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• What Virtual Theatre Is Lacking

  23-09-2020 23:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When I tune into a play or a devised theater piece, I’m not looking to be dazzled by computer graphics. Clever Zoom backdrops don’t seize my imagination. I want what I always want from the stage: a confrontation with what it means to be human.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Why Does Netflix Keep Canceling Series After Two Seasons?

  23-09-2020 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Data from media analytics firm Ampere Analysis suggests that on average, a Netflix Original gets just two seasons before being canceled. – Wired
  
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• JK Rowling’s Controversial New Book Tops Sales List

  23-09-2020 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sales figures from Nielsen BookScan reveal that Troubled Blood has hit the No 1 spot in the UK’s book charts, selling 64,633 copies in the five days to 19 September. According to the Bookseller, this is “by far” the biggest single-week sale for any Galbraith title, almost double the first-week sales of the novel’s predecessor, Lethal White. – The Guardian
  
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• Associate Artist / The Albany / London

  23-09-2020 22:20
  Apply now for two new opportunities to become an Associate Artist and help us create art with and for our local community
  We believe that the arts are uniquely placed to connect communities,...
  
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• Metropolitan Opera Decides To Cancel Entire 20/21 Season

  23-09-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The decision is likely to send ripples of concern through New York and the rest of the country, as Broadway theaters, symphony halls, rock venues, comedy clubs, dance spaces and other live arts institutions grapple with the question of when it will be safe again to perform indoors. Far from being a gilded outlier, the Met, the nation’s largest performing arts organization, may well prove to be a bellwether. – The New York Times
  
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• Executive Director / Iford Arts / South West

  23-09-2020 21:49
  Iford Arts seeks an ambitious, energetic Executive Director
  As the only company dedicated to producing Opera in the South West, Iford Arts is a small organisation with big plans. We have established...
  
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• Why A Russian Billionaire Is Buying Up Unwanted Confederate Statues

  23-09-2020 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “If the monuments are going to be thrown out, chucked away, we’re happy to buy them and dismantle them and put them together back in Russia for future generations to enjoy and to appreciate. The idea is preserving those things for history. History has two sides of it always. Bad or good, it’s a piece of art.” – Washington Post
  
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• ‘The Translator Is A Writer, The Writer Is A Translator.’ Oh, Really?

  23-09-2020 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “How many times have I run up against these assertions? — in a chat between translators protesting because they are not listed in a publisher’s index of authors; or in the work of literary theorists, even poets. … In recent months, I have been dividing my working day between writing in the morning and translating in the afternoon. Maybe comparing the two activities would be a good way to test this writer–translator equation.” For Tim Parks, at least, they&rs
  
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• $40-Million Collection-Care Goal: Brooklyn Museum’s 1st Round of Art Sales Under AAMD’s Relaxed Rules

  23-09-2020 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  The American Alliance of Museums’ Code of Ethics for collections, which states that sale proceeds can be used only for “acquisition or direct care of collections” [emphasis added]. Brooklyn’s disposals may serve as a role model for other financially pressed art museums, because it’s a pioneer on this new trail. – Lee Rosenbaum
  
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• How We Perceive Time May Be Related To How Wealthy We Are

  23-09-2020 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Research already suggests that, on average, wealthy people live longer ,biologically. Now, emerging work hints that varied and novel experiences could create more “time codes” in the human brain as it processes memory formation. This, in turn, could mean that people who can afford to enjoy more vacations and hobbies, and who have more stimulating jobs, will recall having lived for a longer time on Earth.” – National Geographic
  
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• How to Write Your First Novel - Online 4-week course / Derbyshire Writing School / East Midlands

  23-09-2020 20:30
  Everyone has a book in them. Will 2020 be the year you finally write yours? Our ‘how to write your first novel’ course is a perfect introduction for those looking to learn how to...
  
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• Developing a Writing Habit - Online Workshop / Derbyshire Writing School / West Midlands

  23-09-2020 20:26
  We all want to develop good writing habits, but making sure we stick with them can be hard work. This workshop will show you how you can fit your writing into your busy schedule and finally finish...
  
