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• The Met Opera Shutdown – Time For A Needed Reset

  29-09-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “If this devastating shutdown forces the Met to grapple with its role in American society and to shift the overwhelmingly traditional template of its programming, then there will have been an important upside to the crisis. The prestigious, gilded Met has hardly been a trailblazer in this regard, but it could set an example for other American opera companies and orchestras to use this time to think about — and rethink — their offerings.” – The New York Times
  
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• Carrie Mae Weems Wields Art Against COVID

  29-09-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is no time for being artsy or coy, one might argue, when so many people are dying. This project also reveals a certain degree of modesty on Weems’ part — almost no one who drives past the billboards will know that an artist is responsible, as her name only appears in small letters at the bottom of each frame. – Dallas Morning News
  
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• The Writer-Diplomat Tradition

  29-09-2020 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The writer-diplomat tradition, though largely ignored in the history of letters, has been critical to the development of many European and Latin American writers. Eight poets with diplomatic experience, including Octavio Paz and Czeslaw Milosz, have won the Nobel Prize for Literature. – Robert Fay
  
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• What Theatre Can Learn From Role-Play Games

  29-09-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We believe that theatre artists could learn something from the collaborative storytelling techniques employed in tabletop role-playing games. As professional dramaturgs and gamers ourselves, it’s easy to see that theatre and TTRPGs share obvious points of overlap.” – Howlround
  
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• St. Louis Public Radio Ousts Its Leader

  29-09-2020 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The flap between Tim Eby and some of his workers came to light in early August when journalists and producers of color complained about unfair treatment. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  
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• Bad Sign For London’s West End: ‘The Mousetrap’ Calls Off Reopening

  29-09-2020 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Agatha Christie’s whodunnit, the longest-running play in the world, had been due to welcome socially distanced audiences at St Martin’s theatre from 23 October onwards. However, its producer Adam Spiegel announced on Tuesday that it would now be postponed ‘in view of the current uncertainty and with greater restrictions looming for London’.” – The Guardian
  
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• On Aesthetics, Ethics, Economics, and Consequential Decisions of Cultural Leaders in the Long Now

  29-09-2020 20:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  Missions are squishy; buildings and bottom lines are not. Judgments about art are subjective. Human beings are often self-interested. The nonprofit form lends itself to manipulation and to serving the interests of a few rather than the general public. Arts organizations need to be aware of these dynamics and can’t hang their hats on mission statements and values statements as enough to keep them moored to their purposes. – Diane Ragsdale
  
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• How COVID Scrambled How Hollywood Finances Projects

  29-09-2020 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  COVID-19 has upended the revenue streams that Hollywood could once depend on. As theaters have yet to fully reopen and draw film fans, studios have had to find other ways to release their movies and recoup investments. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Comms and Fundraising Officer / Conductive Music CIC / London

  29-09-2020 20:11
  PT role for 1 day/week
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• Why Spotify Has Successful Artists Named ‘White Noise Baby Sleep’ And ‘Jazz Therapy For Cats’

  29-09-2020 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “You’ve probably never heard of them, but Relaxing Music Therapy has had a pretty damn successful music career. At least, on Spotify. This ‘artist’ has more than 500,000 monthly listeners on the platform, all thanks to One Simple Trick: optimizing their name to show up prominently in Spotify’s search results.” – OneZero
  
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• Account executive - culture / Four Communications / London

  29-09-2020 19:46
  Four’s culture team is looking for an enthusiastic, proactive team member to join its ranks as an account executive to provide PR and digital support across a portfolio of exciting clients...
  
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• How America’s Literary Programs Made The World Smaller

  29-09-2020 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even today, the institutions of creative writing in the United States reflect their origins in the Cold War. In the 1940s and 1950s, early advocates for such programs, including Paul Engle at Iowa and Wallace Stegner at Stanford, shared a common vision for American culture with the internationalists of the Truman and Eisenhower administrations and influential philanthropic foundations. – Chronicle of Higher Education
  
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• Artemisia Gentileschi’s Life Story Is So Much More Than The Rape Everyone Focuses On Today

  29-09-2020 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The turmoil of Artemisia’s early life — and the remarkable evidence of it that survives — has inevitably overshadowed the less sensational, and less documented, narrative of what followed. Nevertheless, her later career was extraordinary, and it is reasonable to conclude that the fact of having been raped was less significant to Artemisia’s sense of self than some of her modern champions have suggested.” – The New Yorker
  
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• Art + Critique: Critical & Contextual Studies in Art Practice / videomole.tv / London / All Regions

  29-09-2020 18:45
  This course integrates practice and theory in a programme of lectures, seminars, workshops and tutorials. The lectures survey the histories and discourses of contemporary art, demystify the art world...
  
