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• The Dance Of Everyday Life

  07-01-2021 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The way we move has changed in the past year, indoor spaces seeming claustrophobic and our outdoor spaces not vast enough, backyards and gardens reinvented into havens. We’ve become resourceful and grateful for the places we occupy and with whom.” – The New York Times
  
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• Writer / Future Forms programme / Donmar Warehouse / South West / Nationwide

  07-01-2021 23:03
  FUTURE FORMS will be an 8 week investigative course for writers that will offer participants the opportunity to interrogate the story telling potential and social implications of new technologies...
  
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• Record Number Of Women Directors For Big Hollywood Movies In 2020

  07-01-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The yearly Celluloid Ceiling report by San Diego State University found that women accounted for 16 per cent of directors working on the 100 highest-grossing films in 2020, up from 12 per cent in 2019 and only 4 per cent in 2018. – Irish Times
  
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• Claim: Our Music Theory Education Is Racist

  07-01-2021 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When we restrict ourselves to Western art music, we forgo the opportunity to speak about basic yet essential musical elements such as groove, timbre, improvisation, and post-production in styles where these are powerfully foregrounded. Today’s leading theory texts cover more or less the same material as those we used as students. Why then do we as a discipline remain so averse to change?” – NewMusicBox
  
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• What If We Put Everyone Into A Giant Multi-Billion City?

  07-01-2021 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The entire population of the earth could live in a giant sustainable city occupying a fraction of the earth’s surface, freeing the rest of the world for rewilding and the return of stolen lands, according to a new movie by architect Liam Young. – Dezeen
  
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• Is America Turning Out Too Many PhD’s?

  07-01-2021 21:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The overproduction of Ph.D.s has been an issue for years in the U.S., which has a higher rate of doctorate holders than almost any other rich country. – Bloomberg
  
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• The Ballet World In Degas’s Paintings Was A Mean, Sordid Place

  07-01-2021 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In Paris, its success was almost entirely predicated on lecherous social contracts. Sex work was a part of a ballerina’s reality, and the city’s grand opera house, the Palais Garnier, was designed with this in mind. A luxuriously appointed room located behind the stage, called the foyer de la danse, was a place where the dancers would warm up before performances. But it also served as a kind of men’s club, where abonnés — wealthy male subscribers to the ope
  
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• Producer / The Revel Puck Society / London

  07-01-2021 20:57
  We are a post-contemporary circus company (formerly known as Company-ish) with an ambition to challenge the perception of what circus is, and prove what circus can be. We create circus shows that...
  
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• Alfred Krupa wins 1st World Award in Painting / International Art Society & Academy, Volos, Greece / East / International

  07-01-2021 20:33
  Volos, Greece, January 2021 - On the recently finished 13th consequent edition of the InterArtia Art Festival, the pioneer of the New Ink Art movement Alfred Freddy Krupa received outstanding...
  
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• What Editors Do

  07-01-2021 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lish’s job on Carver is perhaps too extreme to serve as an example of the role of the editor, but what any kind of boundary breaking always does is to draw attention to the boundary itself—in this case between editor and writer, who together with the text form a kind of Bermuda Triangle within whose force field everything said and done disappears without trace. – Paris Review
  
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• ‘One Of Last Great Shared Texts In Our Culture’ (And It’s A 70-Year-Old Comic Strip)

  07-01-2021 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In a highly polarized culture … [it’s] the most recent and arguably final example of a great American work of art loved broadly and without reservations by the masses, the elite, and everyone in the so-called middle. Is Peanuts the last American artwork with universal appeal? And what is the spiritual message it conveys that engenders that appeal?” – Literary Hub
  
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• Communications & Development Volunteer / Suffolk Artlink / East

  07-01-2021 20:03
  Time commitment: 7.5 hours per week
  Location: Flexible
  We’re looking for a friendly, creative and proactive individual to support the delivery of our communications and fundraising.
  You...
  
