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• Why You Can’t Stop Watching “Bad” TV

  14-01-2021 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Consolatory entertainment” is a better term for such programming. There is consolation in the simple pleasures of ordinary conversation, shared enjoyment and of laughing together that underpins the success of panel games, quiz shows and even celebrity chat shows. – The Conversation
  
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• The Wrenching Realities Of Gentrification

  14-01-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gentrification is one of the most pressing – and polarising – issues confronting cities today. In popular discussions, defenders of gentrification tend to paint it as an influx of badly needed capital into blighted urban areas… Critics view gentrification as a quasi-colonial invasion of the privileged into economically vulnerable communities. – Aeon
  
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• Free online theatre & discussion series - GLOD / BEZNA Theatre / East Midlands

  14-01-2021 22:56
  GLOD: Political Theatre as a Civil Right is a series of online theatre sharings followed by post show discussions with artists, activists and academics. 
  All work is free. Follow the link for...
  
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• Performance Marketing Manager / Swamp Motel / London

  14-01-2021 21:26
  Swamp Motel are hiring! Are you our new Performance Marketing Manager?
  We're looking for someone with experience of managing end-to-end performance marketing campaigns, from strategy and campaign...
  
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• Freelance Visual Artist Educator / Contains Art / South West

  14-01-2021 19:33
  We are looking to work with an artist to deliver a short-term education project with schools in West Somerset between April and May 2021. Applicants must have previous experience in creative delivery...
  
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• Creative Music Maker / Red Note Ensemble / Scotland

  14-01-2021 19:28
  Red Note Ensemble (www.rednoteensemble.com) is looking for a musician at an early stage of their career to join us for a fixed-term one-year, mentored role. We’re seeking someone who is a...
  
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• Reception and Admin Assistant / Artists' Studio Company (ASC) / London

  14-01-2021 19:10
  Full Time (M-F) Reception and Admin Assistant. Salary £19,750
  RoleAs Reception and Admin Assistant you will be responsible for supporting the Workspace Lettings department in all matters...
  
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• Senior Corporate Partnerships Manager / Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) / West Midlands / London or Stratford-upon-Avon, with regular travel between locations

  14-01-2021 18:57
  An outstanding opportunity for a talented corporate fundraiser to make a significant contribution to one of the UK’s leading cultural organisations.
  As with all cultural organisations, we are...
  
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• Multitrade Maintenance Person / Artist's Studio Company (ASC) / London

  14-01-2021 18:56
  Full Time (M-F) Multitrade Maintenance Person required. Salary £24-£27k depending on experience and qualifications RoleAs a Maintenance Operative you will be working with the Maintenance...
  
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• Senior Individual Giving Manager / Birmingham Royal Ballet / West Midlands

  14-01-2021 18:14
  Senior Individual Giving Manager
  Birmingham Royal BalletLocation: Birmingham offices with some home workingSalary: Competitive salary and benefits
   
  Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB) is the...
  
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• Tour Boker / Topsy Turvy Theatre / Yorkshire / Remote

  14-01-2021 18:13
  Topsy Turvy Theatre is a children’s theatre company based in West Yorkshire, specialising in touring performances for 2-7's and families.   
  We are creating a new blueprint for...
  
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• Studio Manager / Noble Studio / London

  14-01-2021 17:55
  Directors statement:
  Our current team has a white, middle class, cis-gendered and non disabled bias, and we believe a wider breadth of life experience will enrich both the work we do, and the...
  
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• Artist Engagement Officer / Live & Local / West Midlands / or Midlands (remote)

  14-01-2021 17:35
  It is an exciting time to work for Live & Local as the company reorganises its focus and starts to manage its responses to COVID-19 whilst continuing to serve a range of partners, communities,...
  
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• Phoenix rising: philanthropically funded cultural centre in Sydney tests its wings

  14-01-2021 17:30
  
  Funded by Judith Neilson, the new gallery and performance space will privately support new works and make them available to the public for freeDigital-only performances and live streaming to a virtual audience are set to become a permanent feature of the live performance landscape, long after the Covid-19 pandemic comes under control, and leading the way in this new era of post-pandemic art is a new gallery and live performance space in Sydney’s inner city suburb of Chippendale.Phoenix Cen
  
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• Early-Stage Dementia Awareness Training for Arts Facilitators / Arts 4 Dementia / London / Online via Zoom

  14-01-2021 17:27
  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, 25 February 2021, 10 - 5...
  
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• Development Coordinator / Royal Exchange Theatre / North West

  14-01-2021 17:21
  The Royal Exchange Theatre is currently seeking a Development co-ordinator to join the Connecting Team. The Development Coordinator supports the day-to-day administration of all areas of fundraising...
  
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• Company Manager (Maternity Cover) / Live & Local / West Midlands

  14-01-2021 17:17
  It is an exciting time to work for Live & Local as the company reorganises its focus and starts to manage its responses to COVID-19 whilst continuing to serve a range of partners, communities,...
  
