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• Claim: Leaders Who Read Fiction Have Governed Better During The COVID Crisis

  17-08-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Governments that seem to have done best “are led by people who read fiction” she said, naming Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland, Jacinda Ardern in New Zealand, Katrín Jakobsdóttir in Iceland and Sanna Marin in Finland among them.“They are all people who read fiction. What fiction gives you is the gift of imagination and the gift of empathy. You see a life outside your own bubble. If you’re sitting there reading your endless biographies of Churchill or Attlee or w
  
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• In The Digital Age What Does It Mean To “Withdraw” Problematic Content?

  17-08-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rarely discussed is what “pulling” something actually entails in the digital production age, when film or tape hard copies rarely exist, as well as what the risks are of losing some content forever. Then there is the ethical dimension: While it’s natural for creators and corporations to want to distance themselves from offensive episodes, is the best approach really to erase history, rather than put it in context? – The New York Times
  
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• Writer / Made With Many / East Midlands

  17-08-2020 22:31
  Writer Call Out
  Made With Many are approaching the end of our second 3 year phase of activity in Corby, and are putting together a publication to raise awareness of our work and showcase the breadth...
  
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• Survey: Consumers Are Against Any Bailout For Movie Theatres, Concert Venues, Etc.

  17-08-2020 22:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  According to the survey of over 1,000 people in the U.S. conducted between Aug. 3–10, 70% of consumers believe COVID-19 has had a severe negative impact on movie theaters, and 69% see a severe impact for live music concerts. In comparison, 65% see a severe impact for fairs and festivals and live theater, 61% for airlines, 57% for sit-down restaurants, 50% for hotels and museums, and 44% for independent and non-profit arts organizations. But when asked whether they would support federal re
  
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• Finding The Fallen - A brand new exhibition / Leicester Museum And Art Gallery / East Midlands / Leicester

  17-08-2020 22:04
  A brand new exhibition telling the story of Artist Loz Atkinson’s Great Grandfather Arthur Pinder. Recounting his death in WW2 and her journey up an Italian mountain to create art in his...
  
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• Networked Neurology: A Radical Reimagining Of How The Brain Communicates

  17-08-2020 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Some researchers have demonstrated that disorders from schizophrenia to stroke appear to be dependent not on individual brain regions, but on the circuitry among those regions. Outside the realm of disease, other scientists have used brain networks to gain a better understanding of how our personalities and other traits differ. As the field continues to progress, scientists armed with network neuroscience may be able to predict who will develop a particular disease, understand the brain process
  
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• Consciousness Raised, Budgets Cut: Irreconcilable Imperatives at Metropolitan (& other museums)

  17-08-2020 20:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  I have to hand it to Holland Cotter: For better or worse, the NY Times‘ co-chief art critic was right. I was wrong. – Lee Rosenbaum
  
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• A New Way to Look at Shakespeare’s Sonnets

  17-08-2020 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Instead of reading the sonnets in the numbered sequence of the 1609 quarto, which is the usual way, they examine them in what they believe was their order of composition. This puts a special focus on the considerable tinkering that went into them. – Jan Herman
  
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• A Florence Music Festival Reconceives Itself In A Much Bigger Way

  17-08-2020 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The festival has been renamed Re-Generation, and a temporary theatre constructed that, were it at normal capacity, would seat around 1,500, but for the late August event will house only 500. “It’s absolutely enormous. Similar dimensions to the Bolshoi in Moscow,” says Granville. Enormous, too, was the paperwork required. “The permissions stage was about 7,000 pages worth … I’m not exaggerating. Italians love a bit of paperwork. Every single thing has to be s
  
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• Why “Bad” Movies About Dance Are A Guilty Pleasure

  17-08-2020 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sure, the acting is off, critics universally pan them and the dancing can be just so-so, but the category endures because there is still something so great about the completely nonsensical yet formulaic comfort of a good bad dance movie. And yes, while some of the films below are eye-roll-inducing and others are genuinely entertaining, let’s face it: None of them ever stood a chance on an Oscars shortlist. – Washington Post
  
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• Poet/Creative Writing Facilitator / Community Learning, RBG Kew / London

  17-08-2020 19:51
  The Community Learning Programme at RBG Kew is seeking to engage a freelance poet/creative writing facilitator to develop and facilitate Plants Poets Corner and Shared Stories.
  Plant poets’...
  
