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• New Trend On Instagram: Getting Real (Yes We Hear Your Skepticism)

  02-10-2019 23:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Celebrities have always used their social-media accounts as confessionalbooths, but at some point in the past year Instagram stars beganinterrupting their otherwise aspirational feeds with a very specifictype of revelation—posts that could be described as the “getting real”moments.– The New Yorker
  
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• Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts - Teaching Assitant / PQA Torbay / South West

  02-10-2019 23:12
  PQA, the new generation of weekend drama schools set up by actress Pauline Quirke, are currently recruiting a teaching assistant for our Academy in Torbay.
  PQA Torbay is a dedicated performing arts...
  
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• Why We Need To Learn How To Do Nothing Well

  02-10-2019 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Paying attention is not easy to do. It demands “a state of openness thatassumes there is something new to be seen”, and the discipline to“resist our tendency to declare our observations finished.” – The Guardian
  
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• Research Analyst / AEA Consulting Worldwide, Ltd. / London

  02-10-2019 22:35
  Position Description Research Analysts serve as critical project team members, supporting AEA’s consulting team across three practice areas: 1) research and analysis; 2) project management; and...
  
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• Agents Assistant / Beresford Management / London

  02-10-2019 22:30
  Beresford Management is a vibrant, boutique Theatrical Agency situated in London, representing a select client list of exceptional talent in film, television, theatre, commercials, voiceover and...
  
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• EU Report: Europe Is At A Social Turning Point – Arts Need To Play Role

  02-10-2019 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The report describes the EU as being at a “turning point” due tosocietal and political challenges such as social cohesion, risingextremism and populism, global competition and “environmentalemergency”. The culture and creative sectors, it says, have an important role toplay in addressing these issues and can act as a positive, unifyingforce. – Arts Professional
  
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• Placido Domingo Resigns From LA Opera

  02-10-2019 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Recent accusations that have been made against me in the press havecreated an atmosphere in which my ability to serve this company that Iso love has been compromised,” he wrote in a statement provided to TheTimes. “While I will continue to work to clear my name, I have decidedthat it is in the best interests of L.A. Opera for me to resign as itsgeneral director and withdraw from my future scheduled performances atthis time.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Penguin Random House Defends Author Against Plagiarism Claims In Dr. Zhivago Book

  02-10-2019 21:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  Published in September, Lara Prescott’s The Secrets We Kept tells of how theCIA planned to use Doctor Zhivago as a propaganda tool during the coldwar. But Anna Pasternak revealed in the Sunday Times thatshe had sent a legal letter to Prescott, claiming that the novelfeatures “an astonishing number of substantial elements” copied from Pasternak’s 2016 biography Lara, which is about Olga Ivinskaya, Pasternak’s lover, muse and inspiration for his character Lara. &ndas
  
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• David Henry Hwang And Jeanine Tesori Turn ‘The King And I’ On Its Head

  02-10-2019 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In [Soft Power], a stand-in for Hwang named DHH is hired by a Chinese producer to try to stage a theatrical production in Shanghai. Then, after a stabbing that mirrors Hwang’s own, he falls into a coma and imagines a full-blown future production of a Chinese musical about an intrepid Chinese producer who meets Hillary Clinton and teaches lessons from the communist perspective about screwed-up American democracy. There’s also, of course, a ‘Getting to Know You’-sty
  
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• How Classical Music Has Become Big Video Game Business

  02-10-2019 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  In case you are unaware, video games and video game music have come a long way from the 8-bit MIDI sound effects of Donkey Kong.  It’sa musical realm that has produced its own roster of superstar composersbeginning in the 1980s with synthesizer “techno” scores created forgames like The Revenge of Shinobi and Streets of Rage by Yuzo Koshiro; Koji Kondo’s accompaniment for Super Mario Brothers; and Nobuo Uematsu’s influential scores for the highly successful Fin
  
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• Treasurer within the Council of Management / Lake District Summer Music / North West

  02-10-2019 20:21
  Lake District Summer Music (LDSM) is looking for an individual with financial experience to join its Council of Management (Board of Trustees) as its Treasurer.The Role involves:   ...
  