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• Call out for Artists & Designers in Salford & Greater Manchester / Box on the Docks / North West

  29-09-2020 18:38
  Box on the Docks launched in Summer 2020: a collaboration between MediaCityUK and HemingwayDesign providing a unique, socially distanced dining concept which doubles as a piece of impactful public...
  
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• The Flaws And Blemishes Of Thinking Scientifically

  29-09-2020 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Philosophers of science tend to irritate practicing scientists, to whom science already makes complete sense. It doesn’t make sense to Michael Strevens. “Science is an alien thought form,” he writes; that’s why so many civilizations rose and fell before it was invented. In his view, we downplay its weirdness, perhaps because its success is so fundamental to our continued existence.”– The New Yorker
  
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• Musical Theatre Teacher / PQA Hull & Beverley / Yorkshire

  29-09-2020 18:24
  MUSICAL THEATRE TEACHER REQUIRED - PQA HULL & BEVERLEY (HU10 7EH)
  The Pauline Quirke Academy is currently recruiting a Musical Theatre teacher for their weekend performing arts Academy in Hull...
  
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• Calling artists for our virtual Art & Death exhibition / huunuu / South East

  29-09-2020 18:14
  What does death, dying, bereavement and legacy mean to you or your wider community? We'd love to see your creative interpretations in artwork of your choosing. 
  We accept visual art in the...
  
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• Here’s One Book Publisher Getting Through The Pandemic On Sales Of (Believe It Or Not) Poetry

  29-09-2020 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Well, one kind of poetry in particular — that of Rupi Kaur, who is so popular that her most recent collection knocked Dr. Seuss off the top of Amazon’s poetry bestseller list. (Her two previous books are no. 5 and no. 8.) “For Kaur’s publisher, Andrews McMeel Publishing, this kind of immediate market impact has become customary.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Call for Proposals: Connect Annual Commission 20/21 / Historic England / North East / Nationwide

  29-09-2020 17:41
  The High Streets Heritage Action Zones (HAZ) Programme is a nationwide scheme designed to secure lasting improvements to our historic high streets for the communities who use them. It is Government...
  
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• These Artists Turned Medical Bills Into Art And Sold Them To Pay The Debt

  29-09-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  MSCHF, the group responsible for stunts like Finger on the App and MasterWiki, is bringing attention to the failures of the American healthcare system with Medical Bill Art. Three real medical bills were rendered into oil paintings and sold for the amount of money owed via the art market. The work is aptly called 3 Medical Bills. – Mashable
  
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• The BBC Anchors The Entire British Media. Now It May Be In Real Danger.

  29-09-2020 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The world’s largest broadcaster, the BBC has remained iconic through the generations — criticized regularly, of course, but nonetheless capturing the trust and attention of Britons like nothing else. Now, though, it’s facing a remarkable array of new private-sector competitors — and public-sector overseers — that all seem to have Auntie Beeb, in various ways, in their sights. And that puts one of the core purposes of a public service broadcaster — serv
  
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• Performing Arts Commissions / Manasamitra / Yorkshire

  29-09-2020 16:56
  Are you a musician or performance artist based and/or working primarily in Dewsbury / Kirklees? Would you like to take part in an online festival of local work? If so this may be the ideal...
  
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• Fundraising Manager (Maternity Cover) / Kiln Theatre / London

  29-09-2020 16:54
  We’re looking for a Fundraising Manager (maternity cover) to maintain and grow individual giving at Kiln Theatre. This is predominantly through encouraging regular gifts, booking donations and...
  
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• A Jack the Ripper mural – are you serious? How the Eastenders hit back

  29-09-2020 16:50
  
  They have a Jack the Snipper barber and a Jack the Chipper fish shop. But a mural of the murderer leering proved too much for some horrified residents of London’s East End – so they took action
  A demented face leers through a hole in the wall, his blood-spattered fingers gripping the shattered brickwork as he stares at passersby on the pavement below. This enormous, utterly grim trompe-l’œil image appeared in London’s East End in March – just before lockdown &
  
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• Turns Out Edward Hopper’s Earliest Paintings Are Copies Of Others’ Work

  29-09-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Most grad students in art history dream of discovering an unknown work by whatever great artist they are studying. Louis Shadwick has achieved just the opposite.” – The New York Times
  
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• Coaching and Mentoring course: Leaders on Stage / Guildhall Coaching Associates / London

  29-09-2020 16:23
  This new coaching and mentoring programme combines the core competencies from our highly successful Leaders & Managers course with the data from new research undertaken in 2019 directly with...
  
