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• Ex-Employees Of The California Arts Council Speak Out

  06-01-2021 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When it comes to the arts program specialists, I and several of my former colleagues found it to be a space that causes fear of retaliation, targeting and silencing, and where leadership lacks accountability.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• After 40 Years Leading San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson To Step Down

  06-01-2021 23:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Since being named to the position in 1985, Tomasson, 78, has been hailed for his success at combining excellence in the classical ballet repertoire with a spirit of artistic innovation and the development of new work. Tomasson alone has created more than 50 dances for the company, as well as commissioning work from a wide range of contemporary masters and developing artists. – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• The Fifteen-Minute City? Sweden Considers The “One-Minute City”

  06-01-2021 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  A plan piloted by Swedish national innovation body Vinnova and design think tank ArkDes focuses attention on what Dan Hill, Vinnova’s director of strategic design, calls the “one-minute city.” It’s a order of magnitude smaller than other recent think-local planning conceits. While Paris works with a 15-minute radius and Barcelona’s superblocks with nine-block chunks of the city, Sweden’s project operates at the single street level, paying
  
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• Australian Artists: Why Did The National Government Forget Us?

  06-01-2021 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  “For some, state governments stepped up and provided support. But the message to artists from the federal government was: you are not important to the national agenda, and therefore we can –and will – ignore you.” – ArtsHub
  
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• Animator / Ensonglopedia / South East

  06-01-2021 21:10
  We are a small limited company who make educational songs, shows and videos.  We’re seeking an animator to make two animations to accompany songs from our new show Ensonglopedia of the...
  
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• Why Doesn’t The Entertainment Biz Give Proper Credit To Its Choreographers?

  06-01-2021 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Emmys and Tonys give their Best Choreography trophies without the TV cameras running; the Oscars don’t even have a category for dancemakers, and the credits for music videos these days often don’t bother to mention them. With popular TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance making some choreographers famous, it’s time for the rest of the industry to follow suit. – Dance Magazine
  
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• Getting the Question(s) Right

  06-01-2021 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  As a blogger, I think I’m supposed to begin the New Year with reflections and projections. But the traumas of 2020 are still too fresh and the way forward is too murky. What I will do is suggest that at least one question I’ve seen raised about the nonprofit arts industry in 2021 is the wrong one. – Doug Borwick
  
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• Arts Organizations Turn To Stars For Fundraising

  06-01-2021 20:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The pandemic has forced arts institutions on both sides of the Atlantic to swiftly up their online game. The New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet usually hold a big benefit event and a backstage tour for donors after a Christmas Saturday matinee of The Nutcracker. This time Tiler Peck, principal dancer, gave an online tour instead, while those who had bought tickets watched from home after receiving a package of treats delivered to their doors. – The Guardian
  
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• Analyzing The Fallout From The New York Times’s ‘Caliphate’ Podcast

  06-01-2021 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Peabody- and Pulitzer-winning audio series lost much of its luster (and gave up its awards) when its primary subject was revealed to be a big ol’ liar fabulist. Media columnist Nicholas Quah considers how the flawed material got past editors in the first place, what consequences have been suffered by the main people involved, and the complications the Times has faced in dealing with the matter. – Vulture
  
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• Success of online screenings prompts platform for Russian cinema / Klassiki / South East

  06-01-2021 19:50
  After 10,000 people tuned in to their 2020 online Russian film season, organisers Kino Klassika Foundation launched the world’s first streaming platform for cinema from Russia and the...
  
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• Call for entries to Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2021 / Ruth Borchard Collection / London

  06-01-2021 19:40
  The Ruth Borchard Collection invites all artists to enter the Prize, an exciting and unique opportunity to celebrate the practice of self portraiture.
  There are no restrictions on size or media and...
  
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• What The Reality Of Cows Has To Inform Humans

  06-01-2021 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  A cow sporting VR goggles is comedic as much as it is tragic. There’s horror, too, in that it may foretell our own alienated futures. After all, how different is our experience? We submit to emotion trackers. We log into biofeedback machines. We sign up for tracking and tracing. We let advertisers’ eyes watch us constantly and mappers store our coordinates. – The New York Times
  
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• Bucks Heroes Programme Manager / Bucks County Museum Trust / South East

  06-01-2021 19:16
  At Bucks County Museum, we are creating new galleries that represent our local people and landscapes, which will tell the stories of communities then and now using our collections.  We have...
  
