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• Auction Houses Surprised How Well Their Business Went Online

  23-12-2020 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Despite the technological challenges, Europe’s leading auction houses say they have weathered the crisis well as customers adapted quickly, in some cases making online purchases in the millions for art they had only viewed virtually.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Trump Threatens To Veto COVID Funding If Funding For Cultural Institutions Isn’t Removed

  23-12-2020 23:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  He “reeled off items he deemed to be egregious, including foreign aid and wildlife research. Prominently featured on his list was “$40 million for the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, which is not even open for business; $1 billion for the Smithsonian, and an additional $154 million for the National Gallery of Art—likewise, these facilities are not open.” – Artnet
  
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• Legislation For A New Federal Writers Project?

  23-12-2020 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  David Kipen started lobbying for a new Writers’ Project in opinion columns and letters to lawmakers. One US congressman—Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat—wrote back to Kipen expressing interest in the idea, and now hopes to introduce a bill in the next Congress. The timing and exact details of the bill have yet to be finalized, but Lieu’s office says that a new project could be anchored within the Department of Labor or a cultural agency, and run as a grant program ad
  
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• 15 Objects That Symbolized 2020

  23-12-2020 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Some of these objects are troubling, a few are ridiculous, many are ambiguous (though some, to be sure, are delightful). These are the objects that caused us to see the world in a new way this year — or the objects that this singular year forced us to consider anew. – Medium
  
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• A James Baldwin Music Playlist

  23-12-2020 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi, a curator at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, hopes to rouse a new generation of writers with “Chez Baldwin,” a 478-track, 32-hour-long Spotify playlist based on Baldwin’s vinyl record collection. – Hyperallergic
  
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• Tutus: A Brief History

  23-12-2020 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “What is the history of this strange protruding skirt which allegedly gets its name from the French children’s word cucu, meaning ‘bottom’? Pointe took a look back at some important moments in innovation,” from Marie Taglioni’s bell-shaped skirt in the 1832 premiere of La Sylphide to the ten-foot-wide social-distancing tutu that the Dutch National Ballet developed this year. – Pointe Magazine
  
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• Freelance Youth Arts Coordinator / Engage Scotland / North East / SCOTLAND

  23-12-2020 20:53
  FOR PEOPLE BASED IN SCOTLAND
  Engage Scotland is looking for a freelance Youth Arts Coordinator to co-design and coordinate our visual arts/youth arts programme between February 2021 – March...
  
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• Conan Doyle Estate Settles In Enola Holmes Copyright Case

  23-12-2020 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The Enola Holmes case hinged on Sherlock Holmes’ complicated copyright status. Most Holmes stories sit in the public domain, and stories like Enola Holmes — which reimagines Holmes (played by Henry Cavill) having a younger sister — can freely repurpose their elements. But 10 of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are still protected by copyright, and the Doyle estate argued that they depict a meaningfully different version of the character.” – The Verge
  
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• Administration & Finance Officer / MAP Charity (Music and Arts Production Leeds) / Yorkshire

  23-12-2020 20:22
  MAP Charity​ (Music and Arts Production Leeds) is an alternative provider in creative education, offering qualifications and first-hand experience to young people at risk of exclusion from the...
  
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• Digital Content Creator (Photo&Video) Formula 1/Event focus / 16K Agency / London

  23-12-2020 20:16
  Must be based in: London (Global Role International Fully Paid Travel)The role as a Digital Content Creator will see you being a part of a team of passionate digital marketers....
  
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• How The Vienna Philharmonic Has Pushed Through The Pandemic

  23-12-2020 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  They went on a tour of Japan last month; since they got home, they’ve started a Bruckner symphony cycle under Christian Thielemann and played Strauss and Webern program under Zubin Mehta. Chairman Daniel Froschauer and general manager Michael Bladerer talk with a reporter about the orchestra’s commitment to playing together live and why it’s important. – The New York Times
  
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• New “Wonder Woman” Flops At the International Box Office

  23-12-2020 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  After months of delays, “Wonder Woman 1984” finally hit theaters over the weekend in 32 international markets. But the movie floundered at the box office. The Warner Bros. sequel earned just $38.5 million internationally over the weekend ahead of its debut in the US on Friday, when it will play in theaters and stream on HBO Max simultaneously. – Business Insider
  
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• Fast-Rising Artist Sven Sachsalber Dead At 33

  23-12-2020 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[He] developed a rich, singular voice and worked across media, bouncing seamlessly through performance, video, book projects, and paintings. This past year was a breakout moment for the artist.” – Artnet
  
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• Music As Advocacy Storytelling

