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• Poets On COVID – Is This All There Is?

  14-12-2020 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “This lukewarm book, largely uncompromised by alert feelings, political insight, wit, striking intellect or lightning of any variety, is — to borrow a slab of Orwell’s Newspeak — doubleplus ungood.” – The New York Times
  
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• The Cost Of Being Charley Pride

  14-12-2020 22:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ultimately, Pride was rewarded by the country music business — by the end of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s, he was one of the genre’s central, crucial performers, a part of the firmament. But he was also, naturally, the exception that proved the rule — even with his success as an example, the country music industry remained largely inhospitable to Black performers. He was a one of one. – The New York Times
  
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• How The Internet Broke Our Brains

  14-12-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Imagine the 21st-century worker as accessing two modes of thinking: productivity mind and leisure mind. When we are under the sway of the former, we are time- and results-optimizing creatures, set on proving our industriousness to the world and, most of all, to ourselves. In leisure mode, the thrumming subsides, allowing us to watch a movie or finish a glass of wine without considering how our behavior might affect our reputation and performance reviews. For several hours a week, on Sund
  
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• Could The Streaming Wars Hit Their Peak In 2021?

  14-12-2020 21:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  The problem with all this growth is that eventually streaming services will just run out of households to sign up. This year, video-on-demand services have seen more growth than any other time in their history…But in 2021 the industry could see a massive cooling. Everyone will have tried everything and pretty much decided which ones they’re sticking to. – Wired
  
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• Dancing on Stone and in Water

  14-12-2020 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  I’ve said it before, and forgive me if I say it again: Dancers can’t not dance. There they are on my laptop’s window — at work in their apartments, in parks, on piers, and in empty streets. Maybe partners and roommates have filmed you performing; maybe you just attached your cell phone to a music stand and shooed the cat away. Dušan Týnek’s Quarry Dance IX is nothing like that. – Deborah Jowitt
  
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• What Ancient Cave Art Teaches Us About The Place Of Art In Human Existence

  14-12-2020 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It’s rare to see art that is intrinsically woven into, and ultimately shapes, the very fabric of society. Was art always destined to be something that came only after we had satisfied our basic subsistence needs? Human evolution suggests not.” – Aeon
  
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• By The Numbers: Just How White Publishing Is In America

  14-12-2020 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  By the end, we had identified the race or ethnicity of 3,471 authors.We guessed that most of the authors would be white, but we were shocked by the extent of the inequality once we analyzed the data. Of the 7,124 books for which we identified the author’s race, 95 percent were written by white people. – The New York Times
  
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• Composers / Music producers / Singer-songwriters / Music-makers / David Cumming / Zoe Roberts / Natasha Hodgson / London / All UK

  14-12-2020 19:27
  For full information, click here
  WHAT WE WANT
  Composers / Music producers / Singer-songwriters / Music-makers to join us in exploring ideas as part of an early R&D for a new immersive musical...
  
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• Tynesiders Project Manager / Headliners (UK) / North East

  14-12-2020 19:23
  Maternity Leave Cover up to 6 months
  Location: Headliners North East Office, must be able to travel throughout the Tyne and Wear area. Homebased during COVID...
  
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• Running Artfully Network - Artist Call Out / Fermynwoods Contemporary Art / East Midlands / All

  14-12-2020 19:08
  Can art and running catalyse artful ways forward for a post-pandemic future?
  The Running Artfully Network (RAN) is a new international artist-led group that brings communities and experts together...
  
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• The Best Architecture of 2020

  14-12-2020 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The editors of Dezeen have chosen their favorites. – dezeen
  
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• Classical Music’s Real Diversity Problem? Class

  14-12-2020 18:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Today, the genre is grappling with what, on the surface, might seem like an entirely different aspect of its legacy: the historical lack of diversity in its orchestras and ensembles. The truth is that these legacies could hardly be more intertwined: Economic discrimination has produced diversity dramas of all sorts. Yet you’d never know this from recent attempts by critics to wrestle with the genre’s representation problems without so much as a passing reference to class. – Th
  
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• Artist & Creative Practitioner / Pedestrian Limited / East Midlands

  14-12-2020 18:10
  Pedestrian Ltd is an arts and education charity based in the heart of Leicester’s city centre. We provide education, training and outreach projects for young people at risk, vulnerable adults...
  
