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• Get Politics Out Of Classical Music? Well, Er…

  17-09-2019 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  These invectives against “political” music seem to stand out more due toour current contentious climate, which may create the impression thatthere has been an uptick in the number of modern pieces with a politicalorientation. But the truth is that there has always been a desire onthe part of artists to respond to the issues of the moment. – NewMusicBox
  
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• Dublin’s Quirkiness Is Being Scrubbed. Why?

  17-09-2019 22:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  The past few years have seen several of Dublin’s murals paintedover, street markets canceled, and bars and cultural venues closed.Often, the things replacing them are facilities for tourists. With manyfearing that the city’s vitality and character is being permanentlystripped away, there’s a growing concern that Dublin risks being totallysurrendered to pressures created by developers and the touristindustry. – CityLab
  
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• The Guardian Picks The Best New Architecture Of The Modern Age

  17-09-2019 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Twenty-five projects make the list – from Tate Modern to housing in South America to New York’s High Line. – The Guardian
  
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• Drama Facilitator cover / Skipz Productions cic / London

  17-09-2019 22:06
  Skipz Productions cic is a performing arts company for primary school children. We provide performing arts and art after school clubs to Schools in London.
  We are looking for a Drama Facilitator to...
  
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• How Tate Modern Became An Iconic And Celebrated Building

  17-09-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Twenty years on, the project is no less powerful. In fact, it seemseerily ahead of its time. The turn of the millennium was a time when“iconic” architecture was in its overblown prime, every city desperatefor a piece of the “Bilbao effect”,following Frank Gehry’s thrashing titanium fish for the GuggenheimMuseum. To take what seemed like a gloomy 1950s brick shed and strip itout, adding a bare minimum of new elements in raw concrete, glass andsteel, was a dee
  
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• British Council Urged To Clarify The Role Of Culture In International Promotion

  17-09-2019 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Artists should not feel like salespeople. There’s a real danger around [perceptions of] Empire 2.0 as aconsequence of Brexit. They [the British Council] need to be verycareful that UK PLC is not running the show, otherwise what UK cultureis considered as becomes very reductive, and the subtlety of soft powergets lost.” – Arts Professional
  
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• Performers / MA LCF / London

  17-09-2019 21:28
  MA Costume Design for Performance student at London College of Fashion is looking for male performer aged between 20 and 40 who is experienced in capoeira and a Female performer in the same range of...
  
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• Despite Death Threats And Rocket Attacks, She Runs A Feminist Radio Station In Afghanistan

  17-09-2019 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sediqa Sherzai founded Radio Roshani in Kunduz in 2008. The Taliban fired rockets at the station the next year. In 2015 they stole the station’s equipment and planted mines in the building. Nevertheless, she persists. – BBC
  
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• £1 Billion Investment In London To Create Cultural Events Centre

  17-09-2019 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Investment includes plans to include a 1500-seat theatre,a 1000-seat performing arts venue, a four-screen cinema and a 670,000square foot creative co-working space, as well as two hotels, shops,cafes and a “jazz-club style restaurant and venue”. When completed in2023, the site is projected to attract up to £9m in consumer spendingand 10 million visitors to the borough each year. – Arts Professional
  
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• Artiste/Design For New Blackpool Landmark / South Beach Beacons / North West

  17-09-2019 20:27
  South Beach Beacons are inviting proposals from artists, arts collectives or arts organisations to design and build a temporary public sculptural artwork inspired by the Windmill that used to occupy...
  
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• Architects Explain How Those Super-Tall, Super-Skinny New York Apartment Towers Stand Up In The Wind

  17-09-2019 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As the wind goes around the building, it accelerates, and it creates vortices that alternate, causing the building to move from side to side. Sometimes we can use that phenomenon, cutting openings for the wind and converting it to energy with turbines. Here, we’re not trying to bring the wind through the building; we’re managing it, shaping the notches to optimize wind flow.” Justin Davidson talks with the designers of the 130-story Central Park Tower. – New York
  
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• Gallery Intern / Pilar Corrias Gallery / London

  17-09-2019 19:35
  Duration 6 months, starting date ASAP
   
  General Administration Tasks:
   General filing and gallery administration
  Updating artist CVs and Portfolios
  Entering and updating contacts...
  
