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• The TikTok Musical That’s Already Earned $1 Million

  04-01-2021 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  At a running time of 51 minutes, and with perhaps only half the numbers required for a full adaptation of the 2007 animated Oscar-winner, this “Ratatouille” is a mere appetizer. But with a winning Tituss Burgess as the human embodiment of Remy, the Parisian rodent who can stir up a mean beef bourguignon, it is a promising first course. And the harbinger of a future property on the school circuit or maybe even in some professional incarnation. (Another leading indicator: The Actors F
  
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• The Institutions That Used To Support creative Work

  04-01-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Artists in the middle of the twentieth century flourished not because the economy was inherently favorable to them, but as a result of powerful economic winds and the groups that joined in an attempt to harness them. Together, creative class groups wielded the crowbar of politics in an attempt to pry some autonomy out of consumer capitalism. If these standards of living were sharply eroded over the last 50 years, it is partly because the institutions that once upheld them had also fallen
  
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• Frida Kahlo Has Become An Icon – At The Expense Of Her Art?

  04-01-2021 22:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Her claims to eminence were those of someone who as a woman of her time, and disabled too, needed to find ways to make herself heard. It is Kahlo’s supporters, trumpeting her — rather than name-checking her — as a martyr or mater dolorosa to everything from feminism, racial and sexual fluidity to anti-colonialism and anti-capitalism, that do her a great disservice. – The Critic
  
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• Open Online Theatre Festival 2021 / IJAD Dance / London / All

  04-01-2021 21:59
  1 - 6 February 2021
  OOT Festival 2021 presents an exciting mix of new performance and panel discussions at the vital intersection of performing arts and digital. Performances will be streamed live...
  
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• Lessons For Classical Music After The Lockdown

  04-01-2021 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Yes, musical organizations will talk about learning pragmatic lessons from this pandemic. But as the industry begins the long march back toward some semblance of normalcy, let’s hope the lessons internalized also include keeping sight of the art form’s unique modes of immediacy, of intimacy, of direct expression, and of vulnerability. These qualities carried classical music through 2020 — and many of the rest of us too.” – Boston Globe
  
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• 25 Dancers, Choreographers And Companies To Watch In 2021

  04-01-2021 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Want to know where dance is going in 2021 as the world (hopefully) comes out of COVID lockdown? Here are 25 bright lights to follow. – Dance Magazine
  
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• Production Administrator / The Production Family / London

  04-01-2021 20:38
  The Production Family is looking for an experienced Production Administrator to work across a variety of projects, spanning from events, dance and theatre to immersive experiences and other...
  
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• Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Musicians Protest Met Tactics

  04-01-2021 20:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Every other major orchestra has been compensated since the very beginning of the pandemic. Met management is using the pandemic opportunistically. They are not seeking a short-term crisis-plan to balance out pandemic circumstances. They are seeking permanent cuts. The cuts they seek are so deep that the orchestra would need unrealistic salary gains over the next quarter-century just to get back to current salaries,” says the statement. – OperaWire
  
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• Chair of the Board of Trustees / Blue Apple Theatre / South West

  04-01-2021 19:31
  Blue Apple Theatre is seeking a new Chair of Trustees to lead the board during an exciting new phase of development.
  Founded in 2005 and based in Winchester, Blue Apple is an inspirational...
  
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• Chair of the Board of Trustees / Blue Apple Theatre / South East

  04-01-2021 19:29
  Blue Apple Theatre is seeking a new Chair of Trustees to lead the board during an exciting new phase of development.
  Founded in 2005 and based in Winchester, Blue Apple is an inspirational...
  
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• Congress Passes New Controls On Antiquities In The Defense Authorization Bill

  04-01-2021 19:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Regulators have long worried that the opacity of the antiquities trade, where buyers and sellers are seldom identified, even to the parties in a transaction, made it an easy way to shroud illicit transfers of money. The new legislation empowers federal regulators to design measures that would remove secrecy from transactions. – The New York Times
  
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• Study: Was Stonehenge Built As A Giant Amplifier?

  04-01-2021 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The study found that people who spoke or played music inside the monument would have heard clear reverberations against the massive standing stones. Testing on the model also suggests that the stones increased the volume on interior sound, kept exterior sound out, and made it hard for anyone outside the structure to hear what was going on inside. – Artnet
  
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• Study: Was Stone Henge Built As A Giant Amplifier?