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• Global Warming In Historical Perspective

  17-08-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The past six hundred million years have been mostly a span of relentless heat, during which plants and then animals first climbed up and colonized Earth’s great, empty landmasses. Extreme heat was the backdrop for the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, and equally the setting for the subsequent ascendance of mammals. The heat reached its greatest extremes some fifty million years ago, with carbon-dioxide levels nearing 2,000 ppm (versus ~414 ppm today) around the time when our tiny, early pr
  
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• Chief Executive Officer / Ludus Dance / North West / Lancaster

  17-08-2020 19:19
  Salary: Up to £35,000 pro-rata (depending on experience)
  Hours of work: 30 hours a week
  Base:  Lancaster/Morecambe
  Period of contract: Permanent
  Closing date: 28th...
  
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• Music and Wellbeing Facilitator, Community Learning / RBG Kew / London

  17-08-2020 19:14
  The Community Learning Programme at RBG Kew is seeking to engage a freelance musician/animateur to develop and facilitate Kew’s music and wellbeing programme – Seasonal Sounds.
  Seasonal...
  
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• Knitting Nature Facilitator, Community Learning / RBG Kew / London

  17-08-2020 19:04
  The Community Learning Programme at RBG Kew is seeking to engage a freelance artist to develop and facilitate Kew’s Knitting Nature programme.
  Knitting Nature is Kew’s regular fun and...
  
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• What Animals Have To Say

  17-08-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Humans have spent decades trying to teach other animals our languages—sometimes for convenience or amusement, sometimes out of scientific curiosity—but we’ve made little effort to learn theirs. Today, as a virus from another species upends human society, the usefulness of communicating with animals on their own terms is suddenly more imaginable. – New York Review of Books
  
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• Creative Programmes Producer / People United / South East / Canterbury

  17-08-2020 18:41
  Role: Creative Programmes Producer
  Part-time, 28 hours per week (with the potential to increase to full-time, 35 hours per week, in future)
  Permanent contract
  Salary- £30,600 pro...
  
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• Workshop Assistant / Sparks Film and Media Arts Ltd / London / Enfield & Walthamstow

  17-08-2020 18:39
  Freelance Workshop Assistant
  At Sparks we're passionate about potential. Through innovative workshops, courses and events, we help children and teenagers to develop creativity, gain in confidence,...
  
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• Workshop Leader / Sparks Film and Media Arts Ltd / London / Enfield & Walthamstow

  17-08-2020 18:33
  Freelance Workshop Leader
  At Sparks we're passionate about potential. Through innovative workshops, courses and events, we help children and teenagers to develop creativity,
  gain in confidence, and...
  
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• Assistant Collections Registrar / National Portrait Gallery / London

  17-08-2020 18:31
  The National Portrait Gallery houses a unique collection of all forms of portraiture of the people who have made or are currently contributing to British history and culture; the collection is the...
  
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• Junior Editor / Heni / London

  17-08-2020 18:28
  HENI is an international arts services business working with leading artists and estates across publishing, printmaking, digital, film and art research. We focus on the individual artist and their...
  
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• The Radical Favors Of Dave Brubeck

  17-08-2020 18:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Before Miles Davis went electric and Ornette Coleman bloomed, Brubeck was the surest name to start an argument. A cynical section of the jazz audience perceived his experimental nature as a search for a catchy idiom that might eventually bring him the triumph of a hit. And of course, this line of argument claimed a win when “Take Five” propelled the world onto the dance floor in 5/4 time. – Times Literary Supplement
  
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• Business Planning for Creatives: First Steps with Isa Seminega / Clayhill Arts / London / Nationwide

  17-08-2020 18:20
  Thinking about setting up your creative business? Then join us! Later this month we're working with Isa Seminega author of 'The Creative Entrepreneur' to deliver this 2...
  
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• Projects and Administration Assistant / Pedestrian Ltd / East Midlands

  17-08-2020 18:17
  Please visit http://www.pedestrian.info/opportunities/ to download the Job Pack.Contract type: Full time / Part time (Open to negotiation), permanent
  Salary Scale: £18,150 (Tracks...
  
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• How You Translate The Madcap Edinburgh Fringe Online

  17-08-2020 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The festival’s cancellation has been a big blow to long-term fans — and to the 30,000 performers who travel to the Scottish city each August to show their work. To fill the gap, some artists have gone online to try to capture the anarchic, diverse and somewhat overwhelming experience of being at the Fringe. – The New York Times
  
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• Art Call-out: How are you feeling in your bunker? / / All regions

  17-08-2020 17:39
  How are you feeling in your bunker? 
  I am a UK-based photographer and artist. My multi-media art project ‘Bunker Diaries’ is about the Cold War bunkers, memories and, since the...
  
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• Survival: Hibernate Or Adapt?