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• Senior Activities Assistant within a Care Home N10 3PA / Springdene Nursing & Care Homes / London

  14-01-2021 17:10
  Part Time Senior Activities Assistant (17.5 hours per week)
  To work in a residential care home in Muswell HIll.  We are looking for someone who is friendly, enthusiastic, who will lead our...
  
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• Projects Assisant / Bedford creative Arts / London

  14-01-2021 17:09
  Bedford Creative Arts is offering this exciting position ideal for someone just starting their career in the arts.    
  This role is ideal for recent graduates or...
  
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• Projects Assistant / Bedford Creative Arts / East Midlands

  14-01-2021 17:07
  Bedford Creative Arts is offering this exciting position ideal for someone just starting their career in the arts.    
  This role is ideal for recent graduates or...
  
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• Call for play submissions for online youth theatre performance / CYTO (Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation) / London / Croydon

  14-01-2021 17:07
  CYTO are looking for writers based in Croydon or South East London aged 16-30 to submit short plays for online performance.CYTO will rehearse and perform up to 4 plays of 15-30 minutes...
  
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• Projects Assistant / Bedford Creative Arts / East

  14-01-2021 17:04
  Bedford Creative Arts is offering this exciting position ideal for someone just starting their career in the arts.   
  This role is ideal for recent graduates or...
  
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• Tintin cover art sells for record breaking €3.2m

  14-01-2021 16:41
  
  Hergé’s original artwork for Le Lotus Bleu was rejected as too expensive to reproduce in 1936 and given to editor’s son, who kept it in a drawer for decades
  A rejected Tintin cover illustrated by Hergé that was gifted to a child and kept in a drawer for decades has set a new world record as the most expensive comic book artwork, selling at auction for €3.2m (£2.8m) on Thursday.Le Lotus Bleu was created in 1936 by the Belgian artist, born Georges Remi, using I
  
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• Tintin cover art sells for €2.6m, just missing record for comic-book sale

  14-01-2021 16:41
  
  Hergé’s original artwork for Le Lotus Bleu was rejected as too expensive to reproduce in 1936 and given to editor’s son, who kept it in a drawer for decades
  A rejected Tintin cover illustrated by Hergé that was gifted to a child and kept in a drawer for decades has just missed setting a new world record as the most expensive comic book artwork, selling at auction for €2.6m (£2.3m) on Thursday.Le Lotus Bleu was created in 1936 by the Belgian artist, born Georg
  
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• Art & Design Technician (0.4fte) / The Bridge Academy / East

  14-01-2021 16:38
  Job start:                    February/March
  Starting Salary Point: 13
  Annual Salary:     ...
  
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• Trustees (Treasurer & Trustee with HR experience) / Arts & Minds / East

  14-01-2021 15:42
  Looking for something new for 2021?
  We're a small arts and mental health charity based in Cambridge - we use the arts to support people with mental health challenges across Cambridgeshire &...
  
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• Digitisation Technician (Still media) (IWM Duxford) x2 part-time / Imperial War Museums / East

  14-01-2021 15:14
  The digitisation team converts our analogue collections to enable them to be accessed (for example through collections search) and preserved digitally. The team includes technicians, contract or fee...
  
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• Digitisation Team Leader (Access) (IWM Duxford) Part Time / Imperial War Museums / East

  14-01-2021 15:04
  The digitisation team converts our analogue collections to enable them to be accessed (for example through collections search) and preserved digitally. The team undertake the work in house or...
  
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• Community Arts and Wellbeing Coordinator / Charnwood Arts / East Midlands

  14-01-2021 15:02
  Community Arts and Wellbeing Coordinator 16 hours per week (part time)
  We are an independent community arts and media organisation, based in the Borough of Charnwood in the East Midlands, which...
  
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• Community Arts and Partnership Development Coordinator (pt) / Charnwood Arts / East Midlands

  14-01-2021 14:57
  We are an independent community arts and media organisation, based in the Borough of Charnwood in the East Midlands, which enables participation and engagement in the arts for everyone.
  Our work...
  
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• Digitisation Technician Trainee (Time-based media) (IWM Duxford) / Imperial War Museums / East

  14-01-2021 14:50
  The Digitisation trainee will learn how to work with the time-based media within our collections. Specifically, film, video and sound. These come in a variety of types, formats and materials and are...
  
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• Digitisation Technician (Time-based media) x 2 (IWM Duxford) / Imperial War Museums / East

  14-01-2021 14:39
  The digitisation technicians for the time-based media within our collections you will work with film, video and sound of all types, formats and materials.
  The digitisation team is grouped by why...
  
