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• America’s Iconic Hotel Atriums

  08-12-2020 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We don’t build them much anymore, but Americans invented, perfected and exported this unique building style to the world (where it continues to prosper). Birthed in brash excess, atrium hotels were first seen as too gaudy by the modernist architectural establishment and as too profligate by penny-pinching chain hoteliers. To varying observers, they suggest everything from Disney to dystopia. But in their heyday, these buildings promised — and delivered — a spectacle lik
  
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• Remote communications assistant / neve / London / International

  08-12-2020 23:26
  neve is a new creative communications agency for the architecture, design, and culture industries. We are a friendly and entrepreneurial virtual first agency working with talented collaborators...
  
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• New AI Can Predict Your Moral Principles

  08-12-2020 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The development team “choose to focus on a theory commonly used by social scientists called Moral foundations theory. It postulates several key categories of morality including care, fairness, loyalty, authority, and purity.  The aim of the new models is to infer values of those five moral foundations just by looking at their writing, regardless of what they are talking about.” – IEEE Spectrum
  
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• Why The Most Interesting British Philosophers Were Born Before WWI

  08-12-2020 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  This mix of genius, the dark history of the mid-20th century and wonderful anecdotes and gossip about intellectual life in Oxford and Cambridge make for a good read. There are some fine philosophers around today but the smart money would still bet that the next major biography of a philosopher will be about someone born before the First World War. – The Critic
  
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• Why Producers Are Killing Movie Theatres

  08-12-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We’re witnessing a transformation of what it means to watch a movie. For over a century, film was at its core a theatrical art form: While it’s true that movies could be watched on TV, the primary cinematic experience was immersive viewing in a theater surrounded by strangers. Now there is a push to make the movie theater merely one platform among others, offering an experience deemed no more meaningful than watching the same feature-length visual narratives on a home enterta
  
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• Videographer - 12 month freelance contract / Veolia / London

  08-12-2020 22:01
  I am looking to work with a videographer from January - Dec 2021 in a full time contract (40 hours per week). You will join our existing videographer working on a project to shoot and edit training...
  
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• Paris Olympics Will Include Breakdancing As A Sport

  08-12-2020 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Olympics announced on Monday that the competitive dance form will be among the new sports set to debut during the 2024 games. The Olympics website states that breakdancing (named “breaking”), skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing will be new categories for the next summer Olympics. – Deadline
  
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• The Agonizing, Years-Long Journey That Took David Hallberg To The Australian Ballet

  08-12-2020 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I was broken,” the new director of the company says. In 2013, he injured a foot, and the treatment he got for it (including one badly misguided surgery, followed by another to correct the first) over the next two years was disastrous, much worse than he revealed publicly at the time. At age 33, not only could he no longer dance, he couldn’t really walk properly. Desperate, he got a one-way plane ticket to Melbourne and turned to the Australian Ballet’s unique physiother
  
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• FDR, Radio, and What’s Wrong Today

  08-12-2020 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  During the Depression, during World War II, FDR and radio bonded; he was even, as Murray Horwitz remarks, “the biggest star of old-time radio.” – Joseph Horowitz
  
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• It’s Time For Movies To Move On Beyond Theatres

  08-12-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s time for the creative cinema establishment to catch up to the movie audience because when the pandemic is over, cinema in theaters may only survive in art houses that are the equivalent of vinyl for music purists.” – Deadline
  
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• How ‘Citizen Kane’ Got To Be, And Stopped Being, The ‘Greatest Film Ever Made’

  08-12-2020 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Maybe it’s hard to imagine now, but for many years, Kane‘s dominance wasn’t a matter of personal preference. It was practically a piece of data — like the name of the president, or the location of Florida. Miles and miles of words have been written about why Orson Welles’s masterpiece was so widely acclaimed … [and], of course, about whether it deserves that acclaim — not to mention who, exactly, is responsible for its greatness. But how did Cit
  
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• The Complicated Legacy Of James Beard (And What It Says About American Food Culture)

  08-12-2020 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In the decades that followed World War II, no public figure prosecuted the cause of introducing America to seasonality, freshness, and culinary pleasure with greater vigor than James Beard. Gay, bow-tied, effusive, charismatic, and possessed of a lavish appetite, Beard had the misfortune to live in an era at once bigoted, repressed, paranoid, abstemious, and uninterestingly dressed. Today he is best known for the awards dispensed by his eponymous foundation, which remain, 35 years after
  