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• Deputy Production Manager / The Old Vic / London

  17-09-2019 19:26
  The Old Vic is London’s independent not-for-profit theatre, a world leader in creativity and entertainment. We hold the belief that theatre needs to be cherished, supported and shared with as...
  
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• Socio economic diversity workshop for arts employers: 15 Oct / Jerwood Arts / East Midlands

  17-09-2019 19:18
  Afternoon workshop on socio economic diversity for arts employers with Jerwood Arts, Tuesday October 15th. The free event at Dance4, Nottingham, NG3 2AR, 12pm will build on aims of the recently...
  
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• Street Theatre With Giant Moles

  17-09-2019 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “These tufty mammals are the stars of Philippe Quesne’s The Moles, which ran at N.Y.U. Skirball over the weekend and kicked off with a Friday afternoon parade through the West Village. A rock concert, a nature mockumentary, a collective hallucination and a goof on the idea of underground theater, The Moles welcomes audiences, wordlessly, to Caveland, a stalactite-studded subterranean lair that the moles invade and then enjoy, sometimes in the company of a neighborly purple teddy bea
  
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• 'Primary Schools into Theatre' Project Manager (freelance) / Eastside / London

  17-09-2019 19:00
  Eastside is looking for a highly experienced project manager / engagement producer to run the initial set-up and launch of a new flagship cultural engagement programme that we are delivering...
  
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• Development Coordinator / the Albany / London

  17-09-2019 18:56
  Based in Deptford, London, the Albany is a pioneering, multi-use performing arts venue with a strong focus on working with diverse communities. The Albany’s programmes and venue management also...
  
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• Origami / Paper Craft Artist & Workshop Facilitator / National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London / London

  17-09-2019 18:38
  Origami / Paper Craft Artist and Workshop Facilitator for Science Engagement Project
  We are looking for an origami and paper craft artist who is also experienced in facilitating creative workshops...
  
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• Architecture That Redefines The Relationships Between In And Out

  17-09-2019 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Whether any of these gestures will mitigate the pressing problems ofglobal warming and rising sea levels is still unknown — the fix likelyrequires more than what one landscape architect calls “boutique wetlands.” But projects debuting this fall suggest that hard barriers between the designed environment and the natural one are softening — maybe for good. – The New York Times
  
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• Scans Of Artists Painting Using Their Feet Show The Brain Rewiring Itself

  17-09-2019 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  In typically developed people, the “foot” part of the map is a solidregion, with no distinct representation of the toes. But in the brainsof Tom Yendell and Peter Longstaff, there were clear toe areas, arrangedin order. – The New York Times
  
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• Frieze London installs its first augmented reality work

  17-09-2019 18:17
  Visitors to Regent’s Park will see hovering ice slabs visible only through mobile appFirst there was Pokémon Go. Now lovers of contemporary art can join the fun by tracking down shimmering, thought-provoking sculptures in a London park.Frieze London art fair has installed its first augmented reality artwork. “No shipping, no installation costs,” said its director, Victoria Siddall. “It is interesting for us to be able to test the boundaries of what sculpture can be
  
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• Ballet Teacher (ISTD Qualified) / GLL / London

  17-09-2019 18:14
  GLL are looking for ISTD Ballet Teacher (Performing Arts) for Eltham Leisure Centre in Eltham, South East London.
  We're expanding our Performing Arts programmes and want to give local people the...
  
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• Printing - Introduction to lino cuts / Adult Learning Lewisham / London

  17-09-2019 18:05
  Learn the technique of lino cutting. One project with 4 goals that will embrace the creativity behind lino printing, whether developing your skills or gaining new ones. You will create a piece of...
  
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• Diversity, Gender Equity, Innovation — Here’s A Ballet Company That’s Living Up To The Ideals

  17-09-2019 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “With just 10 dancers, [Ballet X is] a model of what is possible for small contemporary ballet troupes — and it embodies many of the ideals that larger companies are striving for today. It commissions lots of women. Half of the company members are dancers of color. The work pushes ballet in new directions, whether through innovative story ballets or genre-bending collaborations. It’s deeply rooted in its Philadelphia community, and has fostered an open company culture rarely f
  
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• Call for entrants - Short Film Competition / Harvest Film Festival 2019 / South West

  17-09-2019 18:00
  Competition - Harvest Film Festival 
  Applications for the 2019 Harvest Short Film Competition are open until midnight, Monday 30th September. 
  The Harvest Short Film Competition is an...
  
