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• Brooklyn Artist Simone Leigh Chosen To Represent US At Venice Biennale

  14-10-2020 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The last two U.S. representatives to the Biennale — Martin Puryear, also a sculptor, in 2019, and Mark Bradford, a painter, in 2017 — are Black artists, as well. The next edition was originally scheduled for May 2021, but the pandemic forced it to be postponed a year. – The New York Times
  
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• Indie Book Stores Launch Campaign To Compete Against Amazon

  14-10-2020 23:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  An ABA survey from this summer found that some 20 per cent of members could go out of business, meaning hundreds of stores face closure, especially as government aid runs out. While the overall market for books has been surprisingly solid in 2020, Amazon.com has apparently fared best as the public increasingly makes purchases online. According to a report issued last week by the antitrust subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, “Amazon accounts for over half of all print book sales
  
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• How We Think About “Misinformation”

  14-10-2020 22:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Our disinformation metaphors help us see new possibilities (how might we “clean up” disinformation, or treat “information disorder”?), but obscure others (if disinformation is a pollutant, why is it such a useful political tool? If disinformation is an attack, why does it seem so sociological?). Metaphors shape our discourses, ideologies and histories. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Performing Arts Teacher / A Mind Apart Theatre Company Limited / Yorkshire

  14-10-2020 22:20
  We are seeking suitably qualified, experienced and enthusiastic Performing Arts Teacher‘s to work with us part-time on variable hours.
  We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with a...
  
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• Office Administrator / Dawsons Auctioneers / South East

  14-10-2020 22:09
  This is an exciting opportunity to join the Dawsons team, based in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Reporting to the Office Manager, the successful applicant will be required to assist in running the office of...
  
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• Are Countries With Written Constitutions Better Off?

  14-10-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Without a written constitution in place, statutes are the U.K.’s highest form of law, and its unwritten constitution is a combination of legislation, conventions, parliamentary procedure, and common law. To some this setup may be odd or confusing, but my book’s conclusion is that unwritten constitutions can perform just as well as written ones, and that Britain’s unwritten constitution may be just as good as America’s esteemed document.” – The Atlantic
  
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• Portrait Artist of the Year review – Bake Off for painters is an hour-long cuddle

  14-10-2020 22:00
  
  Stephen Mangan hosts as a mix of amateur and professional artists compete to produce the best portrait within four hours. It is gripping from start to finishThe always lovely Portrait Artist of the Year is back for a seventh series, and it continues to be such a welcome addition to the schedules that I hope it returns for many more years to come. Stephen Mangan hosts what is in essence the Great British Paint Off, and while I believe there is some kind of saying about the levels of excitement in
  
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• What Museums Are Allowed To Do Politically

  14-10-2020 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Did you know museums are allowed to support or oppose a ballot measure? An institution may understandably want to get behind a budget increase for the cultural sector, for example. But they can’t let their staff volunteer for a candidate or party during work hours. Museums can serve as polling or voter registration sites and host nonpartisan candidate forums, but they can’t allow only certain candidates or parties to rent their space, or offer them discounted rates to do
  
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• The 200-Year History Of The Accordion

  14-10-2020 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Inspired by the sheng, a bowl-shaped mouth organ that a French Jesuit missionary brought back from China in 1777, various hand-powered free-reed instruments that became the accordion and concertina were being developed in Europe by the 1820s. They made it to the New World in fairly short order and, by the 1880s, had reached Japan. For about half a century, there were even “player accordions” that used rolls of punched paper the way pianolas did. Laura Stanfield Prichard offers a bri
  
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• Jerry Saltz: When Public Art Goes Wrong

  14-10-2020 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  Medusa is typical of the kind of misguided bureaucracies and good managerial intentions that often result in such mediocrities. Don’t even try to figure out why it now stands across the street from the County Criminal Courthouse. This ooh-la-la monstrosity is sure to be a lightning rod for zealots protesting nudity and a co-star in endless selfies. – Curbed
  
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• This Indigenous Australian Actor Puts A New Spin On The Archetypal TV Cop

  14-10-2020 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s something that hits close to home for [Aaron] Pedersen, who is of Arrernte-Arabana descent and grew up poor in the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs. His childhood with an alcoholic mother was chaotic and even violent, and Pedersen and his seven siblings bumped around in foster homes as wards of the state.” – The New York Times
  
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• Student Services Co-ordinator / RADA / London

  14-10-2020 19:38
  Salary: £25-30,000 pro rata to 1 April 2021, in the first instance (post available now)Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
  The roleThis position ensures that students can obtain the support they...
  
