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• Are You An Artist And Need Help?

  16-03-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  New York Foundation for the Arts has created a page of resources for artists who have found themselves in difficulty during the virus crisis. – New York Foundation for the Arts
  
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• Naomi Klein: Crises Can Be Opportunities For Systemic Change

  16-03-2020 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Crises like coronavirus are opportunities as well as threats. Naomi Klein writes that ideas that were heretofore beyond consideration can sometimes become possible – for example no-strings bailouts of big companies or medicare for all. Depends on how you treat them. – The Intercept
  
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• The Social Costs Of Shutting Down Getting Together

  16-03-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The economic fallout of event cancellations is making headlines.However, little attention has been paid to the social costs. Eventsplay an important role in community life and research has repeatedlyshown that attending festivals and community events has many benefits.– The Conversation
  
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• Youth Theatre Assistant / Freedom Studios / Yorkshire

  16-03-2020 21:33
  Youth Theatre Assistant for the Production of Animal farm:
  The Youth Theatre Assistant is an opportunity for a Bradford based person who is looking to expand their experience of working with young...
  
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• Movement Practitioner / Freedom Studios / Yorkshire

  16-03-2020 21:31
  Freedom Studios Youth Theatre is looking for an experienced Movement Practitioner to plan, prepare and deliver three physical theatre workshops/rehearsals. The successful candidate will be part of a...
  
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• The Dazzle Of George Steiner (And The End Of An Era)

  16-03-2020 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dazzle was, of course, the very essence of the Steiner sound. Themagisterial tone, the cosmopolitan content, the very assumption that thereader was as intimately familiar with the history of Europeanliterature and philosophy as he was: it all went to form the “aura” ofhis criticism. Names were dropped like confetti, sprinkled from such aheight that at times they inevitably missed their target. But he wasinterested in big pictures, not small incisions.– Times Literary Supplemen
  
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• Covid-19 prompts all major British theatres to close doors

  16-03-2020 20:57
  
  Fifty London theatres and 250 throughout UK to close, says industry bodyCoronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellationsRoyal Court becomes latest theatre to cancel showsCoronavirus - latest newsAll our coronavirus coverageAll major British theatre will cease and several cultural institutions will close or postpone shows as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK’s arts and culture sector grows following the government’s call for “drastic action” to hal
  
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• How Shakespeare Became An American Gold Standard

  16-03-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The 17th-century puritans who founded the first English settler colonieswere “rabidly anti-theatrical”, and colonial insurrectionists rejectingthe motherland in the 18th century would not necessarily have embracedthe quintessential English playwright. “How Shakespeare won over Americain the early 19th century is something of a mystery.” – New Statesman
  
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• Umberto Eco And A State Of Doubt

  16-03-2020 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What the library tells you is not that there is that much to read, but that there are no limits as to how much there is to know. The essence of the library is its limitlessness.The more time you spend in it, the more you realize that no time couldever be enough; no matter how hard you strive, you will never know itall. The revelation of your finitude comes with embarrassing pain. Andwhen you have realized that you cannot live without that pain, yourperverse relationship with the library has rea
  
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• Furtwängler and Shostakovich: Bearing Witness in Wartime

  16-03-2020 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Books continue to be written about what it was like to live in Germany under Hitler. I wonder if any of the authors have auditioned Wilhelm Furtwängler’s wartime broadcasts with the Berlin Philharmonic. They should – and also ponder a kindred question: the function of culture in the life of a nation. – Joseph Horowitz
  
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• Covid-19 prompts more cultural institutions to shut doors

  16-03-2020 19:11
  
  Old Vic, ICA and National Gallery among institutions taking preventative measuresCoronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellationsRoyal Court becomes latest theatre to cancel showsCoronavirus - latest newsAll our coronavirus coverageThe Old Vic, The Institute of Contemporary Arts and the National Gallery are the latest British cultural institutions to close or postpone shows as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK’s arts and culture sector spreads.Several cultural inst
  
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• London’s Proposed Centre For Music Would Be “Tate Modern Of Music”

  16-03-2020 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “We believe the Centre for Music’s potential transformativepower for music is equal to that of Tate Modern’s impact on the Londonvisual arts scene.” The centre will occupy the current Museum of London site after themuseum reopens at Smithfield Market in 2024. Construction will takeabout four years. – Arts Professional
  
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• Marketing & Design Assistant / The Edinburgh TV Festival / London

  16-03-2020 18:40
  The Edinburgh TV Festival is one of the most prestigious and hugely-anticipated events in the media calendar, attracting senior TV executives and a host of stars from in front and behind the camera,...
  
