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• The Spatial Imagination / MAIA / West Midlands

  26-01-2021 21:42
  As many continue to organise for the long-crisis – or more aptly the continued crises our people and planet face – MAIA's two-day virtual convening, 'The Spatial Imagination', asks what...
  
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• Native American Languages Could Become Another Casualty Of COVID

  26-01-2021 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jodi Archambault: “As COVID-19 takes a fearsome toll on our people, it also threatens the progress we have made to save our languages. The average age of our speakers — our treasured elders who have the greatest knowledge and depth of the language — is 70. They are also those who are at most risk of dying from COVID-19.” Three native speakers who taught the Lakota language on the Standing Rock Reservation have died in the pandemic so far — out of only 230 native sp
  
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• Emerging Writers Programme / The London Library / London / National

  26-01-2021 19:33
  The London Library Emerging Writers Programme, now in its third year, is a unique opportunity which offers writers, in all genres, one year’s free membership of The London Library and includes...
  
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• How Social Media Has Rewired Our Cultural/Political Discourse

  26-01-2021 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  This expanding cornucopia of tech and entertainment has served as a compensatory narrative of progress and advancement for an empire in decline. The future seems more and more constrained, materially, but, on the flip side, you are freer and freer to build your own virtual worlds and get lost in them. – Artnet
  
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• Madrid feminist mural saved from removal attempt by far right

  26-01-2021 19:27
  
  Artwork celebrating pioneering women saved after city councillors step in to stop Vox party motion
  A Madrid mural honouring the lives and achievements of 15 pioneering women, including Nina Simone, Rosa Parks and Frida Kahlo, has been saved from destruction after city councillors stepped in to thwart far right attempts to have it removed.The 60-metre (197ft) mural, emblazoned with the slogan “Your ability doesn’t depend on your gender”, was commissioned by the local council in
  
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• The Princess Theatre invite applications to run their Cafe Bar / The Princess Theatre / South West

  26-01-2021 19:22
  With Covid restrictions ongoing, The Princess is taking new approaches to the services it offers for when it reopens.
  The Town Council is inviting any interested parties to explore new ideas for the...
  
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• Marketing and Communications Coordinator / The Princess Theatre / South West

  26-01-2021 19:14
  The Princess Theatre and Arts Centre are looking for an experienced marketing and communications professional as they navigate their way through new territory of online content creation and a return...
  
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• Andreas Delfs Named Music Director Of Rochester Philharmonic

  26-01-2021 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 61-year-old conductor spent a dozen years as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony (1997-2009). “Once reportedly accustomed to a few sellout audiences a year, the orchestra reportedly sold out 30 shows within a year of his arrival.” – WXXI (Rochester, NY)
  
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• Baylis Trustee / The Old Vic / London

  26-01-2021 18:32
  An exciting new one-year attachment to The Old Vic Board exclusively offered to one Lambeth resident aged 18–30. The Lambeth Baylis Trustee provides a unique opportunity for a young person...
  
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• The Case For Simpler Grant-Giving

  26-01-2021 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Are we giving to organizations that are actually doing the best work? Or are we giving to organizations that are giving us the best grants?” – WestWord
  
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• Art Teacher / Art-k Ewell / London

  26-01-2021 18:22
  JOB CONTEXT
  - Work in a fun, club environment with high teacher-student ratios where children are enthusiastic about art.- Join a strong team of like-minded artists and...
  
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• Twenty-One Young Composers For 2021

  26-01-2021 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  Michael Andor Brodeur: “There is really no playlist to match this unstable, uncertain moment. And, honestly, right now I’m less interested in rummaging through the past for reference points. I’m just trying to find my way forward. In that spirit — and since we’re feeling all inaugural — please find below the first-ever class of 21 for ’21.” – The Washington Post
  
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• Dance Artist Open Call - CROWD / Goethe-Institut / London / National/International

  26-01-2021 18:02
  CROWD is a dance residency programme developed between the Goethe-Institut and European partners including Dance4 and The Work Room in the UK.This research programme aims to support dance artists...
  
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• Head of Audience and Content Planning / The Royal Opera House / London

  26-01-2021 17:57
  The ROH leads the way in opera, ballet and music both live on stage and through multiple digital platforms, from live streaming to worldwide cinema screenings. The work of our Audiences and Media...
  
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• Cable TV Cord-Cutting Accelerates During Pandemic

  26-01-2021 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the interim, expect a flood of cable programming to start migrating over to streaming in anticipation for the day when cable is no longer a viable platform for networks to reach audiences. – Axios
  
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• Writing Bodies - Call for Online Performance Proposals / SLANT / London / remote

  26-01-2021 17:27
  Language can sometimes feel immaterial. Writing, in particular, can seem static or disembodied. Through performance we unfurl, propel, project words into the world, devising new language dynamics...
  
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• Copywriting Tutors - Talent Bank / City Lit / London

  26-01-2021 17:27
  The ideal candidate will be able to plan, teach and evaluate courses online - and possibly offline - that inspire students to write compelling copy, deliver outcomes specified by the course outline,...
  
