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• Kennedy Center Makes Additional Deep Cuts

  24-07-2020 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The cuts are needed to address the financial challenges of the pandemic-related shutdown, Kennedy Center president and chief executive Deborah Rutter said in an interview. The arts center projects a $23 million budget shortfall for the 2020-2021 season. – Washington Post
  
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• Flynn Center for the Performing Arts – Executive Director

  24-07-2020 23:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Flynn) is located in downtown Burlington, Vermont, and has been at the center of Vermont’s cultural landscape throughout its 90-year history. The Flynn is internationally recognized for the caliber of its presentations; significant artistic, educational, and community outreach activities; superb technical capacity; beautiful ambiance; and sound fiscal management. More than 200,000 people annually attend the Flynn, enjoying a wide variety of perform
  
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• You Can’t Social Distance Dance. So…

  24-07-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dancers, unlike baseball players, may not be known for virus-spreading habits like spitting, but their job poses multiple risks. They work in studio spaces with varying degrees of ventilation, they share dressing rooms, they touch, they are prone to heavy breathing. Under what conditions should dance companies consider getting back into the studio during the pandemic? The protocols to be put in place are dizzying. – The New York Times
  
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• The Harper’s Open Letter Has Been Blasted By Everyone. Who Wouldn’t Have Anticipated That?

  24-07-2020 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Far from being embraced as a high-minded salute to free speech and the bracing effects of political discourse, the letter was blasted for messages its authors swear were never intended. – Washington Post
  
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• Scientists Plan Concert Experiment To Test COVID Spread

  24-07-2020 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  German scientists are planning to equip 4,000 pop music fans with tracking gadgets and bottles of fluorescent disinfectant to get a clearer picture of how Covid-19 could be prevented from spreading at large indoor concerts. – The Guardian
  
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• UK Arts Bailout For Arts Institutions. But What About Artists?

  24-07-2020 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  After months of monotone condolences and a vague “five-step roadmap” from culture secretary Oliver Dowden, the British government Beyoncéd the arts community on 5 July by announcing a surprise £1.57bn emergency support package. Dowden said he would begin by bailing out the “crown jewels of our national life – you know, the Royal Albert Halls and so on”. It should come as no surprise that this government is prioritising bedazzled institutions. The &ldqu
  
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• ‘The Robert Caro Of Hawaii’

  24-07-2020 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “As the decades passed, [David W.] Forbes [has] painstakingly tracked down archival portraits of people alive in that era, in libraries and private collections throughout the islands. That set him on a half-century hunt for clues about the dynastic line of Hawaiian royals. … [One eminent colleague] believes that Forbes’s life work — the four-volume Hawaiian Bibliography and The Diaries of Queen Lili’uokalani — will be used by scholars for decades to come.&rd
  
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• The Pandemic’s Lasting Effects On The Arts?

  24-07-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If, as I gloomily expect, this pandemic mushrooms into a huge, epochal shift in the social, economical and political landscape of the United States, then history teaches us perfectly clearly that there will be mirroring changes in the arts. That’s why we have concepts like “post-war literature” or “Restoration theater” or “Socialist realism.” You can’t have an earthquake without artists noticing. – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• How A Virtuoso Got Her Antique Cello Back 40 Years After It Was Stolen

  24-07-2020 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Christine Walevska got her one-eighth-size 1834 Bernardel cello when she was eight years old, and even as she went on to study with Gregor Piatigorsky, win a first prize at the Paris Conservatoire and pursue an international career, she remained attached to her childhood instrument. In 1976, it was stolen. Reporter Stacy Perman tells the story of how the little cello ultimately found its way back to Walevska — and a gifted young protégée came along with it. – Los Angel
  
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• Artist Call Out Summer 2020 / Wiltshire Creative / South West / Salisbury

  24-07-2020 19:44
  Wiltshire Creative is looking for Wiltshire-based theatre companies, solo storytellers and spoken word artists to feature in a programme of outdoor work this summer. During August we are planning a...
  