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• Amazon Flooded With Fake COVID Books

  16-03-2020 18:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The retailing giant has already been removing “tens of thousands” of listings from “bad actors” attempting to artificially raise prices on items such as face masks and hand sanitiser.Now it is fighting a losing battle against the writers rushing outself-published books to profit from coronavirus fears. Generally shorterthan 100 pages, dozens have been published in the last few weeks,promising worried readers ways to prevent or avoid the virus. – The Guardian
  
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• With coronavirus, the curse of Artemisia Gentileschi strikes again | Jonathan Jones

  16-03-2020 18:14
  
  Abused, dishonoured and forgotten, the great artist’s terrible luck continues – her National Gallery exhibition is the latest cultural victim of Covid-19 • Coronavirus and culture – a list of major cancellations
  Four centuries is a long time to wait for justice, but Artemisia Gentileschi hasn’t got it yet. What a cruel joke that, after being assaulted and dishonoured in her lifetime, forgotten for centuries, then slighted by art snobs who affect to prefer her father
  
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• Creative Programmes Producer / People United / South East / Kent

  16-03-2020 17:52
  Role: Creative Programmes Producer
  Part time, 4 days a week (28 hours) Fixed term (2 years) Salary, £30,300 pro rata Canterbury, Kent
  We are searching for a creative producer with an...
  
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• $10,000 Photojournalism Scholarship / Getty Images / London / UK wide

  16-03-2020 17:40
  Are you a budding photojournalist? Still at university or college? From a BAME background? If it’s yes to all three, then apply now for this life-changing scholarship for the next academic...
  
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• We Need To Rethink Audience Development

  16-03-2020 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The reality for most organisations is that their value andsurvival increasingly demand competence – and coherence – across allaudience development. Many next-generation cultural organisations aredeveloping as ingenious social enterprises, learning to manage thiscultural triple bottom line. Of necessity, they have to do well to dogood. What matters is that an organisation is clear about its publicpurpose and priorities, and that it knows how to achieve them. – Arts Professional
  
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• Yoga & Contemporary Dance with Julie Havelund-Willett / Centre 151 / London / Haggerston

  16-03-2020 17:16
  These open level classes build on Julie's training in - and many years of teaching Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga, and Contemporary Dance. We will explore nurturing, nourishing elements of yoga (both asana...
  
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• Oracy Trainer and Mentor / The English Speaking Union / East / Norwich

  16-03-2020 16:53
  Get paid to give young people the speaking and listening skills they need to thrive in a changing world whilst gaining invaluable experience working for a 100-year-old educational charity. The ESU...
  
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• Oracy Trainer and Mentor / The English Speaking Union / East / Ipswich

  16-03-2020 16:52
  Get paid to give young people the speaking and listening skills they need to thrive in a changing world whilst gaining invaluable experience working for a 100-year-old educational charity. The ESU...
  
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• Oracy Trainer and Mentor / The English Speaking Union / East / Essex

  16-03-2020 16:49
  Get paid to give young people the speaking and listening skills they need to thrive in a changing world whilst gaining invaluable experience working for a 100-year-old educational charity. The ESU...
  
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• Community Music Practitioner (2 positions) / Evolve Music / South West

  16-03-2020 16:49
  Evolve Music is seeking 2 experienced Community Music Practitioners to co-deliver our Sound Lab project for young people with additional learning needs.
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• Pastoral Support Lead / Evolve Music / South West

  16-03-2020 16:47
  Evolve Music are seeking someone with experience of working with young people with additional needs to support our Community Music Practitioners to deliver the Sound Lab...
  