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• Pathways to Creative Enterprise free webinar / Rinova Ltd / London / online

  23-09-2020 20:16
  14.00 to 15.30 BST, Tuesday 29 September
  Rinova will be presenting the results of the Youth Entrepreneurship Advanced Pathway (YEAP!) our recently completed Erasmus Plus Strategic Partnership...
  
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• What Does It Take To Make A Good Movie About American Slavery?

  23-09-2020 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Films about slavery have an uphill battle to climb with critics, historians and audience members. There is a responsibility lurking behind each reel: A dialogue should be sparked; perspectives should be shifted. It’s an incredibly tall order for any piece of art. … What makes a good slave movie? Or, perhaps, more importantly, what makes a bad one? For the experts — researchers, teachers, writers, actors — the answer lies somewhere between holding on to the past a
  
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• Why The Internet Is Debating “Canceling” Beethoven

  23-09-2020 19:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  A musicologist and a songwriter, stars of Vox’s ‘Switched on Pop’ podcast produced with the New York Philharmonic, have been criticised for their new reading of Beethoven’s Fifth, which argues that white men embraced the work and turned it into a “symbol of their superiority and importance.” – ClassicFM
  
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• Is It Fair To Call ‘Tenet’ A Flop? Not Exactly …

  23-09-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Overall, it can be agreed [that Christopher Nolan’s] palindromic thriller is gradually coming to be viewed as a theatrical launch failure — certainly not a flop in traditional terms, but no doubt a studio example of what not to do in pandemic circumstances with your biggest IP.” – Vulture
  
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• Associate Theatre Practitioners / Mortal Fools / North East / Prudhoe

  23-09-2020 18:59
  Mortal Fools is growing and adapting, and we are delighted to be recruiting Associate Theatre Practitioners to join our team at this stimulating time in our development.
   
  Mortal Fools is...
  
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• Administrator & PA to the Directors / Battersea Arts Centre / London

  23-09-2020 18:52
  The Administrator & PA to the Directors is a key role in the People Team, working across staff, governance and leadership administration and as PA to the Directors. You will manage staff...
  
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• Financial Controller / Battersea Arts Centre / London

  23-09-2020 18:51
  The Financial Controller is a new role and will work as a key member of Battersea Arts Centre’s Finance team. You will oversee a wide variety of tasks, ensuring all financial systems are...
  
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• Construction Supervisor / Cardiff Theatrical Services / Cardiff

  23-09-2020 18:51
  Cardiff Theatrical Services (CTS) provides a world-class scenery manufacturing service,  for opera, theatre  and exhibition companies, delivering  sets  and scenery to many of the...
  
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• Head of Sales & Marketing / Battersea Arts Centre / London

  23-09-2020 18:47
  The Head of Sales & Marketing will lead on ensuring Battersea Arts Centre is maximising its opportunities for income generation across all its activities. This role will focus on developing a...
  
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• How BandCamp Became The Anti-Spotify

  23-09-2020 18:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  The platform, with its artist-first business model, has since its birth in 2008 become a player in the music streaming wars by celebrating niche communities while promising a radically transparent approach to royalties. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Junior Unity Developer / Zubr VR / South West

  23-09-2020 18:26
  Full Time
  Initial 6-month contract
  £ dependant on experience
  Zubr HQ/WFH/could be remote (UK only)We are on the lookout for a Junior Unity Developer to join our team at the Zubr studio...
  
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• Remote Latency by Goldsmiths Bsc Digital Arts Computing / arebyte Gallery / London

  23-09-2020 18:17
  Remote Latency by Goldsmiths Bsc Digital Arts Computing 1/10 - 31/10 2020Five graduating artists of Goldsmiths Digital Arts Computing Bsc display their work in an unanticipated context. Together...
  
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• Junior Graphic Designer / Zubr VR / South West

  23-09-2020 18:17
  Part time; 14-21 hours per week
  Initial 6-month contract
  £ dependant on experience
  Zubr HQ/WFH
  We’re looking for a part-time Junior Graphic Designer to join us at...
  
