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• Learn how to etch! Printmaking course for drawing lovers / West Yorkshire Print Workshop / Yorkshire

  03-10-2019 23:52
  Weekend courseSaturday 26th & Sunday 27th October 201910am – 4pm
  If you have a passion for drawing and enjoy exploring the qualities of line, tone and composition then understanding the...
  
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• Why Public Libraries Across America Are Eliminating Book Fines

  03-10-2019 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The decision to remove fines is a growing nationwide movement. Already,dozens of U.S. libraries have fully or partially eliminated overduefines (usually for teens and children), according to a “fine-free” map from the Urban Libraries Council (ULC).– CityLab
  
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• The Scary Apocalyptic Literature Of The Nationalist Far Right

  03-10-2019 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lone wolves, domestic terrorists, white supremacists, and militiamen onthe far-right fringes who have long trafficked in an expansive body ofpublished manifestos and propagandist fiction. Theirs is a kind of sickpop culture, constantly updated and running parallel to the mainstream,that fully accounts for apocalyptic race wars and nationalist-driven coups d’etat.Those steeped in this body of literature are primed to expect themoment where their rhetorical “shit” hits the real-
  
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• I Used To Be An Avid Reader. But Since The Internet…

  03-10-2019 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Reading books is something I was once did compulsively, willingly andjoyfully. But as I get older and spend more of my life online, readingbooks has become harder. Studies suggest I’m not alone – research in both Australia and the US suggests reading novels for leisure has declined.” – The Guardian
  
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• Banksy work depicting MPs as chimpanzees sells for record price

  03-10-2019 22:15
  Devolved Parliament reaches just under £9.9m at auction at Sotheby’s in LondonA Banksy artwork depicting MPs in the House of Commons as chimpanzees has been sold for close to £10m, in what organisers say is a record for the artist.Devolved Parliament, which is four metres wide, was first unveiled as part of the Bristol artist’s exhibition Banksy vs Bristol Museum in 2009. Continue reading...
  
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• Silence’s Central Role In Music

  03-10-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  As social beings, we are hard-wired to interpret breaks in the flow ofhuman communication. We recognize the pregnant pause, the stunnedsilence, the expectant hush. A one-beat delay on an answer can revealhesitation or hurt, or play us for laughs. A closer listen shows musicalsilence to be just as eloquent. – The New York Times
  
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• Project Manager - COPIM project / Centre for Postdigital Cultures, Coventry University / West Midlands

  03-10-2019 21:45
  Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) is a GBP 3.6M programme aiming to transform Open Access (OA) book publishing by delivering major improvements in the...
  
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• New Technology Could Finally Make Ancient Pompeii Scrolls Readable

  03-10-2019 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The two unopened scrolls that will be probed belong to the Institut deFrance in Paris and are part of an astonishing collection of about 1,800scrolls that was first discovered in 1752 during excavations ofHerculaneum. Together they make up the only known intact library fromantiquity, with the majority of the collection now preserved in a museumin Naples. – The Guardian
  
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• Artist Studio Space available / Leicester Print Workshop / East Midlands

  03-10-2019 21:20
  We now have a vacancy for our upstairs Studio 4, which is available right now.
  Studio 4 is 139 square ft, and costs £143 per calendar month (all bills included). Our Upper Floor Artists play...
  
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• Studio, Exhibitions and Outreach Facilitator P/T / Leicester Print Workshop / East Midlands

  03-10-2019 21:19
  We are now looking for someone with high level of printmaking experience to join our Studio Team as our Studio, Exhibitions and Outreach Facilitator (P/T).
  The Four main purposes of this...
  
