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• Interim Executive Director / Artistic Directors of the Future / London

  29-01-2021 21:35
  We are looking to appoint a dynamic Interim Executive Director to oversee a period of transition as the organisation embarks on an exciting period of organisational development and growth funded by...
  
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• 78s Were More Than Just Caruso, Ma Rainey, And Dixieland — They Were Used For Recording Music All Over The Globe

  29-01-2021 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In fact, outside North America and Europe, 78s were the standard record format well into the 1960s, and they hold an enormous variety of music from the days before globalization. A new anthology titled An Alternate History of the World’s Music presents old recordings from places as disparate as Myanmar, Zanzibar, Ecuador, Albania, and Okinawa. – The Guardian
  
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• Playwright: We Need To Stop Cancel Culture

  29-01-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I do not consent to being part of an arts community that engages in witch hunts of people who don’t think like me,” Carmen Aguirre says in the nearly 30-minute video, which she posted to YouTube. “If I am to argue with someone because I oppose their views or even find their views harmful, then I’d like the argument to state why I think that person is wrong, not why I think they’re evil,” she says. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
  
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• Bouvier affair: Swiss prosecutors to close legal dispute over art

  29-01-2021 19:18
  
  Case between dealer Yves Bouvier and oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev has been ongoing since 2015A long-running court case involving an art dealer who was accused of swindling $1bn from a Russian oligarch took a step closer to being resolved after Swiss prosecutors moved to close an action against him.The dispute between the dealer, Yves Bouvier, and the oligarch, Dmitry Rybolovlev – known as the Bouvier Affair – has been ongoing since 2015, but this week the Geneva prosecutor’s offi
  
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• Mike Birbiglia On Doing Comedy Over Zoom

  29-01-2021 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “I’ve done about 18 of these virtual shows, and I’ve learned things from them that I thought I had long understood after 20 years of being a professional comedian. People need comedy. At very least, they need to laugh — particularly when life is most burdensome and unwieldy. People need to laugh to be reminded what laughter feels like and why anyone would have laughed in the first place. It’s the defibrillator that sends a shock to the heart to restore a normal rhy
  
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• Free public art talk: Book Launch of Festival Cities / CREATURE (Creative Arts, Cultures & Engagement) London Met / London

  29-01-2021 19:03
  You are warmly invited to our next public art talk, hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts, Cultures and Engagement (CREATURE), John R. Gold and Margaret M. Gold discuss 'Festival Cities:...
  
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• Marketing & Comms Manager (Full Time) / Pop Up Projects CIC / London

  29-01-2021 19:01
  THE ROLE
  This is a key role that requires expertise, entrepreneurship and responsiveness, to:
  Promote our work and its impact
  Market our products and services
  Develop and implement...
  
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• General Manager (p/t) / Ludic Rooms Ltd / West Midlands

  29-01-2021 18:39
  Ludic Rooms, a postdigital arts studio based in Coventry, is looking for a proactive and self-directed General Manager to join our small but busy team. We produce artworks, events, education and...
  
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• Commissioning Editor - Scotland / Art UK / Scotland

  29-01-2021 18:34
  Are you passionate about bringing art to everyone? Do you believe in the power of digital to engage young people with the arts? Do you know your Bellany from your Barns-Graham?We’re looking for...
  
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• Collections Content and Liaison Officer / Art UK / East Midlands / Anywhere in the UK

  29-01-2021 18:31
  Are you passionate about bringing art to everyone? Do you believe in the power of digital to transform lives?We’re looking for a highly motivated Collections Content and Liaison Officer to join...
  
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• Apple’s Tim Cook: We Have To Say All Engagement Isn’t Good Engagement

  29-01-2021 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “At a moment of rampant disinformation and conspiracy theories juiced by algorithms, we can no longer turn a blind eye to a theory of technology that says all engagement is good engagement — the longer the better — and all with the goal of collecting as much data as possible. Too many are still asking the question, ‘how much can we get away with?,’ when they need to be asking, ‘what are the consequences’?” – MacRumors
  
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• Learning Content Officer - Scotland / Art UK / Scotland

  29-01-2021 18:29
  Are you passionate about bringing art to everyone? Do you believe in the power of digital to engage young people with the arts? Do you know your Bellany from your Barns-Graham?We’re looking for...
  
