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• Guggenheim Museum Investigation Comes Up Empty But Chief Curator Is Leaving

  08-10-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  An independent investigation into how the Guggenheim Museum handled last year’s exhibition on the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has concluded there is no evidence that the show’s guest curator, Chaédria LaBouvier, who is Black, “was subject to adverse treatment on the basis of her race,” the museum announced on Thursday. The museum simultaneously announced that Nancy Spector, the artistic director and chief curator, who is white, was leaving “to pursue other c
  
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• Science Photographer of the Year - call for entries / The Royal Photographic Society / South West / London

  08-10-2020 23:12
  Entries are now being accepted for the 2020 Science Photographer of the Year competition. The competition celebrates the many realms of science and the powerful role of photography in its...
  
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• Tender Kith | Painting Exhibition / 155a Gallery / London

  08-10-2020 23:10
  Tender KithA group painting exhibition
  X Plum Cloutman 
  X Nettle Grellier
  X Florence Main 
  X James Owens 
  Private View: 
  13/10/20
  14.00 -  21.00Continues:
  14/10...
  
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• Recording Mogul Give $25M To LA’s Music Center For Community Events

  08-10-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The $25 million gift, which exceeds the entire annual programming budget of the Music Center, also will be used to create a network of community partners who codesign programs. Many of these partners will be in the arts, but the Music Center will look to other groups as well, said Moore, who cited a deep connection between access to the arts and mental health and wellness.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Political Signs Mean More Than The Politics

  08-10-2020 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Political signs are objects with meaning beyond the literal messages they bear. And while whatever they signify depends a lot on the signs themselves and their context, it also depends on a world of cultural gestures operating below the surface. – The Baffler
  
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• Much Of What We Think We’re Choosing Is Random Chance

  08-10-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  This suggests that we like things because we chose them, which is very different than what we think we’re doing, choosing things because we like them. The babies’ behavior implies that this penchant for dismissing all the non-chosen options is a fundamental and hardwired part of human behavior. – Fast Company
  
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• Why Pantone’s Color System Is Problematic

  08-10-2020 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the surface, this system seems like a useful service, but ultimately it’s become a way to try and make color a private business. It does provide a standard for various industries around the world, but Pantone considers the colors and color formulas to be its intellectual property. This means that they can’t be openly shared, so in order to speak this language of color, you have to shell out for a guide, which will cost you around $650. – Slate
  
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• Preserving The Black Culture That Has Flourished Online

  08-10-2020 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jenna Wortham and Kimberly Drew: “With social platforms, there is newly shared culture, and in effect, shared history, but it is one that is vulnerable to a loss as arbitrary as a server migration or company sale. … In 2015, we set out to create our own analog archive of contemporary Black life by Black people and for Black people. … The ephemerality of social media terrified us, and as such, inspired us.” – The New York Times Magazine
  
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• The Artistic Value Of A Banana?

  08-10-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Conceptual artists in the 1960s argued that an artwork’s identity is not to be found in its physical manifestation but in the artist’s idea. That idea can, but does not have to, take material form. Following that logic, the material object is a manifestation of an idea, and it is the idea that is bought and sold on the art market. – The Conversation
  
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• The Man Who Brought Ballet Classes To Nigeria

  08-10-2020 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Born and raised in Lagos, [Daniel Owoseni] Ajala is the founder and creative director of the Leap of Dance Academy, which provides ballet [instruction] for young dancers. His school has gained worldwide attention ever since June, when he posted a video of one of his students dancing in the rain at his home. The clip went viral, leading to major scholarship opportunities and coverage from news outlets around the world. [We] spoke to Ajala about how he’s used his love for culture and
  
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• Seiren III DEEP-FRIED, open call for online publication / Seiren / London / Worldwide

  08-10-2020 19:55
  Seiren III DEEP-FRIEDComing December 2020
  We are an independent artist-run online publication.All forms of media are accepted. Our forms are defined by their multitude
  We would like to invite you...
  
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• Digital Producer for Living Newspaper / Royal Court Theatre / London

  08-10-2020 19:47
  The Royal Court are seeking a Digital Producer to lead on the capture and delivery of the online, pay-per-view digital content for the upcoming project Living Newspaper.
  In November 2020, the Royal...
  