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• The Grimms’ Fairy Tales Weren’t Published For Children, And The Originals Would Shock Many Parents Today

  03-10-2019 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm assembled their book of stories as folklorists, not children’s authors, and they intended their book for adult students of German culture, not for parents to read to the kiddies at bedtime. And the stories themselves could be violent: for example, “Cinderella” ends with white birds pecking out the stepsisters’ eyes. – National Geographic History
  
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• Donor Myopia

  03-10-2019 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  With virtually no public money flowing in, U.S. arts organizations have, understandably, been most concerned with the interests of those who fund the enterprise. This narrowness of attention, this “donor myopia” has created a system in which the broader population can be very nearly unseen. – Doug Borwick
  
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• Balking at Walker: Darren, Ford Foundation’s President, Becomes National Gallery’s New Trustee

  03-10-2019 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  The news that Darren Walker has been named as one of the National Gallery of Art’s five general trustees gave me pause. My misgivings arose from what struck me as his astonishingly clueless views on the current state of American museums. – Lee Rosenbaum
  
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• Ancient Romans Used Infographics

  03-10-2019 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new book by classicist and historian Andrew M. Riggsbyinvestigates the types of information technologies (IT) drawn, painted,and inscribed on the surfaces of the ancient Roman world and exploreshow they shaped the daily life of Romans. As Riggsby demonstrates,effective graphic design has been a tricky but important ability forthousands of years. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Casual Education Assistant x 3 posts / Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council / Yorkshire

  03-10-2019 20:19
  Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
  Job reference REQ00666
  Location Clifton Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
  Salary £9.74 per hour  
  Casual Education Assistant x 3 posts
  Working on...
  
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• Executive Assistant / The Saturday Club Trust / London

  03-10-2019 20:17
  This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, proactive and highly committed individual to take on a newly created role. The Saturday Club Trust is looking to recruit a well-presented and...
  
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• The Sounds Of Silence: A Brief, Quiet History Of ‘Negative Space’ In Music

  03-10-2019 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim looks at the uses of well-placed pauses for the purposes of acoustical clarity, rhetoric, drama, surprise, and even humor, traveling from chanting monks and Monteverdi through Haydn and Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Mahler and Berg, to (of course) John Cage. – The New York Times
  
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• Assistant Administrator, Learning (18 Month FTC) / National Theatre / London

  03-10-2019 20:02
  Our Learning department are hiring! We are looking for an Assistant Administrator to join us on an 18 Month Fixed Term Contract.
  The role of Assistant Administrator is to provide highly effective...
  
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• Bookbinder / Book Works / London

  03-10-2019 19:48
  Book Works Studio is a leading Bookbinders specialising in making books and boxes for all areas of the creative arts.
  Based in Central London we are offering a full-time position for someone who is...
  
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• Marketing & Communications Manager, Henry Moore Institute / Henry Moore Foundation / Yorkshire

  03-10-2019 19:45
  Part time (28 hours/week worked as 5 x 5.6 hr days or 4 x 7 hr days) Location: Leeds city centreSalary: £20,784 - £23,815 p.a. for 28 hr wk (F.T.E £25,980 - £29,769)Plus:...
  
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• Former Getty Foundation Leader Deborah Marrow, Dies In LA

  03-10-2019 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Marrow was a lifelong champion for the arts. She began working at the Getty in 1983 as a publications coordinator,and went on to serve in various high-ranking roles. Her longest andmost sustained position came as the director of what was initiallycalled the Getty Grant Program in 1984. Now known as the GettyFoundation, the program gives out significant funding to institutions,historians, and conservators around the world. – ARTnews
  
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• Editorial Assistant / Nobrow and Flying Eye Books / London

  03-10-2019 19:09
  Nobrow, the award-winning independent publisher, is looking for an enthusiastic and organised editorial assistant to work across our adult and children’s imprints. We publish graphic novels,...
  
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• Can A Rapper’s Take On Camus Become France’s ‘Hamilton’?

  03-10-2019 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spoken-word artist and author Abd el Malik is staging Camus’s The Just Assassins, now considered a classic play in France, at the Théâtre du Châtelet with R&B and hip-hop accompaniment and an almost entirely non-white cast that includes amateur actors from the housing projects in the Paris suburbs. Says one cast member, “Here, onstage, are people like us. Blacks, Arabs, who come from the suburbs, who didn’t think they would do drama one day, even less so
  
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• Freelance Researcher / Creative People and Places Hounslow / London

  03-10-2019 19:03
  Creative People and Places Hounslow is commissioning a researcher to collect and write up a selection of historical stories about animals in the London Borough of Hounslow.
  This role is ideal for a...
  
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• Mixed Media Thumbnail Sketching Workshops / / London / Midlands, Yorkshire & Scotland

  03-10-2019 18:33
  Whether you're a practiced sketcher seeking new techniques, or a terrified newbie wanting gentle tuition, my methods and guidance will help you to see and record architecture and landscape with...
  