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• A Day In The (Very Busy) Life Of The Ailey Company’s Production Stage Manager

  02-10-2019 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “While [Kristin Colvin] Young’s job involves the responsibilities that immediately come to mind when you think of stage management — like calling the lights and sound during shows — her role encompasses everything from prepping casting inserts for programs to finalizing rehearsal schedules to giving preshow audience announcements as the ‘Voice of God.’ During a recent tour stop in Copenhagen, Young documented what a typical performance day entails.” &nd
  
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• Bar Manager / Genesis Cinema / London

  02-10-2019 19:50
  London’s largest independent cinema is looking for someone awesome to become our Bar Manager. We are a 1000 seat, five screen family-owned independent cinema in London’s ever-changing...
  
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• Lebanon’s Economy Has Collapsed. Some Artists See Opportunity

  02-10-2019 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  One small silver lining is that artists feel less pressure tochurn out commercial material, freeing them up to experiment. “We arenot expecting anything,” he says. “There are no big returns from themarket during a time of economic collapse, which makes everyone feelmore free to create and do as they want.” – artnet
  
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• New course for writers exploring the environmental crisis / Writers` HQ / South East / Online

  02-10-2019 19:30
  Writers’ HQ, the procrastination-busting community for serious writers on a mission to write great stories, is introducing a unique creative writing course – ‘Writing In The Time Of...
  
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• Marketing Officer / FACT / North West

  02-10-2019 19:27
  Purpose of Role
  To work with the Marketing Manager and Press and Media Relations Officer to increase the profile of FACT. This role will be instrumental in the building and implementation of...
  
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• Arts Management Trainee x3 / The Marlowe / South East

  02-10-2019 19:11
  TO APPLY https://marlowetheatre.com/about/jobs/arts-management-trainee-2/
  Full Time - Fixed Term (18 months)
  £17,364 per annum (pro rata)
  We are seeking people who are passionate about...
  
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• Writing on Water - artist Hanien Conradie / ClimateCultures / South East / National

  02-10-2019 19:10
  It's been a great pleasure working with artist Hanien Conradie, bringing her wonderful short film 'Dart' to the ClimateCultures website: a collaborative film (made with fellow artist Margaret...
  
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• UX/UI Product Designer / SeatPlan / London

  02-10-2019 19:09
  We are looking for someone who wants to create best-in-market designs in a fast-paced environment, to make a big impact on users.  You will be able to work closely with the Product Manager...
  
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• The Three Ages Of Podcasting

  02-10-2019 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “What started as a quiet digital backwater is now increasingly growing in prominence, drawing the attention of audiences and moneyed interests alike. … And the story of how we go here can be told via two major turning points: The first was everything that happened before and after 2014. The second turning point is happening right now.” – Vulture
  
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• Art Beyond Limits review: MND show pushes at the event horizon of existence

  02-10-2019 19:03
  Gallery@Oxo, London
  From the photographer paralysed from the neck down to the roboticist aiming to be the world’s first cyborg, this show for the Motor Neurone Disease Association is full of courage and passionThe power of photographer Simon Adams is to make you see the crystalline beauty of any given moment. A City crowd is moving in all directions, under two old-fashioned clocks in a panoramic black and white print that is radically focused so that while the background is all a blur, fac
  
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• RSL Literature Matters Awards 2020 - open for submissions / Royal Society of Literature / London / UK-wide

  02-10-2019 18:43
  The RSL Literature Matters Awards 2020 are open for submissions. The Awards will provide financial support to undertake a new piece of writing or literary project. Priority will be...
  
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• Administrator / Midlands Arts Centre / West Midlands / Birmingham

  02-10-2019 18:39
  Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) is an exciting, ambitious arts centre which offers a wide array of free exhibitions, theatre, music, cinema and comedy as well as creative learning and participation...
  
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• The New Music Career: Mosaics?