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• Why Really Busy People Should Have Hobbies

  08-10-2020 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  In reality, when the future comes, there isn’t more time–and this is just one of many reasons why you should commit to a hobby now. – Fast Company
  
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• New Netflix Project: ‘Made By Africa, Watched By the World’

  08-10-2020 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Mixing new, original content with older African classics that have not previously been streamed elsewhere, this initiative … creates a path for stories that specifically address different slices of the African experience to see the light of day and reach a wider audience. Considering that there’s a growing feeling among Africans that inaccurate representation on screen is a given, that’s a good thing for everyone.” – The Guardian
  
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• Studio Technician / Royal Drawing School / London

  08-10-2020 18:55
  The Royal Drawing School's Foundation Year is a full-time, taught, skills-based course in fine art practice. Designed for school leavers and based in the inspiring creative hub of Trinity Buoy Wharf...
  
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• Is Netflix Too Quick To Cancel Series?

  08-10-2020 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Exactly how Netflix makes the call on what to renew or not is something of a mystery – it never releases ratings or viewer figures that would illuminate its decisions. Instead, everything is driven by top-secret data. Netflix notoriously number-crunches every bit of viewer interaction – what you watch, when you watch it, the device you watch it on (TV, PC, phone, tablet, smart microwave, whatever), how many episodes you watch in a row; even when you pause and for how long. It then u
  
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• Independent External Evaluator / Barra Culture / North West

  08-10-2020 18:21
  Barra Culture is seeking an evaluation partner for the lifetime of our programme through to November 2023 (and perhaps beyond subject to future funding).
   
  About usBarra Culture is one of...
  
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• Casual Technician / Contact / North West / Manchester

  08-10-2020 18:19
  We are Contact.  Fiercely Northern but with an international outlook, we are a theatre and performing arts venue on Manchester’s Oxford Road.  We create and produce our own...
  
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• Production Manager / Contact Theatre / North West / Manchester

  08-10-2020 18:08
  We are Contact.  Fiercely Northern but with an international outlook, we are a theatre and performing arts venue on Manchester’s Oxford Road.  We create and produce our own...
  
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• Jim Dwyer, Crusading Newspaperman, Dead At 63

  08-10-2020 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In prose that might have leapt from best-selling novels, [he] portrayed the last minutes of thousands who perished in the collapse of the World Trade Center’s twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001; detailed the terrors of innocent Black youths pulled over and shot by racial-profiling state troopers on the New Jersey Turnpike; and told of the coronavirus besieging a New York City hospital. … Colleagues called him a fast, accurate and prolific writer who crusaded against injustice, wo
  
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• Cover piano teacher / Hikari Arts / South West / Swindon

  08-10-2020 17:47
  We are looking for fun, super friendly piano teachers who can cover our current tutors when they are away. This may lead to permanent work for the right person. We are looking for someone who has...
  
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• Free Accredited Training in Video Editing / Collage Works / London / Remote

  08-10-2020 17:37
  Are you a creative business or freelancer based in Tottenham?  N17 Creative Callings is for you!
   We are looking for creatives who want to boost their creative practice, get their skills...
  
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• Are We Doomed To Social Media?

  08-10-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the most intriguing debates surrounding social media is how much agency we should expect of ourselves. Can’t we just choose to put down our phones once in a while? Or has this technology hooked us so deeply that our only chance of salvation is government regulation? – Nautilus
  
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• Peer to Peer: UK/HK Online Festival / / North West / Nationwide

  08-10-2020 17:22
  Peer to Peer: UK/HKInspiring arts exchange between UK and Hong Kong Online Festival 11 - 14 November 2020
  Peer to Peer: UK/HK is a programme designed to encourage meaningful cultural exchange and...
  
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• Miranda July's teenage obsessions: 'Bikini Kill were gods'

  08-10-2020 17:07
  
  The Kajillionaire director on the allure of dripping honey, Jane Campion and Spike Lee, sex, lies and videotape, and her brother’s woodworkI can’t cite the artist, but my parents took me to see this performance in Berkeley, California, where I grew up. It was rare that we saw art – my parents were writers, and we didn’t spend a lot of time in museums. It was a bag hanging from the ceiling, it must have been made out of resin, filled with what turned out to be honey. Pictu
  
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• How Can Choirs Can Sing Together Again COVID-Safely? In Cars, Drive-In Movie-Style

  08-10-2020 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It started with David Newman, a baritone on the voice faculty of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. In May, after a widely discussed web conference on the dangers of singing, Mr. Newman set up a sound system with four wireless microphones, an old-school analog mixer and an amplifier. Several singers gathered in their cars on his street, and he conducted them from his driveway. It worked.” – The New York Times
  
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• XTRAX Global Conversations: Touring beyond Brexit (Webinar) / / North West / Online

  08-10-2020 16:57
  Join us for the next XTRAX Global Conversations webinar, which will focus on Touring Beyond Brexit: 
  Date: Friday 16th October
  Time: 14:00 (BST)
  Hosted on Zoom
  This...
  