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• A Plea For Books For Christmas

  14-12-2020 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Books remain the ultimate gift: easy to wrap, available in such a multifarious array that there’s truly something for everyone and, best of all, a desperately needed break from screens in the age of TikTok and Zoom. A book does not beep at you, spy on you, sell you out to marketers, interrupt with breaking news, suck you into a doomscrolling vortex, cease to function in a nor’easter, flood your eyes with melatonin-suppressing blue light or otherwise interrupt your already tro
  
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• Sales Advisor at a Film & TV Textile Hire Company / Seasons Textiles / London

  14-12-2020 17:25
  Sales Advisor
   At a Textile Prop Hire Company
  Full time £22,500 - £24,000 DOE per annum
   
  Seasons Textiles is a busy company in Southall, Middx.  We are the leading...
  
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• Ben Bova, Science Fiction Writer And Editor Of Prominent SF Magazines, 88

  14-12-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Bova was a “hard” science fiction writer – that is, no fantasy, but a lot of space travel and the science that might ensue. He edited Analog magazine and published new generations of writers there and at Omni, where he was the first editor. He won many Hugos and a lifetime achievement awardfrom the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation “for fueling mankind’s imagination regarding the wonders of outer space.” – The New York Times
  
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• Community Partnerships & Events Manager / Science Museum Group / Yorkshire

  14-12-2020 16:52
  The National Railway Museum (NRM), as part of the Science Museum Group (SMG), exists to inspire the next generation with the past, present and future of the railways. As we embark on the biggest...
  
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• TV’s Landscape Had Several New Nonbinary Characters This Year

  14-12-2020 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  From Star Trek: Discovery to Good Trouble, TV shows added nonbinary characters this year. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation – GLAAD – even has a checklist for writers’ rooms. All this isn’t an untrammeled joy for nonbinary people, however: Often, “nonbinary characters don’t appear to be informed by a real nonbinary person’s experience and perspective.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Head of Trusts, Foundations & Government / Science Museum Group / London / Multiple locations

  14-12-2020 16:12
  We are now looking for a Head of Trusts, Foundations & Government to lead the fundraising activities of the Trusts, Foundations & Government fundraisers at the Science Museum, providing...
  
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• Sports Development Coordinator / Arts Students' Union / London

  14-12-2020 16:11
  We are recruiting for the role of Sports Development Coordinator to engage students in physical activities, both competitive and recreational, and opportunities that support personal and professional...
  
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• Business and Finance Administrator / Islington Mill / North West

  14-12-2020 16:07
  Islington Mill Arts Club (IMAC) is a well-established artist-led CIC providing affordable studios, venue space and educational provision for the culture sector from its former textile mill in the...
  
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• The Head Of WarnerMedia Is Suddenly An Industry-Wide Supervillain

  14-12-2020 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jason Kilar made what he thought was a pretty decent decision, given the coronavirus – to launch Warner Bros’ entire 2021 slate both in movie theatres (well, the ones that are open) and HBO Max. Filmmakers, agents, actors, movie theatre chains, and many others are bemused or furious. To put it mildly, many in and out of Warner Media “chafe at what they see is a lack of respect for Hollywood tradition.” – The New York Times
  
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• Violin Teacher and Ensemle Coach / The Guildhall School of Music & Drama / London

  14-12-2020 15:57
  January or April 2021 start to be confirmed
  Remuneration: an hourly rate of £44.24 per hour including holiday entitlement
  This is an opportunity for a highly motivated, outstanding musician...
  
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• Director - Exeter UNESCO City of Literature / University of Exeter / South West

  14-12-2020 15:48
  We are looking for an experienced and ambitious leader for the new UNESCO City of Literature four year programme who will serve as the initiative’s Director, building collaborations with...
  
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• Artistic Programme Manager / Royal Ballet School / London

  14-12-2020 15:46
  The Royal Ballet School is one of the world’s greatest centres of classical ballet training. Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for the Royal Ballet...
  