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• Woodland Trail Project Manager / Wycombe Museum / South East

  14-01-2021 14:38
  In early 2020 Wycombe Museum was awarded funding from #iwill through Heart of Bucks for the development of a Woodland Trail Project, to be installed in our grounds. Due to COVID19 the Museum Woodland...
  
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• Cultural Development Manager / Pendle Leisure Trust / North West

  14-01-2021 14:14
  *CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
  REF: P21/01 – £29,577 PER ANNUM(PRO RATA £17,586 PER ANNUM FOR 22 HOURS PER WEEK)FIXED TERM CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS
  Pendle is situated at the...
  
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• Marcomms Advisor (Corporate, Partnership & Industry) / British Film Institute / London

  14-01-2021 13:38
  Marcomms Advisor (Corporate, Partnership & Industry)
  9-12 Months Fixed Term Contract
  Salary £29,637 to £35,025 plus generous benefits package
  We support flexible...
  
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• Orchestra Librarian / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Scotland

  14-01-2021 13:22
  We are looking for a highly organised and enthusiastic Librarian with a keen eye for detail to run the SCO’s library within the Concerts Department and to assist with concert management. The...
  
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• Technical and Facilities Supervisor / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / West Midlands

  14-01-2021 13:10
  The world-renowned City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is seeking a Technical and Facilities Supervisor to be responsible for the technical operations of all events at CBSO Centre and for the...
  
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• Upskill in Content Creation and Video Editing / Collage Arts / London

  14-01-2021 12:44
  FREE ACCREDITED TRAINING IN CONTENT CREATION AND VIDEO EDITING FOR TOTTENHAM BASED CREATIVES
  Sponsored by the Mayor of London, N17 Creative Callings offers support to creative freelancers,...
  
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• Development Officer (Trusts & Foundations) / Bristol Music Trust / South West

  14-01-2021 12:36
  Development Officer (Trusts & Foundations), Full-Time, 37 Hours, Salary £21,000
  The Development Team is responsible for the fundraising strategy for Bristol Beacon and we are currently...
  
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• Digital Culture Assistant / The London Irish Centre / London

  14-01-2021 12:27
  Digital Culture Assistant(Time to Shine Leadership Programme)
  Fixed Term 12-Month Contract
  Full Time - 5 days a week
  £19,747 p/a
  The London Irish Centre is the Irish Heart of London....
  
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• Senior Manager, Project Funding / Arts Council England / South East / Nationwide

  14-01-2021 12:06
  Senior Manager, Project Funding
  Salary: £43,604 per annumFull time: 35 hours per week
  Fixed term: 12 months from 10 May 2021
  Location: Any Arts Council Office outside LondonYou will be...
  
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• Partnership Lead / The Reader Organisation / South East / National Locations

  14-01-2021 11:38
  This role is responsible for building and maintaining relationships with a variety of partners who understand the benefits of Shared Reading and have a role to play helping us ensure that we, through...
  
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• Accepting Applications / Directors Lab North / Toronto, CANADA

  14-01-2021 11:31
  Seeking Directors to participate in Directors Lab North - a directing lab based in Toronto, geared toward professional practicing directors in all stages of their career. Now in its 11th year, the...
  
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• Volunteer Coordinator / The Reader Organisation / North West

  14-01-2021 11:30
  This role will work closely with the Volunteer Experience Manager to help create and make sure volunteers have a fantastic experience at The Reader. The role will provide support functions on all key...
  
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• Tees Valley Screen Programme Coordinator / Northern Film + Media/Tees Valley Screen / North East

  14-01-2021 10:13
  Your role is to support the delivery of NFM’s ERDF funded, Tees Valley Screen talent and business development programme of activities and events, for emerging and established film and...
  
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• Tees Valley Screen Monitoring Coordinator / Northern Film + Media/Tees Valley Screen / North East

  14-01-2021 10:11
  Your role is to support the Tees Valley Screen Monitoring Manager, in the efficient monitoring and evaluation of Northern Film + Media’s, ERDF funded Tees Valley Screen’s innovation and...
  
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• Marketing Manager / Northern Film + Media Ltd/Tees Valley Screen / North East

  14-01-2021 10:07
  As part of NFM’s Management Team you will lead all marketing, communications and social media activity, which delivers a bespoke talent and business development, events programme for emerging...
  
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• Finance Manager / Northern Film + Media/Tees Valley Screen / North East

  14-01-2021 10:00
  Your role is to lead on the administration and management of the accounting records and preparation of management accounts. This includes overseeing and managing the accounting function of the...
  
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• The Great British Art Tour: a life-size scene of merciless revenge

  14-01-2021 07:00
  
  With public art collections closed, we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Worcester City Museum’s ClytemnestraWorcester City Museums’ Clytemnestra portrait by the pre-Raphaelite painter John Collier illuminates one of the most enduring of the Greek myths. In order to appease the goddess Artemis and secure favourable passage as he embarked on his Trojan expedition, Agamemnon, king of
  
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