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• Students Sue Actor James Franco Over Sex Scenes Class

  04-10-2019 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The two named plaintiffs seek to represent a class of more than 100former female students at Studio 4. Their complaint alleges that Studio 4set out to “create a steady stream of young women to objectify andexploit.” The complaint also contends that the school was “designed tocircumvent California’s ‘pay for play’ regulations,” which prohibitmaking actors pay for auditions. – NPR
  
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• A Case For Reconsidering New Age Music As Art

  04-10-2019 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  How did New Age end up carrying so much baggage in our musical memory?Its fall from grace, when it once soared, might be due to New Age’sstatus as one of the most heavily marketed musical genres, making it theequivalent of aural snake oil, to be sold on the yoga-conferencecircuit and in corporate supplement chains.– The New Yorker
  
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• Did Tate Museum Outpost Revive An Ailing UK Sea Town?

  04-10-2019 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s evidence it did. In some respects. But the answer is a bit more complicated. – BBC
  
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• Yemen’s Ancient Cultural Treasures Are Being Damaged In Its Civil War

  04-10-2019 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  As a result of Yemen’s complex civil war – now in its fifth year –many of the country’s wonders have been damaged or are under threat.While the destruction pales in comparison to the human cost of theconflict, the country’s rich cultural heritage has also been ravaged. – The Guardian
  
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• Arts Council England’s New Strategy For Culture Seems To Be More About Itself Than The Arts

  04-10-2019 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Robert Hewison: “ACE’s response to its lacklustre level of achievement has been to inventthree “outcomes” so inoffensive that no one would disagree with them:“creative people” – more emphasis will be put on helping individualartists – “cultural communities” – encouraging local collaboration – and“a creative and cultural country”. Are we striving for an uncreativeand philistine country? Surely not.” –
  
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• Merchandise Operations Manager / English National Opera / London

  04-10-2019 21:06
  English National Opera is founded on the belief that opera of the highest quality should be accessible to everyone.
  This appointment will be made on merit, but we believe that diversity strengthens...
  
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• Annie-B Parson On Choreographing For Non-Dancers (Such As David Byrne’s Band)

  04-10-2019 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Working with dancers, a lot gets communicated non-verbally, but with untrained dancers you need to find a specific and deliberate language around movement because there is no shared language, no baseline. I try to put myself in their shoes. It’s important to remind myself how scary and alien dancing is to the non-dancer.” – Dance Magazine
  
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• Of The Moment: How To Capture Improvisation

  04-10-2019 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The drummer and composer Tyshawn Sorey has a lovely phrase to describe the practice of improvisation: “the adornment of time.” – New York Review of Books
  
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• The Meet Up: #1 Women In Tech inaugural event 23 October 2019 / Frequency International Festival of Digital Culture / East Midlands / Lincoln

  04-10-2019 20:16
  Frequency International Festival of Digital Culture introduces the inaugural THE MEET UP event on 23 October 2019 to set the scene for one of the UK’s leading...
  
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• Frequency 2019 Programme Announced / Frequency International Festival of Digital Culture / East Midlands / Lincoln

  04-10-2019 20:12
  FREQUENCY International Festival of Digital Culture returns to Lincoln later this month (24-27 October 2019), transforming the city’s rhythm over four days with a jam-packed festival programme...
  
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• IT & Systems Coordinator / Dulwich Picture Gallery / London

  04-10-2019 20:08
  This is a newly formed role with the Operations Department at Dulwich Picture Gallery which will:   be responsible for ensuring that all IT services are successfully delivered...
  
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• Wayne Fitzgerald, Master Of The Movie Title Sequence, Dead At 89

  04-10-2019 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “He got hooked on the idea that movie title sequences could be more than just ‘book covers,’ as he once described it, and he parlayed that concept into a 50-year career designing title sequences for more than 500 movies … [and] scores of television shows” — from The Searchers to the Godfather series and from The Dick Van Dyke Show to Dallas. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Preview: City Life Exhibition / Candid Arts Trust / London

  04-10-2019 19:36
  Candid Arts has the pleasure of inviting you to the opening of the CITY LIFE ExhibitionPreview evening: Thursday 10th October – 6-9pmExhibition open: 11th October – 20th October...
  
