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• Who Gets Paid When Art Is Given Away?

  07-04-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Artistic or creative pursuits, endeavors that are typically pursued for the intrinsic joy of sharing one’s gifts, are also frequently commoditized and placed on the market. Are they part of the gift economy or the transaction economy?  – Image Journal
  
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• Do Musicians Need A Federal Works Progress Program To Survive?

  07-04-2020 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Musicians have lost the battle to monetize recordings. With the internet awash in cheap streaming and free videos, our income now comes from live performance alone. Even if livestreams end up being only a short stopgap, offering them up for free on a large scale sets a dangerous precedent. Forced to be pioneers in this nuanced, digital field, we need to set the standard now—past performance footage is different than creating totally new content, for example. How do we assign value in an a
  
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• Online Music Streaming Is Up 32 Percent

  07-04-2020 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The two leading platforms are Spotify with 35 percent and Apple Music, with 19 percent. Amazon Music is third with 15 percent of market share. Paid subscriptions represented 80 percent of total revenue, with advertising and brand partnerships rounding out the remaining 20 percent. – Ludwig Van
  
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• Artist Network Groups - Join us / Creativity Works / South West

  07-04-2020 19:45
  At this challenging time, we are focused on supporting artists in all aspects of their work and life as much as we can. We believe it is vital that you are as connected as possible to other artists...
  
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• Open Casting Call / Demo Theatre Initiative / London

  07-04-2020 19:42
  Demo Theatre Initiative are currently looking for performers to participate in an online scratch platform. 
   
  How do you apply?
   
  If you have any performance work that...
  
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• Evaluator - Airship Dreams / Bedford Creative Arts / South East

  07-04-2020 18:23
  Bedford Creative Arts is seeking a consultant to evaluate the outcomes for its project, Airship Dreams, a heritage-led artistic enquiry into Bedford’s identity as the historical centre of the...
  
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• V&A Open Call: Jameel Prize 6 / / London

  07-04-2020 17:53
  The sixth edition of the V&A's Jameel Prize is devoted to contemporary design inspired by Islamic tradition.
  Applications to Jameel Prize 6 are open from 18 March – 31 May 2020.
  The Prize...
  
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• Make a masterpiece at home – with Yoko Ono and a tin of tuna

  07-04-2020 16:32
  
  Is making a sandwich art? What about stacking furniture? Our writer gets through quarantine by obeying the commands of ‘instructional artists’ from Yoko Ono to her modern-day successorsLast year, back when talking to people in real life was a thing, Fernanda Gomes showed me round her solo exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil. In one corner, stacked on the floor, was a pile of coins, a typically minimalist gesture by the artist. “This work is a gift to the public,” she s
  
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• Make a masterpiece at home – with one tin of tuna and a load of tables and chairs

  07-04-2020 16:32
  
  Is making a sandwich art? What about stacking furniture? Our writer gets through quarantine by obeying the commands of ‘instructional artists’ from Yoko Ono to her modern-day successorsLast year, back when talking to people in real life was a thing, Fernanda Gomes showed me round her solo exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil. In one corner, stacked on the floor, was a pile of coins, a typically minimalist gesture by the artist. “This work is a gift to the public,” she s
  
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• Freelance Production Manager / Theatre Centre / London

  07-04-2020 16:32
  In light of government guidance on Coronavirus we have revised the key dates for our production of Birds and Bees by Charlotte Josephine, directed by Rob Watt. Therefore we are...
  
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• Community Influencer / Vlogger / Presenter / Bedford Creative Arts / South East

  07-04-2020 15:22
  Airship Dreams is a place-making project, a heritage-led artistic enquiry into Bedford’s identity as the historical centre of the UK’s airship industry.
  We are looking for an energetic...
  
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• Design Manager: Building Services / British Museum / London

  07-04-2020 15:08
  Design Manager (Building Services) 
  Capital Planning and Programme Management
  Full time
  Permanent
  £41,965 - £45,867 per annum
  Application deadline: Midday on the 27th April...
  
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• Sound Artist / Musician / Composer / Bedford Creative Arts / South East

  07-04-2020 14:52
  Airship Dreams is a place-making project; a heritage-led artistic enquiry into Bedford’s identity as the historical centre of the UK’s airship industry. 
  We are looking for a sound...
  
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• Virtual Choirs & Orchestras in the UK / Alternative Classical / South West

  07-04-2020 14:26
  Alternative Classical has published an article recommending virtual UK-based choirs and orchestras you can join to help you feel part of the musical community, keep your spirits high and stay...
  
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• Action Learning Set / Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance / London

  07-04-2020 14:20
  As part of our season of professional development, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance is offering a free opportunity for six project managers working across any artform in learning and...
  
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• You've got mail! The New York paper sending you artworks in the post

  07-04-2020 14:08
  
  If lockdown has New Yorkers going postal, the independent journal Civilization has revived the tradition of mail art in order to make us all feel less isolatedIn New York in the early 1960s, the pop artist Ray Johnson pioneered mail art, posting drawings and notes to friends, which he invited them to augment. His aim was to bring art out of the galleries, and to use the postal service as an element of the artwork.Now, in 2020, as coronavirus rages through the city, the people behind Civilization
  
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• Artistic Director and Chief Executive / November Club / North East

  07-04-2020 13:22
  We seek a new Artistic Director and Chief Executive to lead the organisation from September 2020. You may already have experience as an Artistic Director, or you may see this as an opportunity to...
  
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• Ghyama Arts! (Awesome Arts!) Project Coordinator / St Margaret`s House / London

  07-04-2020 11:54
  This is an exciting opportunity to develop a totally new 3 Year arts project at St Margaret’s House partnering with the Bangladeshi Parents and Carers Association (BPCA)
  St Margaret’s...
  
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• Inside the 'healing' Louise Bourgeois exhibition you can experience online

  07-04-2020 09:35
  
  A new digital exhibition examines a storied career through a selection of drawings believed to be ‘a great mirror for our current day-to-day’The French American artist Louise Bourgeois spent her life making artwork – mostly alone – in her New York studio. Now, with a global pandemic, and the country on lockdown, it’s an arguably perfect time to look back on some of her drawings, which capture the poetry of solitude.To celebrate her work, New York gallery Hauser &
  
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• The great British art quiz: set by Penlee House Gallery and Museum, Cornwall

  07-04-2020 09:00
  
  British museums and galleries are closed due to coronavirus – but you can explore their collections through a daily quiz, set by a different institution each dayThis quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.Today, our questions are set by Penlee House Gallery and Museum. Penlee House is the on
  
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• Art sale to benefit the NHS in a time of crisis – in pictures

  07-04-2020 08:00
  
  The James Hyman Gallery in London has launched an online fundraising sale, with all profits going to the health service. All the pieces, by artists including Henry Moore, Bill Brandt and Marc Quinn, are available at a discount - here’s a selectionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Continue reading...
  
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• Arts Society to launch online lectures for over-70s

  07-04-2020 01:01
  
  Lineup includes online lectures, films and live Q&As over the next few monthsA free lockdown arts programme aimed at the over-70s will kick off on Tuesday morning with a lecture on one of the most mysterious paintings in art: the Velázquez masterpiece Las Meninas.The Arts Society, the UK’s leading arts education charity with 90,000 members, has announced a series of free online lectures, film screenings and live Q&As by authors that will run over the coming months. Continue
  
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• Chief Executive Officer / Charnwood Arts / East Midlands / Loughborough

  07-04-2020 00:12
  Charnwood Arts is a successful and established (incorporated 1976) community arts and media organisation based in the Borough of Charnwood, East Midlands. Charnwood Arts works with many partners...
  
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