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• Oldham Cultural Strategy - Have your Say! / Oldham Council / North West

  07-01-2021 20:00
  Oldham Council and partners are working to develop a new vision and strategy for creativity and culture in Oldham.
  Please can you help us shape the future of culture in Oldham - including art,...
  
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• Development Manager / King's Head Theatre / London

  07-01-2021 19:44
  King’s Head Theatre is looking for an ambitious, motivated and creative fundraiser, with a passion for small-scale theatre, to join our team as Development Manager as a time of unprecedented...
  
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• How To Use Boredom To Your Benefit

  07-01-2021 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Technology might have moved on, but the role of boredom in motivating change is no different for us in the 21st century. Yet not all change is equal. – Psyche
  
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• Ellen Burstyn On Her Fame (She’s Been *Very* Fortunate)

  07-01-2021 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “It was never really my intention to be a movie star,” says the actress, who’s probably about to get her seventh Oscar nomination at age 88. “I’ve never been one of those celebrities who got chased down the street by shouting throngs. People are always very nice to me. It hasn’t been at all unpleasant.” – The Guardian
  
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• Creative Facilitator: Wellbeing Creative Sessions / National Maritime Museum / London

  07-01-2021 18:57
  Royal Museums Greenwich is looking for an experienced creative/artistic facilitator to develop and deliver sessions for women to explore and express their feelings about their life during lockdown...
  
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• How Equitable Pay Leads To Better Theatre

  07-01-2021 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Since pay equity leads to higher quality work, any company interested in having the best product to share with their community will center pay equity within their company because the benefits to the business are undeniable.” – Howlround
  
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• What New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules Will Mean For The U.S. Art And Antiquities Market

  07-01-2021 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the provisions added to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021 makes antiquities dealers subject to the Bank Secrecy Act. One of the key rules requires identifying the individuals behind LLCs — meaning that it will be much harder to buy and sell items anonymously. There’s a strong likelihood that the law will be applied to the larger art market in the next few years. – Artnet
  
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• How The UK Art World Will Change Post-Brexit

  07-01-2021 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The symbolic implications of the UK leaving the European Union has hit the art world hard. But the deal will also have a concrete impact on the way the it does business. – Artnet
  
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• Could Percussion Ensembles Become The String Quartets Of The 21st Century?

  07-01-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  After all, “in 2009, critic Allan Kozinn declared in The New York Times, ‘If you think about it, drums are the new violins,’ pointing out the newfound ubiquity of percussion on new music programs.” And with the 21st-century blossoming of contemporary classical repertoire in the U.S., percussion groups are getting ever more pieces to play and ever more opportunities to play them. Jeremy Reynolds on how and why it’s happening. – San Francisco Classical Voice
  
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• Bare-faced Commedia ONLINE course 26 Feb - 1 March / Peta Lily Company / London / online

  07-01-2021 16:54
  Discover and enjoy playing these vibrant, enduring characters:
  the irrepressible Arlecchino the incorrigible Pulchinella (ancestor of Punch from Punch & Judy)the...
  
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• Seen and Heard Coordinator / Metroland Cultures / London

  07-01-2021 16:44
  Metroland Cultures are looking for an ambitious, collaborative and well-networked individual to engage and support a group of young people from Brent to develop and deliver Phase 2 of the Seen and...
  
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• How Pete Docter Is Healing Pixar After #MeToo And #TimesUp

  07-01-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Things might have seemed iffy for the multibillion-dollar animation powerhouse after its founding creative director, John Lasseter, abruptly left in 2017 amid allegations of grabbing and kissing unwilling women. Disney, Pixar’s owner, turned to Docter, who had been at the studio his entire adult life and directed Monsters, Inc., Up, and Inside Out — and was then in the middle of making Soul. In the three years since, he’s calmed things down, ramped business back up, and brough
  
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• Online Arts Courses at Phoenix Art Space / Phoenix Art Space / South East

  07-01-2021 16:24
  The learning programme at Phoenix Art Space offers exciting and creative opportunities for everyone to engage with us. We are delighted to be able to provide a selection of online arts courses...
  
