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• Meet Maya Phillips, The NYT’s Newest Critic-At-Large

  21-01-2021 23:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  “There have been a lot of bad things happening this year, obviously. But the good thing about being a critic during this pandemic is that it forces us to be flexible in a way that a lot of critics may have been resistant to. I think it’s really essential that we don’t lock critics in this very strict, old-fashioned idea of what criticism is and should be. The pandemic has emphasized that there should be a broadening of ideas of how the arts interact, and in theatre, what the a
  
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• Wikipedia @20: A Little Piece Of Utopia Left On The Internet?

  21-01-2021 23:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  As more and more of the internet is consolidated, discredited, and co-opted by capital, Wikipedia begins to look like a vestige of a bygone era. With its volunteer-run editing process and its open-source ethos, the site may be the one success of an early-internet ethos (crowdsourced, democratized information-sharing, with little centralized control) that otherwise has come to look like empty rhetoric. – BookForum
  
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• The Historian And The Nazi Art Thief

  21-01-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The paper trail for these art plunderers, as for most second-rank figures in Nazi Germany, largely dried up after their interrogations and de-Nazifications in the late 1940s,” Jonathan Petropoulos writes. “The oral history offered by Bruno Lohse and other old Nazis provided one of the few ways to reconstruct the postwar experiences of this cohort.” – The New York Times
  
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• The Man Saving Cities One Historic Building At A Time

  21-01-2021 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “These once-dead buildings are now living spaces where people work, eat and carry out their lives,” says Luis Martín Bogdanovich, the general manager of Prolima, the municipality’s program to recuperate the historic center. The impact of Arte Express on the center of Lima “extends far beyond the restored physical structures to the whole dynamic of the city center itself,” he says. – Ozy
  
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• 3-Minute-Impact / Ratchet Theatre Company Ltd / South West

  21-01-2021 21:53
  “Everyone will have their 15 minutes of fame”. So said Andy Warhol. Though in this case, it’s 3 minutes. We at Ratchet Theatre are looking for the scriptwriting equivalent of Haiku...
  
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• Trustee / Macclesfield Barnaby Festival / North West

  21-01-2021 20:16
  Macclesfield Barnaby Festival is made with its community, supported by volunteers, businesses, artists, performers and creative thinkers. Macclesfield has no dedicated arts venue and the festival...
  
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• Company Administrator (part time) / Shobana Jeyasingh Dance / London

  21-01-2021 19:03
  Shobana Jeyasingh Dance is a leading contemporary dance company based in London.We are looking for an experienced Company Administrator to join our team on a part-time (3 days per week) fixed term...
  
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• Creative Leader / Art Clubbers CIC / London

  21-01-2021 18:15
  S.Y.N.C.Skills. Youth. Network. Create. Creative Leaders - SYNC your skills! We are on the lookout for 10 young artists, designers, performers and creatives to join Art Clubber’s latest...
  
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• Trustee / The Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah / Yorkshire

  21-01-2021 18:08
  Do I have to have been a Trustee before?No! We’re happy to provide support or training, and you will be ‘buddied’ with someone who has been a Blahs trustee for a while who will show...
  
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• Open call for miniature pieces of work inspired by Restriction / Clayhill Arts / UK wide

  21-01-2021 17:37
  Inspired by the Mail Art movement and by the restrictions many of us have experienced due to covid-19, new work is sought for an exhibition of miniature pieces of art which will be displayed in a set...
  
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• Freelance Producer / EMERGE(ncy) PARTY / London

  21-01-2021 17:19
  EMERGE(ncy) PARTY are looking for a producer to join them to make their project BECOMING.BECOMING is a show about transitions. About times in our lives when there were befores and when there are...
  
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• Previously unseen dog painting by Manet to be sold at Paris auction

  21-01-2021 17:13
  
  Artist painted pet as present for Marguerite Lathuille, whose family has owned picture for last 140 yearsA previously unseen painting of a pet dog by Édouard Manet will be sold for the first time at an auction in Paris next month.The French modernist artist dashed off the small work in 1879 as a present for Marguerite Lathuille, the daughter of a Paris innkeeper whose portrait he painted around the same time. Continue reading...
  