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• Building Your Career Resilience / Stitch Your Parachute / London / and wider UK

  08-10-2020 16:34
  Are you a cultural sector worker who has been made redundant or is at risk of redundancy? Then this course might be for you. A 6-week injection of resilience and career-building strategies which is...
  
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• Unknown Style Of Rock Art, 6,000 Or More Years Old, Found In Northern Australia

  08-10-2020 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Maliwawa Figures, as they’re called, date from 6,000 to 9,000 years ago and are unusual in picturing humans and animals together. Archaeologists say they are “a missing link in the history of Aboriginal art, bridging the gap between the large naturalistic animals characteristic of the dynamic figures, created about 12,000 years ago, and the stick figures that arose around 4,000 years ago, known as X-Ray art.” – Artnet
  
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• As Late As 2019, Curtis Institute Failed To Respond To Lara St. John’s Allegations Of Rape And Sexual Abuse

  08-10-2020 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The damning, detailed 54-page report by the law firm Cozen O’Connor … shows that … time and again, the elite music conservatory on Rittenhouse Square failed to respond to St. John in a meaningful way to her accounts of rape and repeated abuse by violin professor Jascha Brodsky.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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• Project Co-ordinator (6 month post) / Women & Theatre / West Midlands

  08-10-2020 15:45
  24 hours per week
  Fixed Term: January - June 2021 inclusive
  + paid induction in December 2020
  Salary: £20k (Pro Rata)
  Women & Theatre is recruiting a part time Project Co-ordinator to...
  
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• Management Accountant / The Old Vic / London

  08-10-2020 15:36
  To view the recruitment pack and details on how to apply please visit https://www.oldvictheatre.com/about-us/work-with-us#management-accountant
  Preparation of monthly management accounts...
  
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• V&A Preparing To Return Items Looted After Ethiopian Battle

  08-10-2020 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has started talks with the Ethiopian embassy over returning looted treasures in its collections, including a gold crown and royal wedding dress, … plundered after the 1868 capture of Maqdala.” – The Guardian
  
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• Curator / Absolutely Cultured / Yorkshire

  08-10-2020 15:29
  Absolutely Cultured is a registered charity which started life as the organisation set up by Hull City Council to deliver Hull’s year as UK City of Culture, known during this time as Hull 2017....
  
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• Two Actors’ Unions Fight For Jurisdiction Over Streamed Theater

  08-10-2020 15:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Actors’ Equity Association [theater] is accusing SAG-AFTRA [film, television and radio] of raiding its turf and undercutting its contracts by negotiating lower-paying deals with theaters for streaming productions. SAG-AFTRA, in turn, says that work made for broadcast has always been its domain, and that it has offered to work with Equity through the pandemic but that the stage union has refused all efforts at compromise.” – The New York Times
  
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• The arts aren't a luxurious hobby, Rishi Sunak. They're a lifeline for millions | Tim Burgess

  08-10-2020 15:02
  
  Find another job, says the chancellor. But our sector provides hope – and billions for his own exchequerTim Burgess is lead singer of the CharlatansWhen ITV News tweeted on Tuesday that Rishi Sunak had said that “musicians and others in [the] arts should retrain and find other jobs”, the arts world figuratively saddled up its steeds and prepared to descend on 11 Downing Street with flaming torches. But then came what is known in the music world as a big “rewind in the hou
  
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• The arts aren't a luxurious hobby, Rishi Sunak. They're a lifeline for millions

  08-10-2020 15:02
  
  Find another job, says the chancellor. But our sector provides hope – and billions for his own exchequerWhen ITV News tweeted yesterday that Rishi Sunak had said that “musicians and others in [the] arts should retrain and find other jobs”, the arts world figuratively saddled up its steeds and prepared to descend on 11 Downing Street with flaming torches. But then came what is known in the music world as a big “rewind in the house”.After much uproar, ITV deleted the
  
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• Funhouse Comedy Club - Comedy Night in Chilwell / Funhouse Comedy Club / North East

  08-10-2020 14:59
  Funhouse Comedy Club is back at The Garage, Chilwell (Barton's) Nottingham, on Friday October 16th for a socially-distanced night of laughter.
  Topping the bill is the compelling and frank comedian...
  