  04-01-2021 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The study found that people who spoke or played music inside the monument would have heard clear reverberations against the massive standing stones. Testing on the model also suggests that the stones increased the volume on interior sound, kept exterior sound out, and made it hard for anyone outside the structure to hear what was going on inside. – Artnet
  
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• Youth Leadership Programme for musicians / Ark Schools / London

  04-01-2021 18:29
  Ark Music are recruiting for the next generation of inspirational music leaders – could this be you? They are looking for 10 passionate London-based musicians to join their new Youth Leadership...
  
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• Facilities Management Assistant / Libraries Unlimited / South West

  04-01-2021 18:14
  Salary: £19,000 – £23,000 (dependant on experience)Hours: 37 hours per weekLocation: Exeter LibraryClosing date: 9am, Mon 25 JanuaryInterview date: Thu 4 February
  We are looking...
  
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• Star Museum Directors Talk The Future Of Museums

  04-01-2021 17:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  As the Ford Foundation’s president, Darren Walker, recently told me, “museums are in a crisis because America is in a crisis.” Museums shape narratives that matter, so it’s no surprise young people are passionate about pushing for change. It’s time now to do better—a lot better. That means looking at ourselves honestly and fixing a whole lot about the way we work as we make authentic commitments toward equity, inclusion, access, and anti-racism. – Artne
  
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• The Salon - Contributor CALL / Untamed Artists / London / All welcome - No boarders

  04-01-2021 17:37
  Untamed Artists is new organisation that represents and showcases the works of independent artists. We offer consultation on digital copyright and provide preservation services to organisations,...
  
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• Marketing Officer / National Museums Liverpool / North West

  04-01-2021 17:33
  ABOUT THE ROLE
  Reporting to the Marketing Manager, you will develop and implement an assortment of campaigns to promote the extraordinary work and programmes delivered by National Museums Liverpool....
  
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• Quibi Didn’t Last, But Its Shows May Move To Roku

  04-01-2021 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The short-form site crashed and burned mere months after rolling out millions of dollars worth of shows, but Roku is already offering ad-supported free content through its own channel on its own devices. – Variety
  
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• Narrative Designer (Archive and Immersive XR) / StoryLab, Anglia Ruskin University / East

  04-01-2021 16:50
  As part of an Innovate UK funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT), Anglia Ruskin University (StoryLab, Cambridge School of Creative...
  
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• Head of Artistic Production / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Cardiff

  04-01-2021 16:50
  The BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales occupies a special role as both a BBC broadcast orchestra and the national symphony orchestra of Wales. The Orchestra is generously supported by the...
  
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• Temporary Programme Officer LCEP (2 year contract) / Tendring District Council / South East

  04-01-2021 16:47
  Salary: £28,672 - £38,890 per annum pro rata.
  Hours: 18 1/2 hours per week.
  Closing date: Sunday, 10 January, 2021 - 17:15.
  Interview date: To be confirmed.
  We are...
  
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• The Return Of The (High School) Radio Play

  04-01-2021 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The teen actors couldn’t perform outside because it was too cold, and they couldn’t film because their school went virtual partway through the term. So voice recording and mixing, original music writing, sound creation, and general learning about radio drama it was. One senior actress: “You really have to concentrate on how you use different pitches and tones to convey to the audience what the scene is about. And that takes a lot of focus.” – Colorado Public Radio
  
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• Grants Programme Manager / Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games / West Midlands

  04-01-2021 16:17
  The Grants Programme Manager will lead a £2m Creative Communities Grant Programme being delivered in partnership with Birmingham City Council, aiming to capitalise on the unique opportunity of...
  
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• Producer - Cultural Programme / Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games / West Midlands

  04-01-2021 16:11
  Birmingham 2022 is looking for an experienced arts producer to collaborate with artistic partners on the development of projects for the Games’ arts festival. In addition to working closely...
  
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• Digital Strategy Consultant / Ilfracombe Museum Trust CIO / South West

  04-01-2021 16:09
  Ilfracombe Museum is seeking a Freelance Digital Marketing and Communications Engagement Consultant with experience in developing, planning, audience-focused digital engagement plans within...
  