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• Brian Walker obituary

  24-07-2020 19:38
  
  My father, Brian Walker, who has died aged 94, was a cartoonist and illustrator whose work appeared across a span of 50 years in comics such as the Beano and the Dandy, in humour-led publications such as Punch, serious magazines such as the Countryman, and in more than 80 books.His association with the Countryman was particularly strong, and from 1970 onwards there was rarely an issue to which he did not contribute. Known for being quick, versatile and brilliantly effective at delivering on his
  
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• How Artists And Arts Organizations In San Francisco Are Adapting

  24-07-2020 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some of these people have taken the opportunity to begin a radical rethinking of their operations. Others are doing their best to maintain a connection with their patrons and audiences that will be strong enough to tide them over the current and coming upheavals. Wherever you look, the cultural players are busily brainstorming solutions. – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• New Virtual Exhibition - Colours of Summer / Blanco Gallery / London

  24-07-2020 19:20
  'Colours of Summer', a new virtual exhibition inspired by every scene of summer life. The contemporary artists participating are Andrew Eadington, David Hopkins, Georgia Mallin, and Mario Cervantes....
  
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• Head of Film / Doc Society / London / London

  24-07-2020 19:12
  Doc Society
  HEAD OF FILM
  BASED IN UK, 2 Year Term
  Doc Society is looking for a senior experienced film executive based in the UK who will operate strategically across all of Doc Society’s...
  
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• How I Got Audiences To Pay More For Streamed Performances Than I Would Have Asked Them To

  24-07-2020 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kahlil Ashanti began his performing career as part of an elite U.S. Air Force unit that did shows for servicepeople at military bases and in battle zones all over the globe. One thing he heard over and over from audience members, both soldiers and civilians (in his post-Air Force life), was “I would have gladly paid more for that.” Here’s how he got them to actually do it. – Arts Professional
  
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• The Democratization Of Streaming Theatre

  24-07-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The online dramas that so many theatres have made available, from the RSC to the National Theatre, have had a hugely democratising effect on an art form that is often accused of being elitist and expensive. Now, viewers don’t have to be sitting in a velvet seat, just on their own sofa. – The Guardian
  
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• Sales Assistant / 10 Hanover / London

  24-07-2020 18:26
  Are you passionate about modern and contemporary art? If so, this opportunity could be yours...
  10 Hanover is a private fine art dealership and exhibition space based in Mayfair, London. They are...
  
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• Production Secretary / Amazing Productions / London

  24-07-2020 18:19
  If you're super organised and passionate about television, this opportunity could be yours...
  Amazing Productions brings together four creative programme-makers who have a shared vision. Between...
  
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• Call for Artists: London based artists for solo exhibitions / Dark Yellow Dot / London

  24-07-2020 18:18
  OPEN CALL FOR LONDON BASED ARTISTS
  We are looking for solo artists who have a new collection of works in 2D, flat or paper works. Whether that be large or small paintings, drawings, collage,...
  
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• Spread-Out And Sanitized: The Future Of Dance In The Age Of COVID

  24-07-2020 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In conversations about the future with 14 dance professionals, feelings of anguish, hope, fear and resolve emerged, along with ideas about adaptation and innovation. … Here are some glimpses of what might lie ahead.” – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• Trump Books Have Changed The Publishing Industry

  24-07-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There was a time, not that long ago, when—like most of America—publishers thought that this Trump boom would end when the president left office. It increasingly seems like it could outlast Trump’s own political career. – The New Republic
  
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• Galleries show their bottoms and a gender-friendly tube map – the week in art

  24-07-2020 17:31
  
  Museums urged to boost visitor numbers by putting their best bums forward, plus why statues lie, and the return of Andy Warhol – all in your weekly dispatchAndy Warhol
  As Tate reopens all of its museums, there’s a second chance to visit its blockbuster survey of the 20th-century artist who predicted almost every aspect of 21st-century life – except coronavirus. Although, come to think of it, Warhol’s Velvet Underground did create The Black Angel’s Death Song...
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• Drama Workshop Leader & Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Officer / The Talent 1st Organisation CIC / East Midlands

  24-07-2020 17:20
  Fixed-term contract; September 2020 to August 2021.
  £80 per workshop session. £10 per office hour 
  We are a not for profit Community Interest Company (CIC), established to unearth...
  
