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• Writing As A Material Art

  11-10-2020 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  A book “is a fluid path from an idea, along a stream bed whose variations, detours and eddies are unknown until the water that flows into it finds itself moved.” – LitHub
  
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• If Cinemas Survive The Pandemic, A Glut Of Blockbusters Await Fans

  11-10-2020 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Assuming we get a functioning vaccine and that some cinemas survive the pandemic, and that audiences ever trust again the idea of being stuck in a room with hundreds of other people for two or three hours, there’s going to be a lot to see. “Perhaps fans can look forward to a geeky bonanza, where a new tentpole arrives in multiplexes every other week. Or perhaps some of these films will end up moving to the small screen instead.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Printmakers interested in selling their work through Love Art / / London

  11-10-2020 21:47
  Love Art is a small gallery and gift shop that also runs art classes in Tooting Market, South London.  We sell a lot of prints in person and online and are currently looking for further artists...
  
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• The Concert Refunds That Haven’t Come Yet

  11-10-2020 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The venue claims that the refunds are the responsibility of a Russian oligarch. One fan “has spent considerable time over the last four months hunting down the money …a quest that, for her, has involved setting up a spreadsheet to track her many communications with Ticketmaster and the Nassau Coliseum.” And, well, crickets. – The New York Times
  
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• Who Broke The Noses, And Arms, Of Ancient Egyptian Statues?

  11-10-2020 21:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A museum curator used to seeing the damage is brought up short by museumgoers’ questions: Indeed, why are so many Egyptian statues missing their noses? There’s power, divinity, and the breaking of empires in the answer. “Attacking a human image was a deeply entrenched ancient Egyptian method for dealing with an enemy.” (And it’s not as though this practice is over.) – Hyperallergic
  
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• Roxane Gay, Margaret Atwood Sign Open Letter In Support Of Trans And Nonbinary People

  11-10-2020 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Who had “Margaret Atwood versus J.K. Rowling” on their 2020 bingo card? Because that’s part of what’s happened since the author of the Harry Potter series went on an anti-trans jaunt in the past few years, culminating in her latest mystery plot. The open letter reads, in part, “We are writers, editors, journalists, agents and professionals in multiple forms of publishing. We believe in the power of words. … We say: nonbinary people are nonbinary, trans women
  
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• The Man Reshaping Gothic Classics For 21st Century Netflix Watchers

  11-10-2020 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  After all of the brouhaha – love, hate, reexamining, reevaluation, and a lot more – for Netflix’s series of The Haunting of Hill House, here comes an adaptation of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, called The Haunting of Bly Manor for the streaming service. That’s down to Mike Flanagan. And the challenges are similar: “Both series are fundamentally incompatible with the literary works on which they’re based.” – Slate
  
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• Chew Valley Arts Trail Online / / South West

  11-10-2020 19:18
  Visit the Chew Valley Arts Trail online this year at www.chewvalleyartstrail.co.uk from the comfort of your homes or phones.  See work from over forty artists and makers from the Chew Valley...
  
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• The Museum Of Chinese In America, Beset By Fire And Much More, Gets A Chance At Recovery

  11-10-2020 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When a fire hit the New York Chinatow museum and the staff worried priceless archives were lost, that wasn’t the only issue facing the institution: The coronavirus shutdown and anti-Asian harassment were ever present threats as well. Now the Ford Foundation has stepped up to help stabilize the institution, which is small but vital to the history of New York. – The New York Times
  
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• When Britain’s Music Magazine Q Closed, A Songwriter Got In One Last Act Of Kindness

  11-10-2020 18:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The iconic magazine fell prey to the coronavirus in July, but songwriter Paul Heaton (somewhat unlike Britain’s current government, according to recent reports) didn’t want the staff to be “left on their arse.” So he gave a large donation that the final editor shared with 40 staffers and freelancers alike. – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Misty Copeland Explains The Code Used To Discourage Black Ballet Dancers

  11-10-2020 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s all about language choices, the ballerina says. For years she was told she had a great body for ballet, and then she joined American Ballet Theatre. Then she was being told to get rid of her muscles, her breasts, and her butt, told that suddenly she didn’t have a ballet body. “That’s language that’s used, because you’re in a visual art form, it’s about your aesthetic … so that’s what they say to Black and brown dancers to disguise sayi
  
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• Patrick Burke obituary

  11-10-2020 17:46
  
  My friend Patrick Burke, who has died aged 92, was a crusading and inspirational designer, teacher, novelist and sculptor who was head of graphic design at Ravensbourne College of Art in London for 12 years.He was born in Ealing, west London, the elder son of Patrick Burke, an engineer’s toolmaker, and his wife, Leonora (nee Maud-Humfrey). Leaving Hayes county grammar school aged 17, he enrolled at Camberwell School of Art, specialising in graphic design and typography. Continue reading...
  
