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• How Hollywood Studios Are Reinventing (Again) For The Streaming Age

  02-12-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Amid the backdrop of the pandemic and the ongoing, years-long digestion of several mega-mergers, from Disney-Fox to ViacomCBS to AT&T’s WarnerMedia, pretty much every legacy entertainment house in town is in the process of maneuvering a massive ship-turning effort to better point their armadas in the direction of streaming.” – Variety
  
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• Secret To A Great Book? Mood

  02-12-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Horror is a mood, one of the most under-appreciated, under-discussed literary devices available to writers. And because horror is a mood, it’s subjective and transcends the limits of specific tropes or themes within a book—horror can be part and parcel of fantasy novels, mysteries or thrillers, literary fiction, and historical fiction. – Book Riot
  
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• How UK Theatres Are Changing During COVID

  02-12-2020 22:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Theatres that normally function as places of gathering, storytelling and entertainment have found themselves playing a very different role in the age of coronavirus. – The Stage
  
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• Absolute Beginners Playwriting: Page to Table Read / act up / London

  02-12-2020 22:19
  This 8-week practical course will be an introduction for new writers to the world of playwriting and how to craft a short play. The course will cover the key elements of playwriting looking at:...
  
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• The Arts’ COVID Losses By The Latest Numbers

  02-12-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  How have things changed since the pandemic? A recent Brookings Institution report shows America’s arts and creative industries lost $150 billion in sales and 2.7 million jobs through July. The “fine and performing arts” alone (commercial and nonprofit) incurred losses of $42.5 billion and a whopping 50% of its workforce (-1.4 million jobs).– Americans for the Arts
  
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• Keith Newstead obituary

  02-12-2020 21:58
  
  Automata artist whose mechanical creations were widely exhibited and sold in huge numbers in kit formKeith Newstead, who has died aged 64 of cancer, was the UK’s pre-eminent maker of automata – artistic mechanical devices that are built to look like human or animal figures and which give the illusion of acting as if under their own power.Newstead had a straightforward, even humble relationship with his chosen artform. Although his work drew on a rich tradition of makers of kinetic ar
  
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• Study: Hunger And Loneliness Activate Same Part Of The Brain

  02-12-2020 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[This study] provides empirical support for the idea that loneliness acts as a signal—just like hunger—that signals to an individual that something is lacking and that it needs to take action to repair that.” – Smithsonian
  
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• How COVID Turned One Of The Year’s Hottest Plays Into A Site-Specific Work

  02-12-2020 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  After the pandemic blew up the plans of every American stage company for this year, Blanka Zizka, director of the Wilma Theater in Philadelphia, got the idea to create a COVID bubble for cast and crew at a house in the Poconos, where they’d do a site-specific production for later viewing online. And one of the year’s most awarded scripts, Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning, seemed like the perfect choice. Writer Jane M. Von Bergen reports on how Zizka and her colleague
  
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• Camilla Wicks: Towering talent found, lost, and found again

  02-12-2020 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The clear, slipped voice at the other end of the phone was neither astonished nor impressed to learn that her recording of the Sibelius Violin Concerto was a collector’s item whose original LP was then selling for $125. “It’s not that good,” she said, sounding mildly exasperated. Oh, but it is. – David Patrick Stearns
  
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• Spotify’s Most Streamed Tracks Of 2020

  02-12-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bad Bunny was the biggest artist globally, amassing 8.3bn streams. The Puerto Rican star’s second album YHLQMDLG notched up 3.3 billion streams, followed by The Weeknd’s After Hours and Post Malone’s Hollywood’s Bleeding. – BBC
  
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• This Is Our City - FREE film course for creative teens / Heifer Productions / Yorkshire / Bradford

  02-12-2020 20:08
  A new free film project by Heifer Productions – brought to you with the kind support of Bradford Council, Bradford 2025 and Kala Sangam. 
  Using cutting-edge techniques combined with...
  
