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• Guides / Liverpool Biennial / North West

  02-02-2021 23:43
  Like so many other arts organisations, Liverpool Biennial has been impacted by the pandemic and has reconfigured the exhibition to ensure that people are still able to engage with and experience the...
  
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• Programme Support Assistants (2 posts) / Liverpool Biennial / North West

  02-02-2021 23:38
  Like so many other arts organisations  Liverpool Biennial has been impacted by the pandemic and has had to reconfigure the exhibition to ensure that people are still able to engage with and...
  
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• An Analysis Of How Colorado Arts Organizations Have Survived During COVID

  02-02-2021 23:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I’d say that size, discipline, history of percentage split of earned/contributed revenue, and dependency on partnerships and fee-for-service have all played a role in an organization’s ability to adapt, survive and even thrive during the pandemic.” – Colorado Sun
  
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• Cultural Adaptations digital conference (2-5 March) / / London / Online event

  02-02-2021 23:18
  The Cultural Adaptations conference will take place online from 2-5 March 2021. Over four afternoons, this inspiring event will feature participatory works, explore wider knowledge and international...
  
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• How Theatre Works As A Political Force

  02-02-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In my research, it became clear how the techniques used in theatre are used in politics, which further cemented my opinion that theatre artists have the capacity to deeply understand the political machine and work toward dismantling the status quo, creating a more equitable and community-based iteration of governing.” – Howlround
  
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• Freelance Creative Digital Producer / 2Faced Dance Company / West Midlands

  02-02-2021 22:36
  2Faced Dance is seeking to contract an imaginative, freelance, Creative Digital Producer who will be key in implementing a programme of digital engagement activities to support our key projects,...
  
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• Twitter Doesn’t Work – As A Network Or A Business. But It Could Be Fixed

  02-02-2021 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Trafficking in misinformation is wrong. Trafficking in misinformation with a structurally unsound business model is wrong and futile. But there’s an upside here: Twitter’s financial weakness is what gives it a chance for redemption. – New York Magazine
  
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• Is Art Created By AI Copywritable?

  02-02-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For an artwork to be copyrightable, it must possess some “minimal degree of creativity” and be original to the “author.” This leads us to ask questions that test the boundaries of the traditional legal framework: Can AI generated work be deemed creative, and if so, who would be credited as the creative author? – Americans for the Arts
  
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• Dynamic Groundbreaking TV Exec Jamie Tarses, 56

  02-02-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  By age 32, Tarses was the first woman to head a network entertainment division — and one of the youngest execs ever to lead a Big Three — in her role as ABC Entertainment president from 1996 to 1999. During her tenure, she oversaw popular series including Aaron Sorkin’s “Sports Night,” David E. Kelley’s “The Practice,” “Dharma & Greg” and “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.” – Variety
  
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• Why Telling The Truth Inside Organizations Is Difficult

  02-02-2021 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Think of something… mundane: ‘How are you?’ Virtually no one expects to hear anything but: ‘Good, thanks. And you?’ Withholding information has become the norm. Even when there is no direct question to answer, our interactions are replete with curated comments. The truth can be so hard to come by that many of us believe that our workplaces, and the people we encounter in them, are awash in bullshit.” – Psyche
  
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• Man Banned From Library For Life Because He Left Anti-Trump Poem There

  02-02-2021 21:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A 68-year-old retiree in Seymour, Indiana was a regular visitor to his local branch library and had become friendly with some employees there. In November, he brought a political poem he had written to give to a staffer he thought might like it; the person wasn’t in that day, so he left the poem at the circulation desk. He got home to find a voicemail from the police saying that he was permanently banned from the library’s premises and would be arrested if he ever returned. Why? As
  
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• Permanently Lock Down The Capitol? What Good Is A Symbol If It’s Behind Razor Wire?

