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• Bird figurine is earliest Chinese artwork ever discovered, say experts

  10-06-2020 20:00
  
  ‘Refined’ 2cm carving found in Henan dates to palaeolithic period up to 13,000 years agoA tiny figurine of a bird, carved from burnt bone and no bigger than a £1 coin, is the earliest Chinese artwork ever discovered, according to an international team of archaeologists. The carving, less than 2cm in length, has been dated to the palaeolithic period, between 13,800 and 13,000 years ago, which pushes back the earliest known date of east Asian animal sculpture by more than ei
  
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• British Airways to auction art collection to raise much-needed funds

  10-06-2020 19:37
  
  Airline owns art by Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor and Chris Ofili, with some works valued at more than £1m Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage British Airways is to put some of its renowned art collection up for sale in an attempt to raise cash as it prepares to lay off thousands of staff.The airline has called in art valuers and is planning to auction off at least 10 major pieces, some valued at more than £1m. Related: BA planning to rehire sacked staff on
  
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• Children's Art Week 2020: Register your activity / Engage / London / UK-wide

  10-06-2020 19:25
  Register for Children’s Art Week 2020! 
  This year, Children’s Art Week 2020 will run across three weeks from Monday 29 June – Sunday 19 July...
  
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• Zoom Space to Write is back on Monday 15 June / Creative Writes / London

  10-06-2020 19:23
  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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• Toppling Edward Colston’s statue is unlikely to be enough to stop public anger

  10-06-2020 19:11
  
  Few imperial icons, including Churchill, will escape the need to reappraise Britain’s pastThe toppling of slaver Edward Colston’s statue has electrified a longer term – and already deeply polarised – debate among British historians and academics, with some celebrating a “moment of history” as others warned of dark consequences for society.Inaction over figures like Colston had bred anger that would be felt “all over Britain”, said Andrea Livesey, a
  
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• Music Programmer / Norfolk & Norwich Festival / East

  10-06-2020 19:09
  Music Programmer - Permanent, part-time (22.5 hours per week, with additional hours during the Festival)
  The Music Programmer is a new role at Norfolk & Norwich Festival. In recent years, we...
  
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• Freelance Business Development Manager / POW! Thanet / South East

  10-06-2020 19:09
  POW! Thanet is seeking a part-time freelance business development manager to join our dynamic team.
  Following five successful festivals POW! is developing as a year-round arts organisation with a...
  
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• Head of Finance / Norfolk & Norwich Festival / East

  10-06-2020 19:02
  Head of Finance - Permanent, part time (15 hours per week with additional hours during the festival – 46% fte)
  The Head of Finance’s role is to manage the organisation’s finances...
  
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• The 10 best statues in Britain – chosen by our critic

  10-06-2020 18:49
  
  There’s more to British statues than the ones of Colston and Rhodes highlighted by BLM. From Damien Hirst’s sword-fighter to a cat called Hodge, our critic picks his top 10The ship, which sank in 1912 with more than 1,500 souls drowned, has become a symbol of the precariousness of existence. It is commemorated by this marble monument in the city where the doomed ocean liner was built. A female mythological figure of Fate looms over a drowning sailor held in a mermaid’s embrace.
  
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• A NEW Diploma in Creative Producing for Theatre and Live Events / Maverick Theatre Acadamy / London / National

  10-06-2020 18:39
  After years of success with our one-day workshops, and due to demand from former students, the Maverick Academy has launched a new, accessible, part-time, on-line Creative Producers Diploma, starting...
  
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• Young Trustees / Total Insight Theatre / London

  10-06-2020 18:37
  Total Insight Theatre is an award-winning arts charity that provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  We are in an...
  
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• Young Trustees / Total Insight Theatre / South East

  10-06-2020 18:36
  Total Insight Theatre is an award-winning arts charity that provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  We are in an...
  
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• Young Trustees / Total Insight Theatre / East Midlands

  10-06-2020 18:35
  Total Insight Theatre is an award-winning arts charity that provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  We are in an...
  
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• Treasurer Trustee / Total Insight Theatre / South East

  10-06-2020 18:31
  Total Insight Theatre is an award-winning arts charity that provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  We are in an...
  
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• Treasurer Trustee / Total Insight Theatre / East Midlands

  10-06-2020 18:30
  Total Insight Theatre is an award-winning arts charity that provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  We are in an...
  
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• Treasurer Trustee / Total Insight Theatre / London

  10-06-2020 18:29
  Total Insight Theatre is an award-winning arts charity that provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and young people, particularly those experiencing disadvantage.
  We are in an...
  
