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• Performing Arts Teacher / Razzamataz Wolverhampton / West Midlands

  18-08-2020 23:47
  We are on the lookout for an inspiring, hard-working individual with a passion for delivering high quality performing arts tuition to join our expanding team and teach dance, drama and...
  
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• These Women Published Under Men’s Names – Is It Misguided Feminism To Republish Them Under Their Own?

  18-08-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Women’s Prize for Fiction recently debuted an upcoming project which will mark the 25th anniversary of the prize: an initiative called “Reclaim Her Name” (#ReclaimHerName) which republishes famous works by twenty-five female authors who published under male nom-de-plumes in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including George Eliot, George Sand, Vernon Lee, and Arnold Petri. The thing is, the initiative is republishing these books using the authors’ given, female name
  
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• Four Indiana Cities Sue Netflix For “Cable-Franchise” Fees

  18-08-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The lawsuit was filed against Netflix, Disney, Hulu, DirecTV, and Dish Network on August 4 in Indiana Commercial Court in Marion County. The cities of Indianapolis, Evansville, Valparaiso, and Fishers want the companies to pay the cable-franchise fees established in Indiana’s Video Service Franchises (VSF) Act, which requires payments of 5 percent of gross revenue in each city. – ArsTechnica
  
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• What Pro Wrestling Has To Teach Us

  18-08-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We all know that pro wrestling is not a sport in the sense that boxing is. Pro wrestling presents as a genuine struggle between wrestlers for victory, but it does so with a complicit nod to the audience: we realise that what we’re seeing is people playing characters and working together put on a show. As Barthes puts it, this show is often a spectacle about suffering, defeat and justice – or, more brightly, it tells stories of virtue and vice, heroism and villainy. Here we have a re
  
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• Seattle’s Protest Art In Augmented Reality

  18-08-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The artwork is entirely digital. It’s part of a new, citywide augmented reality art show called Amp’Up Seattle. By downloading a free app with the same name, anyone can access eight virtual artworks that appear layered over the existing cityscape — like Pokémon Go for art.  But you won’t be catching Pikachus or other fantasy critters. Instead, you’ll be viewing a different perspective of Seattle, one inspired by the recent protests for racial justice.&n
  
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• Libraries (Re)Ponder Their Role Beyond Books

  18-08-2020 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “A lot of libraries are thinking about their civic role a little more, and how they might help people coming out of the pandemic. They’ve always done that stuff, but will need to do it 10 times more at this point.” – Boston Globe
  
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• The Untenable Choices In Today’s Music Education

  18-08-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With fewer or no opportunities to perform live at school, can music degrees live up to their mandate to prepare students for a career? In other words, what is the value of a socially distanced degree in music performance? And if the value is significantly reduced, and given the extraordinary financial stress on young music students and their families, what is the best course of action? – Middle Class Artist
  
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• COVID Chronicles: The Band Rescued From Quarantine Hell By A Fishing Boat

  18-08-2020 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Dunedin Consort, an Edinburgh-based period-instrument group known for its recordings of Bach sacred works and Handel oratorios, had its first engagement since lockdown this past Friday in northern France. The problem: Boris Johnson’s government announced late Thursday night that anyone entering the UK from France after 4 am on Saturday would have to be quarantined for 14 days, and every regular means of transport for late Friday night was sold out. – BBC
  
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• Workshop facilitator / Total Insight Theatre / Any

  18-08-2020 20:52
  We are seeking an experienced health and wellbeing workshop facilitator to develop and deliver five virtual workshops to twenty young people from Hackney aged 14-16, as part of our new digital...
  
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• How Critic Eric Bentley Rescued American Theatre

  18-08-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  He died recently at the age of 103 and his legacy is profound. “Bentley’s legacy in the theater as a pathbreaker is profound. By shining a critical light on the American stage, he exposed the gimcrack that had been fobbed off as treasure and in the process made room for the genuine.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• London artists dig deep for one last show as demolition day looms

  18-08-2020 20:22
  
  At Soho studios soon to be replaced by a hotel, ThisEgg theatre company turn a time of destruction into celebrationAmid traffic cones and breeze blocks, the diggers are out in Soho. Nothing new there: central London has been a building site for years, not least due to Crossrail. But these diggers are tiny pink toys, the blocks are decorated with candles and the scene is in the display window of a soon-to-be demolished building. This weekend, it will become the stage for a series of short, hourly
  
