obstacles faced by people seeking access to the arts, and propose possible solutions to...
  
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• Archive Assistant (Museum Archive) IWM London / Imperial War Museums / London

  25-03-2019 12:38
  This is a fixed term appointment to assist on a specific project in support of the IWM Accommodation and Storage programmes driven by the Transforming IWM London and Collections Storage strategy.The...
  
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• Casual Operations Support Assistants / The Roundhouse Trust / London

  25-03-2019 12:27
  The Roundhouse Facilities department is looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Operations Support team, as Casual Operations Support Assistants. We cover support for the site 7 days a week...
  
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