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• Behind The Scenes Fights About Race On CBS Show Lead To Writers’ Departures

  20-08-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Now that work is underway for the second season of “All Rise,” which stars Simone Missick as an idealistic Los Angeles judge, five writers from the original staff of seven are gone. Among those who quit were the program’s three highest-ranking writers of color. – The New York Times
  
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• How NPR Is Captive To Its Core Audience

  20-08-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  How does framing stories for this audience shape how public radio stations tell stories? At every stage of story production—from the reporter’s “pitch” to their editor, through the process of reporting, editing, and airing—powerful figures within the newsroom invoke “the audience” and effectively restrict stories that challenge prevailing notions of racial progress. – American Prospect
  
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• Why A California Motorist’s “NULL” License Plate Set Him Up For $1000s In Tickets

  20-08-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  That setup also has a brutal punch line—one that left Joseph Tartaro at one point facing $12,049 of traffic fines wrongly sent his way. He’s still not sure if he’ll be able to renew his auto registration this year without paying someone else’s tickets. And thanks to the Kafkaesque loop he’s caught in, it’s not clear if the citations will ever stop coming. – Wired
  
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• Why America Needs Its Version Of The BBC

  20-08-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  One partial solution to the decline of media that often gets ignored—yet has the potential to both alleviate the deepening crisis and also help restore public trust in the media as a whole—is for the government to create and finance a truly public media system. The idea of public media is often conflated with state-run media in the eyes of skittish libertarians, but public media systems in other democracies have proven entirely capable of retaining editorial independence despite bei
  
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• How Newsweek Became A Zombie Magazine

  20-08-2020 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  These controversies hollowed out Newsweek’s staff and its brand. Its clickbait-heavy approach, aimed at gaming search engines, has declined since it was spun off from parent company IBT Media in 2018. But it remains a publication that privileges the interests of Google over those of its hypothetical readers. While other publications are abandoning the “scale” model pioneered by BuzzFeed and others in favor of building a loyal audience and raking in subscriptions, Newsweek is s
  
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• Shaking the Walls - International Conference 25-27.09.2020 CFP / Gdansk Shakespeare Theatre / Online

  20-08-2020 21:07
  ONLINE
  Call for papers is open till 30th August 2020.
  Due of the effects of worldwide pandemic the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre has decided to change the long planned International Conference...
  
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• In Iran, Female Dancers (And Their Male Accompanists) Face Relentless Pressure And Danger

  20-08-2020 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It’s not news that the Khomeinite doctrines that drive the Islamic Republic’s authorities are dead set against dance, music, and any other way that women might display themselves to the public. That applies not only to cultural imports from the West, but even to classical Persian art forms. What’s more, disapproval of public dance performance has a very long history in Iran. Reporter Rachel Spence talks to a classical dancer and a musician about the arrest, exile, and imprison
  
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• Mask Tasks: How Texas Tinterow Pulled Off the Early Reopening of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

  20-08-2020 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  As New York City’s major museums prepare to reopen, the experience of the the first major U.S. art museum out of the re-starting gate — the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, which intrepidly invited its public back three months ago — is an object lesson on how it might (or might not) work for others. – Lee Rosenbaum
  
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• Dreamstage – A New Virtual Concert Hall

  20-08-2020 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The design of Dreamstage simulates a traditional live event with virtual ticket offices, an entrance for the audience, artistic entrance, and a post-performance lounge. Ticket proceeds will go to musicians. – The Strad
  
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• Reissued Asterix Comics Have An Ugly-Racial-Stereotype Problem

  20-08-2020 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A series of collected strips, in a new English translation, about the funny little Gaul and his fellows resisting the Romans is now being released in the U.S. That’s bringing new attention to an old problem: the way the original artist in the 1960s depicted African slaves. The U.S. publisher wanted to change the drawings, but the rights holder, Hachette France, refused to allow anything but minor cosmetic alterations. – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Assistant Director (Maternity Cover) / Southwark Park Galleries / London / London

  20-08-2020 20:02
  Southwark Park Galleries seeks an experienced candidate to join our small, passionate gallery team on a fixed-term, maternity cover basis.
  The Assistant Director’s primary role is to support...
  