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• Until They Were Shut Down, Chicago’s Jazz Clubs Kept Swinging This Weekend

  16-03-2020 16:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Until Gov. Pritzker on Sunday ordered all bars and restaurants in thestate to shut down at close of business on Monday night through March30, the jazz clubs kept on swinging — albeit with smaller audiences andless energy than just a week ago. – Chicago Tribune
  
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• Sales Officer / New Vic Theatre / West Midlands

  16-03-2020 16:09
  We are looking for a Sales Officer for our Box Office Team.Part time: 20 hours per week.  Permanent role.
  Salary £18,638 per annum pro rata (£9,318)
  Do you have...
  
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• All Of The Dead Sea Scrolls At The Museum Of The Bible Are Fakes, Study Says

  16-03-2020 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Did you think the owner of Hobby Lobby paid too much for something that wasn’t authenticated so he could put it in his museum? You were correct. “Experts have confirmed what has long been suspected: the artifacts proudly displayed in the nation’s capital by the owners of the Hobby Lobby chain of stores are not part of one of the most significant archaeological finds of all time. They are worthless forgeries, probably made from old shoe leather.” – The Guardi
  
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• A Ballet School Thought This Embezzler Was Reformed, And Re-Hired Her

  16-03-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mistake. “Not long after she started working again at the academy, she misappropriated $1.5 million from its coffers.” – The New York Times
  
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• Catering Supervisors / Regent's Park Open Air Theatre / London

  16-03-2020 15:04
  We are looking to recruit hard working and and friendly Catering Supervisors to join our team for our 2020 season. The Catering Supervisors assist and support the Catering Duty Manager in the...
  
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• Freelance Producer / Icon Theatre / London / South East

  16-03-2020 15:01
  Freelance Producer, Icon Theatre
  NB - Following our recent advert for a freelance Producer, we noticed a discrepancy in some of the advertised deadlines for the post.  The deadline for...
  
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• Viktor Wynd: 'I was offered a mummified arm – but I didn't have €2,000 on me'

  16-03-2020 15:00
  
  A lock of Elvis’s hair, the skull of Pablo Escobar’s hippo, a stuffed ‘swoose’ … if it’s macabre, Wynd collects it. Our writer takes a trip into his absinthe-fuelled worldIt was with no small degree of scepticism that I recently journeyed to the lodgings of a Viktor Wynd Esquire in the East End of London. It had been relayed to my editor, on what I deemed to be dubious authority, that Wynd was the keeper of rare and exotic beasts, and that his basement dwelli
  
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• To Put It Bluntly, The International Box Office Is Screwed Right Now

  16-03-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sorry to every movie that opened last weekend – or, heaven forfend, this one. – Variety
  
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• Vittorio Gregotti, Architect Of La Scala’s Arcimboldi Opera House, Has Died At 92

  16-03-2020 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gregotti helped design the 1992 Olympic Stadium in Barcelona and designed the Marassi stadium in Genoa for the 1990 men’s World Cup. He also designed the Grand Thèatre de Provence and Lisbon’s Bélem Cultural Centre. He contracted COVID-19 and died of pneumonia in Milan. – The Guardian (AFP)
  
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• Actors’ Equity Mounts A Letter-Writing Campaign For Laid-Off Workers

  16-03-2020 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Here’s part of the letter (note: not a lot of actors are “middle-class” either) for the campaign as shared in tweets on Sunday: “Now is the time for Congress and local governments to put workers first to ensure that everyone who works in the arts and entertainment sector has access to emergency paid leave, health care and unemployment benefits. Payroll tax cuts won’t help those whose theaters are now dark. For every middle-class actor you see onstage, there are doz
  
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• Hospitality Supervisor / St George's Bristol / South West

  16-03-2020 14:26
  The role of Hospitality Supervisor is to lead the hospitality team on shift and provide support to the Hospitality Manager in the running of St George's Bristol's Café Bar. The main...
  
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• Some Theatres Have Hired Film Crews Quickly So ‘All That Work Wouldn’t Be Lost’ To The Shutdown

  16-03-2020 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., the staff hired a crew to film a new play whose run was supposed to last until March 29 – and the theatre is shut until March 30. The idea is not 100 percent figured out yet, and there are definitely Equity and other union issues to discuss, but …“The theater decided it might be able to show the play to patrons still holding tickets by giving them special access to the film online. … Many companies, like Signature, are asking peo
  
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• Projects Coordinator / Sage Gateshead / North East

  16-03-2020 14:10
  Job Information
  Job Title :Projects Coordinator Department & Team: Performance Programme Location: Sage Gateshead- May Include some regional travel Working Hours: 36 Hours per week Salary:...
  