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• Marketing Lead / Alef Trust / East Midlands / Nation wide

  29-09-2020 16:17
  Alef Trust is a non-profit enterprise based in the UK that delivers transformative education and community projects in the fields of consciousness, spirituality and transpersonal psychology. We...
  
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• Mentee - Music Industry Development Initiative / MUSINC, Middlesbrough Council / North East

  29-09-2020 16:13
  Musinc are looking for young people aged 18 – 25  for an exciting mentoring programme based in Teesside. MIDI is an opportunity for people aged 18-25 who are interested in pursuing a...
  
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• America’s 100 Most Banned And Challenged Books Of The Decade

  29-09-2020 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Each year for Banned Books Week, the American Library Association releases a list of the books that offended parents or patrons tried most often to have removed from schools and libraries; for 2020, the ALA has compiled a list covering the 2010s as a whole. As usual, Huck Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird are there, as are Fun Home and the kids’ book about the gay penguins in Central Park, but top of the list is Sherman Alexie’s award-winning The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time In
  
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• Artists may be used to suffering – but coronavirus has taken it to extremes | Bidisha

  29-09-2020 16:00
  
  Creativity does not offer any magic protection from the economic consequences of the pandemic – but we have to put health first
  I know artists are meant to suffer for their art and die alone in a garret, but this is ridiculous. Cinemas are open, but numbers are drastically down. Theatres and live venues teeter on the edge, balancing health risks and financial risks, trying to plan against possible lockdowns and impossible-to-predict futures. An email from a contact at a major gallery last
  
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• Inclusion & Diversity Lead / Science Museum Group / London

  29-09-2020 15:54
  Are you looking for a role that can truly deliver meaningful change? Are you keen to work with a team that has sponsorship from the top? Do you want to make a difference to inclusion and diversity...
  
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• Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Accept 25% Pay Cut

  29-09-2020 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In a deal announced Monday, the orchestra’s board and union musicians ratified [a two-year contract extension] outlining work rules and compensation cuts during a pandemic that has taken a financial toll, nixing live audiences through at least the fall. If, after a year, the whole orchestra returns to performing for full audiences, those pay cuts would be reversed.” – The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
  
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• Open Call ArtWorks Open Prize Exhibition / Barbican Arts Group Trust / London / South East

  29-09-2020 15:25
  https://www.barbicanartsgrouptrust.co.uk/artworks-open.html
  Submissions now open for Barbican Arts Group Trust’s ArtWorks Open 2020 prize show selected by Alex & Schadyand Michelle...
  
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• Estate Operations Director / Science Museum Group / London

  29-09-2020 15:19
  Do you have experience of senior leadership in a complex, multi-site organisation? Can you lead a large museum estate operation with a mix of historic and modern buildings?
  Reporting to the Director...
  
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• Whole Class Music PPA Cover: Years 1 - 6 / Merton Music Foundation / London

  29-09-2020 15:07
  In2Music Tutor Vacancy
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  Merton Music Foundation
  Instrumental Tutor/Classroom Teacher
  £142 per day
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• Judge Tosses Out Suit Against New York City Ballet Over Sexting Scandal

  29-09-2020 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  In 2018, after now-former City Ballet principal Chase Finlay sent nude images of his ex-girlfriend, Alexandra Waterbury, to two of his colleagues, Waterbury sued all three men as well as the company and its ballet school, where she had previously been a student. The judge on the case has now dismissed all claims against the company, the school, and the other two dancers as well as six of Waterbury’s seven claims against Finlay, allowing to proceed only the charge that Finlay violated &ldq
  
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• Dwell Awhile / Dwell Time Press / Yorkshire / Huddersfield

  29-09-2020 14:35
  Dwell Time and Yorkshire Visual Arts Network (YVAN) are delighted to announce their partnership on a new series of podcasts ‘Dwell Awhile’. These podcasts revisit conversations with...
  