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• Who Exactly Invented The Alphabet, And When?

  06-01-2021 19:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Sumerians had cuneiform and the Egyptians hieroglyphics, both complex and difficult to master, but who developed the system where each character represents a particular sound and the characters (letters) can be combined to form words the way sounds are? The Phoenicians invented the alphabet from which all the European and Near Eastern scripts (and possibly those of India as well) are descended, but they didn’t come up with the idea. Who did? Very likely, a bunch of common laborers. &n
  
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• Creative Programmes Manager / Curve Theatre / East Midlands

  06-01-2021 18:48
  Curve is a leading producing theatre, creating compelling cultural experiences for all those who live, learn, visit and work in Leicester. Under the leadership of Chief Executive, Chris...
  
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• France's highest court orders retrial of art-dealing Wildenstein family

  06-01-2021 18:38
  
  Guy Wildenstein and others face new trial after court annuls 2018 tax fraud acquittal France’s highest court has ordered a retrial of members of the art-dealing Wildenstein family who were acquitted of tax fraud in 2018.Guy Wildenstein, a close friend of former president Nicolas Sarkozy, and other family members, known in France as “les W”, were cleared of hiding an estimated €550m from the French tax authorities in offshore accounts in 2017 – a decision upheld on ap
  
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• Considering the next step in your creative career? / Mountview / London

  06-01-2021 18:32
  Mountview’s postgraduate courses provide intensive, culturally engaged, practical training in a range of subjects to build on your skills and diversify your career.
  Whether you’re a...
  
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• The Art World’s 12 Biggest 2020 Controversies

  06-01-2021 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Museums and galleries faced financial challenges that threatened their very existence, as Black Lives Matter uprisings forced a reckoning with the art world’s structural racism and controversial monuments that celebrate shameful histories around the globe. – Artnet
  
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• Administrative Assistant / Gallery Climate Coalition / London

  06-01-2021 18:11
  Position: Administrative AssistantHours: 3 days a week, 10am-6pmRemuneration: £24k pro rataTerm: 6-month freelance position with the possibility of extension and PAYE...
  
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• Programme Director / National Theatre of Scotland / Glasgow

  06-01-2021 18:08
  We are a theatre without walls and have imagination without limits.
  We are seeking a Programme Director to lead the producing and planning of the National Theatre of Scotland’s...
  
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• A New Print Magazine (!) About Theatre Is Here

  06-01-2021 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The folks behind Encore Monthly, a brand new magazine about theatre that just published its first issue …, think the time is ripe to provide theatregoers, deprived as we are of theatre we can witness in person, to read about it, and they say they’re equipped to hang on until it comes raging back.” In a Q&A, founding editor-in-chief Robert Viagas talks about what Encore Monthly will focus on and why he thinks it can work. – American Theatre
  
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• Developing Your Creative Practice Application writing workshops / Mark Devereux Projects / North West / UK wide

  06-01-2021 17:32
  Session 1: Thursday 14 January, 6-7:30pm Session 2: Tuesday 19 January, 12-1:30pm 1-hour one-to-one surgeries: 25 January – 12 February
  Mark Devereux Projects are pleased to offer our next...
  
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• Michael Bobbitt Is Tired Of Boards. What To Do?

  06-01-2021 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ugh. In our current structure, boards of directors for nonprofits don’t work. I’m sure there are outliers with highly functioning boards, but this is not the norm. How do we fix this? – American Theatre
  
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• Research Fellow / StoryLab, Anglia Ruskin University / East

  06-01-2021 17:30
  An AHRC funded post to work on the project ‘Stories in Transition: Examining the role of arts, culture and sport in supporting veteran transition to civilian life’. The post-holder will...
  
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• Racial Justice Facilitator/Practitioner / Beyond Face CIC / South West

  06-01-2021 17:17
  This year has seen for the first time, arts and culture organisations in Plymouth and Devon beginning conversations around systematic oppression and Beyond Face has been called on to support. This...
  