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• Marketing Manager / UK Jewish Film Festival / London

  24-07-2020 17:15
  UK Jewish Film seeks a highly effective and enthusiastic Marketing Manager with a minimum of 2-3 years’ experience developing and/or implementing marketing plans for film festivals or cultural...
  
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• No More Dead Guys On Horses: Reimagining The Entire Idea Of Public Monuments In The U.S.

  24-07-2020 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Historically, the purpose of monuments, says Ken Lum of Monument Lab in Philadelphia, “has been to activate or even sustain a certain narrative of memory which people of influence have deemed worthy or important to maintain. They are mnemonic devices.” And, traditionally, they’ve usually been large sculptures of men. (If they were of women, those women were usually fictional or allegorical figures rather than actual people.) But that has changed over the past few decades, with
  
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• Tate Modern reopening: 'We've never needed these unsettling visions more'

  24-07-2020 17:04
  
  The best modern art was made in times of crisis and terror, meaning this museum has never been a relaxing place to visit. But where better to discover the true meaning of a changed world?When Tate Modern first opened its doors 20 years ago, modern life seemed comparatively benign. At the opening party, JG Ballard looked on ironically from a balcony as a brass band played acid house anthems and shiny happy people queued to climb a Louise Bourgeois tower. It is about to open again. But the world h
  
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• Artist in Residence / Philharmonia Orchestra / London

  24-07-2020 16:48
  The Philharmonia seeks a socially engaged artist or collective to collaborate with the Orchestra. The Artist in Residence will create new artistic experiences across our 2020-2021 programme of...
  
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• Refugee Who Wrote Award-Winning Memoir Via Texts Sent From Internment Camp Granted Asylum

  24-07-2020 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish Iranian exile and journalist who became the voice of those incarcerated on Manus Island” — an island off the coast of Papua New Guinea where Australia maintains a camp for refugees who try to reach the country by sea — “has had his refugee status formally recognised by New Zealand, and granted a visa to live there.” – The Guardian
  
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• Every Artwork At The Whitney Is Being Covered With Plywood

  24-07-2020 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Online, that is. “Every day at sunset, Artist — an anonymous conceptualist who legally changed their name to question the biases built into the phrase ‘American Artist’ — will replace every image of an artwork on the Whitney Museum’s website with a picture of plywood, effectively boarding up the pages. The site’s unassuming white background will be turned black, obscuring all text in the process. Titled Looted, the work calls into question what is being
  
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• Work/Leisure_2 Residency Open Call / Abingdon Studios Ltd / North West / Blackpool

  24-07-2020 16:01
  We are inviting emerging and mid-career artists, living and working in the UK/Europe, to create new work in 2020.Work/Leisure is a project developed by Abingdon Studios Ltd and coordinated...
  
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• New Project Aims To Get More Black Theater Professionals Backstage As Well As Onstage

  24-07-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Career opportunity on Broadway doesn’t begin at the box office, but in the front office. And that’s where T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams and their fellow advocates have set their sights in a campaign to massively increase black employment in the theater business. Their effort — under the banner of a new organization, the Black Theatre Coalition — is already making an impact.” – The Washington Post
  
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• TikTok Will Spend $200 Million On Creators (How And On Which Creators? Good Question)

  24-07-2020 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “TikTok is launching a program to fund its most popular creators directly for their videos — with an initial $200 million earmarked for the U.S. … How much individual creators will be eligible to earn — and what specific criteria those payments will be based on — isn’t fully clear.” But you can apply starting in August. – Variety
  
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• Kennedy Center Will Reopen Its Large Theaters Next January