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• The Rediscovery (At Last) Of Ethel Smyth

  02-12-2020 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In 1934, all of musical England gathered to celebrate the 75th birthday of one the country’s most famous composers – Dame Ethel Smyth. During a festival spanning several months, audiences crowded into the Queen’s Hall, London, to hear her symphonic cantata The Prison, or settled in at home to listen to the BBC broadcasts of her work. At the festival’s final concert in the Royal Albert Hall, the composer sat beside Queen Mary to watch Sir Thomas Beecham conduct her
  
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• Uncertain States - A Solo Exhibition by Judith Burrows / factor-m / London

  02-12-2020 19:46
  With 'Uncertain States' Judith Burrows presents a site specific installation comprising metal wall panels and sculptures, lithographs and paintings that challenge concepts of time and memory...
  
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• Glamrou: From Quran to Queen / Fight in the Dog / London

  02-12-2020 19:36
  In this blisteringly funny and politically engaging debut show, drag sensation Glamrou battles to merge their queer identity and Islamic heritage. In this blisteringly funny and political debut,...
  
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• Studio Manager & Fabricator / Kate MccGwire / London

  02-12-2020 19:34
  Contemporary artist Kate MccGwire is looking for an experienced Studio Manager. As a core member of the team, this individual will work closely with Kate and play a key role in the studio.
  Part-time...
  
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• How Your Brain’s Built In Biases Let You Believe Untrue Things

  02-12-2020 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  There are several well-known mechanisms in human psychology that enable people to continue to hold tight to beliefs even in the face of contradictory information. – The Conversation
  
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• The Write Chat: What does it take to write a book? / / East / Online

  02-12-2020 19:09
  Katie Hale delves into the craft of writing with Rashmi Sirdeshpande & Helen Mort, and asks what it takes to write a book.
  Lots of us dream of writing a book. But how do we actually make that...
  
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• Muslims Have Been Visually Depicting The Prophet Muhammad For Centuries

  02-12-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Certainly, images of the Prophet of Islam have been far, far less common than those of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and other Christian figures, and Muslim culture, especially in the Arab world, has tended to disapprove of pictures of any human or animal. Yet miniatures and manuscript illuminations featuring Muhammad did start appearing in the late Middle Ages in the Persianate world, and a calligraphic equivalent in Arabic was developed as well. – The Conversation
  
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• 'Drawing with Steel' workshop. Join us & draw....in steel! / London Sculpture Workshop / London

  02-12-2020 18:47
  Spend a weekend exploring three dimensional space, volume and line whilst drawing .... with steel! 
  This exciting and unique weekend workshop will give you or a loved one the opportunity to...
  
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• Casual Worker / Wilton's Music Hall / London

  02-12-2020 18:46
  Wilton's Music Hall is looking to appoint a number of Casual Workers for our socially-distanced season from January – April 2021.A detailed description of the role can be found in the Job...
  
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• *Newly listed ceramics workshops - Glazing Techniques / London Sculpture Workshop / London

  02-12-2020 18:39
  We have three newly listed dates for our wonderful 'Glazing Techniques' Workshop.
  These three hour classes unlock the mystery of how a glazed surface is created and take your ceramics understanding...
  
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• Time To Talk About Dancer Body-Shaming?

  02-12-2020 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Dancers are rarely ever given comprehensive or healthy guidance on how to get into the shape that’s being asked of them—even when the resources are available. – The Observer (UK)
  
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• Start 2021 with a bang! 3 hour welding courses for beginners / London Sculpture Workshop / London

  02-12-2020 18:29
  Are you looking to start 2021 with something a little exciting?
  We have programmed multiple dates of our ever popular 'Introductory Welding for Artists' courses for January 2021 so why not treat...
  
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• Liquid Club #12: David Zink Yi & Ben Lewis in conversation / Liverpool Biennial / North West

  02-12-2020 18:25
  Thursday 10 December, 7-8pm
  Via Zoom & Facebook Live
  Join artist David Zink Yi on a journey through his multi-disciplinary practice, exploring the qualities of Afro-Cuban musical...
  
