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• Head of Marketing and Communications / River & Rowing Museum / South East

  17-11-2019 23:46
  Are you a skilled and successful marketing professional in search of a new challenge? The River & Rowing Museum is a dynamic independent museum celebrating its 21st anniversary this year. We are...
  
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• In The Wake Of Apparent Hostility Toward Black Guest Curator, The Guggenheim Hires Its First Full-Time Black Woman Curator

  17-11-2019 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Art historian Chaédria LaBouvier, who was the first solo Black woman curator in the museum’s 80-year history, said that she was cut out of her own show, “Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story.” Now the Guggenheim, without directly addressing LaBouvier’s claims, has hired the Brooklyn Museum’s Ashley James. James’s work “‘complements the Guggenheim’s mission to present the art of today,’ Nancy Spector, the G
  
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• The 1920s Secret Society Of Women Writers At Oxford

  17-11-2019 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Spearheaded, and named, by Dorothy L. Sayers, the name of Mutual Admiration Society “both captures the spirit of the group and misrepresents it. They supported each other boldly and emphatically: no false modesty or feminine shame here. They were willing to be relentless and did not insist on being liked. … They were critical, and they were at odds. They fell apart and came together again, over the course of decades and remarkable careers that ranged from birth control advocacy to
  
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• GoFundMe Isn’t Just For Health Care Or Funerals In The U.S., But Also For Ballet Costumes

  17-11-2019 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  That’s right, the Colorado Ballet has turned to crowdfunding to get new Nutcracker costumes; the old ones were created for the San Francisco Ballet in 1986, and Colorado Ballet bought them in 2005. “For years, the team has done what it can to try to maintain the set and costumes, using vodka to try to extract the sweat from the costumes and glue and tape to keep some of the props together.” – Denver7
  
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• Egypt Officially Criminalizes Climbing The Pyramids

  17-11-2019 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The new laws also criminalize all kinds of antiquities theft. “Earlier this year, an Egyptian man climbed to the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza, removing parts of a 19th-century wooden mast that was installed to measure the height of the pyramid, and throwing stones at security forces.” Then there was the Danish couple that claimed to have, er, peaked on one of the peaks. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Laid-Off Marciano Foundation Workers Target LAXart Board Member

  17-11-2019 20:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A small art nonprofit, LAXart’s mission includes social consciousness. The protesting workers were laid off after they unionized and the Marciano Art Foundation abruptly closed. They asked LAXart to tell board member Olivia Marciano, who had been the artistic director at the Marciano Art Foundation, either to explain or get off the board. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Paint it black – artists of colour breathing new life into 'inert' art form

  17-11-2019 20:23
  
  New generation of artists, many of them women, use figurative painting to redress imbalanceA new wave of figurative painters – many of whom are women of colour – are breathing new life into a form that has traditionally been dominated by white male artists and has been described as “anachronistic, inert, crusty”.Joy Labinjo was a star at Frieze London last month. The 24-year-old, who has already had two major solo shows: Recollections at Tiwani Contemporary and Our histor
  
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• Paint it black: artists of colour breathing new life into 'inert' art form

  17-11-2019 20:23
  
  New generation of artists, many of them women, use figurative painting to redress imbalanceA new wave of figurative painters – many of whom are women of colour – are breathing new life into a form that has traditionally been dominated by white male artists and has been described as “anachronistic, inert, crusty”.Joy Labinjo was a star at Frieze London last month. The 24-year-old, who has already had two major solo shows: Recollections at Tiwani Contemporary in London and
  
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• Write & Shine's online library of creative courses / / London

  17-11-2019 20:16
  Start your day with a burst of creativity! 
   
  Explore Write & Shine’s brand new online library of writing courses. Ideal for those of you keen to add more creativity into your...
  
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• Hong Kong Music Festival Canceled Because Of Protests

  17-11-2019 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Clockenflap festival was supposed to run Nov. 22-24, but after yet another death in the protests (and no signs of that stopping), the organizers canceled one of the most high-profile music festivals in Asia. – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Music For The Birds

  17-11-2019 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Or actually, from the birds. Composer Diane Moser: “My goal was to become a member of their band, so to speak. I listened deeply to their singing, and carefully infiltrated their ensemble.” – New Music Box
  
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• Baltimore Art Museum Will Only Buy Art By Women In 2020

  17-11-2019 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Baltimore Museum of Art Christopher Bedford: “This how you raise awareness and shift the identity of an institution. …You don’t just purchase one painting by a female artist of color and hang it on the wall next to a painting by Mark Rothko. To rectify centuries of imbalance, you have to do something radical.” – The Baltimore Sun
  
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• The Effort It Takes To Appear Real And Effortless On The Stage

  17-11-2019 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Mary-Louise Parker, of Fried Green Tomatoes, Weeds, and Angels in America fame, has returned to Broadway in a play that requires her to be onstage (and speaking) for the entire 90-minute span. How does that work? “‘It requires a lot of technique,’ she said. ‘It most requires it because I don’t want you to see the technique. I want you to feel like there’s a person standing there talking — just talking.'” – NPR
  
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• Partnerships Manager (Fixed Term) / TodayTix / London

  17-11-2019 18:07
  TodayTix is a global ticketing platform connecting audiences to live performances around the world. Through effortless access to the best prices, insightful guidance to the top shows and thoughtful...
  