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• The “Demographic Bias” Built Into The Machine

  20-08-2020 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Recent studies from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have confirmed that computer facial recognition is less accurate at matching African-American faces than Caucasian ones. One reason for the discrepancy is the lack of non-Caucasian faces in datasets from which computer algorithms form a match. The poor representation of people of color from around the world, and their range of facial features and skin shades, creates what researc
  
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• Viewings Assistant / Eat Work Art / London / London

  20-08-2020 19:09
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented and driven Assistant to join the team at Eat Work Art. 
  This role assists the letting of studios across all EWA sites (Hackney Downs Studios,...
  
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• John Cage, Master Mycologist

  20-08-2020 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mycologist? That’s mushroom maven to you and me. The late composer was fascinated by the fungi throughout his life, often foraging for them and at one point making money selling his finds to New York restaurants. In 1959, he won the grand prize on an Italian quiz show with his expertise on the subject. He refused, however, to make any connection between mushrooms and music. – The Guardian
  
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• Art Copywriter / Heni / London

  20-08-2020 19:04
  Art Copywriter
  Headquartered in Soho, London, HENI is an international art services business working with leading artists and estates across publishing, print-making, digital, film and art...
  
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• Director of Development and Partnership / Contemporary Visual Arts Network / National

  20-08-2020 18:53
  Director of Development and Partnership, Contemporary Visual Arts Network
  **For the full job description please visit the CVAN website.**
  CVAN is seeking a passionate and dedicated visual art...
  
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• Freelance Workshop Leader and Entertainer SW London / CLIP Theatre / London

  20-08-2020 18:33
  CLIP Theatre is an award-winning, creative learning feast for the eyes and ears of the under 5s and their entourage. Think puppets, think huge beach balls filled with glitter, think space ships,...
  
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• That Fine Line Between Collecting And Hoarding

  20-08-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  People don’t gather ‘surplus’. Instead, they collect cars, harvest grain or store canned foods. In reality, accumulation is practised and thought about in relation to the specificity of the material world. Only in the abstract models of scholars does ‘surplus’ mean anything without reference to the real world of things. For that reason, the theory that mere ‘surplus’ somehow launched civilisation is wrong. – Aeon
  
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• Programme Associate, Foundation Courses (Fixed Term Contract) / Mountview / London

  20-08-2020 18:28
  Mountview is one of the UK’s leading drama schools. We offer professional vocational training at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level in performance and production arts, alongside...
  
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• Cubitt Gallery reopening exhibition Dead Yard by R.I.P. Germain / Cubitt Gallery / London

  20-08-2020 18:15
  3rd September - 25 October. Booking Essential. 
  Dead Yard is a solo exhibition by Luton-based artist R.I.P. Germain, curated by Languid Hands.
  R.I.P Germain’s Dead...
  
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• Comedy and Drama Teaching Assistant / PQA Weston-super-Mare / South West

  20-08-2020 18:08
  Do you love the performing arts? Do you enjoy working with young people and inspiring the next generation of performers? Then come & work with us!
  PQA Weston-super-Mare are hiring a fun and...
  
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• Now This Is Zoom Opera That Works — And It’s For Young Kids

  20-08-2020 17:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Admittedly, preschoolers, Zoom and opera don’t immediately sound like the makings of a successful project, but each installment I watched of Opera Starts With Oh! — helmed by director, choreographer and teaching artist Emma Jaster and Opera Lafayette community engagement manager Ersian François — kept its grid of budding opera buffs rapt with an action-packed half-hour of activities, performances and assorted operatic antics.” – The Washington Post
  
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• Gallery Call Out / Half Moon Theatre / London

  20-08-2020 17:56
  Half Moon Theatre is seeking expressions of interest from visual artists who wish for their work to be presented in our Foyer Gallery during 2021/2022. Exhibitions are presented for 3 month periods...
  
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• Volunteer Manager / Royal Museums Greenwich / London

  20-08-2020 17:40
  Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) compromises the National Maritime Museum, Royal Observatory, Cutty Sark, Queen’s House, and the Prince Phillip Maritime Collections Centre. Together we’re...
  
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• See: Pix Of The Demolition Of LACMA

  20-08-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The $750-million building project is on schedule, with the completion planned for the end of 2023. The new Peter Zumthor-designed building has stirred controversy for its square footage as well as its cost. A symbolic groundbreaking will be set “when possible given the pandemic.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Team Administrator / 64 Million Artists / London

  20-08-2020 17:19
  64 Million Artists believe that everyone is creative, and that when we are creative we can make a positive change in our lives and in the world around us. We work with communities, workplaces,...
  