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• Curator / Watts Gallery - Artists' Village / South East

  08-10-2020 14:52
  Watts Gallery Trust (WGT), a registered charity, is seeking to recruit a dynamic, emerging Curator to join the Curatorial Team. The successful candidate will develop exhibitions and displays that...
  
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• Royal Shakespeare Co. Will Keep Two Theatres Closed Until 2022; Layoffs Coming

  08-10-2020 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “While the RSC’s smaller stages, the Swan and the Other Place, will remain shut, the organisation is to reopen its Royal Shakespeare theatre for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic closed venues in March. … The RSC has [slao] said that 158 people are currently in [jobs] at risk. Through voluntary redundancies and redeployment, the organisation hopes to keep the number of compulsory redundancies below 90.” – The Guardian
  
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• The Voice Project Releases new choral film Arc of the Sky / / East

  08-10-2020 14:22
  In March 2020, the choirs fell silent. The open-access choir the Norfolk-based The Voice Project had planned to start rehearsing a new show, Arc of the Sky, inspired by the idea of a bird’s-eye...
  
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• Artistic Director / General Manager / Endelienta / South West / St Endellion

  08-10-2020 14:12
  Endelienta, a small arts organisation in North Cornwall,  is looking for a talented Artistic Director/General Manager to lead and manage its quality programme.
   
  Now approaching its 9th...
  
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• ArtConnect x Modulor Open Call | Material Hybrids / / London / All of UK/Europe

  08-10-2020 14:04
  OPEN CALL FOR ART STUDENTS
  Show us projects that combine different materials in unique and interesting ways. Win prizes from Modulor to choose from their huge selection of professional art supplies...
  
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• Louise Glück Wins Nobel Prize For Literature

  08-10-2020 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The writer, 77, born in New York, is one of the most celebrated poets in America. She has previously won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, a National Book Critics Circle Award and a Bollingen Prize. She was the poet laureate of the United States from 2003 to 2004. Before today, only 15 women have ever won the Nobel Prize in literature since it was first awarded in 1901.” – The Washington Post
  
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• Fundraising Consultant / Arts Marketing Association / London / Work from home

  08-10-2020 13:31
  Total fee £3,000 + VATWorking from home
  The AMA is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people who work in arts, culture and heritage organisations with training and events. We have 2,500...
  
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• Gallery Assistant / Pilar Corrias Ltd / London

  08-10-2020 13:28
  The successful candidate will have the ability to work in a high-pressured environment,maintain a calm and professional demeanor at all times and take initiative. Reporting to theGallery Manager and...
  
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• London members' club invites musician Gaika to explore slavery links

  08-10-2020 13:17
  
  Artist is descendant of family enslaved by former owner of House of St Barnabas
  The descendant of a family enslaved by a British plantation owner in Jamaica has been invited to take part in an art project at a private members’ club in London that is delving into its own history and connection to slavery.The House of St Barnabas, which was rebuilt by Richard Beckford, a Bristol MP who enslaved hundreds of people and owned more than 3,650 hectares (9,000 acres) of land in Jamaica, has invite
  
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• E-commerce Manager / The New Craftsmen / London

  08-10-2020 13:04
  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 
  Web development & Maintenance
  Manage all elements of onsite product upload and maintenance; working closely with the product and marketing teams to ensure accuracy of...
  
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• Advisory Board Members / ZoieLogic Dance Theatre / South West

  08-10-2020 13:03
  Would you like to have an influential role in developing the work of one of Southampton’s leading arts organisations?
  ZoieLogic Dance Theatre is looking for new members to join our Advisory...
  
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• Once more unto the beach: artists’ plan to boost the UK seaside

  08-10-2020 12:31
  
  With coastal towns severely affected by coronavirus, one creative duo are planning a string of artist-led festivals in October half-term to lure people back to the seasideCan the arts help save the seaside? The organisers of a new multi-town festival planned for October half-term (26 October-1 November) are hoping they can.Billing itself as “a coastal call to arms”, Back & Fill was created by writer and artist Dan Thompson and designer Kate Kneale of Margate-based studio HKD as a
  
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