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• A TV Critic On The Virtual Democratic Convention’s Opening Night

  18-08-2020 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  James Poniewozik: “At its shakiest, it was, like much pandemic-era TV, uncanny, disjointed and unsettlingly weird. (To its credit, though, there were few of the glitches that have riddled so much bandwidth-dependent live television.) At its most engaging, it dispensed with some relics of televised conventions and found faster-paced and more intimate alternatives.” – The New York Times
  
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• Events and Outreach Manager / Royal Society of Literature / London / (Due to COVID-19, the RSL team are currently working from home)

  18-08-2020 19:55
  The Royal Society of Literature is currently seeking an Events and Outreach Manager (£26,500 – £30,000 per annum, full time, permanent).
  As the successful applicant, you will take...
  
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• Why Erdoğan Reclassified Hagia Sophia As A Mosque

  18-08-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It is a gesture aimed at the Christian world, Europe and all international institutions categorically opposed to this act. Everyone is perfectly clear that this is not merely the transformation of a museum into active sacral space. What we are seeing is Erdoğan and the Turkish Republic demonstratively rejecting the direction set by the ‘father of the nation’, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, nearly a century ago. – Eurozine
  
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• Technical Manager / Farnham Maltings / South East

  18-08-2020 19:22
  Farnham Maltings is a thriving, busy art centre delivering a performance and festival programme based in South West Surrey. We are looking for a full time Technical Manager oversee and deliver all...
  
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• Agent for Change (Maternity Cover) / Theatre Royal Stratford East / London

  18-08-2020 19:21
  Theatre Royal Stratford East is looking to appoint an Agent for Change to advocate and support organisation and sector change by embedding the aims and objectives of Ramps on the...
  
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• Commission: High Wycombe, Castlefield & Micklefield Libraries / Farnham Maltings / South East

  18-08-2020 19:04
  Farnham Maltings with Essex Cultural Diversity Project are looking for cultural practitioners to create work in three Buckinghamshire libraries, with a commission of £10,000.
  This forms part...
  
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• Giant Of Indian Classical Singing, Pandit Jasraj, Dead At 90

  18-08-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Known for his unique voice which had both depth and softness, Pandit Jasraj was one of a handful of remaining old school musical giants of the Indian classical world, alongside artists like Bhimsen Joshi and Kishori Amonkar. Incredibly, he was performing and teaching online until the end with a remarkably robust, age-defying voice.” – The Guardian
  
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• Fire! Call Out for Artists, Makers, Sculptors & Fabricators / SeaChange Arts / East

  18-08-2020 18:32
  Call Out for Artists, Makers, Sculptors, Fabricators and Production Crew experienced at working with metal and/or fire.
  Artists /Makers /Metal Fabricators
  Seachange is looking to commission a...
  
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• Woman Attacks Britto Sculpture – And The Motivation?

  18-08-2020 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A viral video has surfaced of a woman confronting Brazilian artist Romero Britto at a busy gallery and shattering one of his sculptures in front of him as he fumbles to retrieve the work. Shared last week with hashtags such as #moodflip and #karen—a pejorative term used in the US to describe a white woman who uses her privilege to demand her own way at the expense of others—the video has received nearly three million views. Yet some users called the act “well-deserved” a
  
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• Royal Ballet Star Edward Watson Retires From Stage

  18-08-2020 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “He has stunned Covent Garden audiences as the doomed Prince Mayerling, a tormented Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Lewis Carroll’s bewigged White Rabbit and a gloop-smeared Gregor Samsa in The Metamorphosis. But after 15 years as a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, Edward Watson is to retire and join its team of coaches.” – The Guardian
  
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• English Riviera Summer Open / Artizan Collective / South West

  18-08-2020 18:00
  Artizan Collective CIC will once again be hosting their annual Summer Open Exhibition on Fleet Walk, coinciding with his year’s Devon Open Studios event. This annual exhibition has grown...
  
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• Chair of the Board / St Pauls Carnival (Bristol) CIC / South West

  18-08-2020 17:36
  Bristol's iconic event celebrating African Caribbean culture is looking for a new Chair of the Board. This is an exciting role, offering the opportunity to lead the organisation as it moves into its...
  
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• Will Technology Change Human Equality?

