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• Warning: 90 Percent Of Canada’s Live Music Venues Could Shut Forever

  27-07-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  According to the Canadian Independent Venue Coalition, which has launched an online campaign to support Canadian venues, without government support, more than 90 per cent of independent venues are at risk of shutting down forever. – CBC
  
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• The World’s Youngest Poet?

  27-07-2020 22:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  His work will appear next summer in his first published collection. Nadim does not write down his poems though. He dictates them. And that’s because Nadim doesn’t really read and write yet. After all, he’s only 4 years old. – NPR
  
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• Creators' Table: Everything you need to know to start a podcast / Spotify x gal-dem / Online

  27-07-2020 22:33
  For our second event we're getting practical. What does it take to make a podcast? From tech to guests and marketing, we've got you covered! 
  For our second digital Creators’ Table event,...
  
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• Assistant Producer / Photo Fringe / South East

  27-07-2020 22:10
  Brighton Photo Fringe seeks an Assistant Producer to help deliver the Photo Fringe 2020 festival that launches on 3 October 2020.
  We are seeking an early career practitioner who already has some...
  
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• How Long Can New Orleans Survive Without Its Music?

  27-07-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Many New Orleans artists make at least 50 percent, and some as many as 75 to 100 percent, of their income during festival seasons. “New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Essence Music Festival, Voodoo Festival, those big events provide a big source of income and opportunity for our artists,” she says. “They sell at the festival, yes, but they make contacts that might give them commissions for the rest of the year.” But now, of course, there are no festivals, and tour
  
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• What It’s Like Going To Disney World Right Now

  27-07-2020 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The bus from the airport to my resort gave me plenty of time to contemplate my life decisions. An air-conditioned trip through a hot zone of the worst disease outbreak in a century will concentrate the mind, even if television screens and the voices of cartoon characters are constantly attempting to break that concentration. – The Atlantic
  
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• Brandon Sanderson Had 13 Books Rejected Before Hitting It Big And Earning Millions

  27-07-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Most writers have novels that never see the light of day. But 13? That’s serious dedication. The books were written over a decade while Sanderson was working as a night clerk at a hotel – a job chosen specifically because as long as he stayed awake, his bosses didn’t mind if he wrote between midnight and 5am. But publishers kept telling him that his epic fantasies were too long, that he should try being darker or “more like George RR Martin” (it was the late 90s, a
  
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• Atlanta’s Woodruff Center CEO Steps Down

  27-07-2020 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Doug Shipman said he informed the Woodruff in February of his intentions to leave after three years of leading the organization. The Woodruff Arts Center is Atlanta’s foundational arts organization, overseeing the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre. It is the third-largest arts center in the United States. Shipman said he wants to be more directly involved in addressing injustices of the past and present. “I do not know exactly what path
  
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• Membership and Office Administrator / Women in Film & Television (UK) Limited / London

  27-07-2020 19:38
  To see the job posting on our website please visit here. 
  The ideal candidate for this role will have at least one year’s administration experience and be meticulously organised with...
  
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• Shadow Theatre for One (Online) / Little Angel Theatre / London

  27-07-2020 19:36
  Monday evenings, 6.30 – 8.30pmMon 24 August to Mon 28 September
  Design and create your own miniature, magical theatre experience for one viewer at a time.
  The shadow box theatres transport...
  
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• How The Motivations Of Philanthropy Have Changed

  27-07-2020 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Return on investment (ROI) logic has become a dominant motif of much of philanthropy today. Many contemporary philanthropists perceive themselves as social entrepreneurs, doing well by doing good. Their giving philosophies reflect the practices of global finance as well as the manner in which they made their fortunes. – Aeon
  
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• Fundraising Officer / Lakeland Arts / North West

  27-07-2020 18:45
  Purpose
  You will support Lakeland Arts to carry out our charitable objectives by contributing to the delivery of our fundraising strategy.  You’ll raise donations and grants to support...
  
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• The Revisionist Andy Warhol

  27-07-2020 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Over the last half-century, Warhol has been merchandised into the trite, plastic banality he supposedly critiqued, but as Blake Gopnik reminds us, the artist is much harsher, and more cynical, than we sometimes credit. – The New Republic
  
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• 'Scored in Silence' 24-hour Screening for Hiroshima Day / Chisato Minamimura / London / UK

  27-07-2020 18:11
  For the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings on Japan, London-based deaf Japanese artist Chisato Minamimura will present a special screening about the Deaf survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on...
  
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• Licensing Co-Coordinators (two positions) / Concord Theatricals / London

  27-07-2020 18:06
  Concord Theatricals, is the UK’s leading musical and play licensing agent, incorporating the R&H (Rodgers and Hammerstein), Tams-Witmark and Samuel French catalogues.
  We’re currently...
  
