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• Guitarist Julian Bream, 87

  14-08-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Interviewed in the Guardian aged 80, Bream, who retired in 2002, said he was no longer playing: “The thing I feel a little annoyed about is that I know I’m a better musician than I was at 70, but I can’t prove it.” – The Guardian
  
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• An Outdoor Dance Festival… And Some Hope

  14-08-2020 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From this vantage point early in its run — and I’m pronouncing this with my fingers crossed that no virus outbreak occurs — the festival can be seen as a cultural marker in ways both subtle and magnificent. It’s a psychic harbinger, a sign that performing arts survive and that smart, creative planning can win — at least for the small audiences each night, who are screened on arrival and sit on socially distanced blankets or benches, or watch from their cars, and fo
  
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• The Future Of Dance – An Online Strategy

  14-08-2020 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Whether or not companies can figure out how to incorporate digital into their strategy is going to decide which will fold. Linking digital programming to data, marketing and operations is a long-term necessity. COVID has only made this more clear.” – Pointe
  
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• A Storied Hollywood Research Library – And It Needs A Home

  14-08-2020 21:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Its roots go back to the Pickford-Fairbanks Studios, established in 1919 on a corner of Formosa Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. Renamed United Artists Studio in the 1920s, the Lot, as it came to be known, eventually became the site of Samuel Goldwyn Studios. In 1961, Lillian Michelson, wife of renowned storyboard artist Howard Michelson, became a volunteer there, and eight years later, she made the library her own. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• The Theatre Of Giving Convention Speeches When There’s No In-Person Audience

  14-08-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The impresarios of the Democratic and Republican national conventions are facing the same theatrical problem that playwrights, stand-up comics and concert singers have been grappling with since the pandemic darkened our stages: how to simulate the look, sound and feel of live performance. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Saturday Dance Teacher Roles / Fresh Arts Theatre School / London / Harrow

  14-08-2020 21:21
  Fresh Arts Theatre School aims to make the arts accesible to children from all backgrounds.  We work hard to provide excellent quality training at a fair and affordable price. We believe that...
  
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• Leon Wieseltier, Chastened, Is Starting A New Magazine After All

  14-08-2020 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A literal éminence grise (his hair went white decades ago) best known for editing the books-and-culture pages of The New Republic for 32 years, Wieseltier was about to launch a journal funded by Laurene Powell Jobs and called Idea when, in 2017, a slew of #MeToo allegations (none of which he denied) led both the magazine and Wieseltier to be canceled. Now he’s back, with a new quarterly called Liberties (420 pages of text, no images, no ads) about “the rehabilitation of liber
  
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• 3D Modeller for Heritage Project / Surface Impression / London

  14-08-2020 20:51
  Wanted - somebody to create a 3D model of the exterior of a 15th Century Abbey (Barking Abbey) for an online heritage project.
  The model will be displayed and annotated through a web-based player...
  
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• New VR Experience Takes You Inside Notre Dame Before And After The Fire

  14-08-2020 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rebuilding Notre-Dame begins by recounting the history of the gothic cathedral with close-ups of its gargoyles, bells and sacristy alongside the rector Patrick Chauvet talking about his sense of vocation. This footage was made three months prior to the fire for a Targo documentary on Chauvet. The ensuing scenes include drone images of the cathedral’s blazing fire, of crowds of shocked onlookers and of firemen struggling to extinguish the flames, followed by interviews with Chauvet, Genera
  
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• The Memorabilia King Vs. The Studio Detective: The Never-Before-Told Account Of An Epic Battle Over Stolen Movie Props

  14-08-2020 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Today, the pop-culture collectibles market grabs headlines and brings in between $200 million and $400 million in annual sales. … But back [in the ’90s], entertainment memorabilia was still a small-time game, with studios only starting to think about their productions’ physical assets as valuable brand-building artifacts rather than garbage fetishized by marginal eccentrics. [David] Elkouby’s strange saga — untold until now — marked a key turning poin
  
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• Audiences & Front of House Manager / Kiln Theatre / London

  14-08-2020 19:36
  Kiln Theatre are looking to recruit an Audiences & Front of House (FOH) Manager. The role is responsible for ensuring that every customer has the best experience possible at Kiln Theatre, Cinema,...
  