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• Louise Glück Felt ‘Panic’ At Receiving Nobel Literature Prize

  08-12-2020 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “‘Mostly I am concerned for the preservation of daily life with people I love,’ she told the prize organisers on 8 October, when asked how she felt about winning. ‘It’s disruptive. [The phone] is ringing all the time. It’s ringing now.’ Speaking to the press outside her house that same day, she said she felt ‘agitation and joy’ before getting in a waiting car.” – The Guardian
  
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• Project Assistant / England's Performing Arts Showcase / East Midlands / England

  08-12-2020 18:34
  A consortium of four of the UK’s brightest and most artist-centred international performing arts festivals (Fierce Festival, GIFT, MAYK and Transform) working in partnership with Battersea Arts...
  
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• Jennifer Packer review – paintings that creep up on you

  08-12-2020 18:32
  
  Serpentine Gallery, London
  Friendship, loss and the everyday populate Packer’s canvases, but they are full of disquieting detailI’m drawn to the details in Jennifer Packer’s paintings. The woman whose legs are drawn up on to the chair, her red and white sneakers casually dangling. The pair of white stereo speakers on the floor nearby, with the tangle of white wires between them. The artist Eric Mack (one of several frequent models), his ankles revealing odd socks, carefully cho
  
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• Man Posing As Building Owner Hires Artist To Paint Mural, Then Disappears

  08-12-2020 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Joshua Hawkins said a man named “Nate” hired him last month to paint a mural on his building and offered Hawkins more than he was asking to do it. Hawkins said he met that man twice, first when the man dropped off paint and the first half of the payment, and again when the man brought the final payment before the piece was finished.” – Central Illinois Proud
  
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• Producer / England's Performing Arts Showcase / East Midlands / England

  08-12-2020 18:28
  A consortium of four of the UK’s brightest and most artist-centred international performing arts festivals (Fierce Festival, GIFT, MAYK and Transform) working in partnership with Battersea Arts...
  
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• Trustees / Wysing Arts Centre / South East

  08-12-2020 18:27
  We are looking for two new Wysing Trustees.
  Deadlines for applications of interest are 12 noon on Monday 11th January.
  We would like to ensure that new Trustees bring diverse perspectives and...
  
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• Artist / Scarborough Borough Council & Town Centre Team / Yorkshire

  08-12-2020 18:24
  PAID OPPORTUNITY FOR ARTISTS - SHORT DEADLINE
  'Scenes from Scarborough' is a commissioning opportunity for artists based in Scarborough Borough, brought about by the Town Centre Team and Scarborough...
  
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• Mental Health Film or Theatre Facilitator / Director / On the Record CIC / London

  08-12-2020 18:18
  Since 2012, On the Record have trained hundreds of people to record the memories of people and places that would otherwise be lost. We share the stories we gather through creative, high-quality...
  
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• Customer Service Assistant (job ref: CHG001) / Libraries Unlimited / South West

  08-12-2020 18:15
  Salary: £4,060.93 p.a. / £9.16 per hour (£17,677 FTE)Hours: 8.5 hours per weekLocation: Chagford LibraryClosing date: 9am, Mon 4 JanuaryInterview date: Mon 11 January
  We are...
  
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• Wollstonecraft and Woolf both deserve statues. But do they represent women like me? | Claire Hynes

  08-12-2020 18:08
  
  Both were born into privilege and steeped in empire. Britain’s outstanding black women deserve to be honoured tooThe prospect of a lifesize statue of Virginia Woolf in the capital is moving closer, with a fundraising event this week that campaigners hope will help reach their £50,000 target. It makes perfect sense that Virginia Woolf should be honoured: she was perhaps the best known of the modernist writers in the early part of the 20th century, an innovator of stream-of-consciousne
  
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• Great Dead Pop Singers Are Posting TikTok Videos

  08-12-2020 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Frank Sinatra has a TikTok account …, as do Whitney Houston, John Lennon, and Prince. Some of the profiles were clearly set up by the late-singers’ estates. Others seem to be the work of record labels, in a bid to introduce their catalogues to a younger generation. And while the phenomenon is a little weird, it’ll also probably work.” – Mic
  
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• Communications Manager / The Koppel Project / London

  08-12-2020 18:04
  The Koppel Project is looking for an engaged, proactive individual to manage communications for this rapidly expanding arts charity. We are looking for a highly efficient, flexible, and reliable...
  