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• Creative Learning Coordinator (Schools) x 2 posts 24hrs / Grimm & Co / Yorkshire

  23-09-2020 18:15
  Grimm & Co’s story destination is looking for two enthusiastic, experienced Creative Learning Coordinators (part-time) to help us deliver our schools programme.  You will play a key...
  
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• Call to Action: Encrypted Sounds of Wellbeing project / Leila Houston / East Midlands

  23-09-2020 18:07
  Call To Action: Colour by numbers/Encrypted Sounds of Wellbeing. 21st September-5th October 2020
  Online Exhibition: 10th-31st October 2020
  Virtual Opening Event: 7.30pm, 10th October...
  
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• Marie Hale, Founder Of Ballet Florida, Dead At 87

  23-09-2020 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  A Mississippi native who began studying dance at age 2, she settled in West Palm Beach in her late 20s and began teaching. In 1973, she founded Ballet Arts Theater of Palm Beach, which grew to a four-productions-per-season schedule and a school with 300 students and a record of placing graduates in some of the world’s top troupes. In 1986, Hale reconstituted BAT as Ballet Florida, one of the few fully professional dance companies in the state. – Dance Magazine
  
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• 3D Game Artist / Zubr VR / South West

  23-09-2020 18:01
  Full TimeInitial 6-month contract
  £ dependant on experience
  Zubr HQ/WFH/could be remoteWe’re in need of an experienced 3D Game Artist to work on a number of exciting XR projects...
  
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• Power and Voices: Echoes of Empire, free online conference / Federation of International Human Rights Museums / North West / ONLINE

  23-09-2020 17:54
  Marking the 10th anniversary since FIHRM’s foundation at the International Slavery Museum in 2010, Power and Voices: Echoes of Empires is a free online conference from 14-16 October...
  
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• The Thousand-Year Performance Turns 20

  23-09-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Harnessing the pure sound of Tibetan singing bowls, this new composition was programmed to run for 1,000 years without ever repeating itself. Two decades on, Jem Finer chuckles at his own presumption. When he was devising the project in the late 90s, he says, he hadn’t understood the real challenge, which was that such a long-term project is only as good as the structures devised to look after it, keeping it relevant to a fast-changing world and up to date with a technological revo
  
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• Participatory Artists to engage in Radio/ Podcasting project / Peshkar / North West / Yorkshire

  23-09-2020 17:24
  Peshkar are looking for four emerging artist- facilitators or youth workers to take part in an exciting European project exploring the use of radio and podcasting as a tool for engaging young...
  
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• With Major Award, Milan Kundera And Czech Republic Kiss And Make Up

  23-09-2020 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The great author and his home country, about which he wrote his most widely-known books, have not always gotten along since he fled the Communist regime in 1975 and didn’t return after it fell. (The latest flare-up happened earlier this year.) But now the 91-year-old Kundera has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize, one of the Republic’s highest honors for writers, and he has “joyfully” accepted. – The Guardian
  
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• How To Enjoy Poetry online reading club / / North East / All

  23-09-2020 16:51
  The perfect monthly group for anyone who would like to read more broadly, more deeply, and/or get started with contemporary poetry. Led by poet Kirsten Luckins (Burning Eye Books/Bad Betty Press),...
  
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• Trainee Journalist / The Stage Media Company Limited / London

  23-09-2020 16:41
  The Stage Media Company Limited provides news and services for the UK entertainment and performing arts industry. Established in 1880, it is a private family-owned company. The Stage Media are...
  
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• Musical Theatre Competition Criticized For All-White Semifinals; Organizers Cancel It, Candidates Allege Gaslighting

  23-09-2020 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Rob Guest Endowment is Australia’s most prestigious musical theatre prize, offering $50,000 (Aus) offers in scholarship money for professional development. In August, a field of 30 semifinalists was announced, and an outcry arose — supported by the candidates themselves — because none of the 30 were BIPOC. Now the Endowment, claiming concern for the semifinalists’ mental health because some have been “targeted and intimidated,” has suspended the award unt
  
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• Trustee for peacebuilding and post-conflict arts organisation / Most Mira / London

  23-09-2020 16:21
  Most Mira means Bridge of Peace. We use arts projects to build bridges between divided ethnic and religious young people in Prijedor, in rural North West Bosnia. Most Mira is a registered charity...
  