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• Performers wanted at the UK`s first zero-waste theatre / The Greenhouse Theatre C.I.C / London / + Bedfordshire

  04-01-2021 16:07
  Are you a performer, passionate about using your craft to help shape a greener future? The Greenhouse, the UK’s first zero-waste pop-up theatre, is currently recruiting for its rep-company to...
  
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• Producer - Creative Participation / Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games / West Midlands

  04-01-2021 16:06
  Birmingham 2022 is looking for an outstanding Producer who can ensure participatory engagement is achieved and maximised across cultural commissions and partnership projects that form part of the...
  
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• Board Chair / Redeye, the Photography Network / North West

  04-01-2021 16:02
  For over two decades, Redeye has delivered an innovative and highly-respected programme of support, research, knowledge sharing and professional development in photography. As a sector...
  
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• John Outterbridge, Sculptor Of Cast-Offs And Inspirational Arts Mentor, 87

  04-01-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Outterbridge, also an influential (and “magical”) arts administrator and educator, was a master of the assemblage, using the sculptures to tell stories about history and culture. “In castoffs there are profound treasures. … That’s what soul food is about. Chitterlings and pig feet are all about the notion that, as a people, we’ve taken the scraps, the castoffs, and made them into something so tasty that one can’t help but suck right down to the bones.&
  
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• Assistant / Arts Council England / London

  04-01-2021 15:55
  To apply for this position please visit our recruitment website: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news-and-jobs/jobs-and-careers-0
  AssistantLocation: London
  Salary: £24,922 per annum,...
  
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• Freelance Project Manager - Chichester Season of Culture 2022 / Chichester District Council / South East

  04-01-2021 15:52
  The summer of 2022 marks major anniversaries for a number of Chichester's key cultural organisations including: Chichester Festival Theatre (60th); Pallant House Gallery (40th); Chichester...
  
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• How A 65-Year-Old Actor Became An Instagram Maven

  04-01-2021 15:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Leslie Jordan wasn’t planning any of this, not the 5.5 million followers or the media attention. But, hey, lockdown. “Out of boredom, he began sharing ‘silly’ pieces of content like his ‘Pillow Talk’ series, where he snuggles up with a pillow and tells comfort food tales of Hollywood; videos of him dancing to Lisa Rinna’s aerobics class or with his cats; and Sunday sessions of him singing hymns with songwriter and producer Travi
  
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• Director of Finance and Operations / Theatre Alibi / South West

  04-01-2021 15:39
  We have a fantastic new opportunity opening up at Theatre Alibi for the role of Director of Finance and Operations joining the senior management team alongside the Artistic Director and the...
  
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• The Farnham Sculpture by David Mayne: Craft Town Commission / New Ashgate Gallery / South East

  04-01-2021 15:31
  The Farnham Sculpture, the new public art commission, is installed at New Ashgate, celebrating the World Craft Town Farnham. 
  In 2020, the local community voted to choose from three...
  
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• For Independent Bookstores, The Long 2020 Nightmare Is Not Nearly Over

  04-01-2021 15:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The legendary Powell’s still sits empty of customers, no matter how many people may be buying online or via curbside pickup. The hope for 2021 is just to survive, says its CEO. But for some smaller bookstores, nimble moves were easier. Take Maggie Mae’s, a children’s bookstore. “The takeway for Maggie Mae’s … is to ’embrace the pivot’ by making changes that will benefit both the business and the community.” – The Oregonian
  
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• Rising Stars 2021: Call for Early Career Makers / New Ashgate Gallery / South East

  04-01-2021 15:19
  Rising Stars is a curated, national platform to foster and champion new talent, early career makers, students and graduates from BA and MA crafts, design and applied arts programmes across the UK....
  