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• The Louvre Is Moving Around Its Collections And Rehanging Art

  04-10-2019 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Pyramid entrance was revamped in 2014-16, and a total rehang of thecollections is under way, including rewriting labels for the 38,000works exhibited in the galleries.– The Art Newspaper
  
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• The Guardian view on Tate Modern’s new sculpture: a gift and a rebuke | Editorial

  04-10-2019 19:25
  Kara Walker’s new commission remakes the language of monuments through allusions and references to the slavery ageThe Turbine Hall at London’s Tate Modern is a cavernous maw that swallows and spits out all but the most confident artists. Kara Walker, the latest to have undertaken the annual commission in the echoing central chamber of the former power station, is equal to its challenge. The African American artist has built a 13-metre-tall fountain, a play on the Queen Victoria Memor
  
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• Project Co-ordinator / Theatre-Rites / London

  04-10-2019 19:14
  We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and exceptionally well organised Project Co-ordinator to come and join our small and very industrious team in Whitechapel. You must have excellent...
  
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• Gallery Manager / Will`s Art Warehouse / London

  04-10-2019 19:07
  Established in 1996, Will’s Art Warehouse is a friendly and inspiring contemporary art gallery which specialises in original work priced from £40 to £4,000. The gallery is based in...
  
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• Think Translating Opera For Surtitles Is Tricky? Try Putting ‘Porgy And Bess’ Into German Or Spanish

  04-10-2019 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s not just a matter of slangy terms like “happy dust” (German and Spanish have their own words for cocaine). Finding equivalents for the contractions and non-standard grammar in the libretto’s “Negro dialect” (as the Gershwins and Heyward called it) is challenging in itself, let alone when you only have 72 characters per screen. Here’s how the translators did it. – The New York Times
  
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• Mind Meld: The Risks (And Rewards) Of Linking Our Brains With Computers

  04-10-2019 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Neural lace and other AI-based enhancements are supposed to allow datafrom your brain to travel wirelessly to one’s digital devices or to thecloud, where massive computing power is available. – Nautilus
  
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• Membership Manager (IWM London or IWM Duxford) / Imperial War Museums / London

  04-10-2019 18:27
  The Membership Manager is a new role and one that is essential in leading and delivering the change needed to grow IWM membership and realise our vision.We launched IWM membership in 2017 and...
  
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• Executive Director / Theatre Hullabaloo / North East

  04-10-2019 18:18
  Theatre Hullabaloo is one of the UK’s leading children’s arts organisations. We make, produce, promote and programme world-class theatre for young audiences. In December 2017, we opened...
  
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• The A-Z of Organising an Exhibition. One Day Course / Hot-Hat Short Courses in Arts & Arts Management / London

  04-10-2019 18:09
  During this one-day course participants will gain an understanding of the key skills necessary to conceive, stage, and manage contemporary art exhibitions. 
  The course will guide...
  
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• Usher/Bar Staff / Bloomsbury Theatre / London

  04-10-2019 18:08
  Currently hiring ushers/bar staff. Previous theatre/bar experience essential. Must be available to work through Christmas. £10.60 per hour. Please send CV to [email protected]
  Shifts are...
  
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• Art School Co-ordinator / Towner Art Gallery / South East

  04-10-2019 18:06
  Towner is already recognised as a pioneer in the learning opportunities it provides both within and outside of the gallery context. We have a demonstrable history of excellence in our field having...
  