  23-12-2020 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The way Ian Urbina tells it, musicians and journalists are both storytellers — one using sound, the other leveraging words. That kindred connection is part of what led the 48-year-old to launch, about a year ago, his venture The Outlaw Ocean Music Project. As of early November 2020, over 400 musicians from more than 60 countries have translated his stories into music that is heard by millions globally on more than 200 music streaming platforms, including Spotify and Pandora, accord
  
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• Dürer May Not Really Have Written That Famous Lament On Martin Luther’s Arrest

  23-12-2020 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Considered one of Dürer’s best-known writings, the Lament on Luther could instead have been the work of a contemporary monk that was slipped into the artist’s diary, possibly for political reasons, according to what the National Gallery describes as ‘very convincing evidence’.” – The Guardian
  
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• Exhibition artist / OBDK / London

  23-12-2020 17:33
  The Organization for the Democratization of the Visual Arts (ODBK) invites visual artists from all countries, working in all kinds of mediums to present an artwork proposal for an exhibition that...
  
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• New Device Beams Music Directly To Your Ears Without Headphones

  23-12-2020 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The technology uses a 3-D sensing module and locates and tracks the ear position sending audio via ultrasonic waves to create sound pockets by the user’s ears. Sound can be heard in stereo or a spatial 3-D mode that creates 360-degree sound around the listener, the company said. – Times of Israel
  
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• Artist Commission / Theatre31 / South East / London

  23-12-2020 17:20
  Digital Experiences - Commission Opportunity£7500
  We are seeking artists to work with young people to create new digital experiences for Theatre31
  Collaborate with us!
  Theatre31 is an...
  
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• For First Time, Ruins From Time Of Jesus Found At Garden Of Gethsemane

  23-12-2020 17:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Archaeological excavations by the Antiquities Authority ahead of construction unearthed a 2000-year-old ritual bath near the modern church at Gethsemane, together with the remains of a church from the Byzantine period (ca. 1500 years ago).” – The Jerusalem Post
  
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• What Drama Teachers Can Still Teach Over Zoom

  23-12-2020 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  William Church, director of theatre at Interlochen Center for the Arts, writes about the perhaps-unexpected opportunities and opportunities that online-only pedagogy offered in this year of quarantine and social distancing. – American Theatre
  
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• What I Learned From Spending 2020 Working, Learning, And Entertaining On The Same Screen

  23-12-2020 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alissa Wilkinson: “In a strange, unexpected way, this year made me appreciate the richness of experience we’ve normally enjoyed both offscreen and on and, along with it, the importance of context in those experiences. Reality seemed to collapse because the context for everything was the same: a brightly lit rectangle in my house.” – Vox
  
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• How Hollywood Negotiated The Pandemic, Studio By Studio

  23-12-2020 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “One studio’s delayed theatrical title became another studio’s new original streaming film. While some focused on remounting pipeline productions, others fast-tracked new productions that allowed for contained stories with minimal casts. Big-ticket packages were purchased with the hope of a future return to theaters and franchise films rejiggered to allow for back-to-back production of installments. Ahead of 2021, The Hollywood Reporter takes a closer look at how each studio&r
  
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• This New Company Of Men Dancing On Pointe Is Not Like The Trocks

  23-12-2020 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, as skillful as its members are, basically performs affectionate parodies of classical ballet, and the dancers all have drag names (including the ones taking male roles). The men in the new San Francisco troupe Ballet22 may sometimes wear tutus, but they dance as themselves and the choreography is serious. – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• Digital Engagement Professional / Hampshire Cultural Trust - Eastleigh Museum / South East

  23-12-2020 15:25
  We are looking for a vibrant, enthusiastic and engaging digital engagement professional with a good understanding of working with young people.
  For full details and details of how to apply...
  
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• Director (Parental Leave Cover) / Cowley Road Works / South East

  23-12-2020 14:57
  The Board of Trustees seek to appoint a Director to cover 12 months parental leave from January 2021 - January 2022. The Director will lead on all aspects of the charity, and support Global Carnivalz...
  
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• "Make Your Own Lampshade" ONLINE Steam Bending Workshop / Charlie Whinney Studio / North West

  23-12-2020 14:48
  In this hands-on live online class, you will be crafting wood with steam. It's a really fun craft class as you learn a totally new skill and get to make an eye-catching lampshade.You will receive a...
  
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• Christian Lawyers’ Group Sues Director Of Madrid’s Reina Sofia Museum For Blasphemy

  23-12-2020 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last week the institution opened a major retrospective of the iconoclastic Argentine artist León Ferrari, whose work often riffs subversively on Christian imagery. Within a few days, the Asociación Española de Abogados Cristianos filed a legal action against Manuel Borja-Villel, the museum’s director, arguing that the show “insult[s] Jesus” and “mocks the Gospel.” – ARTnews
  
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• Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for Arts Facilitators / Arts 4 Dementia / London / via Zoom

  23-12-2020 14:12
  We are pleased to announce our next Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for Arts Facilitators
  Full-day Interactive Training via Zoom (not a webinar)
  on Thursday, 14 January 2021, 10 - 5 PM...
  