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• After 30 Years, Co-Founder/Editor Of London Review Of Books Retires

  29-01-2021 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Mary-Kay Wilmers … was one of the founders of the literary magazine in 1979, along with Karl Miller and Susannah Clapp, became co-editor in 1988, and has been its sole editor since 1992. In 2019, when the LRB celebrated its 40th anniversary, she was dubbed ‘Britain’s most influential editor’ by the New York Times.” – The Guardian
  
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• The Improbable Story Of A Disney Movie That Almost Didn’t Get Made

  29-01-2021 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “So, uh, how — and why — did all of this happen? Here is the oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, an irreverent, pratfall-heavy, non sequitur of an animated movie that so defied Disney’s painstakingly deliberate traditions, it’s hard to believe it actually exists today.” – New York Magazine
  
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• Expressions of Interest / BIMM Institute / North West

  29-01-2021 17:20
  Freelance Lecturing opportunities at BIMM Manchester: MA Popular Music PracticeExpressions of Interest: Lecturers in Higher Education at Masters Level
  Contractual Hours: Freelance,...
  
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• Social Media, Marketing and Design Lead / The Warren Youth Project / Yorkshire

  29-01-2021 17:19
  Hours: 35 Hours per week.
  Salary: £24,481 pa.
  Contract: One Year Fixed term (with potential for renewal for 3 further years)
  Previous applicants need not apply
  We’ve got a thrilling...
  
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• New Design For COVID-Safe Pop-Up Theatre

  29-01-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Vertical Theatre, as it’s called, will be modular, with a capacity of 1,200 to 2,400, seated in small groups separated (if necessary) by clear screens. The structure has a roof, but the sides are open to allow airflow. The UK-based creators hope to have at least one Vertical Theatre hosting shows later this year. – WhatsOnStage (London)
  
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• South West Documentary Commission / Exeter Phoenix / South West

  29-01-2021 16:56
  Exeter Phoenix - South West Documentary Commission. Applications invited now. 
  Exeter Phoenix are looking for the next authentic and original stories from the south west, which we can help turn...
  
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• Public Radio And TV Face Looming Shortage Of Broadcast Engineers

  29-01-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The workforce of broadcast engineers — those who know to fix broadcast transmitters, tubes and wires — is reaching retirement age. … Far fewer skilled young people are waiting in the wings to take on their roles. The apprenticeships that provided training to the engineers who are now approaching retirement are increasingly rare.” And perpetually strapped public broadcasting stations have trouble affording salaries high enough to attract what candidates are availa
  
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• Digital Communications Officer / Royal Academy of Music / London

  29-01-2021 16:19
  We are currently seeking a Digital Communications Officer to join the Communications and Marketing team.  Reporting to the Head of Communications and External Relations, you will support the...
  
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• Hey, Joe And Kamala! You Know Who Can Help You Save America? Arts Researchers!

  29-01-2021 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In addition to being creative thinkers and makers, many artists, designers and architects are also researchers whose work reveals new insights and approaches to solving some of the most complex challenges facing our world. … It is vital that our federal government includes art researchers so that their unique perspectives and voices can help catalyse change for a better tomorrow.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Digital comms officer / International Broadcasting Trust / London

  29-01-2021 15:52
  The International Broadcasting Trust is seeking a flexible and enthusiastic digital comms officer to work 2-3 days a week across a range of activities. We are a small charity that works with the...
  
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• Did Stock-Trading Redditors Just Save Live Cinema?

  29-01-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  Or, if not the entire movie-theater business, at least AMC. The pandemic had made the already-difficult financial situation of the world’s largest cinema chain disastrous. But the same amateur stock-traders on the subreddit r/wallstreetbets who put GameStop in the news this week bought lots of stock in AMC as well. As a Bloomberg columnist put it, “Six hundred million dollars in debt, vaporized by Reddit enthusiasm.” – Slate
  
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• Renaissance cartoons and Turner's watercolours online – the week in art

  29-01-2021 15:30
  
  The Serpentine and WeTransfer go immersive with a new online series, the Scottish National Gallery takes Turner digital and Jo Spence’s powerful photographs are part of a streaming tour – all in your weekly dispatchThe Raphael Cartoons
  A cartoon in the Renaissance meant a full-size design and came from cartone, the largest size paper you could buy. Raphael’s huge coloured drawings for tapestries to hang in the Sistine Chapel have been in Britain since the 17th century and at th
  
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• Culture Club Support Artist / Friction Arts / West Midlands

  29-01-2021 15:30
  Friction Arts is seeking a support artist who can help deliver a new and ambitious programme of work for home educated young people. The series of twenty workshops - funded by Birmingham City Council...
  