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• Chicago’s Museum Of Science And Industry Gets A New Name (And $125 Million)

  04-10-2019 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The sprawling science, tech and business museum on the city’s South Side will become the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry after the museum’s board voted to accept Griffin’s $125 million donation, … one of the largest cash donations ever to a local cultural institution.” – Chicago Tribune
  
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• Temporary Casual Front of House Team Member / Grand Theatre, Blackpool / North West

  04-10-2019 17:50
  Opportunity to join our busy Front of House team as a bar person and usher.
  Main duties include:
  Welcoming patrons, checking tickets and directing to their seats
  Selling ices, programmes, drinks...
  
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• Health, Safety and Security Administrator / Southbank Centre / London

  04-10-2019 17:39
  We are looking for a Health & Safety Administrator to provide comprehensive administrative support to the Health, Safety and Security Team. You will manage all related internal and some...
  
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• The Fraught Art Of Page-Turning

  04-10-2019 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The page turner disturbs our illusion of musical command, threatening toshatter the audience’s suspension of artistic disbelief, where wedisaggregate the magic of the sounds we experience from their moremundane physical and material realities: works that exist in publishedscores with broken spines and tweaked pages. – Van
  
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• Communications Coordinator / Drawing Room / London

  04-10-2019 17:27
  Are you a passionate about engaging the public in the arts through high quality communications? Have you got a flair for writing great copy and know a fantastic image when you see one? This new...
  
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• Learn the Basics of Bharatanatyam with Niharika Kasturi / Sussex Dance Network / South East

  04-10-2019 17:19
  This workshop is designed for the purpose of teaching the basics of Bharatanatyam to the participants. Bharatanatyam is a part and parcel of the Indian culture today. Its roots extend all the way to...
  
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• Studio Wayne McGregor`s Living Archive Tool Workshop / Sussex Dance Network / South East

  04-10-2019 17:17
  Come and be part of the testing of Studio Wayne McGregor and Google Arts and Culture Lab’s new tool Living Archive.
  This workshop is free for Sussex Dance Network Members only. Spaces are...
  
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• Communications and Press Assistant (Temporary) / ICA / London

  04-10-2019 17:11
  This is a fantastic opportunity to support the promotion of all facets of the ICA’s programme, providing essential support to an ambitious Communications team who work across exhibitions,...
  
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• Bilingual Volunteer Coordinator - Oral History Heritage Project / Newham Chinese Association / London

  04-10-2019 17:05
  Chinese Fortune - Oral History Heritage Project  Newham Chinese Association is recruiting a Bilingual Volunteer Coordinator for Chinese Fortune - Oral History Heritage...
  
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• Assistant Visitor Services Manager / Royal Collection Trust / Edinburgh

  04-10-2019 17:05
  It's inspiring the team who present magnificence every day.
  It's the collaboration and the community spirit. And it's presenting one of the world's greatest art collections.
  Our outstanding Visitor...
  
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• Executive Assistant to CEO / Awards Executive / Society of London Theatre / London

  04-10-2019 17:04
  Executive Assistant to CEO / Awards ExecutiveCovent Garden, London
  About Us
  Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and the UK Theatre Association (UK Theatre) are organisations that work with and on...
  
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• If There’s A No-Deal Brexit, Many British Performers May Have To Give Up Touring In Europe At All

  04-10-2019 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Music industry figures have said a no-deal Brexit would make touring ‘simply unviable for many artists’, after new government guidelines for cultural, heritage and sporting professionals touring Europe signalled … [that] touring parties would face extra issues with documentation, travel and the transport and sale of goods as they take their work to individual EU member states.” – The Guardian
  
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• Accompanist (choral) / Finchley Children's Music Group - London's Children's Choir / London

  04-10-2019 17:02
  Finchley Children’s Music Group – London’s Children’s Choir
  FCMG, founded in 1958 with Benjamin Britten as its President, is London’s leading children’s choir...
  
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• Michael O`Pray Prize 2019 / Film and Video Umbrella / London / International

  04-10-2019 17:01
  Returning for its third year, The Michael O’Pray Prize is an award for new writing on innovation and experimentation in the moving image. The winning applicant receives...
  