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• Carol Paumgarten, Co-Founder And Longtime Artistic Director Of Steps On Broadway, 76

  11-10-2020 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Paumgarten opened Steps in 1979, in a dingy one-room studio. She “went on to nurture three generations of New York dancers, becoming an instantly recognizable presence with her long silver hair and stylish black outfits as she presided over roomfuls of bodies in motion.” – The New York Times
  
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• Independent Bookstores Are Reaching More Truly Terrifying Crossroads

  11-10-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Terrifying for book lovers, that is. Take Vroman’s in Los Angeles, for instance. “The past several years had been among the bookstore’s most profitable, ‘and all of a sudden, you fall off a cliff.'” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Black Museum Trustees, More Ready Than Ever For Institutional Change, Join Forces Formally

  11-10-2020 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  They’re tired of tokenism and ready for actual progress, so they’re joining together to become a stronger force. “Often the only Black people on the boards of major museums, these trustees are pooling their efforts to help institutions identify new talent and insist on diverse perspectives to better reflect the communities they serve.” – The New York Times
  
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• How We Know Who Was Reading What In Medieval Times

  11-10-2020 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Early medieval libraries lent books often and lending books for copying was, in fact, seen as an act of Christian charity. The books were borrowed not only by other monasteries but also by local priests and lay people. The list kept by the meticulous monks of Wissembourg was perhaps maintained until the middle of the tenth century. It is a living list. – History Today
  
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• So, How’s It Going With The Attempt To Restart Film And TV Production In The U.K.?

  11-10-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Like the virus in the rest of the country, the perhaps too-soon begun production restart is not going well. “As the threat of new COVID-19 restrictions looms large, the industry is rushing to crank out film and TV productions this fall, in what could be the last gasp for production in 2020.” – Variety
  
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• What Louise Gluck’s Poetry Tells Us About Beginnings

  11-10-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The new Nobel laureate’s themes remain all too relevant. “Glück examines the human compulsion to retell stories and reimagine scenes; in the face of grief, sadness, and destruction, she asks, how can belief in new beginnings possibly still persist?”– The Atlantic
  
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• A Texas Grand Jury Indicts Netflix Over ‘Cuties,’ Showing No Understanding Of The First Amendment

  11-10-2020 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  That’s because Texas is, of course, special (in terms of its own laws), but also, perhaps the grand jury didn’t watch the actual film? “The Miller test says that works are protected by the First Amendment if they have what could be characterized as ‘serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value’ when the works were each ‘taken as a whole.'” With Cuties, it would be hard to argue otherwise. – Slate
  
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• Nicole Prior: Data Rooms / Castlefield Gallery: New Art Spaces Wigan / North West

  11-10-2020 14:28
  Castlefield Gallery Associate Nicole Prior has created a new work to occupy the windows of Castlefield Gallery New Art Spaces Wigan.
  The work has been commissioned by Castlefield Gallery and funded...
  
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• Automatic Drawing Workshop & Talk with Emma Cousin / Castlefield Gallery / North West

  11-10-2020 14:21
  Exploring Automatic Drawing practices, used by surrealist artists, the painter Maria Lassnig and dancer/choreographer Deborah Hay, artist Emma Cousin will guide participants through a process of...
  
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• Online Workshop: Movement and Creating Solo Performance / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 14:05
  Movement & Creating Solo Performance
  Monday 16th November 7-9 PM  
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Online Workshop: Moving with a Movement Director / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 14:04
  Working with a Movement Director for Now and the Future
  November 2, 7-9 PM 
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Online Workshop: Decolonising Your Theatre Practice / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 14:01
  ‘CAN THE MASTER’S TOOLS DISMANTLE THE MASTER’S HOUSE?’ - DECOLONISING THEATRE PRACTICE
  November 24, 10 AM - 1 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• What ‘Angels In America’ Means During The New Pandemic

  11-10-2020 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The play means something different now than it did a year ago. “The light of Covid-19 turns out to be especially harsh and revealing, turning the play, so concerned with prophecy, into a prophet itself. How, it now seems to ask, can we have squandered in just a few months the decades’ worth of suffering and organizing and scientific advances invested in the struggle against AIDS?” – The New York Times
  
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• Online Workshop: Writing With Identity / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:59
  WRITING WITH IDENTITY
  November 27, 10 AM - 1 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
  Book Now: https://www.partofthemain.com/part-of-the-grid/writing-with-identity
  Global Origins is...
  