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• Digital Coordinator / Thackray Museum of Medicine / Yorkshire

  06-01-2021 17:08
  Thanks to support from Arts Council England, the UK’s leading independent medical museum is looking for a capable and creative digital coordinator to help support its team in taking their...
  
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• How ‘American Dirt’ Went From Hot Title To PR Fiasco And Still Became A Bestseller

  06-01-2021 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Despite the disastrous rollout of a book that had been advance-hyped by some as a Grapes of Wrath-level work of literature, Jeanine Cummins’s thriller about an Acapulco bookseller and her young son on the run from a drug cartel was the top-selling novel for adults of 2020. Here’s a report on how the rise and fall and rise of American Dirt happened: as one employee of the publisher put it, the particular circumstances “allowed for certain things to get out of hand.” &ndas
  
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• Open Call for Artquest Adaptations Award / Artquest / London / UK wide

  06-01-2021 16:37
  Adaptations is a development award to support moving existing professional art practices into new ways of working. Through this award, we want to help artists create sustainable practices that are...
  
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• Squatters Invade Site Of Oldest City In Americas And Threaten To Kill Archaeologists

  06-01-2021 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The place is Caral, estimated to be 5,000 years old and now a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Peruvian coastal desert about 125 miles north of Lima. Archaeologist Ruth Shady discovered the ruins in 1994. Over the past year, an extended family of squatters has made repeated invasions, claiming that the land — which has increased in value by a factor of ten in the past few years — was given to them by a military government in the 1970s. They’ve threatened the excavation crew a
  
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• Novelist Eric Jerome Dickey Dead At 59

  06-01-2021 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[He] was an aspiring actor and stand-up comic who began writing fiction in his mid-30s and shaped a witty, conversational and sometimes graphic prose style. It brought him a wide readership through such novels as Sister, Sister and Naughty or Nice and through his Gideon crime fiction series, which included Sleeping With Strangers and Resurrecting Midnight.” – Yahoo! (AP)
  
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• Research & Development Assistant / Social Convention / London / or Remote

  06-01-2021 16:00
  We are seeking to identify, develop and support an ambitious individual who has a keen interest in the business of culture. The ideal candidate is a creative, enthusiastic and organised individual,...
  
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• Freelance Digital Creative / Pavilion Dance South West / South West / Remote Working

  06-01-2021 15:51
  We're looking for a freelance Digital Creative to work with Pavilion Dance South West. You’ll be part of developing our digital programme that, at its heart:Supports Artists and people who...
  
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• Open Lab: Call for Applications / BasildON Creative People and Places Programme / South East

  06-01-2021 15:38
  Apply for a budget of up to £10,000 to animate a pop up space with arts based activities for the community!
  Open Lab hands over the keys of vacant shops to creative individuals and...
  
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• Film Version Of ‘Hamilton’ Is Eligible For Golden Globes And SAG Awards But Not Oscars. Here’s Why

  06-01-2021 15:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Disney bought the rights to the specially shot and edited footage of the Broadway production and planned to release it in movie theaters — until the pandemic changed everything and the show was put on Disney+ instead. That’s similar enough to other movies from 2020 that the Globes consider Hamilton eligible; SAG, oddly, puts it in the TV movie category. The Motion Picture Academy, on the other hand, made a deliberate decision to exclude the project from the Oscars. Reporter Scott Fe
  
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• Promoting Your Work: Online/Correspondence Poetry Course / Live Canon / East / Online

  06-01-2021 15:05
  An online/correspondence course for writers and poets
  Wednesday 20th January 2021 - Wednesday 10th February 2021
  We asked poets if there were any courses they'd like us to add to our offering. This...
  
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• Digital Strategist and Marketer / Ensonglopedia / South East

  06-01-2021 15:03
  Ensonglopedia are seeking a part-time Digital Strategist and Marketer to move our educational arts company into an ambitious new digital-focused phase.
  We make educational musical live shows, videos...
  
