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• The Cultural Significance Of Magazines

  16-02-2021 23:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The best way to think about magazines is as the analog Internet—they’d foster communities of people, just like on social networks,” Steven Lomazow, a seventy-three-year-old New Jersey neurologist who created the exhibition from his personal collection of more than eighty-three thousand magazine issues, said the other day. – The New Yorker
  
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• Why We Have Difficulty Trusting Science

  16-02-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Precisely the same methods, and precisely the same leaps of brilliance and faith that led in some cases to science that has withstood the test of centuries, led also to results that were rapidly cast into oblivion. Wish as we might, little more than the passage of time and thus hindsight tells us what was “good science” as opposed to a poor guess, based on faulty inferences and deep misunderstandings. – Los Angeles Review of Books
  
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• Finally: More Money, Resources For Black Theatre?

  16-02-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the last seven months, there has been a groundswell of support for Black-owned businesses and nonprofits that are focused on specifically and directly helping the Black community. People have recognized that to dismantle a flawed system, we need to invest in a new one. After decades of talk about funding theatres and artists of color, some are finally stepping up with the money. – American Theatre
  
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• Claim: The COVID Shutdown Has Revolutionized And Democratized Theatre

  16-02-2021 22:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The result is a worldwide swarm of approaches that have profoundly opened up the possibilities of the form, most likely for good. The word ‘theatre’ stands at the starting post, all but outgrown. It now applies as much to something happening in the palm of your hand as it does to an event beamed to you from a thousand miles away. It is hard to think of an art form at any time in history so radically reconsidered and swiftly reformed.” – The Stage
  
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• Composer Gets No Play Until She Puts Her Music Out Under Male Pseudonym

  16-02-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  A change of name it all started to click. After adopting the pseudonym Arthur Parker her pieces were getting the airplay she had struggled to achieve as a woman. – The Times (UK)
  
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• Everyone’s Pivoting – Here’s What’s Relevant To Classical Music

  16-02-2021 21:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  According to Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup, there are ten different kinds of pivots. At least six out of them are relevant to classical music. – Ludwig Van
  
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• 1,000-Year-Old Murals Identified In German Cathedral

  16-02-2021 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  “A series of frescoes showing the life and death of John the Baptist in the cathedral of the Bavarian city of Augsburg have been recently dated to the first decade of the 11th century, ranking them among the oldest wall paintings in a medieval church north of the Alps.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Reimagine Yourself

  16-02-2021 20:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  The failure to lift our eyes and see that our core work can and should be connecting people with art is the principal source of the problems we have experienced over the last 20-30 years. – Doug Borwick
  
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• Freelance Sponsorship & Advertising Sales Person / Ludlow Fringe / West Midlands

  16-02-2021 20:52
  This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join our friendly and flexible team and support this vital work. We are seeking someone with demonstrable experience in bringing in 5 figure sponsorship...
  
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• Documentary: Could It Be Years Before Big Music Festivals Return?

  16-02-2021 20:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “If, like me, you happened to watch the documentary mere hours after hearing that statement, the Glastonbury scene took on a whole different kind of emotional meaning. All of a sudden, it wasn’t so much, “I can’t wait to get back to that,” as, “is that now gone forever?” – Chicago Tribune
  
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• COVID Has Shown Us That Theatre Is Too Dependent On Its Buildings

  16-02-2021 20:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Lyn Gardner: “At their best, [theatre buildings] are creative powerhouses, community hubs, a place of inspiration, succour and sanctuary. But often they come with self-perpetuating, top-down hierarchies” — not to mention burdensome running costs — “and fuel a self-importance around that building that keeps it from connecting with local networks, unknown artists, and from practices that do not conform to the norm. … They are not the only show in town, and may
  
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• Art Tutors / Seasons Art Class Redditch / West Midlands

  16-02-2021 20:00
  Opportunities for animated, energetic and talented instructors, well versed in Pencil, Oil Pastel, Watercolour, Acrylics and other mediums.
  Easy to follow instructions.
  1 day per week (with the...
  