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• Carol Sutton Of Steel Magnolias, Queen Sugar, And Hundreds Of Other Projects, 76

  14-12-2020 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Sutton died of complications from Covid-19. The New Orleans native – who never relocated from her home city – acted in her first movie with The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman in 1974, but she had “honed her acting abilities beginning in 1968, when she joined one of the rare African-American theatrical troupes in the Deep South. The Dashiki Project Theatre, founded by students at Dillard University and other historically black colleges and universities in Louisiana, was bas
  
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• Classical Ballet Teacher / Royal Ballet School / London

  14-12-2020 15:33
  The Royal Ballet School is one of the world’s greatest centres of classical ballet training. Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for the Royal Ballet...
  
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• Calling 2020 ‘The Year The Music Died’ Is Far More Truth Than Cliche

  14-12-2020 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  Where should musicians go, and what should they do? “Everyone in the live music business has asked that question since the pandemic decimated the industry. The damage was relentless and comprehensive, and it’s nowhere near over: tours grounded, beloved venues shuttered, layoffs made permanent and lifelong dreams vaporized. An industry at the crest of a hugely profitable decade has plummeted off a cliff.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Anthony Veasna So, Whose First Book Was The Subject Of A Bidding War, Has Died At 28

  14-12-2020 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  The young Cambodian-American writer died suddenly and unexpectedly at home. He was on the brink of literary stardom as “the author of crackling, kinetic and darkly comedic stories that made vivid the lives of first-generation Khmer-Americans.” His book Afterparties will be published next year. – The New York Times
  
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• Graduate Intern - Dance Technique & Programme Support / Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance / London

  14-12-2020 15:09
  We are offering an excellent training opportunity to gain experience in the teaching of contemporary dance technique and enable graduates to gain knowledge and understanding of the demands of working...
  
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• Prolific New Music Composer Molly Joyce Blazes A Trail

  14-12-2020 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  And with one hand, at that. She’s “among the most versatile, prolific and intriguing composers working under the vast new-music dome. She’s composed spectral, searching works for orchestra, choir, string quartet and percussion ensemble; collaborated with ­virtual-reality artists, dancers and poets; and studied with the likes of Samuel Adler, Martin Bresnick and Missy Mazzoli. … She has carved a unique sound as a composer by treatin
  
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• Facilitative Film Maker(s) / The D-Day Story, Portsmouth / South East

  14-12-2020 14:50
  Push the Boat Out: Facilitative Film Maker(s) 
  We are looking to appoint Facilitative Film Maker(s) to co-design, develop and create film(s) with 16-24 year olds to capture the varied roles on...
  
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• Christmas Carol Is More Than Humbug, Even For Those Weary Of Tiny Tim

  14-12-2020 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Truly. Even this year, or perhaps especially this year. “‘Will you decide who shall live and who shall die?’ this Ghost of Christmas Present asked Scrooge, a question asked many times this year: Is it those in government who played down the disease, those in law enforcement who disregarded Black lives or those who have put others at risk during the pandemic?” – The New York Times
  
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• Why Author Allie Brosh Went Silent For Years

  14-12-2020 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The author, whose illustrated tales resonate with what seems like anyone online (the memes are legendary and numerous), basically went radio silent after the publication of Hyperbole and a Half. Seven years – and many traumas – went by. But her new book is hitting at a weirdly accurate time. “I didn’t know quarantine was going to happen when I wrote the material, but I do hope that the last chapter in particular—the one about being your own friend—could be he
  
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• Which Of Steve McQueen’s Five New Films Should You Watch First?

  14-12-2020 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Whew, they’re all part of a piece, of course – that’s why they come under the title Small Axe as an anthology series – but some are more full films than others. Let’s say you have three hours. Which one, or ones, are best? – Variety
  
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• The History Of Sexism And Classism In British Science Underpins Everything About The Movie Ammonite

  14-12-2020 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When Francis Lee first read about Mary Anning, he felt a connection to her. Then he did the work to make gritty Lyme come to life. “I did extensive research to make sure that not just the facts about Mary but the facts about the day and how people lived their lives and what it meant to have no money in this time. … All of that is very, very factual.” But the film’s detractors have fastened their (homophobic) outrage on the relationship at the heart of the film between p
  
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• What Should MoMA Do About Philip Johnson’s Massively Racist Legacy?