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• Marketing Insights Officer / Royal Armouries / Yorkshire

  21-01-2021 16:16
  Temporary contract: 14 months (maternity cover) For an immediate start.
   Region of £26,000 per annum depending on experience  The Marketing Insights Officer’s role is...
  
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• Part-time Project Manager - Fair Play / Severn Arts / West Midlands

  21-01-2021 16:08
  Project title: Fair Play – exploring pathways to inclusive musical participation 
  Severn Arts and partners, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire Music Hubs, have been successful in...
  
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• Director / AIM / North West

  21-01-2021 16:02
  The Association of Independent Museums (AIM) is a national, influential and successful membership charitable organisation supporting over a 1,000 independent museums, galleries and heritage...
  
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• First Assistant (Job ref: HOL004) / Libraries Unlimited / South West

  21-01-2021 15:59
  Salary: £6,055.84 / £10.10 per hour (£19,484 FTE)Hours: 11.5 hours per weekLocation: Holsworthy LibraryClosing date: 9am Mon 15 FebruaryInterview date: Mon 22 February
  We are...
  
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• Admin & Finance Officer / Lewisham Education Arts Network / London / London

  21-01-2021 15:57
  Based in Deptford, South East London, Lewisham Education Arts Network (LEAN), a small but vibrant arts education charity, now needs an Admin & Finance Officer to further the work of the...
  
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• Brewhouse 30th Anniversary - Artist Commission / The Brewhouse Arts Centre / West Midlands

  21-01-2021 15:28
  The Brewhouse Arts Centre is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year. To celebrate we are seeking to commission an artist to create a new installation for our venue. The work must be community...
  
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• Casual Workshop Tutor / The Brewhouse Arts Centre / West Midlands

  21-01-2021 15:17
  We are looking for artists and creatives to join our team of workshop tutors to help us deliver a high quality and exciting learning programme, workshops and events for local people.
  The workshop...
  
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• Casual Multi-Media Project Officer / The Brewhouse Arts Centre / West Midlands

  21-01-2021 15:14
  We are looking for musicians, artists and creatives to join our team of workshop leaders to help us deliver a high quality and exciting learning programme and events for local people.
  The...
  
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• Ecommerce Trading Manager / Historic Royal Palaces / London

  21-01-2021 14:23
  Ecommerce has become an integral part of the Historic Royal Palaces’ commercial strategy and we are now recruiting for a full time Retail Ecommerce Trading Manager to join our newly formed...
  
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• Head of Development / Leeds 2023 / Yorkshire

  21-01-2021 13:33
  Closing date: Friday 19 FebruaryContract type: Fixed term to December 2023Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum depending on experience
  Leeds 2023 will be a landmark year...
  
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• Head of Marketing / Reading Rep Theatre / South East

  21-01-2021 12:48
  Devise and implement innovative marketing and communications strategy and campaigns to meet ticket income targets mutually agreed with the Founding Artistic Director and Executive Director, and...
  
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• Chair of the Anvil Trust and Anvil Arts Trustees / Anvil Arts / South East

  21-01-2021 12:45
  Anvil Arts is proud to run Basingstoke’s major cultural venues. The Anvil and The Haymarket offer a varied and high-quality programme of music, drama, dance and comedy to the communities of...
  
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• Part time workshop assistant - training with our head woodworker / Bellerby & Co Globemakers / London

  21-01-2021 12:41
  Looking for someone to contribute to the woodworking team, apprentice level, opportunity to learn, PART TIME to start.
  You should have a great eye for detail, feel comfortable in the workshop...
  
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• Development Manager / Watershed / South West

  21-01-2021 12:37
  Position: Development Manager
  Department: Development
  Rate of Pay: £40,000
  Contract: Full time, Permanent
  Purpose of Job: We are looking for an experienced Development...
  
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• Flys Technician / Royal Opera House / London

  21-01-2021 12:35
  Permanent Contract Starting salary: £35,600 per annum
  The Royal Opera House aims to enrich people’s lives through opera and ballet. It seeks to be accessible and engaging, to develop...
  
