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• $50 Million Gift Revives LACMA’s Stalled Building Campaign

  31-01-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The pledge raises the total commitments to $640 million. The $50 millionfrom Keck is the second-largest private pledge to the project, after a $150 million pledgefrom entertainment mogul David Geffen in 2017. Casino and hotel magnateElaine Wynn, co-chair of LACMA’s board of trustees, in 2016 also pledged $50 million. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has authorized $125 million in taxpayer funds for construction of the new building. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Legendary TV Exec Fred Silverman, 82

  31-01-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  He was the only executive to creatively run CBS, ABC and NBC. Silverman’s knack for identifying hit shows in the making and programming them into memorable primetime nights led Time magazine to crown him “The Man with the Golden Gut” in 1977. – Deadline
  
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• Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Seeks Executive Director & Chief Development Officer

  31-01-2020 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Annapolis Symphony seeks a strong leader with excellentinterpersonal skills and a demonstrated track record in fund-raising,strategic planning, and organizational leadership. The successfulcandidate has a proven ability to lead the organization in achieving itsstrategic, artistic, financial, and educational goals.The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra seeks a strong leader with excellentinterpersonal skills and a demonstrated track record in fund-raising,strategic planning, and organizational lead
  
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• Boris Johnson Review Of BBC Funding Will Blow A Budget Hole

  31-01-2020 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The review comes at a perilous time for the BBC, with insiders andindustry observers worried that the broadcaster is facing an existentialcrisis. As well as a hostile government, which is skeptical about theBBC’s funding model and unhappy with its coverage on Brexit, thebroadcaster is dealing with a tsunami of disruption from U.S. streamingservices and having to make savings £800M. Head of news and currentaffairs Fran Unsworth told staff this weekthat she can’t remember anothe
  
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• How Schoenberg Evolved Away From Tonality

  31-01-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Schoenberg and beauty are wordsthat rarely occupy the same sentence. Arguably the most influentialcomposer of all time, his fame derived from his abolition oftonality—the harmonic system of the previous centuries, in whichmelodies and harmonies relate to the tonic (the home) of a given key.While detractors still demonise him for having destroyed music, thelargely self-taught Schoenberg saw his work as a logical evolution oftradition. Frustrated that tonality seemed exhausted and had reach
  
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• Ratmansky: A Choreographer Intensely Grounded In Music Unhooks From It

  31-01-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I am discovering the possibility of the choreography coexisting withsound, maybe not being as dependent as I usually am. Thatopens a field I haven’t really explored. But I don’t have the courage tofully go there; it’s just testing how it feels. In some places thechoreography is parallel, not connected, to the music.” – The New York Times
  
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• A Brief History Of Punctuation

  31-01-2020 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Classical Greek and Latin writing didn’t use punctuation at all, or even spaces between words; that sort of thing was left to the person who’d be speaking the text. St. Isidore of Seville systematized punctuation in the seventh century, but there were only three marks. “Over the following centuries, the existing punctuation marks became increasingly differentiated in order to prevent confusion. At the same time, new marks such as the question mark … arise when a lack of
  
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• It’s Beethoven’s 250th Birthday. Is There ANYTHING New To Say About Him?

  31-01-2020 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  How did Beethoven’s work — its harmonies, its rhetoric, its formal ideas— become such an exclusive model for what classical music should soundlike? What are we going to do to give other models, both past andpresent, their due? How do we get past our Beethoven addiction? – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• No Matter How Many Problems There Are With The NFL, Hordes Of People Keep Watching The Super Bowl. What Keeps Us Hooked?

  31-01-2020 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The Super Bowl isn’t just a game. It’s the halftime show; it’s the ads; it’s the chips and guac. It is sport but also music, dance, costumes, TV production and stage design — a pop culture event greater than the sum of its parts. Perhaps most important, … the Super Bowl is one of the last true vestiges of an era when we all watched the same things at the same time.” Times journalists Wesley Morris, Caryn Ganz and Austin Considine discuss. &ndash
  
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• Should Artists Work For “Exposure” When A Museum Asks?