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• Online Workshop: Playing with Shakespearean Text / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:56
  Playing with Shakespearean Text
  October 30, 3-4:30 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Online Workshop: A Theatremaker's Introduction to Podcasting / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:51
  Theatremaker's Intro to Podcasting
  October 23, 3-4:30 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Online Workshop: Introduction to Ableton Live / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:49
  Intro to Ableton Live
  November 18, 2-4 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
  Book Now: https://www.partofthemain.com/part-of-the-grid/introduction-to-ableton-liveThis beginners'...
  
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• Online Workshop: Introduction to Sound Design / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:46
  Introduction to Sound Design
  November 17, 2-4 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
  Book Now: https://www.partofthemain.com/part-of-the-grid/introduction-to-sound-design
  In this...
  
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• Online Workshop: Sponsorship for Theatre / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:43
  Sponsorship for Theatre
  November 7, 11 AM - 1 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Online Workshop: Using Music and Sound to Inspire Your Work / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:34
  Using Music and Sound to Inspire Your Work
  October 28, 11 AM - 1 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Online Workshop: Building a Career as a Theatre Director / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:32
  Building a career as a theatre director
  November 4, 11 AM - 1 PM
  Concessions - £8, Standard - £15
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• Portland’s Elk Wasn’t Targeted By BLM Protesters, And Other Public Art Discussions That Matter

  11-10-2020 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Portland’s Barry Johnson has some musings about the Elk, statues of Robert E. Lee, and all of art history. “Art is emancipatory. … It can lead me almost anywhere, even to thoughts about the intent of the artist, the times the artist lived in, the artist’s relationship to those times, the times and art and artists that followed and preceded the art+artist+times I’m focusing on.”– Oregon ArtsWatch
  
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• Online Workshop: QLab Introduction, Video Basics & Intermediate / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:29
  Join us for our hit course on QLab, the ubiquitous software used in live performance.
  Ticket prices:
  £8 for concessions (5 available per course), £15 standard
  All 3 courses: £22...
  
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• Online Workshop: Being Your Own Dramaturg / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:27
  Good Writing is Good Editing: Being Your Own Dramaturg£45 for 3 sessions Delivered on Zoom
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• Online Workshop: Creating a Play from a Historical Provocation / Part of the Main / London / Online via Zoom

  11-10-2020 13:19
  How to Create a Play from a Historical Provocation
  £45 for 3 sessions
  Book Now: bit.ly/partofthegrid
  Over 3 weeks, participants will begin work on a play inspired by an event...
  
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• Duncan Grant’s Recently Rediscovered Erotic Art Is ‘A Blast Of Joy’ In Tough Times For The Arts

  11-10-2020 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  “What images they are: defiantly subversive and explicit multiracial homoerotica, bursting with passion, flesh, joy, love, freedom and everything else gay people were legally barred from experiencing and expressing at the time. The underlying message of Grant’s paintings is still uplifting in 2020: art will always find a way, whatever the obstacles, hardships and dangers.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• The gangster vanishes: twist in hunt for world’s largest haul of stolen art

  11-10-2020 12:30
  
  Irish criminal disappears after leading BBC film crew to gang behind infamous Boston heistSome of the most precious paintings in the world, a billion-dollar haul including work by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Degas and Manet, were stolen from a gallery in Boston, Massachusetts, in an audacious heist 30 years ago. But now, just as a British detective closes in on what he believes are the best clues so far to the masterpieces’ hiding place, his key contact, an Irish gangster, has disappeared.Martin &
  
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• Costume designer / Alison Ray's Dance Company / London / West Hampstead

  11-10-2020 11:51
  I am looking for a Costume designer or someone who can create or source costumes for the Unknown Soldier project.  The style and era is a blend between early 1900s to 1945. Costumes for 4...
  
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• Young minds, wise visions: art helps children to make sense of coronavirus lockdown

  11-10-2020 10:45
  
  The Way I See It, depicting the impact of the coronavirus, is to feature on the Google Arts & Culture platform
  Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA is for Annoyed, B is for Bored and C is for Confused: an alphabet of lockdown feelings created by Rivers, a 14-year-old from Gateshead, is just one of a dazzling range of 200 responses from young people to the Covid-19 crisis to be launched online on 16 October on a leading international art site.The lockdown alphab
  
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• Bruce Nauman review – prophetic visions

  11-10-2020 10:00
  
  Tate Modern, London
  The US artist’s video and neon installations have lost none of their power to confound and dazzle, as this almost unbearably tense retrospective showsMidway through the gruelling vaudeville at Tate Modern, among the clamour of shrieking clowns, gagging mouths and tortured violins, you suddenly come upon yourself. Or rather, the ghost of yourself. A video monitor appears to be recording your approaching footsteps. But up close, the screen is only showing the view around
  
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