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• Uncovering – Literally – The Forgotten And Hidden Work Of Italy’s Women Artists

  04-01-2021 15:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  In Italy, for centuries, women weren’t allowed to work as artists, but many did anyway. The group Advancing Women Artists has been working its detective magic to change the history. The group “has shed light on a forgotten part of the art world, identifying some 2,000 works by women artists that had been gathering dust in Italy’s public museums and in damp churches. It has also financed the restoration of 70 works spanning the 16th to the 20th centuries.” – NPR
  
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• In Many Countries, Losing Restaurants Means Losing Community

  04-01-2021 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Diego Salazar, former chair of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants, has had a longer quarantine than many people. Sure, he and his wife order takeout – and it tastes great, but “I’d realize I was still missing everything about what once made me love food: the people who create it and the ‘sobremesa’ — the limitless chat after desserts, the reluctance to leave the table, the delight in shared experience.” – The New York Times
  
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• Fashion legend Martin Margiela to make comeback as artist

  04-01-2021 14:50
  
  Reclusive Belgian who retired as designer in 2009 will stage Paris exhibition of his artwork in April
  After 12 years out of the public eye, the reclusive fashion designer Martin Margiela has announced his comeback – as an artist.The Belgian, who retired from fashion design in 2009, is to exhibit at the Lafayette Anticipations gallery in Paris. Continue reading...
  
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• Painting In Apocalyptic Times

  04-01-2021 14:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Canadian artist painting 2020 for a spot across from Salvador Dalí’s Santiago El Grande, which includes a nuclear bomb going off: “I wanted the apocalypse I was creating to be different — different from traditional ending-of-the-world scenes where some people are being elevated and some people are being damned to hell.” – CBC
  
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• Artist and Author in Residence 2021 / Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries / East Midlands

  04-01-2021 14:39
  2021 Artist and Author in Residence opportunity, Inspire: Culture, Learning and Libraries
  We are delighted to announce that the call out for our 2021 Artist and Author in Residence is now open!
  We...
  
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• The Acts Of Art And Creativity Censored In 2020

  04-01-2021 14:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The year was terrible for global pandemic reasons, but also for brutality against artists, journalists, writers, playwrights, cinematographers, and more. How bad was it? “Civil rights were found to have deteriorated in nearly every country.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• The Writer Who Wants Readers To Feel Like Voyeurs

  04-01-2021 14:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  After all, why should we have access to the characters’ sex lives? Raven Leilani, author of Luster, says “I try to portray it in the way that moves me when I see it, when it is awkward and silly, which it often is. To depict it that way is to make it tender; what it looks like when two bodies, especially two bodies that are very different, get to know each other. … For me that is the most enjoyable kind of sex to watch and to read.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Creative Voice: Changing the Future video creator / Artswork Ltd / South East

  04-01-2021 14:10
  Artswork are commissioning a local artist to produce a short video, outlining the barriers to the arts young people are currently facing (such as gender, ethnicity, wealth, disability, and other...
  
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• A 33-Meter Hillside Vagina Sculpture Is Highlighting Brazil’s Cultural And Political Rifts

  04-01-2021 14:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The artist, Juliana Notori, “said the scarlet hillside vulva was intended to ‘question the relationship between nature and culture in our phallocentric and anthropocentric western society’ and provoke debate over the ‘problematisation of gender.'” Brazil’s alarmingly right-wing government, and its supporters, seem to be provoked. – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• The Antiquities Trade Is About To Get Reined In

  04-01-2021 13:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  Or at least, that’s the hope of the U.S. Congress. “Regulators have long worried that the opacity of the antiquities trade, where buyers and sellers are seldom identified, even to the parties in a transaction, made it an easy way to shroud illicit transfers of money. The new legislation empowers federal regulators to design measures that would remove secrecy from transactions.” – The New York Times
  
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• Marshall McKay, Who Steered Autry Museum Toward The West’s True Diversity, Has Died Of Covid At 68

  04-01-2021 13:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  McKay was one of a kind, a leader “who helped secure economic independence for the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation near Sacramento, and whose deep support of cultural causes led to his becoming the first Indigenous chairman on the board of the Autry Museum of the American West,” and so much more. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• David Fincher Hates Hollywood

  04-01-2021 13:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  Or at least the “unhappiest auteur” hates happy endings. Manohla Dargis dives deep on the director and his “beautiful bummers,” including, of course, the newish Mank, “a movie that, in its broadest strokes, enshrines its own loathing of the industry, partly through its strained relationship to the truth.” – The New York Times
  
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• Artist Open Call - New Portraits from England`s History / English Heritage / London / whole of England

  04-01-2021 13:03
  English Heritage is commissioning an England-based artist who defines themselves as either of the African diaspora, Black, African, African-Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, African-American or mixed heritage,...
  
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