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• What Placido Domingo Meant To LA Opera

  03-10-2019 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mark Swed:“He’s been an unstoppable powerhouse, and, in the end, we may very wellhave to conclude that he’s human, and that maybe he couldn’t have doneall the great things he did without also having done what he shouldn’thave, and hurting people along the way. In Domingo’s case, being anunstoppable powerhouse may not allow much time or room forself-reflection.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Junior LCOM Ensemble & Vocal Group Tutor (Indie & Pop) / Leeds College of Music / Yorkshire

  03-10-2019 18:30
  The Saturday Music School at Leeds College of Music is a programme, which supports talented young musicians and producers, offering the opportunity to explore new musical areas.  Students...
  
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• Business Coordinator (Exhibition Services) / Spike Island / South West

  03-10-2019 18:29
  Spike Island is a dynamic arts centre that supports, produces and presents contemporary art and culture. We engage audiences in our work through a diverse programme of exhibitions and...
  
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• November One to one advice sessions with Talent Development / Crafts Council / London

  03-10-2019 18:27
  Book now: £60
  Crafts Council UK | The Stables | Rear of 46-52 Pentonville Road | London N1 9HF Monday, 11 November 2019 
  Are you looking for a brain storm session for your creative...
  
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• Box Office Assistant & Front of House Assistant / Anvil Arts / South West

  03-10-2019 18:03
  Anvil Arts runs The Anvil, The Haymarket and The Forge and is the largest performing arts organisation in Hampshire. With over 400 performances a year its wide ranging programme includes everything...
  
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• Cookbooks Sell Very Well. Why Aren’t Their Authors Aren’t Making More Money From Them?

  03-10-2019 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Major publishers will do right by their cookbook authors, who are usually already established, but there’s a larger set of small publishers who work with newer writers. “With these smaller publishing companies, there isn’t always an advance, and if there is, it’s often less than $10,000. Royalties aren’t always offered, and most expenses aren’t covered. … Authors are occasionally asked to sign nondisclosure agreements before even viewing a contract.&rd
  
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• Chair of the Board of Trustees / Clean Break / London

  03-10-2019 17:57
  Clean Break is seeking a new Chair of the Board of Trustees.
  40 years ago, Clean Break was founded by two women in prison who believed in the power of theatre to transform lives.  Clean Break...
  
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• Folded and Moulded - Pleating and Draping in Fashion / Chertsey Museum / South East

  03-10-2019 17:54
  This examines beautiful examples of pleating and drapery in women’s fashions from the Olive Matthews Collection at Chertsey Museum.
  Themed sections relating to wealth and status, ancient...
  
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• CoMusica Inclusion Training Producer (Maternity Cover) / Sage Gateshead - North Music Trust / North East

  03-10-2019 17:49
  Sage Gateshead’s CoMusica develops the workforce, brokers connections and establishes strong networks to enable young people experiencing challenging circumstances to progress musically,...
  
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• Gauguin Portraits review – a buttoned-up, nervous and nude-light cop-out of a show

  03-10-2019 17:44
  National Gallery, London
  In a gallery that is elsewhere stuffed with naked white women, this exhibition’s avoidance of Gauguin’s unclothed Tahitians feels like an act of prudery – and even censorshipPaul Gauguin was the first European artist to find brown skin more beautiful than white. He makes that plain in his 1902 painting Barbarian Tales, a highlight of the National Gallery’s ultimately frustrating exhibition. Who is the “barbarian” of the title? The gnom
  
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• Customer Experience Manager / The Octagon Theatre / North West

  03-10-2019 17:41
  Customer Experience Manager We are looking for an experienced, outgoing, enthusiastic manager with great organisational skills and a passion for excellent customer service. A new role within the...
  
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• Future Sounds - Music Industry Experience event - 29th October / Northamptonshire Music and Performing Arts Trust / East Midlands

  03-10-2019 17:39
  On 29th October, we are running our first music industry experience day - "FUTURE SOUNDS". There will be a wide range of activities, presentations and sessions on offer giving young people with an...
  
