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• Zoom Space to Write returns Monday 25 May / Creative Writes / London

  20-05-2020 21:25
  I hope this finds you well in these strange and challenging times.At Creative Writes, like many other businesses – we have had to think about different ways of working and we are offering more...
  
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• Artgems: A behind-the-scenes insight into jewellery design / Handmade in Britain / London

  20-05-2020 17:55
  Working from her South London studio, Annie Ruthven-Taggart‘s jewellery designs are inspired by natural organic shapes and marine life, with an emphasis on three-dimensional form and...
  
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• Interaction Designer / Snook / London

  20-05-2020 15:46
  As an Interaction Designer at Snook, you will be responsible for participating in projects with a focus on creating intuitive, inclusive and accessible design solutions. 
  Your work will include...
  
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• The Painter and the Thief: behind the year's most moving documentary

  20-05-2020 14:59
  
  An eye-opening new film unspools the unusual emotional bond between a Czech painter and the Norwegian man who stole two of her worksBarbora Kysilkova, a Czech painter, had just recently moved to Oslo when she received a distressing phone call from a gallerist. Two men had finagled their way into the Galleri Nobel in broad daylight, and made off with two works. Both were hers. She wasn’t so much angry as confused. “Why would anyone steal my art?” she wondered. It was part modest
  
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• National Gallery acquires Jean-Étienne Liotard masterpiece

  20-05-2020 14:28
  
  Pastel painting among three 18th-century works secured for nation in lieu of inheritance taxThree 18th-century artworks, including a pastel regarded as the crowning achievement of Jean-Étienne Liotard, have been permanently acquired by the National Gallery in lieu of £10m inheritance tax.The Lavergne Family Breakfast (1754), which has been on loan to the gallery since October 2018, captures a tender family moment as an indulgent mother steadies a saucer while her daughter, still wit
  
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• Collaborative Programmes Manager Gbp 35,000 / Cornwall Museums Partnership / South West

  20-05-2020 13:56
  This new role will play a leading role in the strategic direction of our charity. The postholder will be a key member of the senior management team, working closely with the Finance Manager and CEO...
  
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• Museum Development Officer Gbp 28,000 / Cornwall Museums Partnership / South West

  20-05-2020 13:53
  We are looking for a collaborative museums professional who is passionate about supporting museums to be inclusive and innovative. This role will lead the training and support for museums in...
  
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• Blog Contributor | Creative Education / Silly Fish Learning Ltd / Remote

  20-05-2020 13:25
  We're relaunching our Silly Fish Learning blog to provide tips and activities to teachers and parents during the COVID-19 crisis. We're currently looking for teachers and artists to provide their...
  
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• Registration for Like The Prose Writing Challenge closing soon / The Literal Challenge / London

  20-05-2020 12:31
  Submission deadline May 28, 2020
  Back for a second year, Like The Prose is a writing opportunity from The Literal Challenge - a small social enterprise that brings together a...
  
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• 'Me + Art = Home': Stay inspired with a free Activity Pack / Young Creatives Nottingham / East Midlands

  20-05-2020 11:32
  The second project in the Young Creatives at Home programme of online activities is a downloadable artists’ activity pack, specially created by artist Ryan Boultbee.
  The activity pack is made...
  
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• Corporate Manager / Compton Verney House Trust / West Midlands

  20-05-2020 11:32
  Compton Verney is seeking a Corporate Manager to join the team on a maternity cover contract. 
  This is a varied role which covers governance support, administration support for the CEO-Director...
  
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• Head of New Work (maternity cover) / Donmar Warehouse / London

  20-05-2020 10:20
  The Head of New Work works closely with the Artistic Director to programme the Donmar in line with his artistic vision. They support programming, searching out existing plays and developing...
  
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• What is the secret of the laughing buttocks? The great British art quiz

  20-05-2020 09:00
  
  Dorich House Museum in London has set today’s quiz, the latest in a series that enables you to explore the art collections of British museums closed due to coronavirus – while answering some very tough questionsThis 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, by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.Today, our questions are set by Do
  
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• Artist creates paintings from news stories chronicling Covid-19 crisis

  20-05-2020 07:00
  
  Marc Quinn’s ‘virtual paintings’ form personal visual diary of the global health emergencyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLike everyone else in the age of coronavirus, the artist Marc Quinn is going through the emotional wringer daily. But unlike most of us, he has been inspired to create a torrent of creative work – a personal visual diary of the global health emergency.Quinn, best known for freezing 10 pints of his own blood in a bust o
  
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• When Will Broadway Be Back?

  20-05-2020 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Theater owners are the most eager to get Broadway back in gear; top producers are more cautious, since they are the ones who lose their shirts over diminished demand. All acknowledge that the Broadway inventory will have to be smaller and leaner to survive. That’s why Disney Theatrical pulled the plug on “Frozen” on Thursday; they would rather try and sell two family shows in this environment than three. More producers will do the same. – Chicago Tribune
  
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