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• The Playwright We Need To Snap Us Out Of The Past Four Years Is Brecht

  26-01-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Telling a lie over and over can make it seem true. It can also remove agency from the viewer, ceding the individual’s judgement over to the expectations of the story being told. Brecht refused to let his audience lose themselves in the funhouse mirror of such representations. ‘Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it,’ he wrote.” – Zócalo Public Square
  
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• Outreach officer / Primadonna Festival CIC / South East

  26-01-2021 16:58
  Primadonna was established in 2019 to provide a literary festival that showcased women writers and authors of all genders currently underrepresented in publishing. It aims to level up the book world...
  
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• Head of Courses / London Film Academy / London

  26-01-2021 16:58
  London Film Academy is seeking an experienced Head of Courses to join our Senior Management team and lead the Courses team at our busy Higher Education Institution based in Fulham,...
  
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• Programmer / Primadonna Festival CIC / South East

  26-01-2021 16:56
  Primadonna was established in 2019 to provide a literary festival that showcased women writers and authors of all genders currently underrepresented in publishing. It aims to level up the book world...
  
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• Estates Services Technician / Horniman Museum and Gardens / London

  26-01-2021 16:52
  The Horniman Museum and Gardens in south east London has been open since Victorian times, when the tea trader and philanthropist, Frederick John Horniman first opened his house and extraordinary...
  
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• Lead + Associate Artist Residencies / Peterborough Presents / East

  26-01-2021 16:50
  Calling all artists who love working with people and stories! Peterborough Presents are seeking two artists - a Lead Artist and an Associate Artist - to create a series of public artworks which...
  
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• André Gregory: What I Learned From Brecht (And His Wife)

  26-01-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “As I was at the beginning of my education as a young director, as well as a nervous, nerdy intellectual, I asked Helene Weigel about the Verfremdungseffekt, Brecht’s famous ‘alienation effect’ theory. … Weigel laughed and said something like, ‘Don’t pay any attention to Bert’s bullshit and theoretical nonsense. Just look at the work. Look at the work, and see what you see.'” – American Theatre
  
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• Royalties & Rights Coordinator / British Film Institute / London

  26-01-2021 16:08
  Royalties & Rights Coordinator
  1 Year Fixed Term Contract
  Salary £29,637- £35,025 plus generous benefits package
  We support flexible working
   
  We are seeking a Royalties...
  
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• City Of Austin Announced Major Overhaul Of Its Arts Funding Program, And Local Arts Community Is Saying “Whoa!”

  26-01-2021 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Staff with the city’s Cultural Arts Division unveiled an entirely new funding system in mid-December that, among other changes, lowers the funding cap for all funding programs, drops organizational support in favor of funding events, and allows for-profit businesses to apply for city arts funding. The new funding system also places top priority on ‘proposals that directly enhance cultural experiences for tourists and convention delegates, including projects that highlight und
  
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• Trustee x3 / Garden Museum / London

  26-01-2021 15:41
  The Garden Museum is the only museum in Britain dedicated to gardens and to celebrate their place in history, art, design, and modern lives.
  Being a Trustee is a fantastic way to support the Garden...
  
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• Metropolitan Opera Hires Harvard Law Dean As Chief Diversity Officer

  26-01-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Marcia Sells — a former dancer who became an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn and the dean of students at Harvard Law School — has been hired as the first chief diversity officer of the Metropolitan Opera, the largest performing arts institution in the United States.” – The New York Times
  
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• Creative Director & Chief Executive / Playwrights' Studio, Scotland / Scotland

  26-01-2021 15:33
  Playwrights' Studio, Scotland seeks an ambitious and highly motivated Creative Director and Chief Executive. 
  The Creative Director & Chief Executive will have good advocacy and strategic...
  
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• Milwaukee Ballet Plans Return To Mainstage Performance In June

  26-01-2021 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  As it did with its abbreviated Nutcracker in December, the company will do its first two productions of 2021 before an in-person audience of 10 people, with all other ticketholders watching online. But the season’s final production will be back (local regulations permitting) at Milwaukee Ballet’s usual venue, the Marcus Performing Arts Center, June 10-13. – Milwaukee Business Journal
  
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• Five Things I’ve Learned: How to Love Opera Like an Insider

  26-01-2021 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Join acclaimed classical music critic and opera insider Anne Midgette in this live, two-hour online class.Anne Midgette knows opera.The classical music critic of The Washington Post for 11 years, and a regular contributor of classical music and theater reviews to The New York Times for seven more, she has also written about music, the visual arts, dance, theater and film for The Wall Street Journal, Opera News, The Los Angeles Times, Town & Country, and many other publications. She’s
  
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• Online Safeguarding for the Arts and Cultural Sector / Artswork / South East / National

  26-01-2021 14:56
  This one hour webinar will help you identify and consider the risks and areas of concern that you might encounter with online delivery.
  As organisations adjust to the current climate and move...
  