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• New Project Wonders How Ancient Languages Sounded

  14-08-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University, and the composer Edmund Hunt are to lead an effort to fuse music and historic linguistics to examine the sonic footprints of Vikings and Celts. – The Guardian
  
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• Peer Facilitator / Certitude / London

  14-08-2020 19:30
  Volunteer Peer Facilitator Call Out:
   
  Peer facilitators steer, develop and run our Art and Wellbeing programme.
  Roles include delivering virtual workshops, creating video and worksheet...
  
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• The Guardian view on access to art: drifting away | Editorial

  14-08-2020 19:25
  
  As redundancies loom and opportunities for cultural experiences narrow, the arts risk regressing into a pastime for the eliteThe grim news in the arts continues apace. Tate wrote to staff this week confirming that 313 employees will be made redundant. These workers are from the commercial branch of the operation, a company that began modestly in the 1990s as the Tate Gallery’s restaurant. Now it is Tate Enterprises, which runs the organisation’s shops, cafes, bars, publishing house a
  
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• How The Young Vic Was Born, 50 Years Ago

  14-08-2020 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The idea came from Joan Plowright and her husband, Laurence Olivier, who was then running the National Theatre at the Old Vic. They and colleagues wanted an additional theatre that would target audiences aged 16 to 24 and give young actors a place to develop. Here’s how they made it happen. – The Stage
  
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• 2 x visual artist, studio space now available to rent / Holyhead Studios Coventry / West Midlands / Warwickshire

  14-08-2020 18:54
  2 x studio spaces now available for a visual artist at Holyhead Studios Coventry.
  There is 1 x 9.8 m2 at £83.30 pcm, from September 2020, plus £30 annual membership. Located on the...
  
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• Marketing Manager / The Bristol Improv Theatre / South West

  14-08-2020 18:34
  The Bristol Improv Theatre is a community-focused, independent local theatre. Since March we have been steering our organisation through lockdown, moving a great deal of our programming online thanks...
  
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• Essex County Council Artist Tree Clock Commission / Essex County Council / South East

  14-08-2020 18:33
  Essex County Council (ECC) are inviting artists to apply for a £10,000 commission running between October 2020 to February 2021 to create work which responds to the Essex Forest Initiative...
  
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• New Book Traces Europe’s Great Buildings Back To Far East

  14-08-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Given their prevalence in the great cathedrals of Europe, it is easy to imagine that pointed stone arches and soaring ribbed vaults are Christian in origin. But the former dates back to a seventh-century Islamic shrine in Jerusalem, while the latter began in a 10th-century mosque in Andalucia, Spain. In fact, that first known example of ribbed vaulting is still standing. – The Guardian
  
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• Scare Actors / Xtreme Scream Park / East Midlands / Melton Mowbray

  14-08-2020 18:04
  Xtreme Scream Park is at the forefront of the world haunt industry and provides an evening of entertainment for 1000s of guests to die for! We are recruiting actors to join our friendly team and...
  
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• Julian Bream, One Of 20th Century’s Great Classical Guitarists And Lutenists, Dead At 87

  14-08-2020 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “As performer and developer of the guitar and its repertory – and as a leading reviver of the lute’s Renaissance repertory – Bream, who has died aged 87, was one of the instrument’s towering figures of any generation.” All the more notable is that Bream was, to a great extent, self-taught on both instruments. – The Guardian
  
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• Head of Operations & Front of House / Kiln Theatre / London

  14-08-2020 18:00
  The Head of Operations & Front of House (FOH) is responsible for the effective and efficient day-to-day operations of Kiln Theatre’s building and activities, overseeing key areas of its...
  
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• AMC Is Opening Movie Theatres Next Week – Admission 15 Cents

  14-08-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For one day only, tickets at the theaters will sell for 15 cents, roughly the equivalent of what it cost to watch a movie in 1920. That’s the year that the company’s founders, the Dubinsky Brothers, began operations with a single movie screen in Kansas City, Missouri. – Variety
  
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• Junior Graphics Designer / gal-dem limited / London

  14-08-2020 17:25
  We are looking for a highly motivated individual to join our team. You must have a strong visual eye, ability to follow our style guide and believe in gal-dem’s overall mission.
  Our Graphics...
  
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• Community Engagement Facilitator / Artangel / London / Remote

  14-08-2020 17:22
  Job title – Community Engagement Facilitator
  Role type – Fixed Term, 2.5 days 
  Required availability – wc/ 7 September – full day, 11 September 2020 – half day,...
  