  31-01-2020 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Artists looking to establish themselves often get requests to perform orotherwise lend their creative skills to conferences, private parties,businesses and assorted projects for the promised payment of exposure.But what does it say about the value of an artist’s work when a city’sleading arts institution does the same? – Blue Ridge Public
  
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• David Sedaris On His Sister Amy

  31-01-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Movies and TV can’t capture what’s special about Amy. She’s not an actress, exactly, or a comedian, but more like someone who speaks in tongues. As opposed to myself, and just about everyone I’ve ever known, she lives completely in the moment. ‘What was that funny thing you said yesterday when we saw that old blind woman get mowed down by a skateboarder?’ I’ll ask. And she’ll have no memory of it. When Amy gets going, it’s like she&rs
  
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• Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Is Hugely Popular. Here Are The Challenges As A New Director Takes Over

  31-01-2020 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The museum is highly dependent on the tourist market. A huge 85% of itsvisitors are from abroad, many of whom come during the summer season. Inthe Netherlands, Van Gogh is widely regarded as a “tourist artist”. Thechallenge for Gordenker will be to woo more Dutch visitors,particularly during the winter. She also feels it is important to makethe museum more inclusive, attracting young and old and those from thesubstantial immigrant community in the Netherlands. – The Art Newspap
  
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• Junior Creative Account Coordinator / Barefaced Studios / London

  31-01-2020 18:09
  Salary: £81 pd (£21,060 pa pro rata)
  We’re a small and very friendly team so, whilst your key responsibilities will be client management, we also need some help with very junior...
  
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• Curator & Exhibition Designer (freelance) / Stagetext / London

  31-01-2020 18:09
  Stagetext is seeking a freelance Curator & Exhibition Designer for an exciting new project,‘Captions Speak Louder: Discovering the Story of Open Captioning’.
  Supported by the...
  
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• Head of Employee Engagement / The British Museum / London

  31-01-2020 18:03
  Head of Employee Engagement
  Human Resources
  Full time
  Permanent
  £48,982 per annum
  Application deadline: Midday on the 19th February 2020
  An exciting opportunity has arisen at the British...
  
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• Bass-Baritone Franz Mazura Dead At 95

  31-01-2020 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A specialist in operatic villains, he only began performing in his 30s and developed a major-house career in his 40s. Even so, he had a six-decade career, switching as he aged from major to character and comprimario roles, and he was on stage for his 95th birthday. – The New York Times
  
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• Curator (Sound) (IWM London) / Imperial War Museums / London

  31-01-2020 17:55
  This London based curatorial role, with a specialism in documents and sound media, sits within the Contemporary Conflict team. This is one of four curatorial teams whose key role is to create and...
  
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• Bar Supervisor / Showroom Workstation / Yorkshire

  31-01-2020 17:51
  (x2 full time positions)
  Salary: £17,136 pa
  Hours: 37 hours per week, normally worked over five days a week on a rota basis and including weekend and evening work in accordance with the needs...
  
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• Theatre Technician & Arts Centre Manager (Post-Grad Internship) / Ellesmere College / North West

  31-01-2020 17:48
  We are looking for a recent graduate in technical theatre to join us for a fixed term placement as our Theatre Technician and manager of our purpose built Arts Centre. It is an opportunity to gain...
  
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• Business Planning & Development Manager - 12mth contract / Historic Royal Palaces / London

  31-01-2020 17:44
  In Public Engagement we seek to reach new audiences (through fresh programming, large-scale events and festivals, and digital interaction), to deepen our relationships with current and repeat users,...
  
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• PA to Director of Public Engagement - maternity cover / Historic Royal Palaces / London

  31-01-2020 17:40
  We are seeking to appoint a PA to the Director of Public Engagement. This is a maternity temporary cover and although based at Hampton Court Palace there may be a need to travel between the palaces...
  
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• Team Leader / Libraries Unlimited / South West

  31-01-2020 17:34
  For more information about this role and details of how to apply, please visit our website - https://librariesunlimited.org.uk/jobs/
  Team Leader (Job Ref:AXM005)Salary: £19,291 p.a pro rata...
  
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• Failure To Entertain? Is That A Problem With Today’s Arts?

  31-01-2020 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ben Lawrence suggests that a large swath of the arts establishment is more interested in lecturing and criticizing than it is giving people affecting experiences they enjoy. – The Telegraph (UK)
  
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• Education Officer (extended maternity cover) / The Poetry Society / London

  31-01-2020 17:29
  18 month fixed term contract
  Salary range: £26,000 - £27,300 depending on experience 
  We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our Education team on an 18 month...
  