  14-12-2020 13:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Truly, the man who was the founding director of architecture and design at MoMA is now a liability – or so says Harvard, which recently took steps to remove his name from the university’s buildings and official references. “His history with fascism, antisemitism and the Nazis is well documented. He tried to start a fascist political party in the United States, attended the Nuremberg rally of 1938 and described Hitler as ‘a spellbinder.'&rdqu
  
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• Learning & Participation (Music) Projects Manager (Mat Cover) / Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance / London

  14-12-2020 13:43
  We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic Projects Manager to join our Learning & Participation (Music) team.
  The Projects Manager forms a key role within the Learning & Participation...
  
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• True, Books Are Easy To Wrap

  14-12-2020 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  But for the holidays, give them as gifts in order to save bookstores and even the world, argues author Margaret Renkl. “Call your local bookshop — or check the store’s website — and order books for everyone on your list. Then pick up your order curbside and head home with a feeling of peace and accomplishment, and the knowledge that you’ve helped to make the world a better place without endangering yourself or anyone else.” – The New York Times
  
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• Take part in Creative Opportunities Unlocked / UAL / London / Online

  14-12-2020 13:30
  Opportunity for organisations:
  Creative Opportunities is UAL’s industry jobs board for students and graduates run by UAL Careers and Employability. It’s the go-to jobs board for art,...
  
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• Programme Manager: Ardagh Young Creatives / the Design Museum / London

  14-12-2020 13:16
  The Programme Manager: Ardagh Young Creatives will lead on developing, delivering and reporting on an exciting and much-needed programme to support young people from underprivileged and...
  
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• Development Assistant / Lyric Hammersmith Theatre / London

  14-12-2020 13:07
  The Lyric Hammersmith is one of the UK’s leading producing theatres. The Lyric produces world class theatre from the heart of Hammersmith, the theatre’s home for more than a hundred and...
  
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• Gallery Assistants / Focal Point Gallery / East

  14-12-2020 12:56
  Would you like to get experience working in a contemporary art gallery?
  Are you passionate about the role the arts can play in our lives?
  Do you enjoy being in a public facing environment?
  Focal...
  
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• Stage Door Receptionist / Trafalgar Theatre / London

  14-12-2020 12:48
  The Trafalgar Theatre will be opening its doors in the Spring 2021, following an extensive internal renovation, which has seen the restoration of the former Trafalgar Studios into a single,...
  
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• Conservator / National Science and Media Museum / Yorkshire

  14-12-2020 12:47
  Do you have an interest in working with objects from a diverse collection? Do you want to be part of a team providing conservation and collections care for a busy exhibition and loans programme?
  As...
  
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• Front of House Supervisor / Trafalgar Theatre / London

  14-12-2020 12:44
  The Trafalgar Theatre will be opening its doors in the Spring 2021, following an extensive internal renovation, which has seen the restoration of the former Trafalgar Studios into a single,...
  
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• Social Media Manager / Parker Harris / London

  14-12-2020 12:43
  Parker Harris is one of the leading visual arts consultancies in the UK. We are a small dynamic team and we pride ourselves in expert creation and project management of visual arts projects...
  
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• Executive Company Producer / Corey Baker Dance / West Midlands / UK

  14-12-2020 12:31
  The Executive Company Producer will work in partnership with CBD’s Artistic Director Corey Baker to lead on the development of Corey Baker Dance. The Executive Company Producer will work...
  
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• Development Manager / Heritage Museum / London

  14-12-2020 12:16
  Job Title: Development Manager (6-month contract, with opportunity to extend)Hours: Full-time, occasional weekend or evening work requiredSalary: £34,000 - £36,000, dependant on...
  
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• Podcast Producer / The O Show / London

  14-12-2020 11:36
  Seeking an experienced podcast producer. I'm looking for someone who is not only knowledgable of the ins and outs of podcast creation and distribution but who will be passionate about the subject...
  
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