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• Death on a toilet: the shocking Paris show that almost sank Francis Bacon

  17-09-2019 17:52
  It was meant to put the artist on a par with Picasso. But it was thrown into chaos by the suicide of his lover and muse. As Bacon returns to haunt the French capital, we recall a tragic, game-changing showLast Tango in Paris, Bernardo Bertolucci’s controversial piece of 70s art cinema, begins with an oil painting of a man on a red bed wearing just a T-shirt, flashing fleshy legs as his face explodes in inky smears. He’s in a room with a green carpet and yellow walls. For a few moment
  
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• Technical Director / Abbey Theatre / Dublin - Ireland

  17-09-2019 17:51
  The Abbey Theatre is Ireland’s national theatre and occupies a unique position in the hearts and minds of Irish people.  It has two theatres; the Abbey, with a capacity of 492 seats, and...
  
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• Producer (Children & Young People) / BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art / North East

  17-09-2019 17:50
  Producer (Children & Young People)
  £27,436 per annum, pro rata£17,796.32 Actual Salary
  24 hours per week
   
  BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art has exhibited the work of...
  
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• London Ultra Open Call for Artists - last few days remaining / The Free Painters and Sculptors / London

  17-09-2019 17:40
  Just a few days left for Artists and Creatives to apply to take part in this exciting and unique exhibiting opportunity at London’s iconic and atmospheric old industrial space - Bargehouse, at...
  
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• Launch of Spoken Word & Sound Art Album on the Issue of FGM / FORWARD & Tse Tse Fly Middle East / London / Anywhere

  17-09-2019 17:40
  Musicians Unite to End FGM a project run by leading UK-based African women's organisation FORWARD is proud to announce the launch of These Are Our Friends Too, a unique album that highlights the work...
  
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• Three Trans-Gender Opera Singers Talk About Their Careers

  17-09-2019 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Baritone Lucas, who decided to keep singing with her booming,low-voice type after her physical transition rather than trying toretrain her voice to sing soprano or mezzo roles, is rising to the verytop of her profession. In May, she became the first trans singer to perform a lead role in aclassic operatic work in the U.S. when she starred in “Don Giovanni”with the Tulsa Opera in Oklahoma. In October, she will play a lead role with the English National Opera in London. – KQED
  
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• Marketing & Events Officer - Sabbatical Cover - 6 months / Craven District Council / Yorkshire

  17-09-2019 17:31
  The successful candidate will provide fixed term sabbatical cover to this key role, working across marketing and events activity, and also in collaboration with colleagues across Cultural...
  
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• Head of Learning and Skills / Somerset House Trust / London

  17-09-2019 17:30
  Somerset House Trust is seeking to recruit an outstanding individual committed to supporting the skills development of the next generation through new training, engagement and participation...
  
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• Cultural and Commercial Partnerships Office Coordinator / Science Museum / London

  17-09-2019 17:26
  Do you have experience of working with budgets and producing high quality research and presentations? Do you like the idea of working in a fast-paced environment?
  As Cultural and Commercial...
  
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• Freelance PA / Pecho Mama/Art Bars / South East

  17-09-2019 17:15
  A busy director is seeking part time support from a freelance PA to support her work with herinternational theatre company and UK festival business. The work is equally split between the...
  
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• Usher - Casual, sessional based contract, various hours / Bernie Grant Arts Centre / London

  17-09-2019 17:08
  We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic and reliable people to join our friendly Front of House team at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre. As an Usher you will work to provide an excellent audience...
  
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• Seamstress / 3rd Rail / London

  17-09-2019 17:05
  We're looking for an experienced Seamstress part time work between 3 to 5 days per week at our studio in Bermondsey. The ideal candidate will be fully competent and fast at using an industrial sewing...
  
