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• A Sneak Peek At George Lucas’ New LA Museum

  19-07-2019 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  A 30-minute slide presentation provided a brief snapshot of what will bein the museum — a collection, curators said, that will include thepoetic paintings of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the bright and rounded comicart of graphic novelist Chris Ware and the work of celebrated L.A.muralist Judy Baca. The pieces that generated oohs and ahhs from the SanDiego audience, however, were of a more pop variety, namely thoseconnected to the “Star Wars” franchise. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• What Is That Odd Ungrammatical Language People Are Using On The Internet?

  19-07-2019 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, thanks to the development of autocorrect, we could all easilywrite “correctly,” and yet, as Gretchen McCulloch notes, we don’t. We overrideautomatic capitalization when our phones provide it, if it doesn’t suitour purposes. We purposely “misspell” and “misuse” words, ignore andoveruse punctuation marks, and modify the basic rules of grammar. Hell,we even retype a keyboard smash (like “asdjhfksaskd,” which I just typedthree times)
  
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• London’s Mayor Canceled Norman Foster’s Flashy 1000-Foot Observation Tower. Here’s Why

  19-07-2019 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s not the tower’s unpopularity that’s a surprise. The flashy butessentially functionless concept has largely been greeted with publicridicule since being unveiled last year. It’s that the mayor has used his discretionary powers to cancel it. – CityLab
  
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• We Hate To See Orchestras Fail. It’s Just That We Don’t Support Them, Either

  19-07-2019 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  Anne Midgette: “I often talk about the way the classical-music world tends to conflateinstitutions with the art form. When an orchestra closes, it’s seen asan assault on Beethoven and Brahms. By contrast, when a restaurant closesor a car company goes bankrupt, people may bitterly bemoan it, but theydon’t see it as a threat to food, nor do they think that cars areendangered.” – Washington Post
  
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• Books That Can Take You Deep Into Travel

  19-07-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As much as I’d like to dissolve the beach read label entirely, Imust also admit I have a type: I want a meaty, absorbing book that takesme further into a vacation by connecting with the cultures thatproduced it. I want a book that can’t be disposed of, one that will takeme somewhere entirely new.” – The Conversation
  
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• Executive Director – Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

  19-07-2019 21:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir invites applications and referrals for the position of Executive Director.The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir invites applications and referrals for the position of Executive Director.The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC) has been a champion of choralmusic in Canada since 1894.As Canada’s leading symphonic choir, and apioneering force in the development of our country’s rich chorallandscape, we have been fortunate enough to witness and participate inmany import
  
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• Do We Have An Internal GPS Tuned In To The Earth’s Magnetic Field?

  19-07-2019 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Perhaps our distant evolutionary ancestors, millions of years in thepast, also had an innate navigational ability that exploited magneticfield lines. This would be extremely useful, offering advantages notonly in barren environments, but when exploring new territories to findresources for survival.– Aeon
  
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• Why Do We Do Things To Be Perverse?

  19-07-2019 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Unruliness, perversity, pigheadedness—psychologists have long beeninterested in this bestiary of paradoxical thought and action.Perversity is a puzzle. It’s hard to explain, scientifically, what EdgarAllan Poe described as “the imp of the perverse.” – The New Yorker
  
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• Press Officer / Journalist / Institute of Art and Ideas / London

  19-07-2019 20:58
  This is a remarkable opportunity to play a key part in a rapidly expanding and unique arts and media organization, the Institute of Art and Ideas (IAI).
  Described by the Guardian as “the...
  
