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• Advertising and Sales Manager, Dallas Opera

  04-02-2021 23:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Reporting to the Director of Marketing, Sales, and Patron Services, the Advertising and Sales Manager is responsible for managing media placement, budget, content, and production for all print, digital, broadcast, and out of home advertising to support the ticket sales and revenue goals of The Dallas Opera. This position also manages all direct sales activity including planning, content, and production for direct mail and all aspects of the subscription campaign.AdvertisingManage media placement
  
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• LA Theatre Raises $700K In A Single Online Fundraiser. Here’s How

  04-02-2021 23:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It was with no small amount of happiness that Center Theatre Group this week said it had generated more than $700,000 through a single fundraising event: a boisterous Zoom party featuring an impressive list of theater makers and celebrities. The event was part of the RWQuarantunes program, launched last year by WME partner Richard Weitz and his teenage daughter, Demi, to raise money for groups devastated by coronavirus shutdowns. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• The Pandemic Has Brought Out The Medieval In Us

  04-02-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Was there a connection between the sudden relevance of medieval anecdotes and an apparent increase in blackletter fonts on leftist social media? If plague humor was in, so too were ornate, eye-catching fonts derived from a Gothic style. And as platforms such as Instagram evolved last summer—becoming more text-heavy, politicized, and less about the passive consumption of lifestyle imagery—text-based infographics featuring blackletter became central tools for sharing informatio
  
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• How Do We Mitigate The Chaos Of Social Media?

  04-02-2021 22:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “I think we’re witnessing, in real time, society grappling with the emergence of social media as a very powerful force. Experts who have been studying this stuff have been warning for months, if not years, that these types of disturbances could happen as a result of online platforms. And this isn’t the first time that we’ve seen social media activity manifest in a real-world threat to democracies or disruption of an economy. But the scale, publicity, and extremity of the
  
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• Binging Or Drip Drip Drip? The Pros And Cons Of Streaming

  04-02-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Are we really just pleasure-seeking audiences looking for that instant hit of media indulgence? As the effects of lockdown and zoom fatigue have exposed, society seems to be increasingly experiencing media fatigue. – The Conversation
  
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• 25 Years Ago A Luddite And A Techno-Utopian Bet On Whether Technology Would Destroy The World…

  04-02-2021 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “History is full of civilizations that have collapsed, followed by people who have had other ways of living,” Kirkpatrick Sale said. “My optimism is based on the certainty that civilization will collapse.” – Wired
  
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• Event Operations Assistant (Coventry Moves) / Coventry City of Culture Trust / West Midlands

  04-02-2021 21:08
  We're looking to appoint a freelance Event Operations Assistant to support the operational delivery of our opening event, ‘Coventry Moves’. This role will offer support to the Event...
  
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• Administrative Assistant (Coventry Moves) / Coventry City of Culture Trust / West Midlands

  04-02-2021 21:04
  We're looking to appoint a fixed-term, full-time Administrative Assistant to support work on our opening event, ‘Coventry Moves’. The successful applicant will offer administration...
  
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• When Dancers Form COVID Bubbles

  04-02-2021 21:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A look at how small groups of (properly tested and quarantined) dancers and choreographers got together (at long last!) to make work this past summer at two centers of dance in the Hudson River Valley. – The Washington Post
  
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• Data Support Officer / Coventry City of Culture Trust / West Midlands

  04-02-2021 21:01
  We are looking for a Data Support Officer to join our Monitoring and Evaluation department. The Data Support Officer will support the Monitoring and Data Manager in data collation for reporting,...
  
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• Brand Manager / Coventry City of Culture Trust / West Midlands

  04-02-2021 20:59
  We are looking to appoint a Brand Manager with proven experience of overseeing the deployment of a brand strategy, ensuring guidelines are followed both internally by Trust colleagues and externally...
  
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• Manimals - A new interactive game play / / London / Zoom

  04-02-2021 20:58
  Manimals - a new interactive game play
  “I swiped on them all to see who I could meet. A hundred Manimals in a tracking spreadsheet…”
  Michelle, a successful game designer, thinks...
  