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• The Broadway League – Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

  26-01-2021 14:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  Founded in 1930, The Broadway League (League) is the national trade association for Broadway and commercial theatre. The League’s 700-plus members include theatre owners and operators, producers, presenters, and general managers in North American cities, as well as suppliers of goods and services to the commercial theatre industry. These members bring Broadway to millions of people in New York and in more than 200 cities throughout the United States and Canada.Organization
  Founded in 1930,
  
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• Finance and Administration Officer / Grizedale Arts / North West

  26-01-2021 14:40
  Grizedale Arts seeks a Finance and Administrative Officer, to support the organisation's day-to-day operations and its financial and administrative systems. We are looking for the right candidate to...
  
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• While Lockdown Keeps The Hordes Away, The Louvre Is Fixing Itself Up

  26-01-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The world’s most visited museum — a record 10 million in 2019, mostly from overseas — is grappling with its longest closure since World War II, as pandemic restrictions keep its treasures under lock and key. But without crowds that can swell to as many as 40,000 people a day, museum officials are seizing a golden opportunity to finesse a grand refurbishment for when visitors return.” Said one senior curator, “For some projects, the lockdown has allowed us to
  
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• Paris’s Pompidou Centre Will Close For Three-To-Four-Year Renovation

  26-01-2021 14:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  “‘We no longer have a choice, the building is in distress,’ Centre Pompidou president Serge Lasvignes told Le Figaro of the extensive upkeep needed for its Renzo Piano- and Richard Rogers-designed exterior of steel piping that was constructed in the 1970s.” The museum will close for the €200 million project at the end of 2023 and should reopen in 2027, its 50th anniversary year. – ARTnews
  
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• Officer, Financial Risk Analysis / Arts Council England / North West

  26-01-2021 13:15
  Officer, Financial Risk Analysis
  Contract: Permanent, working 35 hours per week
  Salary: £27, 668 per annum, plus excellent benefits
  Location: Manchester
  We are looking to recruit an Officer...
  
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• Festival Assistant / London Handel Festival / London

  26-01-2021 13:11
  Make the difference as our new Festival Assistant at the London Handel Festival
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an assistant to join the team at the award-winning and internationally...
  
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• Jo Spence : From Fairy Tales to Phototherapy / Arnolfini / South West

  26-01-2021 13:09
  Drawn from one of the most comprehensive collections of Jo Spence's works in the world held by The Hyman Collection, From Fairy Tales to Phototherapy focuses on the intersection between arts, health...
  
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• A Picture of Health | Women Photographers / Arnolfini / South West

  26-01-2021 12:58
  A group exhibition of contemporary women photographers featuring autobiographical perspectives and social commentaries on the wider society, that aims to de-stigmatise subjects around mental health...
  
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• Social Media Manager / Fane / London

  26-01-2021 12:42
  Fane is a dynamic and market-leading live and online production company, working with inspiring voices from the world of literature, podcasts, screen and stage.
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• Communications & Audience Development Coordinator / Milton Keynes Arts Centre / South East

  26-01-2021 12:38
  Milton Keynes Arts Centre (MKAC) is seeking a highly motivated and efficient Communications & Audience Development Coordinator. This role will be fundamental to the smooth running of MKAC’s...
  
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• Marketing Assistant / King & McGaw / South East

  26-01-2021 12:19
  King & McGaw is the most prominent publisher, printer, wholesaler and retailer of art prints in the UK. They supply beautiful product to the world’s leading museums and galleries, including...
  
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• Development Manager (Trust, Foundations & Government) / Science Museum Group / Yorkshire

  26-01-2021 12:01
  Do you have strong relationship building skills with experience of working to and achieving fundraising targets?
  SMG are now recruiting for a Development Manager at the National Railway Museum on a...
  
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• Breath Work for Producers / BREATHE. PLAN. DO. / South West / UK wide

  26-01-2021 11:56
  Thursday 4th Feb 5pm - hosted on ZoomAs producers we have the task of staying calm under pressure whilst maintaining exceptional communication and often dealing with potenitally stressful...
  
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• The Great British Art Tour: Thomas Paine and his upside-down Rights of Man

  26-01-2021 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: Thetford’s Thomas Paine statue
  Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, Norfolk, on 29 January 1737. A complex and controversial character, he was a writer and political activist who was influential in both the American war of independence and the French Revolution.An inscription on the plinth describes him as an “En
  
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• 'Cancer made me pull my life together': Zandra Rhodes on fun, fashion and Freddie Mercury

  26-01-2021 07:00
  
  One of Britain’s greatest designers, she has dressed everyone from Princess Diana to Diana Ross. She discusses punk, pink hair and staying creative after serious illness Zandra Rhodes was doing a yoga session with a friend in the early weeks of the pandemic when she realised that something was wrong. “It’s a funny story,” she says. “We were lying on our lilac mats in my rainbow penthouse, and I was breathing deeply – and my stomach felt full. And I thought, wh
  
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• Rare Violin Tests Germany’s Nazi Looting Restitution System

  26-01-2021 00:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  More than 80 years later, his 300-year-old violin — valued at around $185,000 — is at the center of a dispute that is threatening to undermine Germany’s commitment to return objects looted by the Nazis. – The New York Times
  
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