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• RISE-UP ARTISTS - 8 month support programme / Psychology of Vision / South East

  16-02-2021 19:43
  This eight month programme supports artists to examine the unconscious attitudes, beliefs and patterns that dilute creative power and authority. Through bringing attention to the underlying blocks...
  
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• How A Bad Joke Ended Up In Canada’s Top Court

  16-02-2021 19:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Comedian Mike Ward made a bad joke about a teenager with a disability back in 2010. The victim sued and the case is now in the Supreme Court. Many comedians are supporting Ward. “The support comes amid concern in stand-up comedy circles that it’s found itself pulled into the debate around political correctness, free speech, censorship, and cancel culture. There’s a fear of a chilling effect on comedy.” – BBC
  
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• Jorge Morel, Classical Guitarist And Composer, Dead At 89

  16-02-2021 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[He] added a vast repertoire to his instrument and performed to packed concerts around the world. … In between classical concerts, Mr. Morel paid his bills by performing nightly at the New York jazz nightclub the Village Gate. At various times, he shared stages with pianist Erroll Garner, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and even country guitarist Chet Atkins.” – The Washington Post
  
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• To Understand The Problems With Big Tech Platforms We Need To Understand What’s At Risk

  16-02-2021 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Harvesting data at scale makes us collectively vulnerable in ways that go beyond breaches of individual privacy. This is a new and nasty problem: even when individual rights are formally considered (e.g., via privacy consent forms), the consequences for society may be very harmful. – 3 Quarks Daily
  
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• Skear Zines are special guests at Open Mic Poetry Night / / South West / North West

  16-02-2021 18:24
  Friends of St Paul's Library, online Open Mic Poetry Night’s, promises to be an exceptional event. A chance to listen, luxuriate and linger.
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  Thursday 25th Feb 2021 - special Guests: from...
  
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• Join a drama club online (for adults, beginners) / Theatre Gym / London / Online

  16-02-2021 18:07
  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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• A zoom acting class for beginners. Pay what you can / Theatre Gym / London / Online

  16-02-2021 18:06
  We meet every Tuesday for an hour of playing, being silly, meeting new people, laughing and creating together.You can think of it as a taster for an acting class.The session is open to all...
  
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• ‘A Thunderclap”, Says Publisher: Unknown Work By Proust Coming This Spring

  16-02-2021 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The texts in The Seventy-Five Pages [Les Soixante-quinze feuillets] were written in 1908, around the time Proust began working on In Search of Lost Time, which was published between 1913 and 1927. The papers were part of a collection of documents held by the late publisher Bernard de Fallois, who died in 2018.” Gallimard will release the book in France on March 18; there’s no date yet for an English translation. – The Guardian
  
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• Freelance Video Production Assistant / Knight Classical / London

  16-02-2021 17:58
  We are looking for a video production assistant to work on a freelance contract basis to assist with our video production projects. Our work is primarily in classical music and our projects involve...
  
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• Music Critic Peter G. Davis, 84

  16-02-2021 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  He was longtime critic for New York Magazine. Peter was best known as an authority on opera — his 1997 book The American Opera Singer is an essential work — but he covered every form of music-making with expertise and panache. – The Rest is Noise
  
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• Artist commission - Swansea Market Features / Swansea Council / West Midlands / Wales

  16-02-2021 17:30
  Swansea Market Entrance Features commission
   
  Swansea Council is inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced artists/designers/architects, either working collaboratively or...
  
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• Venue Technician (Maintenance) / LW Theatres / London

  16-02-2021 17:06
  Are you a multi-skilled tradesperson looking for a unique challenge?
  We are currently recruiting for a dedicated and enthusiastic Venue Technician (Maintenance) to join the team at Her...
  
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• ‘Drenching Richness’: Alex Ross Revisits The Films Of Andrei Tarkovsky

  16-02-2021 17:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Ross fell under the director’s spell upon seeing Andrei Rublev in college. “The long pandemic months seemed a good time to burrow back into Tarkovsky’s world. Life was moving at a neo-medieval pace, and the aesthetic of slowness was all the more welcome in an age of frantic digital scissoring. I watched the films again … [and] I emerged with my admiration undiminished but my idolatry somewhat tempered.” – The New Yorker
  
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• Assistant Marketing Manager / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / West Midlands

  16-02-2021 16:57
  The world-renowned City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra is seeking an Assistant Marketing Manager.
  This role works as part of the Marketing Team on the development and delivery of creative...
  