  02-02-2021 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “What happened on Jan. 6 had nothing to do with fences or barriers or bad security infrastructure at the Capitol. It was a human failure, not an infrastructure failure. Investigations are ongoing, but it’s already clear this was a tragedy of incompetent leadership, failed intelligence and a giant mess of missed or crossed communications. And yet some of the people involved in the debacle may be instrumental in deciding on security measures.” – Washington Post
  
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• Watching Other People Clean Their Houses On YouTube Is Now A Thing

  02-02-2021 20:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “These aren’t Hoarder spinoffs for viewers to gawk at other people’s misery, nor are they aspirational home-organizing tutorials where influencers showcase impeccable walk-in closets. No, these are process videos grinding through some of the most mundane tasks we all do every week. And therein, apparently, lies the appeal. There’s a dirty house. After 30 minutes, it’s clean.” – The New York Times
  
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• What Some 1930s Scientists Knew: Public Engagement Is Essential

  02-02-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In other words, modern science became possible only once scholars began to talk with craftspeople. Science began with public engagement. – Aeon
  
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• Join an Online Drama Club - NEW (open for beginners) / Theatre Gym / Online

  02-02-2021 19:27
  Improve your acting skills through creating and performing in a group.The club meets once a week to create together, perform and help each other with feedback and ideas.It is for you if you...
  
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• EPIC: DIY Blockbuster Challenge for Emerging Artists & Companies / Tramshed / London

  02-02-2021 19:04
  How to make EPIC work within 4-Walls?
  We are offering £400 for 4 emerging companies / artists (at least 50% of the participants have to be aged 16-25) to create up to 15-min of digital...
  
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• Meet The Choreographer Behind The Viral Stars Of The UCLA Gymnastics Team

  02-02-2021 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Bijoya Das was a gymnast herself from age 6 until an injury in college led her to switch to dance; she’s now a successful commercial dancer and choreographer in the popular music industry. She is also the one who creates the dances for the gymnasts at UCLA whose routines keep becoming hits on YouTube — and that’s a job she willingly does for no pay. – The New York Times
  
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• Tough Questions For Cultural Industries Post-COVID

  02-02-2021 18:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Applied to the cultural and creative industries, this involves asking tough questions on the current working conditions, financial stability and social recognition of artists, as well as extending sustained non-monetary support such as counselling for those who have had to weather a seemingly perpetual storm. Only then can the sector turn to long-term rebuilding strategies, which must include reinvestment strategies. – The Conversation
  
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• Campaign & Fundraising Manager / THIIIRD Magazine / London

  02-02-2021 18:34
  THIIIRD magazine is looking for a creative, hardworking and self-motivated individual to join the team and Lead a fundraising campaign centred around the launch of our next issue. 
  The role is...
  
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• SET Woolwich Studios Manager / SET Centre CIO / London

  02-02-2021 18:26
  SET Studios Manager – SET Woolwich
  -     40 hours per week (full-time), 10:00-18:00 Monday-Friday (paid lunch)
  -     £10.85 per hour (London...
  
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• Experimentica - Open Call / Chapter / East / UK

  02-02-2021 18:14
  DEADLINE EXTENDED - THREE £1000.00 COMMISSION OPPORTUNITIES.
  Experimentica is a live art festival in Cardiff that encourages risk, collaboration and exchange between artists and...
  
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• Hermitage’s Major Fabergé Show Is Full Of ‘Tawdry Fakes’, Says Art Dealer

  02-02-2021 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The explosive claim was made in an open letter to Hermitage boss Mikhail Piotrovsky by Andre Ruzhnikov, who has been buying and selling Fabergé for 40 years. In it, he accuses Piotrovsky of ‘insulting the good name of Fabergé, betraying your visitors’ trust, operating under false pretences, and destroying the authority of the museum you have been appointed to lead.'” The alleged forgeries come from the collection of an oligarch close to Vladimir Putin. &nd
  
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• IT and Web Technical support Advisor / Wise Thoughts / GFEST / London

  02-02-2021 17:53
  Pioneering LGBTQI, BAME issue-based arts charity Wise Thoughts (https://wisethoughts.org/) is looking to recruit freelance IT, web, networks technical support advisor. 
  Suitable candidates must...
  
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• Sunday Kids Art Club on 14th March / St. Ives School of Painting / South West / ONLINE

  02-02-2021 17:42
  JOIN IN!
  Calling all families with primary aged kids! Fancy joining us online for our Sunday Kids Art Club?
  Sunday mornings 10.30 -11.30amNext session - Sunday 14th March, just £10 per...
  