  02-10-2019 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The 21st-century arts economy continues to evolve, and mosaic careersare what will enable us to keep pace with it. These are careers made upof many different parts, in different sizes. Some pieces are brighterand shinier than others; some are bigger and some are smaller. It is thecombination of these parts that is essential.”  – 21CM
  
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• Event Worker (Christmas Elves & Santa) / Breeze Leeds / Yorkshire

  02-10-2019 18:14
  We are looking for people with a variety of skills to work with young people, to help deliver a programme of events for young people including The Christmas Experience at Lotherton Hall, the Breeze...
  
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• Acclaimed event about Oxford`s first-ever Black scholar / The Northern School of Art / North East / Yorkshire

  02-10-2019 18:10
  The only northern date for an event about what it was like to be the first Black student at Oxford is taking place in The Northern School of Art’s Hartlepool campus theatre on Monday...
  
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• The World’s Largest Collection Of Contemporary South African Art Belongs To — Nando’s (Yes, The Grilled Chicken Chain)

  02-10-2019 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  With more than 22,000 works hanging in the chain’s roughly 1,300 restaurants, Nando’s is arguably the best place in the world to check out work by contemporary South African artists. And the chain’s Creative Block program, run with the Spiers Art Trust, may be the largest corporate art initiative anywhere. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Middlesbrough Christmas Parade Float / Middlesbrough Borough Council / North East

  02-10-2019 18:03
  Newham Grange Farm and Middlesbrough Council would like to commission an artist to design, produce and deliver a parade float which represents Newham Grange Farm and also incorporates a snowman...
  
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• Project Director, Pioneering Places: East Kent project / Creative Folkestone / South East

  02-10-2019 18:02
  In 2017 we submitted a successful bid to the Great Place Scheme, and are now two years into our Pioneering Places: East Kent project. Our goals are to embed arts, culture and heritage in local plans...
  
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• Industry Liaison and Career Officer / University of Essex - East 15 / London

  02-10-2019 17:59
  East 15 Acting School is a top-ranked conservatoire school, and we are committed to excellence in education and research.
   
  The school currently has nearly 800 students and provides training...
  
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• Exhibition Team Member / Dialogue in the Dark / London

  02-10-2019 17:59
  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Communicates and liaises verbally and in writing between visitors and relevant staff, and interprets and responds clearly and effectively to spoken requests...
  
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• Physical Theatre Performer / Hubbub Theatre Company / East Midlands

  02-10-2019 17:53
  Hubbub Theatre Company is looking to recruit a physical theatre performer for the Creative Development of their next touring production The Drum working...
  
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• Laser Cutting for Creatives / Morley College / London

  02-10-2019 17:49
  18 Oct 2019 - 1 Nov 2019 (9 hours, 3 weeks)
  Friday 18:00 - 21:00
  Morley College London
  Course Code: VJE126C
  Explore a range of materials and follow set projects using the laser cutter in this...
  
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• Casual Chaperone Position / Oxford Playhouse / South East / Oxfordshire

  02-10-2019 17:45
  Casual Chaperone PositionPositioned at the cultural heart of Oxfordshire, with the drive to inspire, engage and entertain a wide reaching and diverse audience, Oxford Playhouse brings together...
  
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• International Contemporary Stitched Art Exhibition / Society For Embroidered work / London

  02-10-2019 17:39
   S.E.W - The Society For Embroidered Work are holding their first exhibition with 56 of their members taking part. These artists come from across the globe with artworks coming from Australia,...
  
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• AI Now Sees Better Than Humans Do. Also Differently. Does It Matter?

  02-10-2019 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  People don’t fully acquire theability to suppress clutter in a crowded scene and focus on whatthey’re looking for until around age 17. Other research has found thatthe ability to perceive faces keeps improving until around age 20. Computer vision systems work by digesting massive amounts of data.Their underlying architecture is fixed and doesn’t mature over time, theway the developing brain does. If the underlying learning mechanismsare so different, will the results
  
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• Visitor Services Assistant / Rich Mix Cultural Foundation / London

  02-10-2019 17:25
  We are looking for a Visitor Services Assistant to join our team. CLOSING DATE FRI 4 OCT
  You can download the job description – featuring key responsibilities and the person...
  