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• Admissions Manager / RADA / London

  14-10-2020 19:33
  £30-40,000 pro rata Full-time (37.5 hours per week)Maternity cover to 31 July 2021 (post available now)
  The roleThis position provides maternity cover for our Admissions Manager. The...
  
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• Peter Schjeldahl On The Guston Controversy

  14-10-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In a small way, the controversy exemplifies divisions that are splintering the United States: votes of no confidence in the good will of contending interests. (Signatories to the letter include Black artists and intellectuals, as the conflict is widely cultural, not narrowly demographic.) Any difference may breed enmity. In our Partisan States of America, we watch our words—or, perversely, don’t—for fear of, or with ardent intent of, offending. Offense doesn’t spu
  
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• Museum Manager / Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum / East

  14-10-2020 19:03
  The museum is seeking to employ a museum manager, this is a full time post and a full job description is enclosed below.
  To apply please visit our web site at www.aviationmuseum.net by Saturday 7th...
  
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• All These Hit Documentary Series — Are They Just Reality TV Gone Highbrow?

  14-10-2020 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Basically, yes, argues Kathryn VanArendonk, and the docuseries boom we’re seeing now couldn’t have happened without “a television landscape primed by decades of reality TV.” What’s more, the qualities the two genres share “are key to why [a docuseries can be] so delicious.” (Besides, “Anglo-American culture has yet to meet something lowbrow that it didn’t find a way to repackage as classy and valuable.”) – New York Magazine
  
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• Champions of Britain reach their Centenary / Felling Male Voice Choir / North East

  14-10-2020 18:36
  Felling Male Voice Choir, based on Tyneside, is 100 years old on the 15th October 2020.
  The choir was classed as one of the best in the country, Champions of Britain, winners of over 100 first...
  
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• Theatre-By-Snail-Mail

  14-10-2020 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The audiences interact with characters one-on-one through the letters and can possibly alter the arc of the pieces through their correspondences. For a few of the play tracks, audiences can select particular characters to follow and even determine outcomes based on their response letters. “It’s a bespoke adventure—a tailor-made adventure specifically designed for you and your experience.” – American Theatre
  
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• Online Workshop - Bouffon Clowning / / London

  14-10-2020 18:24
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  - Want to expand your Clown and Physical Comedy skills?
  - Want to learn the techniques of the Bouffon Clown?
  - Want to learn how to manipulate, charm, seduce and shock your...
  
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• Online Holiday School for People with Learning Disabilities / Magpie Dance / London / National

  14-10-2020 18:24
  Back in August, a group of dancers from Magpie Dance started a new and exciting project on Zoom. Together with the company’s fabulous facilitators and marvellous musicians, they began to create...
  
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• First-Ever National Award For Disabled Artists Launched By Ford And Mellon Foundations

  14-10-2020 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “After a yearlong research study in conversation with disabled people, the initiative” — called Disability Futures — “has named 20 artists, filmmakers and journalists in its first class of fellows, each of whom will receive a grant of $50,000 administered by the arts funding group United States Artists. The 18-month initiative not only pledges financial support, but aims to foster a creative community across mediums and generations.” – The New York Time
  
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• Trustee / Rural Arts / Yorkshire

  14-10-2020 17:52
  Rural Arts is seeking expressions of interest to join its Board of Trustees.
  Trustees are integral to making sure charities run smoothly and achieve their goals. Being a Trustee...
  
