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• Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” Reimagined To Account For Climate Change

  12-01-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Like the original music, some of the representation is fairly literal: Instead of hearing strings play what sounds like a thunderstorm once, you might hear it repeatedly, illustrating the extreme rainfall that some cities will experience. Much of the score, though, is meant to evoke the feeling of each season. Vivaldi’s “Spring” was intended to be joyful; the new version sounds discordant.” – Fast Company
  
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• The Subversion Of The Digital World

  12-01-2021 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I always go off of this dancing logic: for every system of control that establishes itself in a very direct and very antagonizing way, or in a very pervasive and ubiquitous way, there will always be subcultures or underground communities that will try to dismantle them in some way.” – Howlround
  
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• Trustee x 3 / Action Transport Theatre / North West

  12-01-2021 22:16
  Action Transport Theatre (ATT) is looking for new trustees to support the next phase of organisational growth and company development. We currently have spaces for three new trustees to join our...
  
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• 'Brazilian horror story': internet melts down over sculptor's peculiar waxworks

  12-01-2021 22:11
  
  Images of Arlindo Armacollo’s figures went viral after users unearthed video report about their exhibition in churchThe first household name Arlindo Armacollo smothered in beeswax was Mother Teresa. Then came Albert Einstein, Pope John Paul II and a string of global luminaries who the entrepreneur-turned-artist admired.“It might look simple, but to achieve this richness of detail was hard work,” a local television reporter gushed during a 2015 visit to Armacollo’s waxwork
  
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• Frank Gehry’s Dream Of Turing The LA River Into A Vast Cultural Space

  12-01-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Architect Frank Gehry has unveiled a bold plan to transform the river into more than just a concrete flood channel and establish it as an unprecedented system of open space. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Deputy Head of Planning (Maternity Cover - 12 Month FTC) / National Theatre / London

  12-01-2021 21:41
  We are looking for Deputy Head of Planning to join us on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover) 
  This role is responsible for the day to day scheduling...
  
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• Conformers Or Weirdos? What We Know About How People Think

  12-01-2021 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Unlike much of the world today – and most people who have ever lived – Weird people are highly individualistic, self-obsessed, guilt-ridden and analytical in their thinking style. They focus on themselves – their attributes, accomplishments and aspirations – over relationships and roles. When reasoning, Weird people tend to look for abstract categories with which to organise the world. They simplify complex phenomena by breaking them down into discrete elements an
  
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• Meet Someone Who Has Worked At ABT For 50 Years

  12-01-2021 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[Susan] Jones was first hired by ABT co-founder Lucia Chase [in 1971] when the company needed a short woman for the corps. She spent eight years as a dancer, … and began transitioning to the artistic staff in 1976 while assisting Twyla Tharp in Push Comes to Shove. … Maybe more than anything, Jones has been a trusted right hand for three artistic directors, guiding and coaching multiple generations of corps dancers at the company. As she celebrates her 50-year milestone, Da
  
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• Reconsidering The Benefits Of Hierarchies

  12-01-2021 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Similar to the related terms of bureaucracy and meritocracy, hierarchy is a concept rife with negative connotations. Common sense might suggest that it is the elimination of hierarchies, from race and gender to those found in our political systems, that should be our common goal. Bell and Wang argue that hierarchies exist everywhere and rather than trying to stamp them out—an impossible task, in any case—we should be examining how they function in terms of efficiency and the
  
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• Paris Mayor Approves €250 Million Plan To Green The Champs-Elysées

  12-01-2021 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  That doesn’t just mean to make the boulevard more environmentally friendly. “Anne Hidalgo said the planned work, unveiled in 2019 by local community leaders and businesses, would turn the 1.9 km (1.2 mile) stretch of central Paris into ‘an extraordinary garden’. … The eight-lane highway is used by an average of 3,000 vehicles an hour, most passing through, and is more polluted than the busy périphérique ring road around the French capital.” &nd
  
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• Orwell Topped Book Bestseller Lists This Weekend. But…

  12-01-2021 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “1984” rose to the top of Amazon’s top-selling book list over the weekend. On Monday, it reached the No. 1 spot. Not bad for a book published in 1949. Too bad few people citing the book’s dystopian horrors in earnest seem to understand the usage. – USA Today
  
