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• Why Racism Is Deeply Built Into Arts Institutional Structures

  30-07-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  David Balzer: “Here, I want to go beyond critiquing institutional messaging and superficial pledges towards diversity, equity, and inclusion. Instead, I want to use my experience as the former co-leader of a cultural nonprofit — a white, cis-gender queer who attempted, not always successfully, to change that nonprofit’s relationship to colonialism and white supremacy — to explain why such statements were doomed to fail.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• Classical Music’s Social Media Racism Wars

  30-07-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Controversies broke out on a few fronts this week. – NPR
  
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• Rethinking Dance Performance

  30-07-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “We don’t have to remain in our Brady Bunch squares. It was great to walk by and see the dancers sweating and breathing. We still do that. We are all choreographers now. People are starting to think more spatially.” – Dance Magazine
  
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• Booker Prize Longlist Announced

  30-07-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  On a longlist packed with surprises and debuts, chosen from 162 novels, Mantel is up against major literary names including US author Anne Tyler, picked for Redhead by the Side of the Road, a work judges called “a very human tale of redemption”, as well as the Irish-American author Colum McCann, longlisted for Apeirogon, about a Palestinian and an Israeli, both of whom have lost their daughters. – The Guardian
  
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• New York Is Getting Loud Again

  30-07-2020 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The pandemic offered a temporary reprieve from sound, both in cities and in oceans, giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime (we hope) chance to study the sudden onset of quiet. The lockdown created a deeply unsettling soundscape, like the hush after an explosion, which extended on week after week. The quietude was revelatory, but not serene. Birds in neighborhood trees assembled into a network of local choirs, and the bated traffic let them be heard. The nights were laced with sirens, but
  
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• Music Of America’s First Known Women Composers Is Headed To Disc

  30-07-2020 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Their names were Sister Föben, Sister Katura, and Sister Hanna, and they were members of the Ephrata Cloister, a radical commune of Pennsylvania Dutch Evangelicals in the mid-1700s. Baritone and musicologist Chris Herbert (of New York Polyphony) has digitized and transcribed the manuscript in which these composers’ hymns (“just devotional, simple music,” he says) were found, rounded up four singers, and recorded the works in the Ephrata Cloister Meetinghouse. – NPR
  
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• Short Term Contract - Producer (Summer Holiday Period) / The Chelsea Centre LTD (Trading as The Chelsea Theatre) / London / London

  30-07-2020 20:47
  The Chelsea Theatre in London is a community hub and a contemporary performance space with a firm focus on enabling the development of talent within the local community. Our reach is very wide. As a...
  
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• Where Are The Thousands Of Musical Instruments Looted By The Nazis?

  30-07-2020 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There has been a lot of research into the Nazis’ plunder of Jewish-owned artwork in Europe during World War II, though far less attention has been paid to the looting of instruments. But a number of scholars have been focused on bringing this facet of Nazi crimes to light. – NPR
  
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• Australia Is Raising University Tuition For Arts And Humanities Degrees And Lowering It For STEM Degrees

  30-07-2020 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Education Minister Dan Tehan said the government wanted to ‘incentivise students to make more job-relevant choices’. The next wave of graduates would have to power the post-Covid economic recovery, he stressed. ‘A cheaper degree in an area where there’s a job is a win-win for students.'” Many education professionals are skeptical (to say the least), and evidence suggests that the new pricing won’t change students’ choices. – BBC
  
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• Why It’s Important To Learn A Poem Right Now

  30-07-2020 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Robust poems committed to memory can counteract the corrosive effects of self-pity. They can offer a different way of viewing the world, particularly to generations that did not suffer the buffetings of the early and mid-20th century, and are now bewildered by the calamities that seem to arise from nowhere, and leave them powerless. – The Atlantic
  
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• Regeneration Project Manager / The Churches Conservation Trust / London / South East

  30-07-2020 18:52
  The Churches Conservation Trust is the national charity protecting historic churches at risk.
  We are looking for a project manager to join our Regeneration team and help shape new futures for some...
  
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• Executive Director (1 year term) / NMC Recordings / London / London

  30-07-2020 18:07
  NMC Recordings, the award-winning charity which promotes the work of living composers from Britain and Ireland is offering a one-year fixed term appointment, as a result of a restructure following...
  
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• Call for submissions - Museum Remix: Unheard / University of Cambridge Museums / East / London

  30-07-2020 17:40
  Create art inspired by the University of Cambridge Museums' underexplored objects, and get your work shared on our online platforms and galleries.
  The University of Cambridge Museums' Museum Remix:...
  
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• Business Planning for Creatives: First Steps with Isa Seminega / Clayhill Arts / South West / Nationwide

  30-07-2020 17:34
  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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• Windows In - Artists Commissions / Studio 3 Arts / London / Barking & Dagenham

  30-07-2020 17:30
  Studio 3 Arts is looking to commission 5 inquisitive and insightful artists for ‘Windows In’ – a series of commissions to be presented in the windows of Unit 46, our space in...
  
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• Brigid Berlin obituary

  30-07-2020 17:10
  
  Artist known for her Polaroid photography and collaborations with Andy Warhol in 1960s and 70s New YorkIn Andy Warhol’s film Chelsea Girls, Brigid Berlin sits cross-legged issuing commands. “Donnie, comb it a little. Come here and give it a poke. Get the brush, the spray and all my tools,” she says as she sweeps a hand through her bouffant do. Her tone is haughty but her words slur slightly as she goes on to inject herself in the backside with amphetamines. Continue reading...
  