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• The Rise Of Ambient (Background) Music

  19-07-2019 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ambient is often as haunting and uncanny as it is gorgeous. But the ideaof music that eschews gestural rhetoric—there are no statements, noreturns, no developments—is still highly experimental, avant-gardeterritory in the current state of the classical tradition. – Van
  
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• ‘Russian Ark’ Director Closes His Film Foundation, Citing Hostility From Putin’s Government

  19-07-2019 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark, Faust, Father and Son, Mother and Son) set up the Primer Intonatsii (Example of Intonation) foundation in 2013 to aid young Russian filmmakers. But the organization has had trouble getting and maintaining funding and suffered what Sokurov called “unfriendliness and aggressiveness,” including an embezzlement investigation, from Russia’s Ministry of Culture. (Yes, Sokurov is a critic of Vladimir Putin.) – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• A Tiny Russian Town Of Artists Has Made Icons For Centuries. Now Its Livelihood Is Failing

  19-07-2019 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  It survived the Soviet Union, changes in taste, the rise of cheap knockoffs and fakes. But the modern world might prove too much. – The New York Times
  
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• Production Manager (freelance) / They Eat Culture / North West

  19-07-2019 19:24
  We are looking for a production manager to deliver a series of live events as part of our activity programme of arts & environment projects across spaces & communities as part of...
  
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• These Two Guys Mean To Become The Kings Of Temporary Theatre Venues

  19-07-2019 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tristan Baker and Oliver Royds first became business partners in 2015, when they designed and built the pop-up theatre in London that housed Phyllida Lloyd’s all-female Shakespeare trilogy and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights. “Out of that experience came Troubadour Theatres, their new company … [which has] developed a reusable, modular construction kit that can turn an empty site into a huge temporary auditorium in 12 weeks.” – The Stage
  
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• Part- and Full-Time Architects or Architectural Designers / Architecture Social Club / London

  19-07-2019 19:03
  We are currently looking for Part- and Full-Time Architects or Architectural Designers with an interest in experiential and immersive installations. We have a playful and experimental approach to our...
  
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• Community Arts Manager / St Margaret's House / London

  19-07-2019 18:50
  Community Arts Manager
  £12.73 per hour (£23,169 pa for 35 hour week)
  Working closely with both internal and external stakeholders including volunteers and freelance practitioners, the...
  
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• Dance Teacher- Cambridge / The Activities Company LTD / South East

  19-07-2019 18:45
  The Activities Company LTD is a leading events company in the UK and Ireland. We are looking for new dance teachers to work with primarily in Cambridge, Bath and Devon. These are...
  
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• Box Office and Sales Manager / South Hill Park Arts Centre / South East

  19-07-2019 18:44
  For a copy of the application form and full job description, please visit www.southhillpark.org.uk/about/vacancies/
  Located in a beautiful eighteenth century Mansion house and grounds, South...
  
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• Performance & Dance Programmer / Southbank Centre / London

  19-07-2019 18:32
  We are seeking a Programmer to contribute to the Creative Director’s strategy for the performance and dance programme at Southbank Centre, developing the quality and breadth of the...
  
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• Our Arts Patronage Problem – The Scandals And Those Who Fund

  19-07-2019 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Keeping track of all the scandals around museum patronage in theUnited States in the last few years is no easy feat. There are scandalsover real estate money, prison money, oil money, funding by climate change deniers, funding by supporters of far-right causes in general, Koch Brothers funding, and more. And as they multiply, the scandals begin, more and more, to becomeless about individuals and more about the system. Sometimes voiced outloud but mainly behind the scenes, the que
  
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• Social Media and Content Officer / Bletchley Park Trust Ltd / South East

  19-07-2019 18:30
  A vacancy has arisen for a Social Media and Content Officer at Bletchley Park to work as an integral part of the Communications team to produce digital content and significantly grow our social media...
  
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• Communications and Marketing Manager / The Mighty Creatives / East Midlands

  19-07-2019 18:25
  Job Title:               Communications & Marketing Manager
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• UK Events Coordinator (freelance - 5 days a month) / Kickstarter PBC / London / East

  19-07-2019 18:17
  Kickstarter PBC is looking for a freelance Events Coordinator to oversee events and help build greater awareness of Kickstarter in the UK.You'll work with the small UK team to ensure smooth...
  