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• Sunday Kids Art Club on 28th Feb / St. Ives School of Painting / South West / ONLINE

  02-02-2021 17:40
  JOIN IN!
  Calling all families with primary aged kids! Fancy joining us online for our Sunday Kids Art Club?
  Sunday mornings 10.30 -11.30amNext session - Sunday 28th Feb, just £10 per...
  
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• Sunday Kids Art Club on 7th Feb / St. Ives School of Painting / South West / ONLINE

  02-02-2021 17:36
  JOIN IN!
  Calling all families with primary aged kids! Fancy joining us online for our Sunday Kids Art Club?
  Sunday mornings 10.30 -11.30amNext session - Sunday 7th Feb, just £10 per...
  
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• Monumental Fine Artist / George Willcox Granite Ltd / West Midlands

  02-02-2021 17:35
  Area:  Honeybourne Evesham, Worcestershire                  Type:  Permanent – Full...
  
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• UK Parliament Told Festivals Could Be Safe This Summer

  02-02-2021 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The idea that the festivals can’t go ahead and be socially-distanced is inaccurate,” one festival director told the House of Commons Culture Select Committee, which is examining the live music sector. – BBC
  
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• Muralist/Large Scale Artist for Outdoor Murals / North Birkenhead Development Trust / North West

  02-02-2021 17:28
  North Birkenhead Development Trust and Cradle to Career are looking for a local artist/artists in the Wirral, Liverpool City Region or Chester/Cheshire area to create 3-5 community based, outdoor...
  
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• New Online Exhibition Exploring Histories of Travel and Tourism / Durham University / North East / All

  02-02-2021 17:20
  If you are bored of being stuck at home, why not set sail on a voyage around the globe with our new online exhibition Journeys: Reading the World.
  Using the books, manuscripts and archives from the...
  
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• Head of Marketing and Communications / Institute of Imagination / London

  02-02-2021 17:17
  We are seeking a smart, visionary, ambitious new Head of Marketing and Communications to develop the personality of our brand, drive income through ticket sales (when the world opens up again),...
  
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• Head of Development / Institute of Imagination / London

  02-02-2021 17:12
  This past year has seen the iOi’s fundraising income almost double. With major funders like Paul Hamlyn Foundation and City Bridge Trust, as well as new six figure partnerships with...
  
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• New playwriting course for LGBTQ+ people in Greater Manchester / Dibby Theatre / North West / Greater Manchester

  02-02-2021 17:02
  Dibby Theatre presents...
  First Dibs
  A play-making school by LGBTQ+ artists, for LGBTQ+ artists
  First Dibs is a brand new 14-week course exploring play writing and making for 5 early-stage career...
  
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• Consultant and Researcher / BOP Consulting / London

  02-02-2021 17:02
  We are an international consultancy specialising in culture and the creative economy.
  We are recruiting a Consultant and a Researcher!We're looking to recruit a Consultant to independently lead on...
  
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• Portland’s Classical Radio Station Will Be Recording And Releasing Music By Nonwhite And Women Composers

  02-02-2021 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When the staff at All Classical Portland was looking at how to add more diversity to its playlists, they found that the biggest limitation was how little recorded music by composers from historically marginalized communities is actually available. The station’s “Recording Inclusivity Initiative” aims to start fixing that. – Current
  
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• Deputy Facilities Manager (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) / Mountview / London

  02-02-2021 16:51
  Mountview is one of the UK’s leading drama schools. We offer professional vocational training at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level in performance and production arts, alongside...
  
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• Evaluation Partner / Punchdrunk Enrichment / London

  02-02-2021 16:48
  In 2021 Punchdrunk Enrichment is embarking upon a new programme of work across three academic years called Immersive Learning Journeys. This will see us working with eight primary schools in the...
  
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• The Brittle Star Workout - online writing exercise class / Brittle Star Magazine / East Midlands

  02-02-2021 16:38
  The Brittle Star Workout  - a writing exercise class via Zoom. For poets and short fiction writers at any level.Flex your writing muscles with a short burst of writing energy in our new online...
  
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• America’s Leading Black Classics Scholar Says The Field Needs A Complete Overhaul. Is That Even Possible?