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• ‘Literally Melting’: Medieval Buildings Of Yemen’s Capital Are Collapsing In Rain And Floods

  14-08-2020 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The multistory, ochre-and-white mud-brick houses in the UNESCO-listed old city of Sanaa had already been weakened by bombs and artillery during Yemen’s six-years-and-counting civil war. But this year’s monsoon season, the rainiest in recent memory, is seeing some of those buildings simply fall to pieces. – France24 (AFP)
  
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• Tenant Services Coordinator / Showroom Workstation / Yorkshire / Sheffield

  14-08-2020 16:57
  Contracted hours: 21 hours per week.  
  Wednesday – Friday between 8am – 6pm; with flexibility to cover holidays and sickness.
  (please note that a weekly rota is in place: 8 am...
  
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• Even Before The Blast, Beirut’s Arts Communities Were In Crisis. Some Wonder If It’s Worth Trying To Rebuild

  14-08-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  That’s because all of Lebanon was in crisis, with daily demonstrations, the collapse of the currency, and a gridlocked, dysfunctional political class that has been clinging to control since the civil war ended inconclusively 30 years ago. “What is frightening is that we are already so exhausted, so discouraged,” said the director of the city’s leading museum. “I don’t think we’re going to be able to pick ourselves up and move on,” lamented one gal
  
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• Education Officer / Trinity Theatre / South East

  14-08-2020 16:19
  The Trinity Theatre Youth & Learning department is looking for an enthusiastic, ambitious and inspirational individual to take on the role of Education Officer at this exciting time of growth for...
  
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• Geoffrey Nunberg, Sociopolitical Linguist Known From NPR, Dead At 75

  14-08-2020 16:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Dr. Nunberg’s day jobs were in academia and in a Silicon Valley think tank, but his deepest preoccupation was in understanding how human beings communicate through words, from slang and vulgar slurs to political messaging and professional jargon. … He published several books, including essay collections and The Ascent of the A-Word, about the popularity of a certain seven-letter term applied to annoying bosses or people who used to be called heels and jerks … and, for
  
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• Museum Of The Bible In Talks With Iraq Over Collection Items That May Have Been Looted

  14-08-2020 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “While a final agreement is still pending, the Iraqi government has reportedly consented to a $15 million settlement over 4,000 disputed antiquities in the Museum of the Bible’s collection, which have been handed over to Iraqi control based on the suspicion that they were looted. In exchange, the museum may retain the right to display some of the objects on loan.” – Artnet
  
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• Bookkeeper/Finance Officer / The Invisible Circus & The Loco Klub / South West

  14-08-2020 15:15
  We are looking for a Bookkeeper / Finance Officer to join our team!£21,450 pro rata
  Freelance (PAYE option)
  18 hours per week, ideally split over 2.5 – 4 days
  3 months’...
  
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• Massachusetts Orders Two Live Plays In Berkshires To Reduce Audience Sizes

  14-08-2020 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The first two theater productions in the U.S. since lockdown to be approved by Actors’ Equity for performing before an in-person audience, Godspell at Berkshire Theater Group and Harry Clarke at Barrington Stage Company, “will each allow only 50 people to be present — down from 100 — after the state of Massachusetts rolled back its reopening protocols in an effort to slow the spread of the disease.” – The New York Times
  
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• Teachers for various online classes / Theatre Gym / London / Nationwide

  14-08-2020 14:39
  Theatre Gym is a school that teaches non-actors different classes and courses around theatre and performance.
  We have recently started online acting classes with the announcement of lockdown in the...
  
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• Artist Development Coordinator / Curator / Primary / East Midlands

  14-08-2020 14:36
  Primary is looking for an Artist Development Coordinator / Curator with the passion and commitment to contribute to the shared vision for Primary, and to lead, expand, and develop our artist...
  
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• BBC Proms: There Will Be Live Concerts, But No Live Audiences

  14-08-2020 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “All concerts will be broadcast live via the Royal Albert Hall website and on BBC Radio 3, but there will be no live audience. The fortnight of live performances comes after two months of archive Proms broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four. They will take place from Friday 28 August to Saturday 12 September for the Last Night of the Proms.” – BBC Music Magazine
  
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• Operations Manager / Primary / East Midlands

  14-08-2020 14:32
  Primary is recruiting an Operations Manager to lead on operations, building management, and the first phase of our ambitious capital development project, and to support us as we plan for the...
  