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• Designer / ARCADE & KIT Theatre / Yorkshire

  08-12-2020 18:01
  Wardrobes Designer
  Application closing date: 9am 18th January 2021
  Interview timeframe: 3rd - 5th February 2021
  Contract type: Fixed term, freelance, approximately 5/6 days @ £150
  Materials...
  
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• Studios Assistant / The Koppel Project / London

  08-12-2020 17:51
  The Koppel Project is looking for an energetic, proactive individual to assist with the day-to-day running of the studio arm of this rapidly expanding arts charity. We are looking for a highly...
  
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• Mystery of the monoliths: if only it were aliens

  08-12-2020 17:45
  
  The strange, reflective objects that have appeared in wildernesses worldwide were an inspiring stunt but are now just a tedious prankSomeone had to spoil it. That could be the motto of the social media age when things that begin as wonders become mere memes. Now our inability to let well alone is turning the most mysterious art happening of 2020 into another tedious prank.Strange metal monoliths are materialising everywhere, in California, Romania, the Isle of Wight and, according to the latest
  
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• Curator / Hull Culture and Leisure / Yorkshire

  08-12-2020 17:42
  Ferens Art Gallery is one of the leading galleries in the UK. Hosting the prestigious Turner Prize during 2017 UK City of Culture; the gallery continues to grow its national and international...
  
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• The Pandemic’s Threat To American Culture

  08-12-2020 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Joseph Horowitz: “More than handwringing, this litany invites historical analysis. Why is no one in Congress or the White House talking about protecting crucial cultural interests, echoing discussions abroad? For three centuries, Americans regarded Europeans as cultural parents; we would emulate, learn, and grow. Where does that relationship stand today? Are we still growing up? Reverting to infancy? Opting out?” – The American Scholar
  
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• Flash Fictions Open Call: Alternative Networks / The Photographers' Gallery / London

  08-12-2020 17:28
  We’re looking to publish image-text short stories on Alternative Networks created using human-machine collaboration.
  Imagin(in)g Networks is a programme exploring the existing...
  
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• Inside The Collapse Of The Baltimore Museum Of Art’s Big Deaccessioning Plan

  08-12-2020 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Peggy McGlone and Sebastian Smee report on how director Christopher Bedford’s plan to raise $65 million to fund diversity-equity-and-inclusion projects by selling paintings by Andy Warhol, Brice Marden and Clyfford Still was conceived, approved, attacked, and withdrawn. “There’s one thing the Baltimore episode made clear: Even the most noble of causes, including paying the mostly minority guards a living wage and improving access for the community, can’t be funded by mon
  
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• First Assistant (Job ref: DRT001) / Libraries Unlimited / South West

  08-12-2020 16:50
  Salary: £10,663.54 / £10.10 per hour (£19,484 FTE)Hours: 20.25 hours per weekLocation: Dartmouth LibraryClosing date: 9am, Mon 4 JanuaryInterview date: Tue 12 January
  The Library...
  
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• Irish Fiddle Player / Giffords Circus / South West

  08-12-2020 16:46
  Gifford’s Circus are seeking an Irish Fiddle player for the 2021 season. 
  We are a travelling circus performing around the village greens and palace parks of the South West of...
  
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• Safeguarding Adults at Risk in the Arts and Cultural Sector / Artswork / South West

  08-12-2020 16:42
  For individuals and organisations looking to update their understanding of safeguarding legislation and best practice, specifically when working with adults at risk in the creative, cultural and...
  
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• Chair of the Board and Trustees / Fierce Festival / West Midlands

  08-12-2020 16:38
  Fierce is looking for a new Chair and Trustees to complement the skills and experience of the current Board. We are looking for people who enjoy working as part of a supportive, but rigorous team,...
  