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• Made In Hackney Wick: Call for Creatives / Yodomo / London

  23-09-2020 16:16
  Yodomo presents Made In Hackney Wick, an innovative and absolutely free programme of digital upskilling workshops that aims to help generate potential new revenue streams for Hackney Wick and...
  
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• Guitar Workshop Leader / Misfits Music / West Midlands

  23-09-2020 16:11
  Misfits Music are seeking a Birmingham or Black Country based self employed Guitar Workshop Leader to join their growing team to run group guitar workshops for adults, expanding upon their current...
  
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• Accounts Of ‘Horrifying’ Sexual Abuse At Curtis Institute Confirmed By Investigation

  23-09-2020 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “A months-long investigation by the law firm Cozen O’Connor into ‘horrifying accounts of rape and repeated sexual abuse’ from violinist Lara St. John while she was a student at the Curtis Institute of Music has found her claims to be credible. A report by the firm detailing her experience, as well as separate claims of abuse by about two dozen other students over a period of decades, was unanimously accepted Tuesday by the Curtis board,” which unreservedly apologiz
  
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• External Evaluator / Mafwa Theatre / Yorkshire

  23-09-2020 15:57
  Mafwa Theatre is a community theatre company which brings refugees, asylum seekers and settled communities together. We use drama and the arts to create work that celebrates our similarities and...
  
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• Teacher of Interactive Digital Media / The BRIT School / London

  23-09-2020 15:47
  Due to an expanding department, an opportunity has arisen within the Interactive Digital Design department for a permanent teacher of 3D visualisation. The teaching focus will include key stage 4 and...
  
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• Young Trustee Role / Suffolk Libraries / East

  23-09-2020 15:36
  Suffolk Libraries are a looking for a Young Trustee between the ages of 18-30 years to join our board. 
  This is an exciting opportunity for a young person who is preparing for that next step in...
  
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• Site Technician/Security / City & Guilds of London Art School / London

  23-09-2020 15:35
  Site Technician/Security (contract – 6 month)
  The Art School is seeking to appoint a Site Technician/Security. The Site Technician/Security is responsible for supporting site security and the...
  
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• 100 Dancers To Perform In Royal Ballet’s Post-Lockdown Comeback

  23-09-2020 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The company has revealed ambitious details of its ‘comeback’ after a seven-month break from full performances on the Covent Garden stage. The plan is for a celebration performance with 100 dancers and a full orchestra on 9 October, livestreamed around the world. … And while it will be socially distanced, there will be dance duets thanks to couples in bubbles.” – The Guardian
  
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• Evaluation Commission: Local Cultural Education Partnerships / IVE / Yorkshire

  23-09-2020 15:15
  We are seeking individuals, small teams or organisations to research and evaluate two areas of our Bridge work. You should have a strong understanding of the arts and...
  
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• Senior Marketing and Communications Officer (Part-Time) / Warts and All Theatre / East Midlands

  23-09-2020 15:14
  Senior Marketing and Communications Officer (Part-Time - 0.65)
  The Senior Marketing & Communications Officer is a key role that will manage and deliver the implementation of marketing and...
  
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• Plans For Picasso Museum In Aix-En-Provence Collapse

  23-09-2020 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The Musée Jacqueline et Pablo Picasso, which would have held some 1,000 paintings by the artist, fell through as a result of a failed negotiation between the French town’s city council and Jacqueline’s daughter and Picasso’s stepdaughter Catherine Hutin-Blay, who headed the project for the institution.” – ARTnews
  
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• Evaluation Commission for IVE Project: Bags of Creativity / IVE / Yorkshire

  23-09-2020 15:05
  We are seeking individuals, small teams or organisations to research and evaluate two areas of our Bridge work. You should have a strong understanding of the arts and...
  
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• Bristol Photo Festival: RWA Photography Open Exhibition / RWA / South West

  23-09-2020 15:01
  As part of Bristol Photo Festival, a major citywide Festival of Photography taking place across Bristol in 2021, the RWA presents an open submission photography exhibition that will fill our...
  
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