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• Rembrandt's rise, China's internet and a McQueen retrospective – the week in art

  14-08-2020 14:30
  
  The Ashmolean explores the work of the miller’s son from Leiden while the National Gallery looks at a 17th-century Dutch master of secrecy and sin – all in your weekly dispatchYoung Rembrandt
  Come face-to-face with the miller’s son from Leiden as he paints his way to fame, profundity and genius. Young Rembrandt could have gone to university but convinced his parents to let him study art instead. He soon set himself apart with audacious history paintings and searching self-portr
  
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• Freelance Festival & Events Producer / Spitalfields Music / London / London

  14-08-2020 14:11
  We are seeking a highly experienced Freelance Festival & Events Producer to lead on the planning and delivery of the 2021 Festival, plus other live events during 2021. Please follow the...
  
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• Indoor Performances In England Get Green Light To Resume This Weekend

  14-08-2020 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Venues must require audience members to wear masks and maintain social distance, but if those requirements are being met, then — “despite concerns about persistently high daily infection numbers” — theatres and concert halls may reopen as of Saturday, August 15, along with bowling alleys, skating rinks and some sports events. (Of course, if recent history is any guide, this decision could be reversed Friday afternoon.) – The Guardian
  
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• Advisory Board Members (x3) / KIT Theatre / Remote

  14-08-2020 13:51
  KIT is a growing immersive theatre company, making work for by and with young people. Based in London but working in schools, theatres, museums and libraries across the UK, we’re supporting the...
  
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• Collections Database Officer / Tate / London

  14-08-2020 13:47
  This key role offers the chance to use your information management expertise to ensure our Collection is enjoyed by the widest possible audience by developing the use of our sophisticated collections...
  
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• Head of Production / London Film School / London

  14-08-2020 13:39
  £41,800-£44,000 per annum pro rata.  Full-time, permanent.
  In this exciting new hands-on role, you will oversee and ensure...
  
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• Max's Cycle Trax Design Competition / Step Up MCR / North West / Manchester

  14-08-2020 12:54
  Step Up MCR is launching a new landscape design competition for the creation of a safe and engaging children and family cycle track in Delamere Park in Openshaw Manchester. Max’s Cycle Trax is...
  
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• Barrie Cook obituary | Christopher Masters

  14-08-2020 12:35
  
  Abstract artist who devoted himselt to the rapid, exhilarating medium of spray paintingThe abstract artist Barrie Cook, who has died aged 91, developed a penchant for spray-painting, with which, as he put it, he tried to “break the habit of brushstroke mentality”. The technique enabled him to create striking repetitive patterns, dominated by blurred stripes and geometric forms, some of which were based on photographs. Yet the compositions, which were often developed through numerous
  
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• Technical Manager / RADA / London

  14-08-2020 12:00
  Technical Manager
  Full-time£30-35,000 per annum
  The roleThis is a fantastic opportunity for someone self-motivated and practical, with a wealth of experience in the technical arts to join...
  
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• Hair and Make-up Tutor / RADA / London

  14-08-2020 11:34
  Hair and Make-up TutorPart-time (0.5 FTE, 18.75 hours per week)Pro rata of £35-37,000 per annum
  The role
  RADA is seeking to appoint a Hair and Make-Up Tutor to work in our busy teaching...
  
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• Shakespeare troupe leads theatre's revival in Bath! / Three Inch Fools / South West

  14-08-2020 11:31
  The Fools are dusting off their instruments and stepping back into the great outdoors, with a riotous, three-hander version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Prepare for a post-lockdown...
  
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• Rembrandt’s Bearded Old Man: captures an end-of-the-day feeling

  14-08-2020 11:00
  
  A young Rembrandt painted this study in his mid-20s, honing his craft with finely layered paintA weekly Guide column in which we dissect the influences and interpretations of a work of art Related: The Guide: Staying In – sign up for our home entertainment tipsContinue reading...
  
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• Who made these 19th-century slate carvings? The great British art quiz

  14-08-2020 09:00
  
  Bangor Collections sets today’s quiz, which enables you to explore British museums’ art while testing your knowledgeThis 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.Bangor Collections also includes Storiel, an art collection relating mainly to the cultural life of north-west Wales. The work
  
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