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• Ukulele, Sambe & Djembe Teachers / Ark Schools / London

  16-03-2020 14:02
  We are looking to recruit talented and inspiring ukulele, samba & djembe classroom teachers to join our pool of freelancers. We are looking for teachers to start placements working in our London...
  
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• Marketing Officer / Apples and Snakes / London

  16-03-2020 14:02
  £27k FTE Salary: £27k pro rata to 0.6 FTE equivalent to 21 hours ideally worked over 3 days per week.
  Apples and Snakes is England’s leading organisation for performance...
  
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• The Few People Still Going To Movies Over The Weekend Enjoyed Some Relative Peace And Quiet At The Cinema

  16-03-2020 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One moviegoer in Manhattan: “We understand what all the drama is, … but we felt that if we went to the first movie of the day, it wouldn’t be that crowded. And we wanted to just change the subject for a moment.” – The New York Times
  
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• What’s Going To Happen To Hollywood?

  16-03-2020 13:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s grim for movie theatres and for production companies as they halt production. But … “A lot of analysts have been talking about how the old theatrical model is outdated and streaming is the future of Hollywood. … Now we get a chance to see how that works out.” – The Washington Post (AP)
  
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• Marketing Assistant / Neeld Community & Arts Centre / South West

  16-03-2020 13:44
  Marketing Assistant
  (23 hours per week) Flexible working pattern considered
  We require a Marketing Assistant who can promote the busy programme of events at the Neeld Community & Arts Centre,...
  
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• It’s Time For Epic Self-Isolation Living-Room Dance Parties

  16-03-2020 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Seriously: Dance is doable in-the-house exercise. Though the five dancers in this article all have extensive gym and group class routines, one also says that “dancing helps me appreciate my body and how much it can do for me. I can ask it to be coordinated, connected, and challenged. I like that it can surprise me, too!” – HuffPost
  
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• Canada’s Stratford Festival Has Canceled All Performances Through April

  16-03-2020 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s not a surprise, considering that everything else is canceling, but it’s a massive blow. “Gaffney said the decision will have a ‘multi-million-dollar impact on our organization and the surrounding tourism economy.'” (The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and its area are facing a very similar economic disaster.) – CBC
  
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• Box Office Supervisor / Sage Gateshead / North East / Gateshead

  16-03-2020 13:06
  Sage Gateshead’s Box Office is an integral part of the organisation. Whether selling tickets to the latest show on-sale, answering queries about our huge range of classes, or liaising with our...
  
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• Mayor Of Los Angeles Closes All Bars And Gyms, Says Restaurants Can Only Be Takeout For Now

  16-03-2020 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Grocery stores, pharmacies, and food banks can remain open, but movie theatres are also closed (at least, those that hadn’t already closed themselves). – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Teachers for Theatre, Acting and Related Subjects / Theatre Gym / online

  16-03-2020 12:59
  Hi,
  I'm looking for acting teachers who can teach online.
  The classes are aimed mainly at beginners and people who are interested in acting as a hobby rather than people who want to become...
  
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• Disney Says It’s Committed To Showing LGBT Stores Onscreen

  16-03-2020 12:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Does anyone who identifies as queer or LGBTQIA actually believe Disney at this point? Probably not, but should production on movies and TV shows ever resume in the world, “There will be a transgender character in a future Marvel film, and upcoming superhero movie The Eternals will introduce Marvel’s first openly gay lead character to cinema screens.”– BBC
  
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• Business Director / Blast Theory / South East / Portslade, Brighton

  16-03-2020 12:40
  We are looking for an ambitious, effective and inspiring leader to join the team at this exciting and pivotal point in the company’s history.
  This is a fantastic opportunity for someone...
  
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• In-House Graphic Designer / Suffolk Libraries / East / Ipswich

  16-03-2020 12:32
  Suffolk Libraries
  We’re the independent charity running Suffolk’s library service. We make life better for thousands of Suffolk people by expanding knowledge, stimulating creativity and...
  
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