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• Invasion of the Styrofoam monster: the sculpture startling shoppers in Wakefield

  19-07-2019 18:16
  It looks like a space traveller and it’s just landed in Yorkshire. Huma Bhabha reveals how she sculpted her creation into life with cork and polystyrene
  She has commanded the rooftop of New York’s Metropolitan Museum, and has exported her distressed sculptures around the world, but only now is the UK waking up to the work of Huma Bhabha. It’s not the first time she has been late to the party. “It took me a long time to get any recognition at all,” says the artist, w
  
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• Project Conservator: Wall paintings / The British Museum / Cairo, Egypt

  19-07-2019 18:06
  The British Museum is recruiting for an exciting new job opportunity for a Project Conservator with expertise in wall paintings conservation. The British Museum is a partner with several major...
  
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• A Fierce (And Weird) Battle Over Who Gets To Be New Hampshire’s Poet Laureate

  19-07-2019 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “At issue is a controversial nominee for state laureate, private negotiations with a governor who says he’s ‘not a poetry expert,’ and a bit of verse that an elected official described to me as ‘a misogynistic poem about sex with Condoleezza Rice on Air Force One.'” – Slate
  
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• Literature & Ideas Programmer / Charleston / South East

  19-07-2019 18:01
  Charleston is looking for an exceptional person to lead on the artistic planning and delivery of our literature and ideas programme, including the flagship Charleston Festival and Small Wonder...
  
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• Head of Development / Three Choirs Festival / South West

  19-07-2019 17:56
  The Board and Chief Executive of the Three Choirs festival wish to appoint  a Head of Development who will work with them to develop and implement a dynamic fundraising strategy so that we can...
  
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• Creative Learning Assistant / Half Moon Young People's Theatre / London

  19-07-2019 17:45
  Creative Learning Assistant
  Are you keen to gain a year’s experience working in a theatre for young people?Half Moon Theatre is looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Creative Learning...
  
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• House Porter / Royal Academy of Music / London

  19-07-2019 17:35
  Full time:                    34 hours per week (6 hours Monday to Friday plus 4 hours Sunday)
  Salary:...
  
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• Programme Manager Centre for Advanced Training (Maternity Cover) / Swindon Dance / South West

  19-07-2019 17:34
  Swindon Dance is looking for an experienced Programme Manager to join their dedicated team. This is a senior strategic role heading up our successful Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) – one of...
  
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• Does The Shed Suggest New York Is Looking For Something Different In Its Arts?

  19-07-2019 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It seems there is a divergence in our artistic landscape, where we valuetrend and zeitgeist as highly as artistic growth and creativedevelopment. The Shed serves as a manifestation of this tension betweenart and spectacle, highbrow and lowbrow. My suggestion is that we viewthe construction of the Shed as a call for change on an artistic level—asign that audiences and funders are ready and searching for new ideasand, more importantly, a new approach to exacting those ideas.” &
  
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• Event Coordinator (Central Saint Martins) / Arts Students Union / London

  19-07-2019 17:26
  About the job
  Arts Students’ Union (SU) is looking for a creative Events Coordinator to join the Community Team, based at Central Saint Martins. We are looking for a highly organised, and...
  
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• Residencies & Awards Administrator / Acme / London

  19-07-2019 17:25
  Supporting artists since 1972, Acme is a charity based in London which provides affordable studios, work/live space and a programme of residencies and awards. Acme currently supports over 700 artists...
  
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• Sales and Events Assistant / Lawrence Batley Theatre / Yorkshire

  19-07-2019 17:24
  The Lawrence Batley Theatre (the LBT) is a middle scale theatre in the heart of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Arts Council, LBT welcomed over 60,000 people last...
  
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• Library Network Assistant / Surrey County Council / South East / Epsom - Surrey

  19-07-2019 17:24
  £10,907 per annum pro-rata to £18,698 for 21 hours per week based at Epsom Library, Epsom Square, Epsom, KT19 8AG. See attached rota for more details.
  You will benefit from 24 days...
  
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• Office Assistant / Lawrence Batley Theatre / Yorkshire

  19-07-2019 17:22
  The Lawrence Batley Theatre (the LBT) is a middle scale theatre in the heart of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Arts Council, LBT welcomed over 60,000 people last...
  