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• Gender-Neutral -e Ending In Spanish Is Starting To Catch On (Except At The Royal Spanish Academy)

  23-12-2020 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  ‘Latinx” may seem ungainly in English, but it’s very awkward in Spanish. But use of latine as an alternative to latino/a, a formulation which started in Argentina (where even some universities, politicians and judges have started using it), is spreading among young people in Latin America and Spain, as is the -e ending more generally. Yet the Real Academia Española, the official arbiter of the language of Cervantes, will have nothing to do with it. That may not matter s
  
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• Engagement & Heritage Administrator / Brooklands Museum Trust / South East

  23-12-2020 13:17
  Full time, 37.5 hours per week, some occasional weekend and bank holiday working will be required, including New Year’s Day (time off in lieu will be given for working on Bank...
  
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• Win Gbp 1000 to kickstart your New Year's fundraising goals / Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy / London / Any

  23-12-2020 13:06
  Investing in new ideas for arts fundraising!
  To celebrate this years’ Giving Tuesday, Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy is announcing a competition for arts, cultural and heritage...
  
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• Albrecht Dürer may not have written Lament on Luther, finds study

  23-12-2020 13:05
  
  Research suggests elegy on arrest of Protestant reformer was the work not of the German artist but of a monkIt has been described as “one of the greatest spontaneous prayers in world literature”, but Albrecht Dürer’s elegy on the arrest of Martin Luther, the Protestant reformer, may not have been written by the German painter, printmaker and writer after all, research suggests.Considered one of Dürer’s best-known writings, the Lament on Luther could instead have
  
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• Creative Place Development Officer / Tees Valley Combined Authority / North East

  23-12-2020 13:04
  The Tees Valley Combined Authority is looking for three highly motivated, passionate and experienced people with backgrounds in the cultural industries and / or destination development to fill three...
  
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• INSIGHT - Group Coaching for Performing Arts Professionals / / London

  23-12-2020 13:01
  INSIGHT is a 6-week group coaching programme for performing arts professionals. Created and led by two professional coaches and performing arts managers, it offers a safe and courageous space between...
  
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• Senior Programme Manager / Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games / West Midlands

  23-12-2020 12:52
  Closing Date – 13/01/2021 Birmingham 2022 is looking for an exceptional Senior Programme Manager to work at the heart of three of its major cultural activities – the Cultural Programme,...
  
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• Project Manager (Live Sites) / Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games / West Midlands

  23-12-2020 12:45
  Closing Date – 18/01/2021 Birmingham 2022 Live Sites will be a ‘front-door’ to the Games offering outdoor screened Games events, ‘have-a-go’ sporting and cultural...
  
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• Charitable Fundraiser / Wem Town Hall Community Trust / West Midlands

  23-12-2020 12:16
  Contract value: £5,000 (inc. VAT and expenses)Contract length: To be completed by 31 March 2021
  Closing date for applications: Monday 18th January 5pm
  Wem Town Hall (WTH) is a multi-use...
  
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• Spoken word artist/performer bursary - opportunity to contribute / Living Memory / West Midlands

  23-12-2020 12:15
  We are looking for an early career/emerging spoken word artist/performer based in Birmingham or the West Midlands to contribute to a new short film being produced by the Living Memory Project about...
  
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• Duty Manager (Maternity Cover) / Arts at the Old Fire Station / South East

  23-12-2020 12:04
  Arts at the Old Fire Station are looking for a Duty Manager to join our front of house team on an 8-month maternity cover contract. Delivering excellent customer service and an informed welcome to...
  
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• Specialist Advice (Market Research) Freelance Contract / North Craven Building Preservation Trust / Yorkshire / This post is remote

  23-12-2020 11:44
  The Folly is a Grade I listed historic house from 1679 in the heart of historic Settle. It houses the Museum of North Craven Life, which tells fascinating tales of the people and landscape of the...
  
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• Development Manager (Trust, Foundations and Public funders) / Music For Youth / London

  23-12-2020 11:14
  Location: Flexible working including MFY London office, Somerset House, Strand. 
  KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
  Managing relationships with trusts and foundations that support the work of the...
  
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• Administrator / Warwickshire Choristers / West Midlands

  23-12-2020 11:01
  To provide efficient support for Warwickshire Choristers in operational functions
  Warwickshire Choristers is an open-access choral organisation consisting of three boys’ choirs and a brand new...
  
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• Canada’s Non-Fiction Revolution

  23-12-2020 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In Canada, the most trail-blazing contemporary nonfiction is being produced by writers of colour and Indigenous writers, many of whom are women or nonbinary. – The Walrus
  
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