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• Paid Script Call Out: Queers Beyond Borders / Green Carnation Company / North West

  27-07-2020 17:43
  QUEER ALL ABOUT IT SCRIPT CALL OUT QUEERS BEYOND BORDERS
  Green Carnation Company are looking for script submissions for the third of our QUEER ALL ABOUT IT short film commissions.
  We are looking...
  
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• Fusion Prize Young Leader / Art Clubbers CIC / London

  27-07-2020 17:40
  MAKE YOUR VOICES BE HEARD!
  We are looking for young people (between 16 and 25 years old) who would like to get involved to shape 6 exciting programmes for young people across London. As a Fusion...
  
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• Folk Weekend: Oxford presents Sam Sweeney / Folk Weekend: Oxford / Oxford

  27-07-2020 17:33
  After embarking on a solo career, releasing his debut solo album The Unfinished Violin on Island Records and touring it to sell-out crowds on the 2019 album launch tour.
  
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• Richmond Symphony To Return To The Concert Hall

  27-07-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The new season will include in-person Masterworks concerts at the Carpenter Theatre at the Dominion Energy Center in September, October and November. The capacity of the Carpenter Theatre will be reduced from 1,800 to fewer than 400 to allow 6 feet of distance between seats. – Richmond Times-Dispatch
  
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• Croydon Emerging Writers Programme / Disentangle Projects / London

  27-07-2020 17:17
  Stanley Halls, in association with Disentangle Projects and Arts Council England present the Croydon Emerging Writers Programme, a free training initiative for writers looking to amplify their voice....
  
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• The Unprecedented Bravery Of Oliva De Havilland

  27-07-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The actor, who died yesterday, went up against an entrenched system, and won. Her successful 1943 lawsuit against Warner Bros. “destroyed the indentured servitude that was the studio system, and helped pave the way for the modern age of movie stars as independent mini-moguls, with control of their own artistic and financial fortunes.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Your input matters to us / Handmade in Britain / London

  27-07-2020 16:50
  Everyday seems to throw a new challenge for our community and Covid19 has impacted the craft sector severely, resulting in disruption, through cancellation or postponement of events, putting...
  
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• August Art Lab / Art Lab / Yorkshire / Halifax

  27-07-2020 16:47
  August Art LabMonday 3 August 2020, 8pm start
  Presenting: Jasmir Creed & Oliver Cloke
  Jasmir Creed https://jcreed1.wixsite.com/website
  Oliver Cloke http://olivercloke.comJoin Zoom...
  
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• As Long As Zoom Lives, We’ll Want To Know What’s On Other People’s Bookshelves

  27-07-2020 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Especially, it seems, the bookshelves of celebrities. Take Regina King: “Tupac Shakur Legacy, by Jamal Joseph: Curated by a family friend, this “interactive biography” of the rapper includes photos of Shakur’s home life and reproductions of handwritten lyrics.” – The New York Times
  
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• Digital Marketing Assistant / Libraries Unlimited / South West

  27-07-2020 16:28
  *** To apply, visit https://www.librariesunlimited.org.uk/jobs/ ***
  Salary: £19,380Hours: 37 hours per weekLocation: Exeter LibraryClosing date: Tue 11th AugustInterview date: Thu 20th...
  
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• Prosper North, cultural heritage business support in the North / Creative United / North East

  27-07-2020 16:22
  There is one week remaining for cultural heritage organisations in the North of England to apply for the final edition of Prosper North, a free business support programme by Creative United...
  
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• Chair of the Board of Trustees / Cockpit Arts / London

  27-07-2020 16:14
  Cockpit Arts Chair of the Board of Trustees
  Cockpit Arts wishes to appoint a new Chair to our Board of Trustees. We invite applications from individuals experienced in governance and with the...
  
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• Online Course - Business Planning for Creatives: First Steps / Clayhill Arts / South West

  27-07-2020 16:12
  Are you a creative individual ready to take a step forward in your career but lacking the business skills to get started? Are you serious about making money from your creative practice but...
  
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• Audra McDonald: Theatre Can’t Miss This Moment

  27-07-2020 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Broadway star – the only performer to win six Tonys, in all four available categories – says it’s her job to create more space for other African American actors, and call for institutional change as well. “This feels like real change now. There are going to be too many people watching and too many people demanding that things look different. … Theatre will be left in the dust, I think, if we don’t make substantive changes.” – The New Yorker
  
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• What Do You Do To Thank Brooklyn Hospital Workers During The Pandemic?

  27-07-2020 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you’re Los Angeles artist Michael Gittes, you paint 1800 small pieces of work, one for each worker, and deliver them to Brooklyn. The artist: “I decided to paint flowers because even though these people are all part of a big beautiful garden, I wanted them to know they were all individual flowers, and without them, there would be no garden. I wanted it to have a ‘secret admirer’ kind of vibe.” – Washington Post
  
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• An Almost Finished Series Plus The Virus Shutdown Equals A Deleted Episode

  27-07-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Whoops, not an eight-episode season; a seven-episode season. That standalone can come later, if at all. – BBC
  
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• Communication and VIP Relations Manager / 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair / London

  27-07-2020 15:27
  Responsibilities:-        Fair development:Develop new territories, new ideas, new strategies
  Team management...
  