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• General Manager / Lawrence Batley Theatre / Yorkshire

  19-07-2019 17:20
  The Lawrence Batley Theatre (the LBT) is a middle scale theatre in the heart of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Arts Council, LBT welcomed over 60,000 people last...
  
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• Communications and Marketing Officer / Lawrence Batley Theatre / Yorkshire

  19-07-2019 17:19
  The Lawrence Batley Theatre (the LBT) is a middle scale theatre in the heart of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Arts Council, LBT welcomed over 60,000 people last...
  
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• Engagement Manager, Trojan Horse Tour / LUNG / London

  19-07-2019 17:06
  We are looking for an Engagement Manager to join the Trojan Horse UK Tour. 
  JOB PURPOSE
  To manage the outreach and engagement for the national tour of ​Trojan Horse; a LUNG...
  
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• Should Books Include Credits The Way Movies Do?

  19-07-2019 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Trapeze, an Orion/Hachette imprint, is starting to do just that. David Barnett observes that almost 60 people were involved in the publication of his new novel: “the editors, the marketing and PR types – but also the smaller but crucial roles: the proofreaders who make sure you haven’t started calling Maisy Maisie in chapter 12, the all-important cover designers, the team behind the audiobooks, …” – The Guardian
  
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• Production Assistant / Faber & Faber Ltd / London

  19-07-2019 16:59
  Faber is a leading independent literary publisher, recent winner of the Trade Publisher of the Year and Publisher of the Year. Our Production Department is looking to recruit a Production Assistant...
  
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• Mezzo Sarah Connolly Withdraws From BBC Proms And English National Opera For Emergency Breast Cancer Treatment

  19-07-2019 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “She had been due to star in the ENO’s Orpheus and Eurydice, which is choreographer Wayne McGregor’s opera directing debut, this October. Alice Coote will step in to play the role of Orpheus, while Julie Boulianne will now take her place at the BBC Proms, singing Berlioz’s [L’Enfance du Christ]. – BBC
  
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• Box Office Assistants / artsdepot / London

  19-07-2019 16:19
  40 hour, 32 hour and casual (0 hour) contracts available.
  Our friendly Box Office team are the first port of call for welcoming visitors to the venue and are responsible for selling tickets. We are...
  
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• Touring Curator / The Design Museum / London

  19-07-2019 16:14
  The Design Museum’s temporary exhibitions programme is the central focus of its activities with an influential and engaging programme of paid-for temporary exhibitions alongside its free...
  
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• Board of Trustees / Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust / London

  19-07-2019 16:12
  Masterclass is looking for new members to join our Board of Trustees
  The Theatre Royal Haymarket Masterclass Trust (Masterclass) is seeking to appoint up to 6 new members to the Board of Trustees....
  
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• Examining The Ethics Of Partnering In Dance

  19-07-2019 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ilya Vidrin was a competitive ballroom dancer until the day he fractured his back while partnering. “In the years since, the incident has led him into a deep exploration of the less tangible elements involved in partnering: motivation, trust, interpersonal chemistry and implicit agreements.” His studies, including a PhD, have led him to form what he calls the Reciprocity Collective, with which he’ll be offering a “partnering and science lab” at Jacob’s Pillow
  
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• Dance Teacher / Razzamataz Theatre Schools Sheffield / Yorkshire

  19-07-2019 15:58
  Razzamataz Theatre Schools Sheffield are currently seeking talented individuals to deliver dance classes to ages 6-8, 9-11 and 12-18 years. You must be creative, inspirational and able to deliver a...
  
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• Touring Technical Stage Manager / The Paper Birds / National

  19-07-2019 15:43
  The Paper Birds are seeking an exceptional touring Technical Stage Manager to take our acclaimed production ‘Thirsty’ out to schools and colleges this autumn.
  DATES
  Production...
  
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• Fundraising Manager / Libk4Life / North West

  19-07-2019 15:39
   
  Job Title
  Fundraising Manager
  Job Reference Number
  L1954
  Closing Date
  Monday, 12 August 2019
  Interview Date
  Monday, 19 August 2019
  Location
  Number One Riverside, Rochdale / Borough...
  
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