  24-07-2020 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pandemic permitting, the Center and its resident companies, the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National Opera, plan to present performances for full audiences n its three large venues early in the New Year, with a few socially distanced, small-scale or outdoor performances before then. The big Broadway touring shows won’t be back until May. – The Washington Post
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber Tries Putting On A Socially Distanced West End Show

  24-07-2020 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It was a one-time pilot project, performed in front of 640 people spread out through the Palladium, one of London’s biggest theatres. The program: one singer, Beverley Knight, doing two half-hour sets separated by an intermission. Alex Marshall reports on how it went. (ALW’s reaction on seeing the “full” house: “I’ve got to say this is a rather sad sight.”) – The New York Times
  
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• Splash back! Dive into the world's wildest pools – in pictures

  24-07-2020 13:40
  
  As some swimming pools prepare to reopen, we dip our toes into the most dramatic ones across the globe – from remote Aussie rock pools to Cleopatra’s favourite bathing spotContinue reading...
  
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• Make a splash! Dive into the world's wildest pools – in pictures

  24-07-2020 13:40
  
  As some swimming pools prepare to reopen, we dip our toes into the most dramatic ones across the globe – from remote Aussie rock pools to Cleopatra’s favourite bathing spotContinue reading...
  
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• Headlong Origins Director / Headlong Theatre / United Kingdom

  24-07-2020 13:28
  Headlong Origins is an artist development scheme designed to support theatre directors across the UK, outside of London. Our ambition is to celebrate and nurture emerging talent and to diversify the...
  
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• Summer School Weekend: Woodwork / Process / Technique / Blackhorse Workshop / London

  24-07-2020 13:25
  Summer School Weekend: Woodwork / Process / TechniqueSunday 30th and Monday 31st August
  £2255 places available
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  Join us for a weekend escape of making as you explore a variety...
  
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• Sliding home: Baseball in Colour - in pictures

  24-07-2020 13:00
  
  As the 2020 season finally gets under way, we take a look back in time, courtesy of the work of artist Mark Truelove and his fantastic colorised vintage baseball photographs Continue reading...
  
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• Administrative Producer Vacancy / Utopia Theatre Limited / Yorkshire / Sheffield

  24-07-2020 11:24
  The Administrative Producer is a new role at Utopia Theatre, to work closely with the Artistic Director on the company’s management, administration and strategy. 
  By overseeing the detail...
  
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• How many 17th-century breakfast dishes can you name? The great British art quiz

  24-07-2020 09:00
  
  The Bowes Museum set today’s quiz, which lets us explore the collections of British museums closed due to Covid-19 – while answering some tricky 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 and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.Today our questions are set by the Bowes Museum, a collection of art, fashion and design
  
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• Out to play: the UK's best day trips, activities and nights out this week

  24-07-2020 07:30
  
  From Kapoor and kayaking to a theme park and National Trust houses, here’s our weekly pick of attractions and events The latest show by the artist known for his large-scale abstract sculptures includes the famous five-metre-high dish-shaped Sky Mirror, and a series of anatomically influenced pieces, called Grace, Liver and Sophia, carved from pink marble. There are 24 sculptures on show, along with a selection of drawings and smaller works from Kapoor’s 40-year career. Originally due
  
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• PhotoX Awards 2020 / ArtGemini Prize / London

  24-07-2020 02:00
  PhotoX Awards 2020 - PHOTOGRAPHY £2000 Cash Awards
  International Open Call
  Open to all genres and styles of photography with no age limits
  Deadline 23 October 2020
  To enter visit...
  
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• Misty Copeland On How Protests Are Waking Up The Dance World

  24-07-2020 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “It’s the first time in my position that I feel like I’m truly being heard,” she explains of how she’s using her voice to raise awareness, later adding, “This has been my life’s work as a dancer: speaking about racism in the world, and in ballet, speaking about the lack of diversity. And to have my company, to have the ballet world listening, and to have different panels to speak about this—in a way that I have before, but again, for the first tim
  
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