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• Technical Manager, TSI / Tate Gallery / South West

  27-07-2020 15:22
  This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced art handler and technician, with exceptional people-management skills, to work at the heart of a world-renowned and award-winning public art gallery...
  
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• Lotty Rosenfeld, Artist Who Protested The Chilean Dictatorship With Her Art, Has Died At 77

  27-07-2020 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rosenfeld, “through the simple act of creating a line on a street in Chile, mounted an important artistic and political intervention against an oppressive government.” – ARTNews
  
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• Acrylic Painting Workshop for all levels / Art in the Village TM / London

  27-07-2020 15:14
  Get creative in the lockdown! Join us for 3 x sessions of online Zoom workshop in Acrylic Painting led by Mark James MA(RCA) for beginners and improvers. Saturdays 2pm to 4.15 pm 8th/15th/22nd...
  
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• Modular Oak Shelving Course / Blackhorse Workshop / London

  27-07-2020 14:16
  5 x Thursday evenings, 7 - 9.30pm13th August - 10th September£215Click to book
  This 5-week course will teach you how to make your own personalised modular frame unit for your home or...
  
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• Guest Writer / Round Lemon / Anywhere

  27-07-2020 14:08
  Round Lemon is an arty community where we can all learn from and with each other, whether you are an artist, student, educator or just someone who has an interest in art. A huge part of Round Lemon...
  
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• Video Presenter for e-learning / Artistic Directors of the Future / Online

  27-07-2020 13:53
  VIDEO PRESENTERS REQUIRED FOR ARTISTIC DIRECTORS OF THE FUTURE'S NEW E-LEARNING PLATFORM.
  Following on from our Starting a Theatre Company workshops last year, we are pleased to be launching our...
  
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• Fundraising Officer (sponsorship and major donors) / Leeds 2023 / Yorkshire / Leeds

  27-07-2020 13:35
  Closing date: 20 August 2020Interview date: Thursday 3 SeptemberContract type: Fixed term to March 2024Salary: £30,000 per annum
  Leeds 2023 will be a landmark year of culture for the city and...
  
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• Retail Assistant / McKee Gallery / Yorkshire / Sheffield

  27-07-2020 13:34
  Retail Assistant
  Job Type: part-time
  Working week: Every Friday and Saturday, with the potential to do weekly evening shifts during November and December 2020.
  Pay: £10.00 per hour
  Job...
  
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• Head of Development / Leeds 2023 / Yorkshire / Leeds

  27-07-2020 13:31
  Closing date: 20 August 2020Interview date: Tuesday 1 SeptemberContract type: Fixed term to December 2023Salary: £50,000 per annum
  Leeds 2023 will be a landmark year of...
  
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• Writer Development Manager (Maternity Cover) / Writing East Midlands / East Midlands

  27-07-2020 13:05
  Writing East Midlands (WEM), the literature development agency for the region, is hiring a Writer Development Manager.  This key role involves working to develop the creative and professional...
  
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• LGBTQ+ Artist Commission - GDIF Weaving Outdoor Installation / METRO Charity / London

  27-07-2020 12:51
  We are seeking an LGBTQ+ identifying Artist to work with us on a concept expressing identity, resilience and representation for an outdoor installation that will form part of Greenwich+Docklands...
  
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• Senior Decorative artist /Studio Manager / Mathew Bray & Matthew Collins Ltd / South West / Wincanton

  27-07-2020 12:01
  The Studio Manager will be responsible for the Studio Budget, organise all studio works and run the studio productively, safely and profitably, organise all studio works and run the studio...
  
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• Freelance film maker / Portsmouth City Council Library and Archive Service / South East / Portsmouth

  27-07-2020 11:37
  Portsmouth City Council's Libraries and Archives Service and the Conan Doyle Collection received project funding from Arts Council England. Called City of Stories, the project began in 2018 and...
  
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• Folk Weekend: Oxford presents Greg Russell / Folk Weekend: Oxford / South East

  27-07-2020 10:24
  Greg Russell is a two time BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner. Known for his powerful, unique vocals, Greg has toured Europe and the UK extensively for nearly ten years. He has worked as a solo performer,...
  
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• Can you name this Scottish boxer? The great British art quiz

  27-07-2020 09:00
  
  The Hepworth Wakefield set today’s quiz, in our series that explores the collections of British museums closed due to Covid-19This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home of 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 sets the questions.Today, our questions are set by the Hepworth Wakefield, the collection established in 1923 with a collecting policy to “nurt
  
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