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• Digital & Marketing Officer / OperaUpClose / London

  29-01-2021 15:26
  OperaUpClose is recruiting for a Digital and Marketing officer to join our small, friendly and committed team. We’re looking for someone with a passion for what we do, outstanding communication...
  
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• Museum Of The Bible Gives 5,000 Artifacts Back To Egypt

  29-01-2021 15:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The collection” — which, the museum says, has “insufficient reliable provenance” — “includes manuscripts and papyrus fragments with texts written in Coptic, hieratic and demotic scripts, and Greek. Some of the papyri feature Christian prayers written in Arabic and Coptic or Arabic only.” – Hyperallergic
  
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• Botticelli Portrait Is Now Most Expensive Old Master Painting Ever Sold (Except For ‘Salvator Mundi’)

  29-01-2021 14:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  “A sterling 550-year-old portrait by the Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli that was the star lot of Sotheby’s Old Masters sale has sold for $92.2 million, making it the second-most-expensive Old Master artwork to sell at auction, according to the company. The artwork, Young Man Holding a Roundel (circa 1444/5–1510), is one of only three portraits by Botticelli left in private hands.” – Artnet
  
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• Freelance Contract - Partnership Exhibitions Plan / Wessex Museums / South West

  29-01-2021 14:18
  Wessex Museums is looking for an experienced and innovative freelance museum exhibition specialist to help us to develop a partnership exhibitions plan for 2023- 2026. 
  Our four museums have...
  
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• Freelance Artist Commission / Theatre Hullabaloo / North East

  29-01-2021 14:12
  We are looking for one North East based artist to bring five winning Easter Egg designs to life to be displayed in shop windows in Darlington as part of our Easter trail.
  We are encouraging children...
  
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• Eva Coutaz, Longtime Director Of Classical Label Harmonia Mundi, Dead At 77

  29-01-2021 14:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Having started her career with Harmonia Mundi in 1972 as a press officer, she went on to produce more than 800 recordings with artists including Philippe Herreweghe, [William Christie], Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust and Paul Lewis. She retired from the classical music label in 2016 following a career spanning nearly 30 years. When her husband Bernard Coutaz, Harmonia Mundi’s founder, died in 2010, she became the chairman and CEO of the label until its acquisition by PIAS, a f
  
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• Creative Writing tutors - Talent Bank / City Lit / London

  29-01-2021 13:22
  We are looking to recruit teachers to an approved tutor pool. You will be invited to apply internally for courses that match your skillset when vacancies arise and you will also be able to propose...
  
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• Paid Call Out for a Graduate Theatre-Maker / Stute Theatre / North West

  29-01-2021 13:14
  ‘Fables At The Kitchen Table’ is Stute Theatre’s new theatre piece for children adapted from Aesop’s Fables. These much-loved fables will be brought to life using inventive...
  
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• Freelance Digital Content and Social Media Manager / Bagri Foundation / London

  29-01-2021 13:02
  £150-£200 per day DOE
  Freelance, two days p/w
  This role will be responsible for ensuring engagement across our channels and supporting a cohesive suite of digital projects. 
  Key...
  
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• Youth Programme Coordinator / The Mighty Creatives / East Midlands

  29-01-2021 11:58
  Job Title:                     Youth Programme Coordinator
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• Chair / Absolutely Cultured / Yorkshire

  29-01-2021 11:40
  Absolutely Cultured is looking to appoint a new Chair to lead our Board of Trustees and guide the organisation through its next exciting stage of development. This is a great opportunity to work with...
  
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• Head of Collections and Research / Royal Air Force Museum / London

  29-01-2021 11:22
  Head of Collections and ResearchPermanentFull-time London or Cosford basedCirca £45-50k (dependent on location)
  The RAF Museum is looking for an experienced Head of Collections and Research to...
  