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• Digital Participatory Theatre Maker / Collective Encounters / North West

  02-12-2020 18:18
  Collective Encounters is a Liverpool based arts organisation specialising in using theatre as a tool for social change. Since March 2020 Collective Encounters has been delivering a busy programme of...
  
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• The Queen's found a Caravaggio in her loft! Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace – review

  02-12-2020 18:16
  
  Queen’s Gallery, LondonThere’s an entire wall of Rembrandts in here, not to mention magnificent works by Vermeer and Rubens. But these treasures should be on show to everyone all the timeSome of the greatest paintings in Britain – and I mean works by the likes of Rembrandt, Vermeer and Rubens – all hang in a single room, namely the Picture Gallery of Buckingham Palace. It must be quite something to visit, the kind of royal sanctum many of us only see via The Crown on Netf
  
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• Build your own piece of wooden furniture: December or 2021 / London Sculpture Workshop / London

  02-12-2020 18:08
  Are you fed up of your flat pack furniture but lack the carpentry skills or confidence to build your own? This two day course offers you the chance to explore inventive design techniques, work with...
  
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• Dolly Parton Funded A COVID Vaccine. It’s Not The First Time She’s Come To Our Rescue.

  02-12-2020 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jessa Crispin: “In the past month, Dolly Parton has saved us both from the pandemic and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, if you’ve been paying attention. Dolly Parton has been saving us her entire career.” – The Guardian
  
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• Ranger / Nottingham Castle Trust / East Midlands

  02-12-2020 17:57
  Nottingham Castle Trust are keen to see applications from people of all backgrounds and communities and are committed to representing the diverse nature of the city. The Trust look forward to...
  
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• Gallery Maintenance and AV Officer / Nottingham Castle Trust / East Midlands

  02-12-2020 17:54
  Nottingham Castle Trust are keen to see applications from people of all backgrounds and communities and are committed to representing the diverse nature of the city. The Trust look forward to...
  
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• 'It can be uncomfortable': how a New York farmhouse is facing its racist past

  02-12-2020 17:47
  
  In a new exhibition, three artists reckon with the history of slavery at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum with a range of challenging piecesWhen people think of buildings in Manhattan, chances are they think big and brash, cloud-piercing skyscrapers for tourists to marvel at.But the borough is also home to the far more modest Dyckman Farmhouse, a white clapboard home built in 1765. It’s the oldest farmhouse in the city, and just off 204th Street in Inwood, once home to Dutch farmer William Dyc
  
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• Mini Doc - Call for Submissions / HOP Projects CT20 / South East / UK

  02-12-2020 17:33
  Calling for creative practitioners from all disciplines to submit a proposal for a ‘MINI DOC’ commissioned as part of TWF ‘This Week in Folkestone’ - a contemporary...
  
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• Artistic Director / Pentabus Theatre / West Midlands

  02-12-2020 17:33
  Pentabus is looking for a visionary Artistic Director and joint Chief Executive, to lead and develop the company’s artistic vision, ensuring that we continue to create world-class theatre which...
  
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• BookExpo And BookCon Are No More

  02-12-2020 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The pandemic arrived at a time in the life cycle of BookExpo and BookCon where we were already examining the restructure of our events to best meet our community’s needs.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Graphic Designer/Illustrator / Slapstick Picnic / South East / Online

  02-12-2020 17:26
  Slapstick Picnic are a new outdoor theatre company from the creators of the HandleBards. We are looking for a graphic designer and/or illustrator to help shape the brand identity of our...
  
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• Gallery Sales Assistant / London Glassblowing / London

  02-12-2020 17:18
  Part-time: 2-3 days per week (14 -21 hours)
  Including weekends Deadline for applications: 14 September 9amLondon Glassblowing is a well established art/craft business with a beautiful...
  