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• Is Putin’s Plan To Build Cultural Centers All Over Russia About To Fall Apart?

  29-09-2020 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Russian president Vladimir Putin’s 120bn ruble ($1.6bn) project to build a string of regional cultural centres with branches of leading federal museums and theatres has come under fire after … two dozen former staff members of the National Cultural Heritage Foundation, which is building the centres with funding from Russian state oil and gas profits, said that 120 contracts had been terminated in June with no notice, no severance pay and four months of salary arrears.”
  
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• Germany Adds Even More Money To Its Arts-And-Culture Budget

  29-09-2020 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the arts sectors in the rest of the world look on and sob, “the German federal government has announced that it will increase its culture and media budget by more than €120 million ($140 million) in 2021, bringing the culture ministry’s total budget up to €1.94 billion ($2.26 billion). … Culture minister Monika Grütters says that such a strong budget for the final year before the German elections underscores the country’s commitment to culture, especia
  
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• Artist Commission for a micro-festival in Crawley, Jan 2021 / Creative Crawley / South East / Sussex

  29-09-2020 13:57
  Creative Crawley is a group of people who have come together to expand creativity and participation in the arts in Crawley through collaboration and innovation. We want to establish a reputation for...
  
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• Writing Action Scenes / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  29-09-2020 13:29
  WRITING ACTION SCENES Monday 23rd November, 6:30pm-8:00pm Online via Google Meet ‘Pay What You Like’ sessionMany genres depend on high-paced, exciting action scenes to make them work...
  
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• Lit at Lunch 4 - Your Writing Routine / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  29-09-2020 13:29
  LIT AT LUNCH 4 – YOUR WRITING ROUTINEWednesday 18th November, 1pm-2pm Online via Google Meet ‘Pay What You Like’ sessionYou can spend a long time waiting for the muse to strike...
  
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• 'A blood-spattered thrill ride into vengeance' – Artemisia review

  29-09-2020 13:29
  
  National Gallery, London
  Artemisia Gentileschi took revenge on her rapist – and the chaotic battlefield of her life – through shockingly violent works. This magnificent show finally secures her reputation as one of the greatsThis revolutionary exhibition of the work of a forgotten genius is like being on a film set, with the actors right in your face, and the lights revealing who they really are deep down inside. Bodies rush towards you out of the canvas, anguished faces, huge hands,
  
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• Editing 101 - writing workshop / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  29-09-2020 13:28
  EDITING 101 Tuesday 17th November, 6:30pm-8:00pm Online via Google Meet ‘Pay What You Like’ sessionWhile getting that first draft down is crucial, the editing phase is every bit as...
  
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• Pacing Your Novel / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  29-09-2020 13:27
  PACING YOUR NOVEL Thursday 12th November, 6:30pm-8:00pm Online via Google Meet ‘Pay What You Like’ sessionCreating a great novel is not all about fantastic writing – a huge amount...
  
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• Lit at Lunch 3 - Writing Flash Fiction / Alex Davis Writing / East Midlands

  29-09-2020 13:24
  LIT AT LUNCH 3 – WRITING FLASH FICTION Wednesday 11th November, 1pm-2pm Online via Google Meet ‘Pay What You Like’ sessionFlash Fiction offers an exciting opportunity for writers...
  
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• Online Audition Prep Bootcamps starting this October / Mountview / London / Online

  29-09-2020 12:32
  Are you applying for drama school and keen to improve your musical theatre or acting skills?
  Mountview’s brand new four-week courses will equip you with a tool-box of skills, refine your...
  
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• UK's sea view photography competition 2020 — in pictures

  29-09-2020 07:00
  
  National maritime charity Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society have revealed the best pictures from their eighth annual photography competition, showcasing images relating to the UK’s historic relationship with the sea.This year, the charity has launched a £1m Covid response fund to provide support for working maritime professionals impacted by the coronavirus pandemic Continue reading...
  
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• Bruce Nauman: 'Jasper Johns poured me a few bourbons – and my legs gave way'

  29-09-2020 07:00
  
  He is a titan of the artworld whose work can be savage, prescient or slapstick. Ahead of a major show, the US artist looks back on studio stunts and liquid lunches with legendsBruce Nauman is telling me a story from his childhood. “I had a friend in high school who was a little bit of a loner,” says the artist, speaking by phone from New York. “If someone hit him with a snowball when we were walking to school, he wouldn’t just throw a snowball back, he’d attack. He&
  
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