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• Relationship Manager, Museum Accreditation / Arts Council England / South West

  16-02-2021 16:50
  Relationship Manager, Museum Accreditation
  Salary: £32,615 per annum (pro rata)
  Contract: Permanent, 17.5 hours per week
  Location:  South West: Bristol
   
  Do you live in Bristol...
  
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• Eighty One Visual Art Commission - Visual Artist / Independent Film Trust / London

  16-02-2021 16:42
  The Independent Film Trust (IFT) is a UK charity that supports independent film production, enabling marginalised narratives to reach mainstream audiences. 
  We are launching a visual art...
  
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• Relationship Manager, Engagement and Audiences / Arts Council England / South East

  16-02-2021 16:40
  Relationship Manager, Engagement and AudiencesSalary: £32,615 per annum
  Contract: Fixed Term, working 35 hours per week
  Location:  South East: Cambridge
   
  Arts Council England...
  
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• Black Dancers And Dance Companies Worry They Won’t Be Able To Survive Pandemic

  16-02-2021 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Broadway dancer NaTonia Monét says that, even when theaters finally start up again, “you have your few Black shows that come along, but other than that, you’re fighting for the one or two token roles in the cast.” And (with the sole exception of Ailey) Black dance troupes, from small regional companies right up to Dance Theater of Harlem, have been so underfunded for so long that some may, as it were, never recover from COVID. – The Washington Post
  
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• Membership & Operations Manager (maternity cover) / Association of British Orchestras / London

  16-02-2021 16:30
  The Association of British Orchestras is looking to appoint a Membership & Operations Manager (maternity cover) to join its small, busy, energetic and committed team. The Membership &...
  
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• Embedding Safeguarding Practice (Artswork Leadership Training) / Artswork / South West / UK wide

  16-02-2021 16:28
  “Really excellent. The Trainer was really clear, knowledgeable and offered clear advice. I have a revised action plan for when I get back.” (Course Participant Feb 2018)
  An...
  
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• Producer / Vale of Glamorgan Festival / South Wales (based from home)

  16-02-2021 16:26
  Producer (3 days a week; flexible hours)
   
  Founded in 1969 by the current Artistic Director, composer John Metcalf, the Vale of Glamorgan Festival is Wales’ leading contemporary music...
  
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• Online Training - Creating a Safeguarding Risk Assessment / Artswork / South West / UK wide

  16-02-2021 16:21
  This 1.5 hour session is a practical workshop for organisations and individuals working with children, young people and adults at risk who have a current understanding of safeguarding.For...
  
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• Help us Shape Raw Material's New Creative Programmes / Raw Material Music and Media / London

  16-02-2021 16:21
  Raw Material Music and Media is a creative community organisation based in Brixton, London. We have our own building where we run many creative activities in normal times, and at the moment we are...
  
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• Digital Project Manager / Coventry City Council Library Service / West Midlands

  16-02-2021 16:11
  From 2021 to 2022, Coventry City Council’s Library Service will be running an innovative Digital Culture Programme across several libraries and including community outreach, working with our...
  
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• Keeping Up Live Performance As The World Goes Virtual

  16-02-2021 16:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We have a total commitment to live performance. That’s what we do. We’re not a film company,” says the director of the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia. What’s more, “we really wanted to maintain work for artists as much as possible, as well as our staff, … at a time when they really didn’t have a lot of options.” And so, with safety measures in place, since this past fall the Annenberg has been streaming performances in real time from its
  
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• Marketing & Communications Lead / Dance North Scotland / Moray, Scotland

  16-02-2021 15:59
  We’re looking for a versatile and inquisitive person with a positive attitude, who can write a serious report, a creative promotional intro and a humorous social media post. 
  Based in...
  