  18-08-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We are at the point where real differences between populations can be scientifically engineered, we face a new challenge. As gene-altered or AI-assisted humans emerge, how can we preserve the political sense of equal citizenship that we have (imperfectly) developed? – Noema
  
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• Fundraising Manager / Amber Film & Photography Collective / North East

  18-08-2020 17:29
  AMBERSIDE FUNDRAISING MANAGER
  1 days pw / £6,500 pa inclusive (£32,500 pro rata)12 month fixed term
  Amber is looking to appoint a Fundraising Manager to help raise funds for the...
  
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• Senior Research Fellowship (SSHOC) / The National Gallery / London

  18-08-2020 17:28
  You will be the primary NG project researcher, involved with every aspect of our work, collaborating with all relevant partners to fulfil the project’s research goals. A key focus will include...
  
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• Audience Development Coordinator / Amber Film & Photography Collective / North East

  18-08-2020 17:26
  AMBERSIDE AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT CO-ORDINATOR
  2 days per week / £13,000 pa (£32,500 pro rata)Fixed term until March 31st 2021 (with opportunity to extend)
  This is a new role and we are...
  
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• Senior Research Fellowship (IIIF-TNC | IIIF) / The National Gallery / London

  18-08-2020 17:25
  You will play a key role in the AHRC-funded IIIF-TNC project led by the National Gallery. It brings together ICT and Heritage researchers from the British Library, the National Portrait Gallery,...
  
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• Schools Officer / The Exchange Erith Ltd / London / Erith

  18-08-2020 17:23
  The Exchange is looking for a dedicated and passionate Schools Officer, with a passion for schools learning (young people, teachers) and craft practices.
  This individual will understand the value of...
  
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• Marketing + E-Commerce Officer / The Exchange Erith Ltd / London / Erith

  18-08-2020 17:20
  The Exchange is looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated individual, with a passion and skill for digital and print marketing, and ecommerce in an arts, crafts, heritage and/or...
  
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• Sales Representative / Mr. Grieves Originals / London

  18-08-2020 17:13
  Mr. Grieves Originals is seeking a self-motivated, energetic, detail oriented and personable sales representative. This is an exciting opportunity to join a small, passionate and fast...
  
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• Gothic Fiction - Online Workshop / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  18-08-2020 17:06
  Thursday 24th September, 6:30pm-8:00pm GOTHIC FICTION Online workshop via Google MeetPay What You Like sessionGothic fiction remains an enduringly popular genre, calling upon a rich history of...
  
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• Why Did I Arrange Bach’s ‘Goldberg’ Variations For Harp? Because It Works!

  18-08-2020 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I’m the first to admit that my project can sound outré or precious. … When it came to Bach, I was unhappy about the piano’s awkwardness with hand crossings, the harpsichord’s lack of dynamic vitality and the tootiness of organ pipes. … I kept struggling with what my ideal ‘Goldbergs’ might sound like. I wanted the raw pluckiness of the harpsichord, but with the expressive qualities of the piano.” Parker Ramsay, who plays harpsichor
  
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• Writing Flash Fiction - Online Workshop / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  18-08-2020 16:51
  Tuesday 15th September, 6:30pm-8:00pm WRITING FLASH FICTION Online workshop via Google MeetFlash fiction is a unique form of writing, focussed on creating pieces less than 1000 (or sometimes less...
  
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• Alternate History - Online Workshop / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  18-08-2020 16:50
  Wednesday 9th September, 6:30pm-8:00pm ALTERNATE HISTORY Online workshop via Google Meet'Pay What You Like' sessionWhile much science-fiction looks forward, alternate history offers a fascinating...
  
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• Pacing Your Novel - Online Workshop / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  18-08-2020 16:49
  Thursday 3rd September, 6:30pm-8:00pm PACING YOUR NOVEL Online workshop via Google MeetPay What You Like sessionCreating a great novel is not all about fantastic writing – a huge amount also...
  
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• Chief Executive / Creative Kernow / South West

  18-08-2020 16:49
  Creative Kernow, Cornwall’s key creative and cultural industries development and delivery organisation, is seeking a Chief Executive to lead the organisation. This post is a highly varied and...
  
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• Orchestral Projects Co-ordinator / Bath Philharmonia / South West

  18-08-2020 16:42
  Bath Philharmonia is a professional symphony orchestra based in the world heritage city of Bath. Our vision is to make orchestral music part of life for many people. Performing concerts with some of...
  