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• Film and TV Teacher / PQA Weston-super-Mare / South West

  20-08-2020 17:10
  Are you dynamic, creative and experienced in Film & TV Production? Want to share your passion and knowledge with the next generation of young filmmakers? Then we have the perfect role for...
  
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• Male Film Critics Still Get Published Twice As Much As Female Ones: Study

  20-08-2020 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Female film critics contributed 35% of the film reviews across print, broadcast and online outlets, up 1% from 2019, according to the report, titled Thumbs Down 2020: Film Critics and Gender, and Why It Matters. Though the increase in numbers of female film critics seems marginal, the numbers show a marked improvement from the 73% male to 27% female breakdown in 2016.” – Variety
  
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• Beat the Block - online workshop for writers / / North West / Online

  20-08-2020 16:46
  Thursday 10th September, 7.30pm-9.00pm
  Online Event via Google Meets
  Tickets £5 via Skiddle or directly from the tutorWant to write, but feeling blocked?
  You've come to the write...
  
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• Creative Folkestone Artworks Co-ordinator / Creative Folkestone / South East

  20-08-2020 16:34
  We are looking for an enthusiastic and practical individual with a broad knowledge of contemporary visual arts to join our team, to care for the Creative Folkestone Artworks exhibition and all...
  
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• Why Are There So Few Black Directors In The Criterion Collection?

  20-08-2020 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In such an expansive catalog, encompassing films from more than 40 countries, the relative absence of African-American filmmakers stands out. There are, for example, more directors in the Criterion Collection with the last name Anderson than there are African-Americans.” Criterion president Peter Becker acknowledges the problem: “There’s nothing I can say about it that will make it OK. The fact that things are missing, and specifically that Black voices are missing, is
  
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• White Leaders At Some U.S. Theaters Are Ceding Their Jobs To People Of Color

  20-08-2020 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The theaters are mostly small, and it remains unclear how calls for change in the industry will (or won’t) affect life at larger institutions, many of which have been programmatically and financially hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.” But this year’s calls for equity are starting to have an effect. Says William Carden, outgoing artistic director of New York’s Ensemble Studio Theater, “The key to antiracism is sharing power. It takes a lot of work and a lo
  
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• Rights & Contracts Officer / British Film Institute / London

  20-08-2020 16:04
  Rights & Contracts Officer  
  Salary £29,055 - £34,338 plus generous benefits package
  We support flexible working
  We are seeking two Rights and Contracts officers who will...
  
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• Works In Progress: Design drawings from the collection / William Morris Gallery / London

  20-08-2020 15:59
  William Morris Gallery special exhibition. Until 21 January 2021Open Tuesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm. Please book in advance at https://william-morris-gallery.arttickets.org.uk/.
  Works in...
  
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• Berlin Medical Institute Study Says Concerts And Operas Could Safely Have Full Houses — Then Institute’s Board Disavows Study

  20-08-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Earlier this week, leading German epidemiologists from the prestigious Clinic Charité published a revised study suggesting that the opera houses and concert halls should allow every seat in the audiences to be occupied. …
  However, in a major twist, the Charité’s Board of Directors … stat[ed] that ‘the paper on the resumption of opera and concert operations under the COVID-19 conditions had not been coordinated and did not reflect the position of th
  
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• 14,000-Year-Old Engravings Are Oldest Art Ever Found In British Isles

  20-08-2020 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Well, as long as Jersey, 14 miles off the coast of France but 85 miles from England, counts as the British Isles. “The designs were scratched into small ornamental tablets known as plaquettes … [which] were made by the Magdalenians, a hunter-gatherer culture thought to have expanded out of Iberia (modern Spain and Portugal) and southern France after the peak of the last Ice Age.” – BBC
  
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• Italy To Tourists: Please Come Back — Just Don’t Climb All Over The Old Stuff, Okay?

  20-08-2020 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A German couple going swimming in the Grand Canal. An Austrian breaking the toe off a statue when he climbed on it for a selfie. A French woman writing her name in felt-tip pen on the Ponte Vecchio. A woman posing for a selfie on top of 2,000-year-old thermal baths in Pompeii. Italians badly want to revive the all-important tourism industry in the wake of COVID, yes, but not if tourists vandalize. But which will be more effective, education or harsher punishment? – The New York Times
  
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• Stage Manager / Otherplace Productions / South East

  20-08-2020 14:23
  Otherplace Brighton is one of Brighton’s biggest production companies with a reputation for creative excellence garnered over the past 15 years. Otherplace runs The Warren, a bustling...
  