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• Derelict East German Amusement Park Will Become (Another) Berlin Arts District

  12-01-2021 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Some €45 million has been raised for the project, which was first proposed in 2014 after the city, through the government-owned company Grün Berlin, took over the park’s management. The former Spreepark, as the theme park is known, spans 56 riverside acres that are currently fenced off as old rides and amusement sites sit in various states of disrepair.” – Artnet
  
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• An Analysis Of QAnon By A Game Designer

  12-01-2021 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When I saw QAnon, I knew exactly what it was and what it was doing. I had seen it before. I had almost built it before. It was gaming’s evil twin. A game that plays people. (cue ominous music)” – Medium
  
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• American Pianists Association – President and CEO

  12-01-2021 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The American Pianists Association (APA) was founded in New York City as the Beethoven Foundation in 1979 by Victor Borge, Tony Habig (Kimball International), and Julius Bloom (former general manager of Carnegie Hall). The APA’s original mission was to identify and groom young pianists for international competitions. Throughout the 1980s, auditions were held every two years, naming three Beethoven Foundation Fellows each running. In 1982 the organization moved to Indianapolis and in 1989 ch
  
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• Do Critics Shape The Theatre Of Their Time? Ben Brantley Says —

  12-01-2021 18:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Has it really happened that way, though? To go back to my paragon, Pauline Kael, she was perceived as shaping the course of Hollywood, and I’m not sure she did when you look back at it. Culture — like history, and we know how perverse and also cyclical history can be — follows its own inevitable patterns. … I don’t think critics are shapers. I think we’re mirrors.” – American Theatre
  
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• Trustees / Polka Theatre / London

  12-01-2021 17:47
  Reopening in spring 2021 following a major redevelopment, Polka is seeking energetic and talented volunteers to join our Board of Trustees at this exciting time. A major focus for Polka and its...
  
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• Arts Programme Manager / Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust / East

  12-01-2021 17:36
  This is a rare and exciting opportunity to work with CUH Arts - Cambridge University Hospital's arts-in-health programme. Dedicated to transforming the hospital experience, promoting wellbeing and...
  
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• How Governments Around The World Are Supporting The Arts To Survive COVID

  12-01-2021 17:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  Governments across Europe, as well as in Canada, Australia and some Asian countries, have held back the wave so far by moving fast at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis to stave off mass unemployment and prevent a financial meltdown. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Artists Commission / Bolton at Home / North West

  12-01-2021 17:30
  Bolton at Home is seeking an experienced artist, creative collaboration or arts organisation, based ln the North West (i.e. requiring no overnight stays) to develop and deliver a Covid-safe proposal...
  
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• Chair of Trustees / Nonsuch Studios / East Midlands

  12-01-2021 17:14
  We have our board of trustees in place and now, in order to lead this exciting change and achieve all we hope, we’re looking for a dynamic, strategic and considered individual to become The...
  
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• Author Ved Mehta, 86

  12-01-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Known for a 12-volume autobiography and more than a dozen more books, many of which got their start as New Yorker articles (he was a staff writer for decades), he had a carefully honed prose style full of vivid description — despite the fact that he had been blind from age 3. (His sense of hearing was said to be extraordinary.) – The New York Times
  
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• Online acting session (pay what you can) / Theatre Gym / East / Online

  12-01-2021 17:03
  We meet every Tuesday for an hour of playing, being silly, meeting new people, laughing and creating together.You can think of it as a taster for an acting class.The session is free and open...
  
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• Head of Campaigns, Ebury / Penguin Random House / London

  12-01-2021 17:03
  A rare opportunity has arisen for a Head of Campaigns at the Smart Thinking team within Ebury, the UK’s leading non-fiction publisher.
  At Ebury, part of Penguin Random House, we find and...
  
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• Visual artist with experience of residencies: paid artist talk / The Art Academy / North East / UK wide

  12-01-2021 16:46
  I am looking for a mid-career visual artist who has progressed their career in the art world successfully by going on multiple residencies.
  The talk will be done remotely and will be part of the...
  