  17-08-2020 17:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Amid this backdrop, what are the options available to arts venues, upon which so much of the industry relies, when they find traditional spaces not fit for purpose within social distancing guidelines? Will hibernation or adaptation be the best long-term survival strategy? – Toks Dada
  
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• Free Workshop with Robyn Steward / Call & Response / London

  17-08-2020 17:06
  21st August 1pm-2.30pm
  https://www.callandresponse.org.uk/events
  Robyn Steward WorkshopA 90 minute online talk and workshop open to all levels of experience where participants will make music with...
  
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• Giant Outdoor Mass Art Productions Aren’t That Risky And Shouldn’t Be Banned

  17-08-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Or so says the director of an arts production company in the UK. “It’s a brave new world out there, and we’re all going to have to adapt. There are no limits to what our artists, technicians, actors, creators, musicians, dancers and designers can imagine to bring back live outdoor experiences for audiences stupefied by the isolation of the omnipresent screen.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Now Is The Textbook’s Time To Shine

  17-08-2020 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Remote learning isn’t all about what articles and resources teachers can cobble together from the internet – especially when a lot of students can only get online occasionally, or in the parking lot or on the steps at the public library. “A good textbook is clear, appealing, and organized in a predictable way. It’s not just paragraphs of text, but it also includes extratextual features such as reference materials, answer keys, sidebars, and key terms to aid students in t
  
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• University Of Oregon Library Says It Will Cover ‘Oppressive’ Murals

  17-08-2020 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The murals were, as one versed in the history of white supremacist rhetoric in the U.S. might guess, created in the 1930s. In one, “Development of the Sciences by artist Albert C. Runquist, white researchers are on the top level, while Indigenous people are on the bottom, using basic stone tools.” Another refers to white people “preserving our racial heritage.” – KLCC (Oregon)
  
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• Making Zoom Work for You: An Actors Guide / Both Feet / London / UK

  17-08-2020 16:00
  Key Dates (full details HERE):
  Deadline to sign up: Thursday 27th August, 1pmSat 29th Aug, 2-4pmThurs 3rd Sept (evening) or Friday 4th Sept (day time) - around your availabilitySat 5th Sept,...
  
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• Free Writing: An Actor's Best Friend / Both Feet / London / UK

  17-08-2020 15:52
  Mon 24th & Tues 25th Aug, 9.30-11pmOn: ZoomBook by 8am Mon 24th
  BOOKING HERE
  2x 1.5hour sessions looking at (and doing) Free Writing
  It is the most immediately powerful tool we know for...
  
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• Alan Alda’s Hawkeye Is A Flawed Hero With Something To Teach Us Now

  17-08-2020 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In 2020, some things to remember about M.A.S.H., and especially Hawkeye: “Hawkeye taught us that when your world is disintegrating, it is not only possible but utterly necessary to crack a joke — to create a counterpoint to what would otherwise be overwhelming. In his oscillations between laughter and gut-wrenching anguish, I recognized a shadow version of myself.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• A Classical Music Host Says Music Is Keeping Her Alive After Emergency Brain Surgery

  17-08-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Clemency Burton-Hill works as the creative director at WQXR, New York’s classical station, and has been a BBC presenter, including a lot of Proms coverage. In early 2020, she had a massive brain hemorrhage and emergency surgery. As she regained consciousness, she heard a familiar piece and, she says, made some internal choices. “Music is the opposite of despair. It was going to be worth the fight.” – BBC
  
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• Through Fiction, Humans Can Become Animals

  17-08-2020 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Yes, obviously, humans are animals, and also obviously, we don’t truly know how to get into the mind of a hyena or a fox or a dog, but still: In these books, readers can “expand their taxonomies of personhood: who and what we are willing to grant subjectivity and why.” – LitHub
  
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• Artists Make Change - Peer Learning Group Bursaries / AirSpace Gallery / National

  17-08-2020 15:04
  PEER LEARNING GROUP BURSARIES
  As part of a wider programme of generating useful online resources, content, activity & discussion, ARTISTS MAKE CHANGE want to encourage the formation of a number...
  