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• Art Technicians / Deptford X / London

  03-10-2019 17:35
  FREELANCE TECHNICIANS WANTED
  We are looking for 3 freelance technicians to help us build and deinstall the core projects for this year's Deptford X festival, running 24/10 - 03/11.One lead...
  
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• MoMA, Modernism, And Times Long Gone By

  03-10-2019 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jerry Saltz: “Much of modernism and its concerns now feel long ago, forged in a time ofrapid industrial change when white European males assumed they ruledthe world. The demands of our times call for something else.” – New York Magazine
  
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• Deputy Retail and Admissions Manager - IWM Duxford / Imperial War Museums / East

  03-10-2019 17:25
  The Retail and Admissions department welcomes over 2 million visitors each year. The department has 5 permanent Retail and Admissions operations across the IWM branches. The department is responsible...
  
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• Make it a double: Cabaret Fledermaus bar recreated for Barbican show

  03-10-2019 17:20
  Copy of short-lived Vienna venue is star of exhibition on artistic role of cafes and clubsFor fun-loving aesthetes in early 20th-century Vienna it was the place to be, a venue for expressionist dance, absurdist puppetry and experimental theatre, perhaps enjoyed with a “cabaret smash” from the cocktail menu.More than a century later there are no drinks on sale but the wildly colourful bar of the short-lived Cabaret Fledermaus has been recreated for an exhibition exploring the artistic
  
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• Office Manager, Artists' Studios and Educational Charity / ACAVA / London

  03-10-2019 17:10
  West London
  Salary:  £26,000 - £28,000 pa, 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
  Full time, permanent post.
  This is an exciting time to join a supportive and collaborative...
  
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• Deputy Artistic Director / Nuffield Southampton Theatres (NST) / South West / South East

  03-10-2019 17:08
  NST is recruiting for a Deputy Artistic Director to work closely with the Artistic Director (JCE) in the articulation and implementation of NST’s artistic vision and strategy. This is...
  
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• Commission for socially engaged artist/collective / Selby Big Local / Yorkshire

  03-10-2019 17:05
  #makingourspace is the campaign capturing the development of our resident-led space in Flaxley Road, Selby. It is also our community engagement strategy. Our story. We are looking for creatives to...
  
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• New York’s Rubin Museum Announces ‘Restructuring’ For ‘Long-Term Sustainability’

  03-10-2019 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  At the city’s major museum for Tibetan and Himalayan art, “staff will be reduced by 25%, going down from 89 to 67 employees, across operational and curatorial departments. Starting in January 2020, the museum will be closed on Wednesdays as well as Tuesdays, and there will only be two special exhibitions per year, down from the five to six the museum currently hosts.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Marketing and Communications Officer / The Civic, Barnsley / Yorkshire

  03-10-2019 16:53
  The Civic is looking for an experienced and enthusiastic well organised Marketing and Communications Officer with a passion for engaging audiences to be responsible for delivering and overseeing the...
  
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• Dialogues - Towards Change Seminar Series / CVAN South East / South East

  03-10-2019 16:41
  CVAN South East, in partnership with a number of its network organisations, presents Dialogues – Towards Change, an invitation to come together to address rights and representation in the...
  
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• Tyler Perry, ‘The Most Successful Mogul Hollywood Has Ever Ignored’

  03-10-2019 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Now, with Madea behind him — he was fed up with playing her — Perry’s cultural legacy remains complex, ever evolving, and dependent on what he does next. In the short term, that means opening sprawling new studios [in Atlanta that] will serve as the home for an astonishing six new shows, all of which he has written and will direct — part of a major content deal with Viacom. Is he sacrificing quality for quantity? Perry said he was not aspiring to great artistry.&r
  
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• Call for Submissions - Scratch @ JW3 / / London

  03-10-2019 16:30
  We are pleased to present the fourth installation of JW3's seasonal scratch night. On 22 March 2020, 3 writers, theatre-makers or companies will perform 15-20 minutes of new material in a studio...
  
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• Visitor Services Duty Manager / Discover Children's Story Centre / London

  03-10-2019 16:24
  Discover Children's Story Centre is a place where children and their families can enjoy playing, learning and making up stories together. We are seeking a part-time Visitor Services Duty Manager to...
  
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