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• Head of Projects / Factory Settings / London

  14-10-2020 17:40
  Salary c £55,000 commensurate with experience.
  Factory Settings Ltd is a leading supplier of specialist design interpretation, fabrication and fit-out, primarily serving clients in the Arts...
  
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• AMC Theatres Says It Will Be Out Of Cash By The End Of The Year

  14-10-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Major movie releases that were previously scheduled to be released in the fourth quarter have either been rescheduled for 2021 or slated for streaming releases, “leaving a reduced slate of movie releases for the remainder of the year, and release dates may continue to move.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Stage Manager: Live & Digital / Clod Ensemble / London

  14-10-2020 17:24
  Clod Ensemble is a multi-award winning, internationally renowned performance company. The company is led by two highly respected artists: the rich collaboration between Director Suzy Willson and...
  
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• Curatorial Research Fellow (History of Art) / Armagh Robinson Library / Northern Ireland

  14-10-2020 17:20
  Funded by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the purpose of the 15-month post will be to catalogue, research, interpret and promote the ‘Rokeby Collection’, a collection...
  
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• David Byrne's lockdown despair: 'I'd wake up and ask – What am I doing today and why?'

  14-10-2020 17:07
  
  The Talking Heads frontman has taken up drawing to get him through the pandemic – and drown all his fears. He talks us through his favourites, from Nature Man to Balanced Life‘I kept telling myself I was OK,” says David Byrne, recounting his last seven months living through various stages of lockdown in New York. “But like a lot of people, there were mornings when I’d wake up, stare at the ceiling and ask myself, ‘What am I doing today … and why?’
  
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• Why Do Certain Artworks Get Stolen Over And Over Again?

  14-10-2020 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Munch’s The Scream has been carted off by thieves twice, there are three Dutch Old Masters paintings that have been stolen three times each in the past 50 years, and the poor old Ghent Altarpiece has been taken an unlucky 13 times. Such works become famous, and thus very hard to fence, so why would they be repeat targets? Because, say two experts, stealing them can get the thieves clout — clout of more than one kind. – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Freelance Yale in London Lecturer / The Paul Mellon Centre / London

  14-10-2020 17:03
  Yale in London is looking for two freelance adjunct lecturers to teach a course in art history, history, or literature for its Summer 2021 programme running  from 6 June to 16 July 2021 and from...
  
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• Sprouts, skinheads, Sundays and supermarkets: Chris Killip – in pictures

  14-10-2020 16:33
  
  From the punk club moshpit to the well-tended allotment, the hard-hitting yet profoundly humanist photographer, who has died aged 74, captured real life in England’s post-industrial north-east Continue reading...
  
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• Publishing Insider Joins A Books-To-Prisons Pipeline

  14-10-2020 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When he isn’t promoting books for W.W. Norton, Peter Miller, publicity director of Norton’s Liveright imprint, moonlights as the owner of Freebird Books, a small used bookstore he operates in Brooklyn. … A year after buying the store, Miller heard that Books Through Bars, which donates books to prison inmates around the country, needed a space for its collection operations.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Art & Death Virtual Exhibition & Competition / huunuu / London

  14-10-2020 16:30
  Enter your work into the huunuu virtual Art & Death competition. We have three categories and three splendid prizes running alongside a virtual gallery.
  What does death, dying, bereavement and...
  
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• Retail Assistant / The Modernist / North West

  14-10-2020 16:20
  the modernist is seeking a gallery/shop retail and online sales assistant
  Job Description – Gallery/shop retail and online sales assistant
  Part-time – 26 hours pw (generally Tuesday to...
  
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• Why Kathryn Morgan Quit Miami City Ballet A Year After Her Triumphant Return To The Stage (It Isn’t Pretty)

  14-10-2020 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Once a very promising young soloist at New York City Ballet, Morgan had to stop performing for years due to hypothyroidism (with its attendant weight gain) and an autoimmune disorder. In 2019, by then a social media star, she was hired by Miami City Ballet in a move that got both dancer and company plenty of positive news coverage. Last week, in a 33-minute video that went viral, she recounted difficulties at the company that culminated in her being humiliatingly cut from a role (she’d be
  
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• Studio Technician / SPACER / South East

  14-10-2020 16:02
  SPACER is an interdisciplinary studio, for sustainable creative practice. We create artworks as individual artists and as a collective. We also facilitate the creation of artwork by working for and...
  