  02-02-2021 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Dan-el Padilla Peralta came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic at age 4 and grew up extremely poor; it was his childhood fascination with ancient Greece and Rome, combined with his academic talents, that got him school scholarships and pulled him out of poverty and into a professorship at Princeton. Today he argues that his discipline, as it developed in the U.S. and Europe from the 18th century onward, is completely bound up with white supremacy and should be either restructured completel
  
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• Children`s Art Festival Producer / Evoke / Yorkshire

  02-02-2021 16:21
  Our Biennale is a festival of arts and culture made with children and young people in Kirklees. Throughout the festival musicians, artists, theatre-makers and choreographers work with schools and...
  
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• Casting Call - Black Actress / Woolfian Tales, People Staring / North West

  02-02-2021 16:12
  Role Title: African mother
  Role Type: Music Video
  Gender: Female
  Age: 30+
  Role Ethnicity: Black, African, Caribbean, Black British any other Black background.We are looking for a creative...
  
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• First Plinth: Public Art Award 2021 / Royal Society of Sculptors / London / All regions

  02-02-2021 16:09
  First Plinth: Public Art Award 2021 is designed to offer sculptors an opportunity to extend their practice into competing for public art commissions. The winning sculptor is awarded £15,000 to...
  
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• She Was Fired From ‘The Color Purple’ And Is Suing. But She Would Probably Have Quit The Show Anyway.

  02-02-2021 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Actress Seyi Omooba had been engaged to play Celie in the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s novel in Leicester, England in 2019 — but she was let go when a 2014 Facebook post of hers containing anti-gay comments became public. She’s suing for breach of contract. But testimony before a tribunal revealed that Omooba had previously told her agents that she would never play a gay role. (The character Celie has a same-sex affair.) – BBC
  
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• Sales & Marketing Manager - Fixed Term Maternity Cover / The Common Room of the Great North / North East

  02-02-2021 16:02
  Sales & Marketing Manager – Fixed Term Maternity Cover  
  Salary: £28,000 - £30,000 depending on skills and...
  
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• Local Cultural Education Partnership Associate for Calderdale / We are IVE Ltd / Yorkshire

  02-02-2021 15:45
  We are looking for a strategic lead, who understands the importance of cultural education in the life of young people and who can articulate this in a clear and strategic fashion.
  Specific...
  
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• Tony Bennett, Age 94, Has Alzheimer’s — But He Can Still Sing

  02-02-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In fact, he recorded his new album of duets with Lady Gaga in sessions spanning 2018 to 2020, and he was first diagnosed with the condition in 2016. And though he is quiet most of the time these days and frequently disoriented, he still sings through his 90-minute set twice a week and was even performing right up until the pandemic began. – AARP
  
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• Actor Hal Holbrook, 95

  02-02-2021 15:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a long career spanning stage, film, and television, he was known for roles ranging from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln to Deep Throat to Willy Loman to the Stage Manager in Our Town. But he was most famous for his one-man show portraying Mark Twain — a role he played for more than 60 years, considerably longer than Samuel Clemens did. – The New York Times
  
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• Assistant Creative Project Producer / Dulwich Picture Gallery / London

  02-02-2021 14:55
  Weston Jerwood Creative Bursary: Assistant Creative Project Producer
  Thank you for your interest in the Assistant Creative Project Producer role at Dulwich Picture Gallery. This role is part of the...
  
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• Freelance Social Media & Marketing Executive / The Melanin Agency / London / Remote working

  02-02-2021 14:43
  The Melanin Agency represents experienced and emerging ethnic hair and makeup talent in Film and TV. We also provide our services for commercials, major events and to private clients for red carpet...
  
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• Spain Will Pay $7.8 Million A Year To Keep Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection In Madrid

  02-02-2021 14:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Spanish government has concluded what is, in effect, a 15-year rental agreement with Baroness Carmen Cervera, the widow of Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza: in exchange for an annual payment of €6.5 million, she will allow her collection of 400 artworks — which range from Rembrandt and Caravaggio through van Gogh and Monet to Roy Lichtenstein, and estimated to be worth $1.2 billion in total — to remain alongside the 775 works that Spain purchased from her late hus
  
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