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• The paintings that take me back to Snowdonia

  29-01-2021 11:00
  
  Cut off from the Welsh mountains by lockdown, our Berlin-based writer stays connected through the work of a local artistGrowing up in a small west Lancashire town surrounded by potato and cabbage fields, I always felt the mountains were a long way away. They weren’t of course. Snowdonia was a couple of hours’ drive in one direction. The Lake District was a similar distance in another. An even shorter drive took us across the fields to Formby where, down on the beach when the weather
  
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• Music Technology After School Club / Conductive Music CIC / London

  29-01-2021 10:57
  A free, fun and educational after school club, to learn how to make music online, from the comfort of your...
  
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• Musical Video Games After School Club / Conductive Music CIC / London

  29-01-2021 10:54
  A free, fun and educational after school club, where you will understand how to make your video game and your own music!
  Link: https://musicalvideogames2021.eventbrite.co.uk
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• Assistant Finance Business Partner / Royal Shakespeare Company / West Midlands

  29-01-2021 10:30
  Our productions take centre stage, but have you ever wondered about our work behind the scenes?
  The RSC Finance team ensures we're always looking to the future by preparing budgets and forecasting...
  
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• Accounts Officer / Royal Shakespeare Company / West Midlands

  29-01-2021 10:28
  Are you experienced in processing invoices and managing suppliers? We're looking for an Accounts Officer to join our busy and efficient Transaction...
  
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• Curator of Exhibitions (Leeds Art Gallery) / Leeds City Council / Yorkshire

  29-01-2021 09:50
  Leeds Art Gallery is seeking to appoint a Curator of Exhibitions for maternity cover of up to 12 months, who will work closely with colleagues on the management and delivery of an inspirational,...
  
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• Musician/Performer / HurlyBurly Theatre / South East

  29-01-2021 08:09
  HurlyBurly Theatre are seeking a musician/performer for some exploratory R&D work of a new piece for babies. ‘The Bug Hotel’ will be an outdoor sensory musical adventure for babies...
  
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• The Great British Art Tour: Turner brings to life an apocalypse – from the safety of his studio

  29-01-2021 07:00
  
  With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Liverpool’s Eruption of the Soufrière Mountains by JMW TurnerAt time of writing, scientists are monitoring increased seismic activity at La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent, which could erupt at any time. The last major eruption of St Vincent was in 1979, the eruption before that, in 1902 , kille
  
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• The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre – Executive Director

  29-01-2021 06:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre (Civic) is one of the country’s preeminent community theatres and has been center stage in the Kalamazoo community for 91 years. One of the nation’s oldest and largest non-Equity community theatres, the Civic serves as a training ground for young performers and theatrical designers. For more than nine decades, the Civic has personified its mission to produce a diverse spectrum of theater of the highest quality and to provide hands-on learning experiences i
  
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• Fuel your creativity: a peer-led adventure for makers & artists / / London / UK wide

  29-01-2021 05:29
  Do you love making stuff? Does the idea of trying out new techniques fill you with glee? Do you want to cultivate your creativity in the company of other curious and crafty people?
  The Makers'...
  
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• Highest price ever for a Botticelli painting paid in New York auction

  29-01-2021 03:02
  
  Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel, a small portrait of long-haired nobleman, sells for $92.2mA small painting by Sandro Botticelli has been sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $92.2m, an auction record for the Renaissance master.The work, Young Man Holding a Roundel, from about 1475, depicts a nobleman holding a round painting of a saint. It is one of just three portraits in private hands by the artist best known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Related: The $80m Bot
  
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• Highest price ever for a Botticelli painting, $92.2m, paid at auction

  29-01-2021 03:02
  
  Sandro Botticelli’s Young Man Holding a Roundel, a small portrait of long-haired nobleman, sold in New YorkA small painting by Sandro Botticelli has been sold at Sotheby’s in New York for $92.2m, an auction record for the Renaissance master.The work, Young Man Holding a Roundel, from about 1475, depicts a nobleman holding a round painting of a saint. It is one of just three portraits in private hands by the artist best known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera. Related: The $80m Bot
  
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• Cicely Tyson, 96

  29-01-2021 02:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Regal in bearing, with willowy beauty and delicately chiseled features, Ms. Tyson was known for embodying women of great poise striving under great pressure. … [Her] electrifying portrayals of resilient Black women — foremost in the 1974 TV movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman but also as Coretta Scott King and Harriet Tubman — brought some of the first ennobling portrayals of African Americans to a vast television audience.” – The Washington Post
  
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