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• Admin Assistant / Fierce Festival / West Midlands

  08-12-2020 16:33
  We are very excited to be looking for an Admin Assistant to join the core Fierce team from February 2021. With several big projects in the pipeline as well as preparing for our 25th anniversary...
  
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• Well, Someone’s Taken Credit For The Monoliths (Just Guess What They’re Doing Now)

  08-12-2020 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “An anonymous collective called The Most Famous Artist says it was behind … the original steel stele in Utah as well as the replica that popped up in Atascadero, California, before being swiftly dismantled by a band of Christian zealots. And now — as if there were any doubt as to where this was headed — the collective is selling facsimiles for the low, low price of $45,000.” – Artnet
  
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• Furloughed Nashville Symphony Musicians To Get $500 Weekly Stipend

  08-12-2020 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  An agreement between management and the musicians’ union provides that the payments will begin on Jan. 3 and run through the end of the cancelled due to COVID) season on July 31. In exchange, the musicians agree to take part in community performances and other outreach activities. – Nashville Scene
  
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• Design and Content Creator / The Architecture Centre / South West

  08-12-2020 15:52
  Are you a talented designer that can excite audiences?  Can you tell fascinating stories about the future of our cities and new tales of our past?
  Are you excited about the possibilities of...
  
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• Measuring Impact: Evaluating projects / Artswork / East / National

  08-12-2020 15:48
  This course will guide you through creative examples and useful case studies to develop and review your own evaluation processes and models.
  Evaluation can sometimes seem like a daunting task, but...
  
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• Creating Environments that Promote Wellbeing / Artswork / East / National

  08-12-2020 15:44
  This interactive session will explore what Wellbeing is, why it is important and the tools to promote wellness in your community and spaces.
  2020 has been a challenging year with individuals and...
  
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• Online Safeguarding for the Arts and Cultural Sector / Artswork / East / National

  08-12-2020 15:38
  This one hour webinar will help you identify and consider the risks and areas of concern that you might encounter with online delivery.
  As organisations adjust to the current climate and move...
  
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• Head of Communications and Engagement / Royal Collection Trust / London

  08-12-2020 15:33
  It’s about helping millions of people enjoy magnificent buildings and works of art. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust exceptional.
  In a newly-created role, you will play a...
  
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• For Second Time, Federal Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Attempt To Shut Down Tiktok

  08-12-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  “On October 30, … U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols granted an injunction that prevented [a ban on new downloads of the app in the U.S.] from taking effect. In the latest ruling, Nichols … found that TikTok had shown it would suffer irreparable harm if the order were allowed to take effect.” – Variety
  
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• In2Music PPA Tutor / Merton Music Foundation / London

  08-12-2020 14:52
  In2Music PPA Tutor
  January 2021 Start 
  Whole Class Music PPA Cover: Years 3 - 6
   
  Merton Music Foundation
  Instrumental Tutor/Classroom Teacher
  £142 per day,...
  
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• Marketing Coordinator / Brighton Fringe Ltd / South East

  08-12-2020 14:12
  Brighton Fringe Ltd seeks a competent, motivated, methodical and creative individual for the position of Marketing Coordinator, to report to the Marketing Manager, and work alongside the Digital...
  
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• Keyboard Teacher (Birmingham) / Learning Music / West Midlands

  08-12-2020 13:59
  Location: Birmingham
  Remuneration: £24-26/hour
  Closing Date: 18 December 2020
  Start Date: January 2021
   
  The Role
  Learning Music is seeking to appoint a Keyboard Teacher to teach...
  
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• Fundraising Consultant / South Hill Park Arts Centre / South East

  08-12-2020 13:59
  Provide the strategy, thought leadership, clear priorities and objectives for South Hill Park’s fundraising activity for the next three years and support the resident team in its...
  
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• Strategic Communications Manager / Festival UK* 2022 / West Midlands

  08-12-2020 13:51
  Closing Date – 15/12/2020 The Strategic Communications Manager has a crucial role to play to ensure we keep multiple and diverse stakeholders informed about the festival as it develops and...
  
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• Digital Communications Manager / Festival UK* 2022 / West Midlands

  08-12-2020 13:48
  Closing Date – 16/12/2020 As a nationwide festival of creativity and innovation digital will be central to the delivery and promotion of Festival UK* 2022’s commissioned programme. As...
  
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