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• Build Back Better

  04-02-2021 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  At this point I would implore arts organizations not to return to pre-pandemic practices with nothing more than modest tweaks. This is a time for serious reconfiguring. So let me suggest three categories for new or significantly expanded approaches. – Doug Borwick
  
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• A “Unique Addition” to the Whitman Repertoire

  04-02-2021 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  When PostClassical Ensemble undertook our world premiere recording of the 1944 radio play Whitman, we did so believing that Bernard Herrmann’s Whitman setting is a singular addition to the repertoire of “melodramas” – compositions for music plus the spoken word. – Joseph Horowitz
  
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• Record Amount Of Buried Treasure Found In UK (By Amateurs With Metal Detectors)

  04-02-2021 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The vast majority, 96%, were discovered by metal detecting. Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Essex and Hampshire were identified as hotspots for treasure with more than 80 pieces found in each county during 2019. There are approximately 20,000 detectorists in England and Wales, and 348 of their discoveries were acquired by or donated to UK museums in 2019. Of the found treasure, 84% were “object cases”, meaning non-coin finds. – The Guardian
  
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• Front of House / SET Centre CIO / London

  04-02-2021 20:12
  2 SET Front of House Staff – SET Woolwich
  -     Part-time 30 hours per week, 08:00-14:00 (1 Job) and 14:00-20:00 (Job 2) Monday-Friday
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• Should Prime-Time TV Series Work In COVID Storylines? Or Is That The Last Thing The Audience Wants?

  04-02-2021 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “In [writers’] rooms all over the internet, hospital dramas, first-responder shows, situation comedies and courtroom procedurals were having similar debates. To ignore the events of the spring and summer — the pandemic, America’s belated racial reckoning — meant placing prime-time series outside (well, even more outside) observable reality. But to include them meant potentially exhausting already exhausted viewers and covering telegenic stars from the eyes down.&rd
  
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• Trustee / Rye Creative Centre CIC / South East

  04-02-2021 19:45
  Rye Creative Centre (CIC) wishes to broaden our Board's skills base, knowledge and networks and seeks people who can help us think long term and strategically, who can motivate, support and challenge...
  
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• Theatre Of Screens (But Is It, Though?)

  04-02-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  Whether or not onscreen theater feels like theater may depend on whether it offers a feeling of liveness, with all the potential for error and surprise and invention and anything-could-go-wrong-at-any-moment contingency that liveness affords. – The New York Times
  
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• Theatre Facilities Manager / London Theatre Company / London

  04-02-2021 19:29
  We are looking for a Theatre Facilities Manager to join the Bridge Theatre to manage the building systems on site. This role is open to those with a technical mindset and eager to learn new systems....
  
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• Archaeologists Discover Stone And Bronze Age Burials At Site Of Stonehenge Tunnel

  04-02-2021 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Bronze age graves, Neolithic pottery and the vestiges of a mysterious C-shaped enclosure that might have been a prehistoric industrial area are among the finds unearthed by archaeologists who have carried out preliminary work on the site of the proposed new road tunnel at Stonehenge.” – The Guardian
  
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• Events Project Consultant / The Courtauld Institute of Art / London

  04-02-2021 18:52
  The Courtauld is the world’s foremost centre for the study of visual art with internationally renowned programmes in the history of art, conservation and curating. The Courtauld is a University...
  
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• Despite Pandemic, UK TV And Film Production Only Down 21 Percent In 2020

  04-02-2021 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  As per fresh stats from the British Film Institute, film and TV spend on Brit shores was £2.84B for the year, down a surprisingly slim 21% on the year before. Film bore the brunt of that decline – 31% down for the year in comparison with 11% for high-end TV. – Deadline
  
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• LGBTQIA+ Artist Call Out / Omnibus Theatre / London

  04-02-2021 18:20
  We’re looking to commission four LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers to each lead a two-hour online session exploring the themes of TIME / LONDON / IDENTITY. You can explore these themes using any approach...
  
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• How Did A Book Of New Poetry Get Passed Off As The Work Of Ancient Buddhist Nuns?