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• Project Manager (Freelance) / The WOW Foundation / London

  07-01-2021 16:14
  The WOW Foundation has recently been awarded funding from BBC Children In Need’s Million and Me grant to run a 10 month project working with Children In Need’s portfolio organisations...
  
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• ‘Obscenities, Inanities And Treason’: A Critic On The Riot At The U.S. Capitol

  07-01-2021 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Philip Kennicott: “The whole drama, the body language, the flags and the onslaught, was borrowed from other dramas — genuine displays of revolutionary fervor against autocrats, authentic acts protesting illegitimate governments. But [this] was a charade. Not civic or selfless, but corrosive, destructive and illegal. … One moment in today’s appalling mayhem was telling. As they filed through Statuary Hall, some of Trump’s thugs snapped selfies of themselves, as if
  
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• FREE Theatre & Playwriting Online Chat Service / Papatango / London / UK

  07-01-2021 15:56
  Got a burning question about writing your first play, becoming a producer, or applying for arts funding? Join a FREE online 1-2-1 chat session with a member of the Papatango team for help and advice...
  
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• Artistic Commission Project - Chain Reaction / Ilkley Literature Festival / Yorkshire

  07-01-2021 15:52
  Ilkley Literature Festival Fringe are hugely excited to be launching Chain Reactions – a collaborative, cross-artform digital project that encourages participants to develop and...
  
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• MD High Court Rules Rap Lyrics Can Be Used As Evidence Against Defendant

  07-01-2021 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Three weeks before trial, [defendant Lawrence] Montague used a jailhouse telephone to record a rap verse, which was then uploaded to Instagram. [In court], the State of Maryland introduced the telephone recording of the lyrics as evidence of Montague’s guilt, and [he] was convicted and sentenced to a combined fifty years [on murder charges]. Maryland’s highest court … affirmed [the] conviction, finding that the danger of unfair prejudice posed by the admission of the l
  
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• CONNECT Practitioner / Mortal Fools / North East

  07-01-2021 15:18
  We are recruiting CONNECT Practitioners (freelance) for our CONNECT Adult Training Programme. CONNECT is our training and professional development programme. It uses a unique combination of practice,...
  
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• The Stage 100 For 2021 Honors British Theatre’s Response To COVID

  07-01-2021 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Arts workers in the NHS, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, actor Michael Balogun and theatre company 20 Stories High are among those recognised in this year’s The Stage 100 list, which has been reimagined to celebrate the industry’s response to the pandemic.” – The Stage
  
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• Parisian Billionaire’s Museum Is, At Last, Ready To Open

  07-01-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “At 84, the billionaire François Pinault will finally realise a 20-year plan to build a private museum for his contemporary art collection in Paris. France’s third-richest man is poised to open the Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection just two blocks away from the Musée du Louvre on 23 January — as long as pandemic restrictions allow.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Grapefruit - An online talk on overcoming creative blocks / Modern Painters, New Decorators / East Midlands

  07-01-2021 14:23
  An online talk night hosted by Modern Painters, New Decorators on overcoming creative blocks during adversity.
  £2 Ticket Fee: All profits made from purchased tickets will be donated to the...
  
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• The Bread & Roses Emerging Company Award 2021 / The Bread & Roses Theatre / London

  07-01-2021 14:16
  The Bread & Roses Emerging Company Award 2021 will offer an emerging BAME/BIPoC*-led theatre company a one-week funded research and development (R&D) period in March 2021, with the additional...
  