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• Licked into shape: Heather Phillipson's sundae should bring an end to the fourth plinth

  30-07-2020 17:04
  
  The 13th temporary Trafalgar Square commission arrives when the notion of public statuary is under question like never before. It’s time to invest in a new permanenceFor those who believe artists are the wizards of the world, magicking meaning from an oblivious universe, there is much to ponder in Heather Phillipson’s new fourth plinth sculpture: erected at one of humanity’s unluckier moments, it’s the 13th such commission and is titled THE END. Note those capitals. Despi
  
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• Artist Steering Group Members / Visual Arts South West / South West

  30-07-2020 16:42
  Visual Arts South West (VASW) is looking to diversify its Steering Group and we are seeking two artists to join us: 
  An early-career artist (21 – 26 years old)
  A mid-career...
  
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• Chair / Co-Chairs / Visual Arts South West / South West

  30-07-2020 16:30
  Visual Arts South West (VASW) is seeking a new Chair / Co-Chairs to support this vital network, in collaboration with the Steering Group and staff, in the next major phase of its development. Do you...
  
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• Director / Creative Culture South West C.I.C / South West / Exeter

  30-07-2020 15:59
  We are looking to expand Creative Culture South West's board of directors with the appointment of additional volunteer directors.
  The director's role will consist of contributing to the attainment...
  
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• Head of Creative Engagement / Soho Theatre / London

  30-07-2020 15:50
  Soho Theatre is looking for an outstanding, passionate creative leader to join the senior management team as Head of Creative Engagement, taking an active role in establishing the new Walthamstow...
  
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• Festival Development Officer / CoMA: Contemporary Music for All / London / UK wide

  30-07-2020 15:41
  We are seeking to appoint an experienced development worker to play a key role within the organisation, responsible for a wide-ranging programme of activities. This will involve project planning and...
  
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• Application & Grants Officer / Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust / London

  30-07-2020 15:30
  The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST) supports excellence in British craftsmanship through scholarship and apprenticeship funding, striving to make a difference to the lives and careers of...
  
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• Call for Entries: RBSA Prize Exhibition 2020 / RBSA Gallery / West Midlands / UK and International

  30-07-2020 15:16
  Call for entries: The RBSA Prize Exhibition 2020. Deadline 4pm 19 August.⠀ 
  The RBSA stages an annual Prize exhibition to provide opportunities for artists to show their artwork and...
  
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• Cinematography Tutors, Editing Tutors, Directing Tutors / London Film Academy / London / London

  30-07-2020 14:44
  We are inviting exceptional and accomplished directors, cinematographers and editors with proven track records of working on feature films or high end television productions to join our incredible...
  
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• Woodwork Course: Plywood Planter / Blackhorse Workshop / London

  30-07-2020 14:36
  2 x Sundays9th and 16th August, 10am - 5pm£220
  Click to book
  This 2-day course over 2 Sundays introduces you to a selection of power tools and how they are used in...
  
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• Administrative Assistant / Registrar / Albion Barn / South East

  30-07-2020 13:51
  Albion Barn are looking for an experienced Registrar to support our team across all aspects of the gallery’s activities. The ideal candidate will be exceptionally good in an assisting role and...
  
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• Fourth plinth whipped cream, drone and fly sculpture unveiled

  30-07-2020 13:39
  
  Heather Phillipson’s The End monument in Trafalgar Square is plinth’s 13th commissionOn one level it is an absurdly large swirl of whipped cream with a cherry, a fly and a drone on top. On another it is the end of everything as we know it.Visitors to Trafalgar Square in central London have the next nine months to come to their own conclusions about the vast new artwork by Heather Phillipson, the 13th contemporary art commission to fill the fourth plinth. Continue reading...
  
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• 3 x Trustees / Literature Works / South West

  30-07-2020 13:30
  Literature Works supports creative writing and reader development for people of all ages, from all walks of life across the South West of England.
  We are an Arts Council England National Portfolio...
  
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• Communications Assistant / Albion Barn / South East

  30-07-2020 13:25
  Albion Barn is now recruiting for a full-time Communications Assistant to create and deliver content for our website, digital platforms and print media. The...
  
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• Pianist to work with autistic woman / Sounds of Intent / South East

  30-07-2020 11:16
  Pianist needed, two hours a week, to have jam sessions with a young autistic woman whose passion is music. All styles. Good improvisational skills needed, and the ability to play by ear. Patience,...
  
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• Hank Willis Thomas: 'The work will not be complete in our lifetime'

  30-07-2020 09:35
  
  The artist talks about the Black Lives Matter movement, his latest timely sculpture and why it’s more important than ever for artists to use their voices to challenge powerIn Atlanta, the BeltLine Eastside Trail recently saw a new addition to its landscape: a new public artwork by the Historic Fourth Ward Park, close to the birthplace of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.Until 11 August, pedestrians will see a 28ft tall, 7,000lb Afro pick. Related: 'Enough is enough': an urgent art campaign to help
  
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• What is Hercules up to? The great British art quiz

  30-07-2020 09:00
  
  Nottingham City Museums set today’s quiz, which enables you to explore the collections of museums closed due to the coronavirus outbreak – while answering some tough questions
  This 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 Nottingham City Museums, whose collection
  
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• The remarkable restoration of Rembrandt’s Night Watch – archive, 1947

  30-07-2020 06:30
  
  30 July 1947: One of the finest examples of the great period of Dutch painting is now on view againThe Hague, July 28
  Rembrandt’s Night Watch, one of the finest examples of the great period of Dutch painting, is now on view again in the National Museum at Amsterdam after having been removed for over a year for cleaning and restoration. This photograph shows the picture as it is to-day.Related: 'Like a military operation': restoration of Rembrandt's Night Watch beginsRelated: Time to revisi
  
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