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• Craft and Create - online winter workshops / ShakespeareMoves / London

  02-12-2020 17:15
  We created ShakespeareMoves as a way of satisfying a long-held desire to collide our distinct theatre disciplines of classical text and contemporary dance. So far we've run our first...
  
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• Merriam-Webster And Dictionary.com Have The Same Word Of The Year For 2020, And It’s No Surprise

  02-12-2020 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Both sites base their choice on search statistics, and the clear leader was, of course, pandemic. (Coronavirus was close behind.) – Mic
  
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• Sugar now on BBC iPlayer / Open Clasp Theatre Company / North East

  02-12-2020 16:58
  Presented by Open Clasp - the multi-award winning company behind New York Times Critics’ pick, Key Change - Sugar is an intimate piece of theatre made for the...
  
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• PR Consultant / Greenwich Dance / London

  02-12-2020 16:50
  We are seeking an experienced PR consultant or specialist arts PR agency to plan and carry out a national and local press and media campaign to launch an innovative new digital dance project and...
  
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• Sunday/Monday Art Teacher / art-K Hove / South East

  02-12-2020 16:47
  All educationalist agree that Art has positive effects on mental health, self-confidence and developing an individual personality. Schools try to retain as much art as they can, whilst balancing the...
  
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• Open Call: Culture Clearance Exhibition - Deadline Extended / Superfluous / London

  02-12-2020 16:47
  Culture Clearance Exhibition | Deadline Extended Submissions accepted until 10th Jan 2021Are you an Arts & Culture Worker facing redundancy, in precarious or unstable employment? Culture...
  
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• Sunday/Monday Art Teacher / art-K Wimbledon / London

  02-12-2020 16:45
  All educationalist agree that Art has positive effects on mental health, self-confidence and developing an individual personality. Schools try to retain as much art as they can, whilst balancing the...
  
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• Business and Finance Lead / Greenwich Dance / London

  02-12-2020 16:45
  We are seeking an experienced accountant/financial manager to support the delivery of a large, innovative creation project funded by the Culture Recovery Fund in addition to supporting the...
  
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• Sunday/Monday Art Teacher / art-K Clapham / London

  02-12-2020 16:44
  All educationalist agree that Art has positive effects on mental health, self-confidence and developing an individual personality. Schools try to retain as much art as they can, whilst balancing the...
  
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• Net Neutrality’s Biggest Enemy Is Leaving The FCC Early

  02-12-2020 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he’ll leave the agency Jan. 20, eliminating the possibility of a holdover Republican majority at the agency that could have temporarily stymied changes sought by the incoming Biden administration. Since being elevated to the chairmanship by President Donald Trump in 2017, Pai, a Republican, has led the commission in dismantling net neutrality regulations.” – Bloomberg
  
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• Consultant to Develop Strategic Plan / Manchester Literature Festival / North West

  02-12-2020 16:28
  Manchester Literature Festival is seeking a consultant(s) to develop a strategic plan that builds on the organisation’s achievements and aspirations to guide the Festival’s development...
  
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• Biden’s Cabinet Needs A ‘Dr. Fauci For The Arts’

  02-12-2020 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Peter Marks: “Now, more than ever, we need a secretary of arts and culture. As President-elect Joe Biden rolls out his circle of close advisers, the notion is gaining momentum among leaders and advocates of nonprofit groups and for-profit companies: that someone should be named to coordinate arts funding, unite assorted agencies and underline the value of arts and entertainment to the nation’s financial, social and psychological well-being.” – The Washington Post
  
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• Trustee - Petherton Arts Trust / The David Hall / South West

  02-12-2020 16:02
  Pethertom Arts Trust have spaces for new Trustees to further the work of this wonderful venue. PAT meet bi monthly (currently monthly), and Trustees are encouraged to attend events either as visitors...
  
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• Open Call for Proposals for a Permanent Lighting Installation / The Amelia Scott Building / South East

  02-12-2020 15:53
  Supported by Arts Council England, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Kent County Council invite artists to submit ambitious and exciting proposals to create one or more of seven large-scale...
  
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