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• The Studio Behind This Year’s Oscar-Winning Animated Short Are Trying To School Hollywood

  17-08-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Lion Forge is a Black-owned animation studio, the only Black-owned animation studio. For founders and staff, that makes its mission different. “It’s representation on the screen. It’s representation on the producing side of things. But then also, and I think what’s always missed, is, there needs to be representation in the executive teams that have the power to be able to push the content through.” – FastCompany
  
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• Reshooting A Zombie Movie During A Pandemic Isn’t Actually That Easy

  17-08-2020 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Comedian Tig Notaro is replacing disgraced actor Chris D’Elia in Army of the Dead, but how exactly does that play out during quarantine? It doesn’t. “The film will mix full reshoots of Notaro acting opposite a partner and solo shoots of her using a green screen and CGI to incorporate her into the existing film. Production will commence as soon as it’s safe to do so.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Finance Director (interim) / Bristol Old Vic Theatre School / South West

  17-08-2020 14:22
  Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is seeking an interim Finance Director to maintain overall responsibility for the financial control and administrative operation of the world-renowned Theatre School...
  
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• Minecraft Hosts A Massive Music Festival For Everyone Stuck In Quarantine

  17-08-2020 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Well, why not let a video game provide a virtual mosh pit, virtual vendors, and a musical experience that lasts for days? “The super fans eat it up because they’re excited in a time when there’s not a whole lot else to consume.”– CBC
  
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• A Lockdown Q&A With Yo-Yo Ma

  17-08-2020 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  How he feels playing to an online audience: “You can’t touch, you can’t hug, you can’t shake hands. But what music does, its sound moves air molecules. So when air floats across your skin and touches the hairs of your skin, that’s touch. That’s the closest thing to someone actually touching you. It’s as if you were miniaturized and you’re in the middle of a lake. But that lake is a bowl, and that vessel is holding you. That’s what music can
  
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• Career Moves In 2020: Storming TikTok, Freaking Out The President, Hosting Late-Night, Getting A Netflix Special

  17-08-2020 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sarah Cooper is a UX engineer who, during lockdown, decided to take advantage of TikTok and the United States president’s, er, unique response to the pandemic, earning her a huge response and putting her career as a comedian into a unique space. “The world now has more avenues for #content than ever before. Traditional television shows and films have been massively sidelined by Covid-19 lockdowns—and while we all miss shows like Euphoria and the usual summer blo
  
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• The School Of American Ballet Finally Hires A Permanent Faculty Member Who Is Black

  17-08-2020 13:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When Aesha Ash got hired as a City Ballet dancer, she felt the weight of her people on her back. “I wasn’t just dancing for myself, and I wasn’t just dancing to rise through the ranks and be seen by a director to promote me,. … It was so much bigger than that. I was trying to battle stereotypes and biases on that stage every single night. And I succeeded in some and I failed in others.” Now she’s teaching, but she’s still trying to clear a path for oth
  
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• The Robert E. Lee Statue At The U.S. Capitol May Move To A Virginia Museum

  17-08-2020 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Sure, one might wonder why one of the United States’s greatest traitors has a statue in the United States Capitol Building, but that’s a long (racist) story. In any case, it’s time for the statue to leave. “The recommendation to move the Confederate general’s monument to the [Virginia Museum of History and Culture] was made unanimously by the Commission for Historical Statues in the United States Capitol during a meeting on August 7.” – Hypera
  
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• Freelance Hair and Make-Up Artist / Theatre Centre / London / London

  17-08-2020 13:27
  Freelance Hair and Make-up ArtistDates: 3 – 4 October (2 days)
  Location: The Albany, Deptford, London SE8 4AG
  Flat Fee: £300 (equivalent to London Living Wage, £10.75 per...
  
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• Giant elephants and Hull naked: we can't let Covid kill off mass cultural gatherings

  17-08-2020 12:58
  
  From the Olympics opening to a three-storey elephant and Hull unclothed, mass events have blown standard notions of art away. The Government admits the health risks are low – so why won’t it back them? Let me take you back to another life. It’s 3 May 2006, the night before the now legendary performance of The Sultan’s Elephant by French company Royal de Luxe. Nicky Webb, the co-founder of Artichoke, and I are standing in the Mall in London, watching the unending parade of
  
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• Call Out for Commission / Oxford Playhouse and TORCH / South East

  17-08-2020 12:48
  Oxford Playhouse and TORCH are inviting applications from artists and freelancers to create a piece of work for the Oxford Playhouse at Home Autumn Season.
  This Open Call is for up to £2000,...
  
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• Artistic Director / Phoenix Dance Theatre / Yorkshire

  17-08-2020 12:25
  To provide the artistic leadership of Phoenix Dance Theatre by developing and implementing the company’s vision, which will build on its expansive legacy and achievements, and spearhead the...
  
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• Who caused this fire at the Houses of Parliament? The great British art quiz

  17-08-2020 09:00
  
  The Parliamentary Art Collection brings today’s quiz, in our series exploring the works of British institutions closed by coronavirusThis 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 Parliamentary Art Collection which holds more than 9,000 works of art that tell
  
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