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• Stockroom Artists / Out of Joint / London

  14-10-2020 15:50
  We are looking for FOUR artists to join our Head Writer, Artistic Director and Executive Producer to form Stockroom, a dedicated writers room to create the best new work for midscale...
  
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• 2,600-Year-Old Egyptian Sarcophagus Opened For First Time

  14-10-2020 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The newly unveiled coffin is one of 59 sealed sarcophagi unearthed at the Saqqara necropolis — a sprawling ancient cemetery located south of Cairo — in recent months. Found stacked on top of each other in three burial shafts of differing depths (between 32 and 39 feet each), the coffins date to Egypt’s 26th Dynasty, which spanned 664 to 525 B.C.” – Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Friday Night Stand Up Comedy in Covent Garden / Leviathan Entertainment Ltd / London

  14-10-2020 15:27
  Comedy Carnival hosts shows every Friday and Saturday in Covent Garden featuring the biggest acts in the UK. Food and drink packages are also available for group bookings.
  URLs:Website:...
  
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• New York Philharmonic Cancels All Of 2020-21 Season

  14-10-2020 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It is really fair to say that in the 178-year history of the Philharmonic, this is the single biggest crisis,” said CEO Deborah Borda of the shutdown caused by the COVID pandemic. (A possible silver lining: could the hiatus be used to get started on reconstructing the orchestra’s concert hall?) – The New York Times
  
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• Developing A Writing Mindset - Online Workshop / Derbyshire Writing School / London / National

  14-10-2020 14:46
  Overview: There is no doubt about it, writing is hard. There are so many reasons to quit. To hold strong, you need to develop a clear and focused growth mindset. This workshop will help you...
  
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• Memories to Memoir - Online Course / Derbyshire Writing School / London / National

  14-10-2020 14:44
  Overview: You have a story to tell. It’s time to bring it to the page. Our Memories to Memoir course is perfect for those looking to start documenting their life through written...
  
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• Herbert Kretzmer, Who Wrote Lyrics For ‘Les Miz’, Dead At 95

  14-10-2020 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  A career newspaperman, he started as a film journalist in his native South Africa and went on to be a theatre and TV critic for two London tabloids; he moonlighted as a song lyricist, writing the words for “Goodness Gracious Me,” “Yesterday When I Was Young,” and Charles Aznavour’s “She.” Then came the offer to write the English adaptation of an old flop, a French musical version of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables — and, as he later said
  
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• Producer / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 14:09
  POSITION:                            Producer
   
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• Specialist Practitioner (Screen, Audio and Digital Performance) / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 14:05
  POSITION:                              Specialist Practitioner (Screen, Audio and Digital Performance)
   
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• How The UK’s Famous Drama Schools Are Responding To Calls For Systemic Change In Theatre

  14-10-2020 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “For many, British drama schools are beacons of excellence, whose training has led to fulfilling careers, but for others they have become symbols of all that is wrong with British theatre. The heads of some of the UK’s most prestigious schools speak to Lyn Gardner about finding the balance between tradition and change.” – The Stage
  
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• Associate Teacher (Technical) Sound / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 13:59
  POSITION:                              Associate Teacher (Technical) Sound
   
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• Lead Practitioner (Technical) Sound / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 13:55
  POSITION:                                   Lead Practitioner (Technical) Sound
   
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• Associate Teacher (Singing and Music) / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 13:50
  POSTION:                              Associate Teacher (Singing & Music)
   
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• Associate Teacher (Acting and Ensemble) / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 13:38
  POSITION:                               Associate Teacher – Acting and Ensemble 
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• Associate Teacher (Movement and Dance) / London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art / London

  14-10-2020 13:32
  POSITION:                              Associate Teacher - Movement & Dance
   
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