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• The week in radio and podcasts: House of Dreams; Between Ourselves with Marian Keyes; BBC Sounds app – review | Miranda Sawyer

  14-09-2019 19:00
  An artist’s house is full of warmth, Marian Keyes is a hoot – and why the Beeb is wrong to can iPlayer RadioHouse of Dreams | BBC Radio 4
  Between Ourselves with Marian Keyes | BBC Radio 4Two engaging and very different Radio 4 shows this week; succour in dismal times. House of Dreams concerned the home of the artist Stephen Wright, in East Dulwich, south London. Wright lives very near one of my son’s friends and I’ve often wondered about his house, an ordinary small terra
  
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• Rainbow and Chair by Sokari / Trinity Art Gallery / London

  14-09-2019 18:32
  Trinity Art Gallery presents Rainbow and Chair, a photography exhibition of new works by Sokari.‘Rainbow and Chair’ explores the transitional state between suffering and celebration...
  
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• Technical stage manager / From the Mill Theatre Company / London / Manchester

  14-09-2019 18:06
  We are looking to hire a technical stage manager to work with us to develop our latest production, which will open at the CLF in London on the 14th November. 
  The role will involve working with...
  
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• ‘I’m livid,’ sculptor says as Brexiters use her sundial artwork

  14-09-2019 18:01
  The Time party has co-opted an image of Wendy Taylor’s work on the Thames near Tower BridgeIn locked back rooms across the land designers and brand consultants are choosing logos, slogans and the best walk-on music for candidates before the likely general election. But one British political party has already come up against a common hitch: what to do when an artist is not pleased to be associated with your vision?Wendy Taylor, a sculptor who specialises in large-scale public work, discover
  
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• Alumni & Supporter Engagement Officer / Royal College of Music / London

  14-09-2019 17:44
  The Royal College of Music (RCM) is one of the world's greatest conservatoires. Our excellence was recognised by the 2019 QS World University Rankings, in which we ranked as the top institution for...
  
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• Development Operations Assistant / Royal College of Music / London

  14-09-2019 17:40
  The Royal College of Music (RCM) is one of the world's greatest conservatoires. Our excellence was recognised by the 2019 QS World University Rankings, in which we ranked as the top institution for...
  
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• Artist-led Botanical Drawing + Collage Workshop / Handmade Nottingham / East Midlands

  14-09-2019 17:08
  Saturday 5th October / 3pm-5pm / £25pp
  Spend a Saturday afternoon getting creative with an autumnal botanical art workshop led by local artist and tutor Meg Bonser at Handmade...
  
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• Mark Leckey: ‘There has to be a belief that art has this power, this charisma'

  14-09-2019 17:00
  The Turner prize-winning artist on the influence of rave on his work, and reconstructing part of the M53 for his new Tate Britain showWhen I arrive at the block of flats where artist Mark Leckey lives, he’s leaning over the walkway balcony, shouting down to the photographer. His six-month-old baby has only just settled and Leckey is reluctant to do the interview and pictures in his flat in case of waking her up. So he comes down to us.It’s a bit drizzly. Leckey strides around the chi
  
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• Festival Manager / Administrator / Lewes Chamber Music Festival / South East

  14-09-2019 14:05
  The Brief
  Lewes Chamber Music Festival seeks an experienced and enthusiastic Festival Manager / Administrator to plan and deliver the Annual Festival in Lewes in June and manage the Christmas...
  
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• Busted flush: gold toilet reportedly stolen from Blenheim Palace

  14-09-2019 13:59
  Lavatory designed by Maurizio Cattelan was apparently taken but later recovered by policePolice are investigating a break-in at Blenheim Palace, the ancestral home of the Churchill family, amid reports a £1m golden toilet was stolen.Police were called to the stately home in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, just before 5am on Saturday to reports of a burglary, where the 18-carat gold lavatory was on display as part of a contemporary art exhibition. Continue reading...
  
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• U Kentucky, College of Fine Arts, Assistant Professor in Arts Administration

  14-09-2019 01:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  The University of Kentucky, College of Fine Arts, seeks applicants for atenure track, Assistant Professor in Arts Administration to beginAugust 2020.This dynamic and passionate faculty member will teach courses within thecore curriculum of the Department of Arts Administration, pursue aresearch agenda in the Arts Administration field, and hold serviceresponsibilities.Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Arts Administration
  University of KentuckyThe College of Fine Arts seeks applicants for a ten
  
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• Celebrity Series of Boston seeks Director of Finance

  14-09-2019 01:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  Reporting to Celebrity Series of Boston’s President and ExecutiveDirector, Gary Dunning, the organization seeks a seasoned professionalto fill the role of Director of Finance. The Director of Finance isresponsible for developing, obtaining approval, and implementing thepolicies and procedures for sound fiscal management, effective officeoperations and appropriate risk management for the organization and its$8 million operating budget. The Director of Finance is a member of thesenior manag
  
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• A Short History Of TV’s “Golden Ages”

  14-09-2019 00:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Golden Age evangelists love to wax rhapsodic on the artistic triumphs of theirpreferred series, but those same critics are quick to pull the “massappeal” card to defend those series’ failings, reminding naysayers that,unlike the snooty purveyors of fine art and literary fiction,showrunners, both valiantly and by necessity, take a populist approach.– Harper’s
  
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