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• To Save Itself, San Francisco Art Institute Might Sell Its Diego Rivera Mural To George Lucas

  06-01-2021 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The long-financially-strapped school — which shut itself down last March, only to reverse that decision a month later after raising $3 million — has one valuable asset other than its campus that it could sell: a piece of meta-art by Rivera depicting workers painting and installing a Diego Rivera mural. And the creator of the Star Wars franchise wants it for his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. – Artnet
  
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• Woman the Canon: Online/Correspondence Poetry Course / Live Canon / East / Online

  06-01-2021 14:58
  This course will explore the work of 12 under-known female poets from the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
  Wednesday 13th January 2021 - Wednesday 31st March 2021
  Each week's tutorial will...
  
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• Political Poetry: Online/Correspondence Poetry Course / Live Canon / East / Online

  06-01-2021 14:54
  Political Poetry 
  Wednesday 13th January 2021 - Wednesday 31st March 2021
  Is 2021 the year your poetry gets political? Have things to say about the world, and want to channel them into your...
  
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• The Current State Of Lockdowns Around Europe

  06-01-2021 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Rules vary quite a bit between the eight countries covered here. The Netherlands, which has seen a huge surge in cases, is quite strict; Sweden, which was much laxer than most of the continent, has gotten more strict but still less so than France or Germany (which is letting some performances continue without audiences). Spain’s measures vary widely by region, as will Italy’s starting this week, while Hungary is largely open for business but its borders are virtually sealed. –
  
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• Britain’s Gone Into Another Lockdown. How Are The Arts Affected?

  06-01-2021 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s not as bad as it was last spring, and, in London, not too different from the last couple of weeks. “As per Gov.uk guidance, ‘training and rehearsal without an audience (in theatres and concert halls)’ will be exempt from the rules regarding business closures, while auditoria will be able to open ‘for the purposes of film and TV filming’.” – WhatsOnStage (UK)
  
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• Grammy Awards Postponed For Six Weeks Due To Pandemic

  06-01-2021 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ceremony, hosted by Trevor Noah, had been scheduled for January 31. It will now take place on March 14, due to, as a statement from the Recording Academy puts it, “the deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles, with hospital services being overwhelmed, ICUs having reached capacity, and new guidance from state and local governments.” – Variety
  
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• Creative Producer / Deda / East Midlands

  06-01-2021 13:51
  Package: £24,000 for a 30 hour week plus other benefits
  Déda is seeking to recruit a new member to its creative team, someone who is at ease with change, challenge and innovation....
  
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• Lyrics and Libretto: Online Poetry Correspondence Course / Live Canon / North East / Online

  06-01-2021 13:44
  An online/correspondence course for writers and poets
  Lyrics and librettos - Spring Term 2021
  Wednesday 20th January 2021 – Wednesday 17th February 2021
  A six week course on writing text for...
  
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• Website design and development / Lancaster Jazz Festival / North West

  06-01-2021 13:37
  We are looking for a digital design and development agency or freelancer, preferably based in Lancashire or the North West to design and build a new website for the Lancaster Jazz Festival.
  There's...
  
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• Brent Youth Theatre Movement Director (Facilitator) / Unique Community Charity / London

  06-01-2021 13:22
  We are looking for a Physical Theatre/Movement Facilitator to join our small but mighty team. The successful candidate will be supporting  a brand new class - the ‘Movement...
  
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• Brent Youth Theatre Music Therapist / Unique Community Charity / London

  06-01-2021 13:16
  We are looking for a Music Therapist to join our small but mighty team. The successful candidate will be supporting a brand new singing & song-writing class - the ‘Music...
  
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• Brent Youth Theatre Musical Director/Facilitator / Unique Community Charity / London

  06-01-2021 13:12
  We are looking for a musical director/facilitator to join our small but mighty team. The successful candidate will be leading on a new singing & song-writing class - the ‘Music...
  
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• Client Services Assistant / Supercool / West Midlands / UK wide

  06-01-2021 13:03
  Help us look after leading arts and cultural clients, and their beautiful, accessible websites.Join Supercool's experienced and straight-talking team of problem-solvers, creating websites that make...
  
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• Circus Artist Ground-based [freelance] / Think Circus / North West / North East

  06-01-2021 12:56
  Think Circus CIC are seeking a freelance circus artist to join our small creative team for a four-week contract from 22nd February – 20th March 2021. This will be to undertake creative...
  
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