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• Marketing and PR Manager / Royal Horticultural Society / Yorkshire

  18-08-2020 16:38
  We are looking for a dynamic Marketing and PR Manager to join the team at Harlow Carr; our stunning garden near Harrogate. 
  The post will report into our Cross Gardens Marketing Manager (based...
  
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• Stand-Up Comedy Outdoors Just Doesn’t Work The Same Way

  18-08-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Several outfits in New York are trying it, and Jesse David Fox checked one out. “Comedy clubs are agreed-upon spaces where we allow comedians to say whatever they want. But now we have, as [Sean] Patton called it, ‘filthy hoo-ha talk’ floating into the air for anyone to hear. … Also, you don’t think about how important ceilings are until there aren’t any. Comedy benefits from trapping the laughs in, allowing one joke to ride off the momentum of the previous
  
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• No Flipping: Christie’s Add Clause To Contract Of Sale For Works By Black Artists

  18-08-2020 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The market for Black artists’ work is hot right now, and some re-sellers are pocketing enormous profits — none of which are going to the actual creators of the now-high-value asset. So the curator of the Christie’s exhibition “Say It Loud (I’m Black and Proud)” and the house’s management, after consulting the artists, came up with a remedy. – Artnet
  
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• Application Delivery Manager / British Film Institute / London

  18-08-2020 15:50
  Application Delivery Manager
  2 Year Fixed Term Contract
  Salary £45,585 - £53,844 plus generous benefits package
  We support flexible working
  We are seeking an Application Delivery...
  
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• Art Workshop Assistant & Leader Trainee / Artists Resource / London / North London

  18-08-2020 15:39
  We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic and supportive Art Workshop Assistant/Leader Trainee to join our team!Are you looking for part time work, which is ad-hoc?Are you available every...
  
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• Sharks! Why are five man-eaters being unleashed into a popular canal?

  18-08-2020 15:36
  
  They’ll blow bubbles, sing songs and deliver lectures about urbanism. Our writer goes behind the scenes at architecture’s Antepavilion prize – and finds out why this year’s winning entry has bite‘We don’t do planning,” says Russell Gray, “or regulations, or any of that bollocks.” The property developer is standing in his canal-side warehouse in Hackney, London, next to a gigantic model of a prehistoric shark with blood stains smeared around i
  
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• 100 years, 100 women: female artists celebrate the right to vote

  18-08-2020 15:36
  
  The 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment has inspired an exhibition of work reflecting on and celebrating a major step forward for US women’s rights In 1998, New York artist Renee Cox created Chillin’ with Liberty, where the artist photographs herself sitting atop the Statue of Liberty. Made with an early version of Photoshop, it was a comment on female power - France gifted the statue to America in 1886, a time when women couldn’t vote. Related: Revolution on trial: looking
  
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• Hilary Mantel Will Not Be Writing Any More Historical Fiction, Thank You

  18-08-2020 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I haven’t got another big historical novel in view, … so I hope people will stop writing to me with suggestions. It’s lovely that people have the appetite for it but considering the pace at which I proceed, I would like some life before it’s too late.” – The Guardian
  
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• Glazer/Kiln Technician / Pottery Cafe / London

  18-08-2020 15:09
  We are currently looking for a glazer (part time with possibility of becoming full time) to join our Fulham team. ...
  
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• Can The Arts Help Revive Rural America?

  18-08-2020 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “According to the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey, residents in rural counties that are home to performing arts organizations earn up to $6,000 more than people who live in rural counties without such platforms. All of this is sparking hope for a revival of rural counties — half of which have seen their population decline since 2000 — and at a time when experts are predicting mass migration from urban centers to smaller towns because of the growing costs in cities and th
  
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• Programme Manager / Raw Material Music and Media / London

  18-08-2020 14:37
  Raw Material, a Brixton-based creative arts and music centre for young people and adults, are seeking a dynamic Programme Manager to plan and deliver a vibrant and diverse programme of creative...
  
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• New York Museums Cleared To Reopen As Of Aug. 24

  18-08-2020 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The announcement came as the state has seen less than 1 percent of all coronavirus tests return positive for seven straight days, [Gov.] Cuomo said in a news conference. … Institutions will be required to keep the buildings at 25 percent occupancy and to use a timed ticketing system, … to control the flow of traffic through their buildings, and face coverings will be compulsory.” – The New York Times
  
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