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• Pastoral Support Worker(s) x 3 / Kent Music / South East / Kent

  02-10-2019 17:20
  Pastoral Support Worker(s) x 3 £ 11.30 - £12.96 per hour (inclusive of holiday pay) - Based on a full time equivalent salary range of £21,741 - £24,935 (inclusive of...
  
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• Music Assistant / Shakespeare's Globe / London

  02-10-2019 17:09
  We celebrate Shakespeare’s transformative impact on the world by conducting a radical theatrical experiment. Inspired and informed by the unique historic playing conditions of two beautiful...
  
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• Kyle Abraham Wants To Show Us A Misty Copeland We’ve Never Seen Before

  02-10-2019 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The MacArthur-winning modern choreographer is creating a new solo on the star ballerina for the opening of this year’s Fall For Dance festival in New York. Brian Seibert talks with the two of them about working with each other for the first time. – The New York Times
  
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• England’s Arts Funder Is Now A Target Of Climate Activists

  02-10-2019 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  A collective called Culture Declares Emergency argues that the new funding strategy proposed by Arts Council England “neither addresses the urgency of the climate and ecological emergency nor grasps the chance to trumpet boldly the pivotal role arts and culture play in bringing about societal changes needed to avert disaster.” – Arts Professional
  
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• Graduate Producer (Festivals) Internship / Severn Arts / West Midlands / Worcester

  02-10-2019 16:26
  The Graduate Producer is a varied and challenging full-time, fixed term role to work within the Festivals team working directly on a day to day basis with the Producer and Festival Director.
  The...
  
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• Workshop: Marketing your Book / / London / South East

  02-10-2019 16:16
  3hour workshop at the British Library, £35
  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marketing-your-books-tickets-54583241946
  Have you written a book (or are planning on writing one) but aren’t...
  
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• Listening Clubs Bring Audiences Of NPR’s Spanish-Language Podcast Together In Real Life

  02-10-2019 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Radio Ambulante has a Facebook group with thousands of members in more than 19 countries. Editors there decided, “Let’s go back to the first place and do this but offline. We don’t want to have Facebook in between you and other listeners.” So they’ve organized listening clubs (the podcast equivalent of book clubs) for people to meet in person, listen to Radio Ambulante, and discuss what they’ve heard. – Nieman Lab
  
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• Trusts & Foundations Manager (Parental Leave cover) / Bletchley Park Trust Ltd / South East

  02-10-2019 16:00
  Bletchley Park Trust is seeking to recruit a Trusts and Foundations Manager (Parental Leave cover) to manage our fundraising from charitable trusts and foundations. Building on a successful track...
  
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• Ensemble Leader for Junior Percussion / Kent Music / South East / Kent

  02-10-2019 15:58
  Ensemble Leader for Junior Percussion at Medway Towns Music Centre
  Saturday mornings, 10am-10:40am (30 weeks term time only)
  Grade 2 (£29.22p/h) or Grade 3 (£30.97p/h) (inclusive of...
  
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• Photo Scratch at Four Corners Monday 7th October 2019 / / London

  02-10-2019 15:55
  Photo Scratch returns to Four Corners Monday 7th October 2019, 6-9pm,
  Free photography work-in-progress and networking night open to all! Free but booking essential.
  A night for new ideas,...
  
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• Artist Bursaries 2020 / a-n The Artists Information Company / North East / & UK-Wide

  02-10-2019 15:40
  a-n The Artists Information Company is offering 50+ bursaries of £500 – £1,500 to Artist and Joint (Artist and Arts Organiser) members wishing to undertake self-determined...
  
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• Duty Manager (part time) / The Crescent Theatre / West Midlands

  02-10-2019 15:38
  Duty Manager (15 hours per week)
  We are looking for a Duty Manager who is sympathetic to the needs of an amateur theatre company with the drive to provide consistently friendly and efficient...
  
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• Production Manager / Norwich BID / East

  02-10-2019 15:37
  Summary: The scope of work for an experienced Production Manager to join the core team for the Love Light Festival Norwich 13-15 February 2020.
  Context: Love Light Norwich is a bright new...
  
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