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• Short Film Submissions / Hebden Bridge Film Festival / Yorkshire

  12-01-2021 16:36
  Hebden Bridge Film Festival, now in its third year, is accepting submissions for short films between 1 and 20 minutes in length.
  We welcome work that dares to be different, that celebrates...
  
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• General Counsel / The Old Vic Theatre Trust / London

  12-01-2021 16:35
  This is a broad in-house role. You will be sole legal counsel and Company Secretary for The Old Vic Group (comprising The Old Vic Theatre Trust 2000 and its subsidiaries and The Old Vic Endowment...
  
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• Streaming Revenue In US Should Go Well Over $100 Billion This Year

  12-01-2021 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Total spending on streaming services and software is projected to reach a record $112 billion in 2021, an 11 percent growth over 2020, according to Consumer Technology Association projections announced on Monday. … This follows 31 percent growth in 2020 over 2019.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• General Manager / Granby Workshop / North West

  12-01-2021 16:05
  Granby Workshop have an exciting opportunity for a General Manager to be a new addition to its  small, enthusiastic and committed team, producing award winning ceramics for architectural...
  
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• Smithsonian Gives Up On Long-Planned $2 Billion Redesign

  12-01-2021 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When the Smithsonian introduced a futuristic plan for the 17 acres around its iconic administration building, the National Historic Landmark known as the Castle, officials predicted it would be a game-changer that would remake the structure into a visitor gateway to the storied institution. Six years later, a new Smithsonian administration has jettisoned the eye-popping elements of the $2 billion design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, opting instead for a dramatically downsized versio
  
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• Patricia Loud, Matriarch Of America’s First Reality TV Family, Dead At 94

  12-01-2021 15:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did it all in Santa Barbara and all on camera — in 1973. Loving, boisterous, witty, resilient and sometimes angry and hurt, she did not act like most women on television at the time. But she was ostensibly not acting at all. She was the first reality television star on the first reality show” — An American Family, aired on PBS — “an
  
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• St. Louis Symphony Musicians Accept Additional 15% Pay Cut

  12-01-2021 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Musicians will retain 85% of their base pay and 80% of other compensation, including career track and overscale … in addition to health benefits and pension contributions. Musicians agreed in the fall to a 40% pay cut in addition to a further 20% reduction in overscale.” – St. Louis Business Journal
  
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• Visitor Services Assistant - Part Time 15 Hours / Royal Horticultural Society / North West

  12-01-2021 14:56
  Part time; 15hrs a week, worked over 2 days. Two week rotation Friday/Monday, Saturday/Sunday. Varying hours worked, including regular evening and weekend work.
  The Royal Horticultural Society...
  
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• Visitor Services Assistant - Part Time 30 Hours / Royal Horticultural Society / North West

  12-01-2021 14:53
  Part time; 30hrs a week, worked over four days, Friday – Monday. Varying hours worked, including regular evening and weekend work.
  The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading...
  
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• Visitor Services Assistant / Royal Horticultural Society / North West

  12-01-2021 14:47
  Full time; equivalent to 37.5 hours per week, varying hours worked on a two week rotation, including regular evening and weekend work.
  The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK's leading...
  
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• Assistant Producer / Notnow Collective / West Midlands / UK

  12-01-2021 14:44
  We are looking for an ASSISTANT PRODUCER for the forthcoming digital commissions project, exploring caring/parenting as a migrant.
  We are looking for an early career producer, who identifies as a...
  
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• 3x Freelance Emerging Artists Commission / Creative Youth Network / South West

  12-01-2021 14:44
  Creative Youth Network is looking for three young, enthusiastic, skilled and motivated emerging/early career artists who are interested in working with disadvantaged young people across...
  