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• Box Office Sales Coordinator / Sage Gateshead / North East

  31-01-2020 17:22
  Department & Team: Sales & Customer Service – Box Office
  Location: Sage Gateshead
  Working Hours: 36 hours per week. Monday-Friday, though occasional evening/weekend work may be...
  
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• Artist required for Mural / The Harvey Centre / South East

  31-01-2020 17:16
  The Harvey Centre in Harlow, Essex are looking for a local artist to design a mural full of positive, well-known aspects about Harlow and the facilities and opportunities that the town has to offer....
  
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• How The Broadcast Industry Convinced Americans, Gradually, To Embrace Color TV

  31-01-2020 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The technology to transmit color television signals was first developed in the 1920s, and all three of the major U.S. networks had switched to color in the 1960s. But in the mid-1970s, nearly half of American households still had black-and-white sets, which didn’t disappear completely from store shelves until the 1990s. What took so long, and how was the public persuaded to make the switch? – Public Books
  
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• ARTISTS FRIENDS RACISTS review – Jordan Wolfson soundtracks the data era

  31-01-2020 17:00
  
  Sadie Coles HQ, London
  The US artist is on typically unsettling form with a 3D holographic display full of caged cats, cartoon bunnies and blacked-up Dutch revellersJordan Wolfson has created a work that cannot be photographed. You can try, but the best you’re likely to achieve is a grid of bleached-out blurs, little resembling the crisp spectacle of floating cartoon bunnies, caged cats and animated stone lettering visible in the gallery. It’s like a sharp prod, a reminder: the world
  
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• Box Office Receptionist / South Hill Park Arts Centre / South East

  31-01-2020 16:52
  South Hill Park seeks a full time Box Office Receptionist,  a member of the sales and marketing team, contributing to the success of the venue and achievement of business and service...
  
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• Social and Digital Manager / Boundless Theatre / London

  31-01-2020 16:36
  The Social and Digital Manager at Boundless takes the lead on all of our social, digital and marketing activity helping us to build the largest audience of young adults (15-25 year olds) across all...
  
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• Concerts Department Coordinators / Philharmonia Orchestra / London

  31-01-2020 16:36
  Following a re-structure of the Department the Philharmonia Orchestra is seeking to appoint two Coordinators to support all aspects of the Department’s operational activity: from concerts at...
  
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• A New, Nationwide Initiative For Asian-American Theater

  31-01-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The National Asian American Theater Company is starting a partnership with regional theaters across the country, aiming to foster inclusion of more Asian-American theater artists, technicians, administrators and community members through productions, outreach and other programming. The first partner theaters will be New York Theater Workshop, Soho Rep, Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, Conn., and Two River Theater in Red Bank, N.J.” – The New York Times
  
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• Freelance Theatre Facilitators / The Watermill Theatre / South East

  31-01-2020 16:34
  The Watermill Theatre are currently looking for professional and inspirational freelance theatre practitioners to join their expanding team of facilitators. We are particularly interested in hearing...
  
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• Open Call: Craft Residencies / The state51 Conspiracy / London

  31-01-2020 16:31
  We opened the state51 Atelier in August 2019. It is a place for people with traditional craft skills to experiment with us to make unique, innovative and beautiful music products that we can...
  
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• In Today’s Russia, The Government Doesn’t Always Need To Bother Censoring Cutting-Edge Art

  31-01-2020 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Often, gangs of far-right nationalists will do it instead — burning books, protesting outside venues, bursting into buildings to disrupt an exhibition or performance, or even (in one instance) sending a teenager with a fake ID into a gay-themed play that’s legally barred to minors, then busting the company for admitting someone underage. A Moscow correspondent looks at the case of Teatr.doc. – The Economist
  
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• Ghent's godlike glory, horror at sea and Britain goes baroque – the week in art

  31-01-2020 15:56
  
  Ghent completes a magnificent restoration, Marc Bauer follows Hokusai and Géricault to sea, and a coffee controversy brews at the Tate – all in your weekly dispatchBritish Baroque: Power and Illusion
  From domes in the sky to Peter Lely’s paintings of Nell Gwynn, there was a new artistic energy in Restoration Britain.
  • Tate Britain, London, from 4 February to 19 April. Continue reading...
  
