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• Photography Workshops for Beginners June & July / Amanda Eatwell Photography / London

  18-05-2019 22:23
  Starting from scratch, we will cover the fundamentals of photography through theory and practice, testing your skills and trying some fun techniques to leave participants more confident with their...
  
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• Project Producer / Tour Booker / The Last Hurrah / South West

  18-05-2019 20:01
  For The Last Hurrah
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• Observer archive: Bridget Riley, 25 May 1969

  18-05-2019 18:30
  David Newell-Smith captured the artist in her London studio, ahead of a national tour of her drawings.Britain’s leading woman painter, whose exhibition is now showing in Oxford (then Bristol and Nottingham), is the Mary Quant of the art world.Bridget Riley has powder-blue eyes and thin bones. Only in her thirties, she is firmly in the super tax bracket of the international art hierarchy, along with elderly figures like Henry Moore, Chagall and Ben Nicholson. Nowadays, every American or Eur
  
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• Freelance Artists Needed - 2 days family workshop facilitation / Hartlepool Waterfront Festival 2019 / North East

  18-05-2019 17:54
  As part of this year’s Hartlepool Waterfront Festival, we are working with artist Luca Rutherford to develop an ambitious narrative that will be played out at the festival. This narrative will...
  
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• Katie Chatburn performs Dear Christine (for solo cello) / Vane, Newcastle upon Tyne / North East

  18-05-2019 15:30
  As part of the Private View of Dear Christine (a tribute to Christine Keeler) at Vane gallery, Newcastle, composer Katie Chatburn will be performing the premiere of ‘Dear Christine’ her...
  
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• Volunteering Assistant / National Trust, Petworth House and Park / South East

  18-05-2019 14:24
  As a Volunteering Assistant, you'll support managers with the day to day management and organisation of volunteering. You'll act as a consistent point of contact and help with the administration and...
  
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• Top 10 new outdoor artworks and exhibitions in the UK

  18-05-2019 13:00
  This crop of summer exhibitions by world-class artists in sculpture parks, gardens and beaches all make for a grand day out
  Dale Chihuly, the celebrated US glass artist, exhibited at Kew Gardens 13 years ago. It was his most recent major outdoor show in Europe – and one of the most popular exhibitions ever held at Kew. Now he is back with Chihuly: Reflections on nature – 32 dazzling installations, including his Sapphire Star, the Seaforms series and a new work specially designed for
  
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• Artists and Exhibitions Assistant / Matt's Gallery / London

  18-05-2019 12:56
  Matt's Gallery is seeking an Artists and Exhibitions Assistant.
  Reporting to the Director and Deputy Director, working within a small team, the Artists and Exhibitions Assistant provides...
  
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• Assistant Producer - Edinburgh Fringe 2019 (Jul 31-Aug 25) / Purple Martian Comedy / Edinburgh

  18-05-2019 12:30
  We are looking for a unique and talented individual to work on a group of 5 well-established Edinburgh Fringe comedy shows. The role involves:Show ProductionStreet Team ManagementTech CoverYou must...
  
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• Community Archaeology Outreach Artist In Residence / In-Situ / Pendle Hill Landscape Partnership / North East

  18-05-2019 11:07
  Community Archaeology Outreach Artist In Residence. Timescale: Monday 24th June to Friday 30th August 2019
  Budget Inclusive of Fees, Materials and Vat: £4,000
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  In-Situ, as part of The...
  
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• Artist Opportunity: Connecting Brierfield Railway Station / In-Situ / Connecting East Lancashire / North West

  18-05-2019 11:01
  Artist residency raising awareness, animating and connecting people to Brierfield Railway Station June 2019 – January 2020
  Artists Fee £7000 with a Materials Budget £8000...
  
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• Orchestral Conducting Course in London / London Musical Arts / London

  18-05-2019 10:59
  Are you a professional musician, student, teacher or choral conductor who wants to develop your conducting? Here's a great opportunity to develop your work in the podium, guided by an experienced and...
  
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• We’ve Long Imagined Artificial Beings. It Was A Useful Exercise. But Now We’re Close To Seeing It Become Real, Will We Be Disappointed?

  18-05-2019 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ian McEwan: “The ancient dream of a plausible artificial human might be scientifically useless but culturally irresistible. At the very least, the quest so far has taught us just how complex we (and all creatures) are in our simplest actions and modes of being. There’s a semi-religious quality to the hope of creating a being less cognitively flawed than we are.” – Edge
  
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