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• Some Good News From A Bad Year: US Book Sales Well Up In 2020

  12-01-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “With all major categories posting increases, unit sales of print books rose 8.2% in 2020 over 2019 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. For the year ended Jan. 2, 2021, units hit 750.9 million, up from 693.7 million the year before. BookScan said the 8.2% gain was the largest annual increase since 2010.” – Publishers Weekly
  
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• Opera Australia Sued Over COVID-Related Job Cuts, Alleged ‘Intimidation’

  12-01-2021 14:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Opera Australia has paid out tens of thousands of dollars in confidential settlements to musicians it sacked at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s most heavily subsidised performing arts company is now preparing for a federal court battle with one of the musicians refusing to settle, alleging Opera Australia management has created a culture of ‘intimidation, bullying and antagonism’.” – The Guardian
  
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• Member Support Manager / RIBA / East

  12-01-2021 14:05
  Be part of the vision; be part of the RIBA.
  The RIBA is a global professional membership body, and a cultural organisation, driving excellence in architecture.
  Salary: £27,648 -...
  
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• Fundraiser / East London Music Group / London

  12-01-2021 13:52
  East London Musis Group is looking for a successful fundraiser to raise money for upcoming projects and core funding. This will involve working on grant applications and proposals, as well as giving...
  
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• Haley McGee's Crash Course on Self-Producing Theatre / / London / Nationwide

  12-01-2021 12:53
  Are you an actor, writer or theatre-maker who wants to bypass gatekeepers, share your work with growing audiences & earn money for your art?Do you struggle with imposter syndrome, or overwhelm...
  
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• Marketing Officer (Maternity Cover) / The Watermill Theatre and Restaurant, Berkshire / South East

  12-01-2021 12:40
  The Watermill Theatre are looking for a creative and enthusiastic Marketing Officer (Maternity Cover) to join our team. Working closely with the Marketing Manager to create and implement effective...
  
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• Learning Producer (Schools and Families) / Science Museum Group / Yorkshire

  12-01-2021 12:34
  At the Science Museum Group STEM engagement is at the heart of what we do. We inform, inspire and encourage learning on-site, as well as through outreach and online. We are now recruiting for a...
  
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• Marketing and Communications Manager / Kinetika People / South East

  12-01-2021 12:29
  We are seeking a dynamic individual with a passion for the Arts to lead on our Marketing and Communications.Are you a strategic thinker who can develop and deliver creative solutions to help us...
  
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• Finance Director / The Watermill Theatre and Restaurant, Berkshire / South East

  12-01-2021 12:17
  The Watermill Theatre is seeking an accomplished Finance Director with excellent leadership, communication and organisational skills to join their senior management team and work closely with the...
  
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• Want to understand the Capitol rioters? Look at the inflamed hate-drunk mobs painted by Goya

  12-01-2021 12:15
  
  The horrific visions of the Spanish painter are about to go on display at New York’s Met. Americans should flock to this timely show – because no artist better captured collective delusion and mass fanaticismThe macabre art of Francisco Goya, the first truly modern artist, is due to be exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum in New York next month and there could hardly be a more urgent moment for Americans to look at his images. For, over 200 years ago, this Spanish artist perfectly ca
  
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• Barber Health Coordinator / The Barber Institute of Fine Arts / West Midlands

  12-01-2021 12:10
  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts are seeking an exceptional individual to join the team in the role of Barber Health Coordinator. 
  Barber Health is the Barber’s flagship engagement...
  
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• Vision Board Workshop - online 23rd Jan 2021 1.30-3.30pm / Ali Kakande, The Voices Of... / Anna B. Sexton, Open To Create... / North West / London

  12-01-2021 12:02
  Set your goals in glue with a healthy dose of creativity, collaboration with like-minded humans going for authentic growth in 2021.
  Date: Saturday 23rd January 2021
  Times: 1.30pm -...
  
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• What I Learned About Myself When I Got Amnesia

  12-01-2021 11:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We all forget things, of course – who your 6th-grade social studies teacher was or what you had for lunch a month ago are washed away by the river of time. Looking at memory alone (as some of Locke’s early critics did) is much too narrow a way to think about what it is to be psychologically connected to earlier versions of oneself.” – Psyche
  
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• Heritage Business Planning Consultant / Glastonbury Abbey / South West

  12-01-2021 11:16
  Glastonbury Abbey is seeking to engage the services of a consultant in heritage business planning, as part of a project funded by the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage (CRF).
  The successful...
  
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