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• Funhouse Comedy Club - Outdoor Comedy in Southwell / Funhouse Comedy Club / London

  20-08-2020 14:18
  Funhouse Comedy Club are pleased to bring another outdoor show to the Admiral Rodney, Southwell on Sunday August 30th.
  Topping the bill is International stand-up comedian Paul Sinha, who has...
  
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• U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Madrid Museum May Keep Nazi-Looted Pissarro

  20-08-2020 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California has ruled that the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation in Madrid is the owner of Camille Pissarro’s 1897 painting Rue Saint-Honoré, Après-midi, Effet de Pluie, which it purchased in 1993 from the collector Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza. In 2005, the heirs to the work’s original owner, Lily Cassirer Neubauer, alleged in a complaint that the foundation knew upon acquiring it that the paint
  
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• Triple Harvest - A new online film exhibition / Fermynwoods Contemporary Art / East Midlands / Northamptonshire

  20-08-2020 13:41
  Triple Harvest is a collection of new online video work as part of In Steps of Sundew, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art’s two-year programme of artistic interventions in public spaces...
  
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• Finance and Operations Director / Jewish Museum London / London

  20-08-2020 13:36
  The Jewish Museum London is looking for a new senior leader for our small team. Working closely with the Interim Museum Director this role will be leading the financial, commercial and operational...
  
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• Early Years Teaching Assistant / PQA Earlsfield / London

  20-08-2020 13:12
  PQA, the new generation of weekend drama schools set up by actress Pauline Quirke, are currently recruiting an Early Years Teaching Assistant for our Earlsfield Academy.
  Brilliant, inspirational and...
  
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• Production Company / The Anne Frank Trust UK / UK

  20-08-2020 12:56
  The Anne Frank Trust UK is an education charity that empowers young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to challenge all forms of prejudice and discrimination.
  Each January we hold a...
  
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• Workshop Leaders (all musical disciplines) / Royal College of Music / London

  20-08-2020 11:47
  Interview date: Thursday 17 September 2020
  Rate of pay: per session
  Available from October 2020 as required on a casual-worker basis
  RCM Sparks run a series of public events and activities for...
  
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• Head of Partnerships / Bradford Culture Company / Yorkshire / Bradford

  20-08-2020 10:48
  Bradford is one of the UK’s great cities, home to enterprising and creative people with strong productive businesses and a proud population. With a rich industrial heritage, a vibrant cultural...
  
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• Hunt is on for rightful owner of Nazi-looted French painting

  20-08-2020 10:16
  
  Sign hangs next to Nicolas Rousseau artwork in Verdun urging public for informationA 19th-century oil painting stolen from Nazi-occupied France during the second world war has gone on display in an attempt to trace its rightful owners, after being returned by the son of the German soldier who was ordered to take it.After 76 years in Germany, the small untitled artwork by the French painter Nicolas Rousseau is back in France and exhibited at the World Centre for Peace, Liberty and Human Rights in
  
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• The great British art quiz: the final bumper round – with a chance to win a prize!

  20-08-2020 09:00
  
  Over lockdown we’ve published 101 daily quizzes from museums closed by coronavirus. Here is the final oneThis quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing more than 250,000 artworks, by 45,000 artists, from more than 3,000 venues. To explore and discover artists and artworks in the Art UK database, click here.Since the start of lockdown, the Guardian has published 100 Great British art quizzes set by 100 collections
  
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• If you're reading big books now, well done. I've jacked it all in for comfort TV | Bidisha

  20-08-2020 08:00
  
  Friends, Downton Abbey, Merchant Ivory, Anne of Green Gables and all the Harry Potter films. These are the best narcotics I’ve found for our current agoniesEvery Sunday, I get a newsletter from a cool arts organisation. It lists every radical dance-theatre performance, ground-breaking animation and conceptual film to have been released during the previous week. I delete it immediately and revert to my YouTube playlist of stuff I listened to in my teenage years.I know I’m not the only
  
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• Wax Carvings and Gilding Processes with Emefa Cole / Handmade in Britain / London

  20-08-2020 02:10
  On Wednesday 26 August, jewellery designer Emefa Cole invites you into her studio for a live demonstration and insight into her work.
  Emefa transforms the power of metals into truly bold and...
  
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