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• The Entire ‘Creative Industries’ Construct Is Hurting Artists, Not Helping Them

  17-09-2019 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The accompanying political narrative was that the creative industries would champion the social utility of arts and culture as progressive realms to engage fractured communities, realise progressive values and create a more sustainable economic world. … Now it seems impossible to doubt the economic success story that is the creative industries,” at least in terms of the size of their contribution to the economy. “The trouble is that all this ‘success’ has c
  
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• Harlem Nonprofit Providing Art Education In Public Schools Expands To Two More Cities

  17-09-2019 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As the 2019 school year gets underway, ProjectArt, an initiative founded by Ardash Alphons in Harlem in 2011, is expanding to New Orleans and San Francisco, bringing arts access to two cities with large communities of homeless young people and giving the organisation a presence in a total of eight cities across the US (By 2021, ProjectArt plans to be in ten cities.)” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Finance Manager / Drake Music / London

  17-09-2019 16:31
  We are excited to open applications for a part-time Finance Manager to join the Drake Music team.
  What are we looking for?
  We are looking for someone to join us in a part-time senior management...
  
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• MIT Invents A Black Even Blacker Than Vantablack

  17-09-2019 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Three years ago, the invention of Vantablack, a carbon nanotube coating that absorbs up to 99.965% of all light, made headlines, especially when artist Anish Kapoor acquired exclusive rights to its use in artworks, infuriating other artists. Now MIT scientists have discovered — by accident, they say — a carbon nanotube material that absorbs 99.99% of light. And to demonstrate, they’ve coated a $2 million yellow diamond with the stuff. (Meanwhile, BMW has made a car coated with
  
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• Director's PA and Office Manager / Liverpool Biennial / North West

  17-09-2019 15:35
  Liverpool Biennial is looking for an experienced Director’s PA and Office Manager to join the team. This role provides an excellent opportunity to be part of an open, proactive and agile...
  
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• Yannick Nézet-Séguin Signs Lifetime Contract With His Montreal Orchestra

  17-09-2019 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Orchestre Métropolitain, where native Montrealer YNS held his first music director position (beginning in 2000) and which he brought to international attention, has appointed him Artistic Director and Chief Conductor for life, an extremely rare move in the orchestra world. – Ludwig Van
  
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• Take on a Capital project with confidence / Cornwall Museums Partnership / South West

  17-09-2019 15:28
  Professionals in the heritage sector have the chance to embark on a Capital development project with increased knowledge and support, thanks to a masterclass running in Cornwall this...
  
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• L.A. Philharmonic CEO Simon Woods Resigns, Effective Immediately

  17-09-2019 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “After a great deal of reflection,” said Woods in a statement, “I have concluded that my hopes and aspirations lie elsewhere, and as a result, I have tendered my resignation.” He served in the position for less than 21 months, succeeding Deborah Borda at the beginning of 2018. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Scratch Night - Submissions Open / Aktualise Theatre / London

  17-09-2019 14:49
  Aktualise are thrilled to announce the launch of their first Scratch night - a great opportunity for artists of various genres to share new and developing work! 
  Aktualise is a theatre...
  
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• TheatreCraft Media Team Volunteer / TheatreCraft / London

  17-09-2019 14:47
  We want to hear from aspiring photographers, bloggers, vloggers and social media buffs to be a part of this year’s Media Team!
  We are currently looking for volunteer Photography...
  
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• Programme Curator; Residencies - Maternity cover, p/time / Camden Arts Centre / London / West Hampstead, Camden

  17-09-2019 14:47
  Contract:  P/T, fixed term maternity cover (November/December 19 – January 2021)
  Hours: 20hrs per week (2.5 days). Alternating three days one week, two the...
  
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• Screenprinting workshop for all levels / Adult Learning Lewisham / London

  17-09-2019 14:45
  This course is designed for all levels of experience. Beginners will be able to learn and experience the basic skills of screen printing. You will produce a series of portfolio samples to a good...
  
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• Is Gary Larson About To Revive ‘The Far Side’?

  17-09-2019 14:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Fans of the surreal, the bizarre and sardonic anthropomorphic cows are in a fervour after The Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson’s website was updated this weekend with promises of ‘a new online era’, 24 years after the reclusive creator retired at the age of 44.” – The Guardian
  
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