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• Orbán Gov’t In Hungary Fans Rightist Backlash Against Black Lives Matter Artwork

  07-01-2021 14:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Commentators on pro-government television chatshows threatened to pull the statue down if it was erected, and compared it to putting up a monument to Adolf Hitler. Others laughed that it was an absurdity given there are few black people in Budapest. … Notably, most pro-government coverage neglected to note that the [three-foot-tall] statue will only be a two-week installation, not a permanent addition to the city.” – The Guardian
  
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• This Must Be the Place - Micro-Commissions / Cement Fields / South East

  07-01-2021 13:15
  Cement Fields invites submissions from artists/or artist collectives based in North Kent, or with a meaningful connection to the area to develop self-guided and site-specific research responding to...
  
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• Maker Needs Survey / Crafts Council / North West / UK wide

  07-01-2021 13:13
  Calling all makers! Help us to help you by filling out the @CraftsCouncilUK Maker Needs Survey. All participants will enter a prize draw for the chance to win a 1:1 maker advice session or...
  
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• Free Art workshop - A Room of Curiosities / Holloway Neighbourhood Group / London

  07-01-2021 12:56
  ART FOR  WELLBEING
  FREE AND RELAXED ART CLASS
  A ROOM OF CURIOSITIES
  and Secret Sketchbooks 
  On THURSDAY
  14th JANUARY
  1.30 - 3.30 pm
  On ZoomWHAT YOU WILL DO
  In this art for...
  
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• Online writing courses from industry experts / Bishopsgate Institute / London / Online

  07-01-2021 12:46
  If you've got your own story to tell, try one of our writing courses. Covering everything from writing your family history to a poetry workshop, there's something for everyone.
   
  Our programme...
  
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• Communications Consultant / Gloucestershire Academy of Music / South West

  07-01-2021 12:17
  Gloucestershire Academy of Music (GAM) is seeking a Communications Consultant (or consultancy). GAM is a small organisation with big plans and is looking for an exceptional, experienced specialist...
  
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• Illustrator brief / Snapping the Stiletto: Campaigning for Equality / North West

  07-01-2021 12:08
  Snapping the Stiletto is a women’s history project based in Essex. The history of the county has been shaped by women, women who have been and are still seen as the fringes of society, women...
  
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• Digital Producer for Share Sound / Orchestras Live / North East / UK wide, remote working

  07-01-2021 12:01
  Orchestras Live is seeking an experienced Digital Producer to oversee the digital production and support partners with their digital work on Share Sound, an inclusive virtual music ensemble...
  
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• Freelance Digital Engagement Producer / Artlink Hull / Yorkshire

  07-01-2021 11:29
  Fee: £6000 (the contractor is responsible for their own tax and N.I.)
  We are looking to contract a freelance Digital Engagement Producer (DEP) who will be key in implementing a programme...
  
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• Board Member / Dance City / North East

  07-01-2021 11:26
  The Board of Dance City is looking to appoint new Board Members to provide inspirational leadership and strategic vision to take the charitable organisation onto its next stage of development. New...
  
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• Jerwood Collection set for Nottinghamshire gallery / The Harley Gallery / East Midlands

  07-01-2021 11:19
  Modern and contemporary art from the celebrated Jerwood Collection will be making its way to The Harley Gallery on Nottinghamshire’s rural Welbeck estate for an exclusive exhibition opening in...
  
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• Interpretation Officer / North Pennines AONB Partnership / North East

  07-01-2021 11:07
  An opportunity has arisen for an Interpretation Officer required for a fixed term until September 2025.Tees-Swale is led by the North Pennines AONB Partnership, with the Yorkshire Dales National Park...
  
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• Great walls of China: Beijing's burgeoning graffiti scene – in pictures

  07-01-2021 08:00
  
  A thriving graffiti culture has been brewing for decades in Beijing, featuring Chinese characters, animals of the zodiac ... and complaints about the price of porkContinue reading...
  
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• The Organization Working To Reimagine Public Monuments

  07-01-2021 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The goal is to assess the country’s landscape of public memory in a time when our shared identity as Americans feels strained, if not broken. Then we can begin to understand where we go from here, says Monument Lab cofounder and director Paul Farber. – Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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