  04-02-2021 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Matty Weingast’s The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns was marketed by America’s leading Buddhist publisher — and hailed by many readers — as a translation of the Therigatha, a collection of Pali verse attributed to the very first community of Buddhist nuns. But as scholars familiar with the actual Therigatha got a look, they saw just how little of what Weingast wrote resembles the original, and quite a brouhaha arose. Does Weingast acknowledge that his
  
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• America Needs A Creative Intervention

  04-02-2021 17:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  With misinformation and disinformation (here’s the difference) flourishing unchecked online, being able to discern fact from fiction is especially crucial. We witnessed the fatal violence and the humiliation on the world stage that ensues when a critical mass of our citizens can’t tell the difference between lies and truth. How can democracy, which relies on an informed citizenry, prevail when so many are confused, or are the victims of lies? – Broad Street Review
  
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• Grief and grievance: how artists respond to racial violence in America

  04-02-2021 17:27
  
  In a new exhibition, the work of 37 artists has been brought together to show how art can react to the ongoing epidemic of violence towards black AmericansAt a time when black Americans are twice as likely to die of Covid-19 as their white counterparts while a reckoning continues over ongoing police brutality, a new group exhibition is opening to tell the story of black grief in America, from the 1960s to present day.Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America opens 17 February at the New M
  
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• Ready, Box-Set Go: A dynamic learning resource for schools / Highly Sprung Performance / London / UK

  04-02-2021 17:26
  Highly Sprung have recently launched Ready, Box Set Go - a series of engaging packages for primary and secondary schools. Created by professional artists, each package comes with a pre-made...
  
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• Executive Director / Warts and All Theatre / East Midlands

  04-02-2021 17:19
  As part of Warts and All Theatre’s Organisation Development Project which started in December 2019, the organisation is introducing an additional member to the Senior Management team.
  The...
  
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• Could We Really Revive The Federal Theatre Project? How Would That Work In 2021?

  04-02-2021 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  The short answer is that it couldn’t work the way it did in the 1930s: the legal and theatrical landscape then was too different. (For a start, there was no such thing as not-for-profit theatre.) But there are certainly possibilities; here are a few of them. – American Theatre
  
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• Freelance Choir Leader / Misfits Music Foundation / West Midlands

  04-02-2021 16:37
  Misfits Music are seeking a Birmingham or Black Country (or close by) based self employed Choir Leader to join their growing team. The role is suited for a music leader who is passionate about music...
  
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• Libel Lawsuit In Poland Could Derail Holocaust Research, Observers Fear

  04-02-2021 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Two Polish historians are facing a libel trial over a book examining Poles’ behaviour during the Second World War, a case whose outcome is expected to determine the future of independent Holocaust research under Poland’s nationalist government. … [The case] comes in the wake of a 2018 law that makes it a crime to falsely accuse the Polish nation of crimes committed by Nazi Germany.” – The Guardian
  
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• Royal Opera House Bridge Consultant / Hertford Theatre / South East

  04-02-2021 16:29
  We have been awarded a small grant by the Royal Opera House Bridge organisation to engage in a planning and consultation exercise with primary and secondary schools in East Herts with regards to...
  
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• Administration & HR Manager / Live & Local / West Midlands

  04-02-2021 16:21
  Live & Local is seeking an experienced Administration & HR Manager (Maternity Cover). This is a key role working alongside the Executive Director and Engagement Manager to...
  
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• Illustration Commission Opportunity / D6: Culture in Transit / North East / North West

  04-02-2021 16:17
  We're looking for expressions of interest from artists/illustrators/designers based in the North of England to produce a series of illustrations to reflect our values and artistic...
  
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• Submissions wanted for online March Exhibition, free to enter / Wayland Dragonfly Gallery / East / All parts of the UK

  04-02-2021 16:12
  Entitled: Renewal & Resilience, hosted online on the gallery website.
  Free to enter. All submissions welcome.
  The deadline to enter is Monday 22nd February.
  Download an application form...
  