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• Santa Fe Opera Hires New Boss With New Title

  16-02-2021 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  With the previous artistic director, Alexander Neef (who was shared with the Canadian Opera Co.), having left for the Paris Opera, Santa Fe decided to combine his position with that of director of artistic administration and call the resulting job “chief artistic officer.” The company has now filled that job with David Lomelí, a former tenor who also has degrees in computer science and international marketing and currently works as director of artistic administration for The
  
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• Johnny Pacheco, Giant Of Latin Jazz And Salsa, Dead At 85

  16-02-2021 15:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Pacheco, a Juilliard-trained multi-instrumentalist who’d found success recording with his band, Pacheco y Su Charanga, sparked a musical revolution when, in 1964, he met Jerry Masucci and together, they founded Fania Records. The two started the label with $5,000, selling albums in Spanish Harlem from the trunks of their cars. Fania soon became known as the Latin Motown, home to superstars like Celia Cruz, Cheo Feliciano and Héctor Lavoe, and the breeding ground for seminal
  
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• Collections & House Officer / National Trust / South East

  16-02-2021 14:45
  Accommodation is provided to the post holder for the proper or better performance of his or her duties in accordance with Trust criteria and HMRC rules.           ...
  
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• Here’s What A British Musician Now Has To Go Through To Work In Europe

  16-02-2021 14:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  While the UK was in the EU, a British musician could pretty much just accept a gig and go. Now she has to apply to each member country for a separate short-term work permit, with all the embassy visits, surrendering of passports, processing fees, and delays the process requires. Pianist Joseph Middleton, one of Britain’s top specialists in art song, shares some of the painful details. – The Guardian
  
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• Digital Content Officer (Media & Web) / Northern School of Contemporary Dance / Yorkshire

  16-02-2021 14:15
  We are currently looking for an individual with demonstrable experience in digital media production to help bring the work we do to life online. You’ll possess skills in video production and be...
  
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• Italy’s Art Museums Emerge From Lockdown, And They Have Lessons For The Rest Of Us

  16-02-2021 14:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “‘We are now where you will be in a few days,’ wrote novelist Francesca Melandri in a piece for the Guardian newspaper in late March 2020. Her moving ‘letter from your future’ coincided with the beginning of the first pandemic wave in Italy. One year on, her words can be repeated – only this time with a more optimistic resonance. As of last week, Italian museums, foundations and galleries were finally permitted to start reopening their doors post-lockdown. So
  
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• Teaching Assistant with Art Experience / Zen Educate / North West / Manchester

  16-02-2021 13:34
  Teaching Assistant with Art Experience Required
  Zen Educate is an online platform that cuts down agency fees. Teaching assistants in Manchester earn significantly more as Zen Educate cuts the...
  
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• The Boy and The Bear by Rose Collis / / South East

  16-02-2021 13:12
  As part of her ongoing ACE-funded Forty Years Out (And Counting): Performing The Archive multi-media project, The Boy and The Bear was written, performed, recorded, edited, arranged and produced by...
  
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• Music Industry Advice Online Workshops / Hoxton Hall / London

  16-02-2021 13:05
  If you’re looking to make it in the music industry, these online advice workshops are a must.
  Join Aston Rudi who is an up and coming UK/Trinidadian music producer. Rudi has built a name for...
  
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• Filmmakers & Content Creators internship / ALTRUVIOLET / London / UK wide

  16-02-2021 12:58
  Ivan Michael Blackstock presents new production company ALTRUVIOLET.
  ALTRUVIOLET is looking for the next generation of UK Black creative visionaries to embark on the journey of its new multimedia...
  
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• Non Executive Director - Treasurer (Voluntary) / Brick Project CIC / South West

  16-02-2021 12:53
  Brick Project CIC deliver inclusive social cohesion projects that bring communities together through the process of creating art. In a Brick Project, individuals can paint a brick or domino with a...
  
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• Art Consultant - Kingston / Whitewall Galleries / London

  16-02-2021 12:18
  We are currently seeking a Sales Consultant with an expertise in luxury sales to join our dedicated teams, to develop strong client relationships and to become an expert Art Dealer. 
  You will...
  
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