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• Listing & Content Co-ordinator - Theatre / Society of London Theatre / London

  04-10-2019 16:58
  Listing & Content Co-ordinator - Theatre Covent Garden, LondonAbout Us Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is an organisation that works with and on behalf of our Members to champion...
  
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• Workshop Image Synthesis / IKLECTIK / London / Waterloo

  04-10-2019 16:50
  Sensible analysis of image datasets through ImageJBy Doreen A. RiosSaturday, 12 October 2019From 11:00-15:00hI K L E C T I K'Old Paradise Yard' 20 Carlisle LaneSE1 7LG, LondonUnited KingdomStudents /...
  
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• Musicianship Tutor / Deputy Conductor / Finchley Children's Music Group - London's Children's Choir / London

  04-10-2019 16:46
  Finchley Children’s Music Group – London’s Children’s Choir
  FCMG, founded in 1958 with Benjamin Britten as its President, is London’s leading children’s choir...
  
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• Marketing Intern / Bush Theatre / London

  04-10-2019 16:34
  The Bush Theatre is recruiting a Marketing Intern. We are looking for an individual that is passionate about theatre, who has been searching for an opportunity to begin their career in arts...
  
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• Is ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Really Good For Drag As A Whole?

  04-10-2019 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  After ten years, and as the ever more popular show expands from the US to the UK (with plans for Canada and Australia), it’s impossible to deny that Drag Race has brought drag a once-undreamed-of level of mainstream acceptance. But has it also made drag less varied and more conformist? – BBC
  
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• Workshop Technician / Makerversity Ltd / London

  04-10-2019 16:28
  The Workshop Technician will be responsible for ensuring a safe and reliable experience and journey through the workshops. The Workshop Technician will specifically work Monday to Friday 09:00-18:00....
  
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• Freelance Creative Community Facilitator / Torbay Culture / South West

  04-10-2019 16:18
  Torbay Culture and Torbay Community Development Trust are looking for an experienced Creative Facilitator to support a new test-and-learn community project in Chelston, Torquay, inspired by Arts...
  
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• Dancefloor debauchery and a brush-wielding paparazzi – the week in art

  04-10-2019 16:10
  Islamic art’s global impact is laid bare while Hogarth is revealed in all his hilarious horror – all in your weekly dispatchInspired By the East: How the Islamic World Influenced Western Art
  Five-hundred years of European admiration for Islamic art are revealed in a fascinating perspective on global art history.• British Museum, London, 10 October to 26 January. Continue reading...
  
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• The Reigning Queen Of Queer Cartoons

  04-10-2019 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rebecca Sugar earned six Emmy nominations before she was 30 for her work on the animated series Adventure Time. Now, on her own Cartoon Network series, Steven Universe, she has an entire squad of non-binary female characters, one gender-neutral hero, and a lesbian wedding, the first on children’s TV. – The Guardian
  
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• Margaret Ashman - Higher Ground / The Muse Gallery / London

  04-10-2019 15:33
  The Muse Gallery proudly presents Margaret Ashman Higher Ground31.10-17.11.2019 Opening Night 31.10.2019, 6.30-9.00pm
  The Muse is proud to present Margaret Ashman, at her first solo...
  
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• Art Classes Instead Of Court Dates For Misdemeanor Offenders In Brooklyn

  04-10-2019 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “People arrested on low-level misdemeanors in Brooklyn will now have the option to complete a one-day arts course at the Brooklyn Museum instead of ever having to appear in court, thanks to a newly expanded diversion program [called Project Reset] offered by the Brooklyn District Attorney.” – Brooklyn Eagle
  
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• General Manager / Frozen Light / East

  04-10-2019 15:11
  Frozen Light is offering an exciting opportunity to join their team as General Manager, for an initial fixed term of 12 months  with the strong possibility for extension. This new position will...
  
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