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• Madrid's Prado museum to display more female and foreign artists

  21-01-2021 12:14
  
  Director says museum is reordering its permanent collection to make it ‘far more inclusive’The Prado in Madrid has announced plans to make the museum a “far more inclusive” place by reordering its permanent collection to ensure greater representation of works by female and foreign artists.Miguel Falomir, the Prado’s director, said “one of the few positives consequences” of the Covid pandemic had been the time the museum’s enforced closure had given
  
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• Freelance Researcher / Artist-Led National Portfolio Organisation Group / South East / Remote, UK wide

  21-01-2021 12:09
  The Artist-Led National Portfolio Organisation Group (ALNPO Group) is a group of 39 independent producing organisations that have come together over the last nine months. The group formed in response...
  
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• Producer (Maternity Cover) / Clod Ensemble / London

  21-01-2021 11:48
  Clod Ensemble is looking for an experienced Producer to shape and drive our performance programme, and be responsible for producing new artistic projects.We are looking for someone to cover a...
  
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• Celebrating Young Carers - Creative Commission / Artizan Collective CIC / South West / Torquay

  21-01-2021 11:20
  Torbay Youth Trust is seeking applications from artists, workshop leaders and creative practitioners to deliver a project with their young carers that will celebrate the “development and...
  
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• Difficult Conversations Training / Guildhall Coaching Associates / London / South East, North

  21-01-2021 11:08
  An engaging, practical training package (two half days) to build skill and personal confidence in holding challenging conversations in the workplace
   
  “knowing how to handle difficult...
  
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• Artists Commissioned for a new Art Hostel on Mabgate, Leeds / East Street Arts / Yorkshire

  21-01-2021 11:07
  Jon Wakeman and Karen Watson of East Street Arts always dreamt of owning their own Art Hostel, inspired by the accommodation they encountered on their travels, they saw a great opportunity to build...
  
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• Community Arts Project - invitation to tender / The Bond Board / North West

  21-01-2021 10:17
  The Brief
  The Bond Board is a homeless charity in Greater Manchester (www.thebondboard.org.uk). We are looking to commission an individual, group of individuals or an organisation who can design and...
  
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• Registration for 28 Plays Later closes in 1 week / The Literal Challenge / London

  21-01-2021 09:28
  Submission deadline January 28, 2021
  28 Plays Later
  Back for a seventh year, 28 Plays Later, a writing opportunity from The Literal Challenge - a social enterprise that brings together a community...
  
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• 'His pictures are timeless': celebrating the work of Irving Penn

  21-01-2021 08:34
  
  In a new exhibition, the career of esteemed photographer Irving Penn is being remembered from everyday objects to Vogue coversWhether it’s a grainy portrait of Pablo Picasso or a stark picture of ginkgo leaves, you know an Irving Penn photo when you see one. They exude elegance and minimalism, the work of an undisputed master of 20th-century photography.A new retrospective honoring the photographer is now on view in New York. A selection of photographs from the 1930s to the 2000s can be se
  
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• Bra stalls and tripe: the long lost world of Stockport market - in pictures

  21-01-2021 08:00
  
  Heidi Alexander’s images of Greater Manchester traders had been sitting in storage since she took them in 1977 ... now they’re bringing a community back togetherContinue reading...
  
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• Bra stalls and cow's udder: the long-lost world of Stockport market – in pictures

  21-01-2021 08:00
  
  Heidi Alexander’s images of Greater Manchester traders had been sitting in storage since she took them in 1977 … now they’re bringing a community back togetherContinue reading...
  
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• The Great British Art Tour: Billie Piper with comb hands and cat hairs

  21-01-2021 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: Billie Piper (A Combo Painting) from Cambridge’s New Hall Art CollectionA little over 10 years ago, an article by Germaine Greer was published in the Guardian. “Who is Britain’s hottest new artist? A 76-year-old called Rose Wylie,” ran the headline. Wylie is now one of the most sought-after contemp
  
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• DANCECleveland seeks an Executive Director

  21-01-2021 05:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the oldest dance-only presenting organizations in the U.S.seeks an Executive Director possessing leadership, experience, and a passion for dance. Following the organization’s long-time leader as she retires, the successful candidate will step into a fiscally strong and well respected, and admired organization in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio.DANCECleveland
  Position Description: Executive Director
  January 1, 2021Title: Executive Director
  Job Status: Full Time; exempt
  Reports to: Board
  
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