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• Mentoring & Wellbeing Sessions for Early Career Theatre-makers / Caroline Horton & Co / South West

  10-06-2020 18:19
  Mentoring & Wellbeing Sessions for Early Career Theatre-makers with Caroline Horton and Lou Platt
  Using her last project, All of Me, as a jumping off point, theatre-maker Caroline Horton has...
  
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• Artist Commission: The Gift / Creative Scene / Yorkshire

  10-06-2020 18:04
  To devise and design activity packs, a gift to unlock creativity for communities in North Kirklees, West Yorkshire.
  Fee: £2,000 + Materials Budget. Start date: Late June, into AugustAt...
  
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• The best online LGBT exhibitions for pride month

  10-06-2020 17:37
  
  With museums still closed, a string of diverse digital exhibitions aim to educate and entertain with LGBT history and artWith the Covid-19 pandemic still ongoing, hundreds of pride events have been cancelled across America. But the celebrations will continue online. There will be digital parties but also a range of online exhibitions that trace the history of pride, beyond the parade and rainbow flags.   Continue reading...
  
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• HR Manager (Maternity Cover) / Farnham Maltings / South East

  10-06-2020 17:18
  Responsible to: Director
  Responsible for:HR Administrator
  Hours of work: 22.5 hours per week
  Salary: £36,050.00 (FTE) per annum
  Objectives and Responsibilities:
  - To manage and...
  
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• Call for Submissions: Barnsley Mayor`s Parade / Barnsley Council Arts and Events / Yorkshire

  10-06-2020 17:17
  The Mayor’s Parade is an annual celebratory event that normally takes place in Barnsley town centre. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the parade and for the first time it is going...
  
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• Artists x 3 for the Contemporary Art Space Project / Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) / West Midlands

  10-06-2020 15:16
  Iniva and RSA Academies are working together on the second year of a two-year programme of art-making and community engagement. The Contemporary Art Space Project supports the development of an...
  
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• Children's Book Submissions / The Book Explorer / London / UK wide

  10-06-2020 15:01
  Children’s Picture Books - submissions welcome! 
  The Book Explorer is a brand new way of getting fantastic, undiscovered new books to children and families eager to read them! 
  We...
  
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• Specialist Adviser - Covid-19 Support for Theatres / Theatres Trust / London / UK-wide

  10-06-2020 14:25
  Theatres Trust is seeking a part-time freelancer as a Specialist Adviser to provide additional support  particularly to smaller theatres at this critical time for the sector.
  The work will...
  
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• Director/ Designer Research Placement x 2 / Pins and Needles Productions / South West

  10-06-2020 13:56
  Pins and Needles Productions is an award-winning, female-led theatre company in Bristol, based on a strong Director/Designer partnership between Emma Earle & Zoe Squire. 
  We are looking for...
  
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• Senior Manager, Children, Young People and Learning / Arts Council England / North East / Nationwide

  10-06-2020 12:38
  If you wish to apply for this position please visit our recruitment website
  https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news-and-jobs/jobs-and-careers-0
  Senior Manager, Children, Young People and Learning
  Any...
  
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• Call-out to the dance workforce / TeesDance Festival / North East

  10-06-2020 12:31
  We are looking for local dance artists, choreographers, practitioners, teachers, educators and dance schools to get involved. 
  TeesDance Festival is a one-off online festival celebrating the...
  
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• Picture Post online art activities / Shallal Studios / South West

  10-06-2020 12:14
  Picture Post is a new Shallal Studios art activity project linking isolated artists during COVID-19, partnering with Project Ability to build a creative community.
  A weekly activity pack with ideas...
  
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• Performers required for Phoenix Arts Club Live Stream / The Phoenix Arts Club / London

  10-06-2020 11:46
  When the Phoenix Arts Club closed we decided to take our shows online, forming the 'Saturday Supershow Live stream' a weekly round-up of the past week featuring the special guests who...
  
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• Fargo the horse and the great global fortune cookie giveaway

  10-06-2020 09:01
  
  From a beach in Rio to a stable in Florida, from a forest in Finland to an airport in Shanghai, piles of wisdom-laced snacks have been appearing across Earth. Our writer reveals her role in a huge projectOne sunny morning in late May, I piled 275 fortune cookies in metallic scarlet wrappers on to a bench in front of my home. They took up the same amount of space a small curled-up person might. The street is busy with foot traffic and I wondered if anyone passing would be bold enough to take one.
  
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• What was this boy's mother famous for? The great British art quiz

  10-06-2020 09:00
  
  Yale Center for British Art set today’s quiz, which enables you to explore the art collections of museums closed due to Covid-19 – while answering some fiendish questions along the wayThis quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from over 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 the Yale Center for British
  
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