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• Boston Children’s Theatre Dumps Its Executive Director, Says It’s Time To Clean House

  17-11-2019 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This comes after its longtime artistic director, Burgess Clark, resigned and was then accused of sexual misconduct by many former students. The theatre has canceled its holiday production and said its financial situation is “even more precarious than usual.” – The Boston Globe
  
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• The Secret Life Of The Audiobook Star

  17-11-2019 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sore throat? All the time. Bored with what you’re reading? No doubt. Even when it’s your own work. And let’s not talk about the difference between words authors know how to write and words authors know how to read.– The Guardian (UK)
  
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• In The UK, Money Means Co-Productions, And That Means Regional Theatres Will Lose Their Identities

  17-11-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Or at least that’s the warning right now. Bristol Old Vic’s artistic director Tom Morris: “It is harder to make shows that are specific to your audience, though it doesn’t mean it’s impossible, and it’s harder to make shows specific to your region. Not impossible again, but I think we’re at an interesting tipping point.” – The Stage (UK)
  
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• Trustees / National Galleries of Scotland / Scotland

  17-11-2019 16:13
  If you are looking for a rewarding opportunity to join one of Scotland's major cultural institutions then we would like to hear from you.
  NGS is looking for up to four new and enthusiastic members...
  
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• Three lions on a beach: a sculpture for the age of Brexit

  17-11-2019 16:00
  
  What are three decrepit beasts doing washed up on Dover sands? Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor reveals why The Pride of Brexit protests the ‘most unpatriotic events’ Britain has ever seenBritish lions aren’t supposed to look like this. They’re meant to be fierce, mighty and indomitable, lords of all they survey. But the three creatures here on Dover Beach look sick, emaciated and exhausted. They seem to be crawling to their deaths.These sculptures were recently installed b
  
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• Members Appointment to the Board / Historic Environment Scotland / Scotland

  17-11-2019 15:35
  HES is the lead body for the historic environment in Scotland.  Our work touches everyone in Scotland at every age.  We are the custodians of the past, for the present and future....
  
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• 40 Years | 40 Projects: the work of stephenson STUDIO / Castlefield Gallery / North West

  17-11-2019 14:35
  Castlefield Gallery presents 40 Years | 40 Projects: the work of stephenson STUDIO, on Dec 6 - Dec 22.
  Roger Stephenson founded Manchester based stephenson STUDIO in 1979. Since the studio’s...
  
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• Photographer Pat Martin: ‘Mom was not an easy subject’

  17-11-2019 11:00
  
  The American winner of the 2019 Taylor Wessing portrait prize tells the story behind his extraordinary portraits of his troubled motherIn 2015, while standing in front of a series of portraits by the American photographer Larry Sultan in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pat Martin suddenly found himself in tears. “For weeks my friends had been telling me, ‘You have to see the Sultan retrospective, you’ll love it,’” he recalls. “And I did, but it triggered
  
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• Cliff face challenge to rescue Ethiopian church paintings

  17-11-2019 10:44
  
  Conservation experts tackle risky climbs to save art that dates back to the 12th centuryStephen Rickerby and Lisa Shekede need a head for heights. As wall painting conservation experts, they often clamber up scaffolding to view rare surviving images in churches across Britain.But this year they have faced risks that are extreme even by their standards: scaling death-defying heights and sheer cliff faces to reach extraordinary paintings within churches in remote areas of northern Ethiopia. Contin
  
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• Marketing Person / Alison Ray's Dance Company / London

  17-11-2019 10:34
  I am looking for an experienced Marketing Person or Student to develop the marketing of the new work I am creating "The Unknown Soldier," you need to be experienced with all marketing systems, social...
  
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• Film Developer with the skills and knowledge to project images / Alison Ray's Dance Company / London

  17-11-2019 10:16
  I am creating a new work called the "Unknown Soldier," I am looking for an experienced person from the film industry or passionate film student  to work with Images to project onto...
  
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• Artist who 'kidnapped' Banksy’s Drinker claims Sotheby's selling stolen statue

  17-11-2019 10:13
  
  Sculpture, which references Rodin’s The Thinker, was originally left in a small square off London’s Shaftesbury AvenueA British artist claims that a £1m Banksy sculpture that is the centrepiece of a contemporary art auction this week was stolen from him and is being sold illegally.The Drinker is a subversive nod to Rodin’s The Thinker, the famous statue of a man lost in thought with his chin resting on his hand. Banksy’s sculpture has a similar posture, but the man
  
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• Steve McQueen: Year 3 review – skewed ties, missing teeth and hope

  17-11-2019 10:00
  
  Tate Britain; National Gallery, LondonBy photographing 76,000 of London’s year 3 pupils in all their endless variety, Steve McQueen allows each and every one of them to single themselves outTheir shining morning faces cover the walls of the Duveen galleries from floor to ceiling: beaming, laughing, awkward, exuberant. Who could not love them, all these eager young children from primary schools across London? Seventy-six thousand year 3 pupils, aged seven or eight, arranged on the diminutiv
  
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• Row brewing over £1m sale of Banksy’s Drinker

  17-11-2019 09:08
  
  Artist Andy Link claims sculpture was stolen from him and is being sold illegally at Sotheby’sA British artist claims that a £1m Banksy sculpture that is the centrepiece of a contemporary art auction this week was stolen from him and is being sold illegally.The Drinker is a subversive nod to Rodin’s The Thinker, the famous statue of a man lost in thought with his chin resting on his hand. Banksy’s sculpture has a similar posture, but the man seems collapsed in a drunken s
  
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• Fundraising Manager / Creative Black Country / West Midlands

  17-11-2019 06:32
  We're looking for someone to come and work with Creative Black Country to develop and increase its fundraising activities, identify further opportunities to grow its work for 2020 and beyond, and to...
  
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