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• Studio & Members Coordinator / The NewBridge Project / North East

  31-01-2020 15:55
  The NewBridge Project is looking for a new Studio & Members Coordinator to provide key organisational and administrative support across our membership and...
  
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• Exhibition opening: In Focus - Portraiture / University of Salford Art Collection / North West

  31-01-2020 15:39
  'In Focus: Portraiture'New Adelphi Exhbition Gallery, University of SalfordMon 3 Feb – Fri 15 May 2020
  Artists: Albert Adams, Claudia Alonso, Ruth Barker, Harry Goodwin, Joe Gregory, Gary...
  
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• Freelance Bookkeeper / The NewBridge Project / North East

  31-01-2020 15:37
  The NewBridge Project is looking for a Bookkeeper to provide vital support and management across our day-to-day financial operations and bookkeeping. You should be efficient and reliable,...
  
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• Racially-Tinged Strife At America’s Largest All-Jazz Radio Station

  31-01-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At WBGO in Newark, NJ, accusations that a largely white and elitist station leadership had lost touch with, and stopped paying respect to, the largely nonwhite people of its city led to rancor among the staff and, this week, the resignation of station CEO Amy Niles. But the roots of the station’s difficulties lie in the changing media landscape and in the tension between openness to WBGO’s local community and serving a listener and membership base that’s almost entirely outsid
  
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• Artistic Director / Siobhan Davies Studios / London

  31-01-2020 15:32
  The Board of Siobhan Davies Studios is looking for an experienced Artistic Director/s to lead the organisation through a period of change and into the future. We welcome applications from individuals...
  
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• Marketing and Press Manager / NST - Nuffield Southampton Theatres / South West / South East

  31-01-2020 15:31
  Following a restructure of the Communications team, NST is looking for a dynamic Marketing and Press Manager to lead the day to day running of the team, create and deliver campaigns for our varied...
  
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• Young Company and Schools Producer / Bristol Old Vic / South West

  31-01-2020 15:19
  Bristol Old Vic's Engagement Team uses the transformative power of theatre to create participatory opportunities for young people in Bristol and across the South West. Working in partnership with...
  
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• Forum: Bread and Games / Ugly Ducks / London

  31-01-2020 15:17
  Open Space presents Forum: Bread and games, a three-day sequence of interpretations of an exhibition, exploring fiction and trust. The project involves six consecutive acts that interpret...
  
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• Cluster Photography & Print Fair / Ugly Duck / London

  31-01-2020 15:10
  After a tremendous success at UGLY DUCK  in May, gathering 800 people to our opening and another 1300 throughout the week, Cluster London Fairs is pleased to announce the launch of Cluster...
  
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• User Support Assistant / Counting What Counts / London

  31-01-2020 15:08
  Organisation: Counting What Counts 
  In 2018, Counting What Counts (CWC) Ltd was commissioned by Arts Council England (ACE) to deliver the Impact & Insight Toolkit project (Toolkit). The...
  
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• Unlucky Stars - Robert C. Gray presents his first solo show / Art Hub Studios / London

  31-01-2020 15:07
  Art Hub Studios, 5-9 Creekside, Deptford, SE8 4SA
  Open daily 12th - 16th February 11am-6pm 
  Private view: 13th February 6pm-9pm 
  Free Public AdmissionUNLUCKY STARS presents all new...
  
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• Musician/Singer/Performer / The Gramophones Theatre Company / East Midlands

  31-01-2020 15:06
  The Gramophones Theatre Company are looking for a Musician/Singer to perform in a new children’s theatre show. Aidy the Awesome is an aerial theatre show for children 4+ and their families. The...
  
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• Musician/Teacher (Upper or Lower Strings) Big Noise Douglas / Sistema Scotland / Dundee

  31-01-2020 15:05
  Sistema Scotland is looking for a Musician/Teacher (Upper or Lower Strings) based at Big Noise Douglas, Dundee.
  You will work with children from pre-school and primary school, adults and eventually...
  
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• Ten Or More Dalí Sculptures Stolen From Stockholm Gallery

  31-01-2020 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The sculptures are each approximately 20 inches tall and are worth between $21,000 and $52,000. They were apparently snatched by at least two thieves in a smash-and-grab operation that was conducted in the early hours of Thursday morning … [at] Galleri Couleur.” – Observer (New York City)
  
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