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• Administrator / Arachne Press / London

  04-02-2021 16:06
  We are recruiting a freelance part-time administrator.
  Remote working
  9 months Fixed Term Freelance
  30 hours per month
  £20 per hour
   ResponsibilitiesUse a range of software,...
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Suit Over Guelph Treasure

  04-02-2021 16:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The collection of ornate medieval reliquaries is now held by Berlin’s state museums; the American heirs of German Jewish art dealers, claiming that the objects were sold to the state under duress in 1935, sued in U.S. federal courts to recover them under “the international law of genocide.” The SCOTUS ruling declares, “We do not look to the law of genocide to determine if we have jurisdiction over the heirs’ common law property claims. We look to the law of propert
  
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• Support Assistant - Day Services / L'Arche London / London

  04-02-2021 15:52
  L'Arche London is a diverse, inclusive community of over 100 people, with and without learning disabilities that live, work and celebrate together. The Day Services team plays a key role in...
  
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• Non-executive Board Members / Live Cinema UK / Yorkshire

  04-02-2021 15:42
  Live Cinema UK is the country’s leading organisation dedicated to producing, promoting, and researching live cinema events.
  We are seeking innovative and experienced individuals to join us as...
  
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• Poetry Magazine Faces Down Furor Over Printing Work By Sex Offender

  04-02-2021 15:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[The prestigious journal] has doubled down on its decision to publish a poem by a convicted sex offender as part of a special edition dedicated to incarcerated poets, telling critics that ‘it is not our role to further judge or punish [people] as a result of their criminal convictions’.” – The Guardian
  
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• World Book Day - Arabian Nights Performance for Primary Schools / Settle Stories / Yorkshire / Online

  04-02-2021 15:26
  Free KS1 & KS2 Streamed Storytelling Performance 
  World Book Day is a celebration of stories. The day is marked in over 100 countries across the world. Arts charity Settle Stories are...
  
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• Press Manager Visual Arts (Maternity Cover) / Southbank Centre / London

  04-02-2021 15:20
  We are looking for a dynamic Press Manager Visual Arts with significant experience of devising and implementing strategic media campaigns, including social media, developing a ‘digital...
  
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• Director of Operations / Royal Central School of Speech and Drama / London

  04-02-2021 15:18
  Founded in 1906, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama is a globally renowned institution of the theatrical and performing arts.  An independent federal member of the University of...
  
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• Trustee / Treasurer / Ballet Black / London

  04-02-2021 15:09
  Ballet Black are now inviting expressions of interest for a Trustee who will also be our Treasurer. This is a voluntary role, and you will join an established board of Trustees for this dynamic and...
  
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• Was Philadelphia’s Leading Classical Radio Host Just Fired?

  04-02-2021 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Gregg Whiteside, who for 17 years hosted weekday morning programming and the Philadelphia Orchestra concert broadcasts at WRTI, abruptly disappeared from the air last month, with only a brief farewell note about his retirement (as it was termed) several days later on the station’s website. The staff had been alerted with a one-sentence memo saying that Whiteside no longer works there “effective immediately,” and station execs have said absolutely nothing about the matter since
  
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• Pastoral Administrator / The BRIT School / London

  04-02-2021 15:05
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to take on the role of Pastoral Administrator within our well-established Pastoral team. 
  The BRIT School is looking for a dynamic and innovative...
  
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• Desk & Office Spaces for Creatives - Virtual Viewings Available / Hotel Elephant / London

  04-02-2021 14:44
  Our creative coworking space offers flexible desk and office space available to rent just 3 minutes from Elephant & Castle station. Our members include creative freelancers, micro-businesses,...
  
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• Stunning Aztec Eagle Carving Unearthed In Mexico City

  04-02-2021 14:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 42″-by’28” bas-relief of a golden eagle, carved from a reddish volcanic rock called tezontle, was found by archaeologists at the Templo Mayor, the Aztecs’ main religious site in what was then their capital city, where it was on the floor of an area devoted to the sun god Huitzilopochtli. – Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Collection & Operations Manager / Southbank Centre / North West

  04-02-2021 14:30
  Arts Council Collection is looking for a Collection & Operations Manager to be responsible for the day-to-day operational and site management of the Arts Council Collection Centre for Sculpture...
  
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