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• Director of Marketing & Communications (Fixed Term) / Unicorn Theatre / London

  02-03-2021 21:31
  We are looking for an experienced, efficient and dedicated marketing and communications specialist to work with us at a senior level for a Fixed Term of 12 months. The Unicorn is run by Justin...
  
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• Second Jacob Lawrence painting missing for 60 years is located

  02-03-2021 20:11
  
  Panel from Black American artist had not been seen in public since 1960 and was known only through a black-and-white reproductionA second lost panel from the Black American artist Jacob Lawrence’s sweeping series Struggle: From the History of the American People has been located, the Peabody Essex Museum in Massachusetts announced on Tuesday. Related: Jonathan Jones on Jacob Lawrence's Great Migration paintingsContinue reading...
  
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• A Little Island Grows Off Manhattan

  02-03-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Little Island completes the transformation of the Meatpacking District, where for decades freight cars delivered animals to slaughterhouses that lined and bloodied the nearby blocks. Now it’s a high-end neighborhood of sleek apartment towers, unaffordable art galleries and fashion retail. The long-abandoned freight viaduct has become the iconic High Line park, while the Whitney Museum of American Art sits just to the south, nudging its grey-metal prow toward the river along Gansevoort Str
  
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• Junior Publicist, Music / Danver Communications / London / Remote

  02-03-2021 19:21
  We are currently seeking a Junior Publicist to join Danver Communications' new Music PR team!Ideal Candidate:Demonstrable interest and knowledge in music across multiple genres.
  An interest in a...
  
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• Scenographer / Set Designer / Head of Concept / Hoxton Basement / London

  02-03-2021 19:19
  Set designer needed to create immersive experience populated with actors and cocktail makers.
  Ideally you'd have some experience of both areas even just as a customer!
  This is open to students also...
  
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• Senior Publicist, Music / Danver Communications / London

  02-03-2021 19:14
  We are currently seeking a Senior Publicist to join Danver Communications' new Music PR team!Ideal Candidate:- Demonstrable interest and knowledge in music across multiple genres.- Extensive media...
  
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• Reviewing The First Play Written By An Artificial Intelligence Bot

  02-03-2021 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The biggest revelation, though, is that while a computer’s imagination touches, somewhat randomly, on themes of love, loneliness, clowning and performance, it is most often obsessing about sex, which may not be surprising, given the prevalence of internet pornography.” – The Guardian
  
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• Eye of the Storm review – moving film about Scottish painter in love with nature

  02-03-2021 19:01
  
  James Morrison’s work was full of awe for the natural world, and this documentary does his landscape painting full justiceScottish painter James Morrison died shortly before the completion of this affectionate documentary about his life and work, and it’s a fitting tribute to an articulate and self-effacing artist with an extraordinary affinity for Scotland’s everchanging land- and seascapes. It’s directed by Anthony Baxter, best known for highlighting the stubborn local
  
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• Education Manager / Phoenix Dance Theatre / Yorkshire

  02-03-2021 18:45
  Phoenix Dance Theatre is looking for an experienced and talented Education Manager to join our diverse team.  The Education Manager will be responsible for the management and delivery of the...
  
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• How To Reopen Theatres Safely? Artists Turn To Global Network

  02-03-2021 18:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The protocols these countries have developed the past year to permit some live performances depend greatly on the magnitude of the pandemic and the efforts by government to contain it. South Korea, for example, has operated some theater almost completely uninterrupted since the coronavirus manifested itself, and Australia has been inching back to widespread theater openings since the fall. American arts workers and theatergoers alike are entitled to ask: Why not us, too? – Washington Post
  
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• Theatre Manager / LW Theatres / London

  02-03-2021 18:23
  Are you an experienced entertainment or hospitality venue manager looking for a new challenge?
  We are recruiting for a passionate and dedicated Theatre Manager to lead the iconic Her Majesty’s...
  
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• LFF Expanded Coordinator / British Film Institute / London

  02-03-2021 18:21
  Fixed Term Contract –April – October 2021
   We are seeking coordinator to work on LFF Expanded. The successful applicant will form part of the BFI Festivals team working across...
  
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• Digital Manager / Bethlem Gallery / London / South East

  02-03-2021 18:16
  Do you relish crafting text for the web and social media? Do you enjoy creating and supporting communities online? Do you have experience in successful web and social media campaigns? We are looking...
  
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• Freelance Creative Producer / Royal Albert Memorial Museum / South West

  02-03-2021 18:11
  Exciting opportunity for Freelance Creative Producer
  Please note this project is dependent on funding via an ACE Project Grant application – the outcome is expected to be known by...
  
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• What Was ‘The Mona Lisa Of Ancient Egypt’? A Gaggle Of Geese

  02-03-2021 18:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Called Meidum Geese, the painting was discovered in the 1800s in the Chapel of Itet at Meidum. Itet was the wife of the vizier Nefermaat, who ruled Egypt from 2610 to 2590 B.C. The powerful couple was able to commission works from the most sought-after artists of the day.” – Artnet
  
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• 2 new online clowning workshops for experienced performers / The Why Not Institute / Online

  02-03-2021 17:57
  "THE CLOWN'S INTELLIGENCE" - the Inner Monologue "When we allow clowns to think, it is amazing what they come up with!"For silent and speaking clowns looking to develop their practise, this workshop...
  
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• Technical Assistant / Patronbase (UK) Partners Ltd / Yorkshire

  02-03-2021 17:45
  Job summaryWe are seeking an eager Technical Assistant to join the PatronBase team. You will be able to work well with a team, take direction, pay attention to detail and solve problems.
  Working...
  
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• Sales & Marketing Assistant / Patronbase (UK) Partners Ltd / Yorkshire

  02-03-2021 17:44
  Job summaryWe are seeking an enthusiastic Sales and Marketing Assistant to join the PatronBase team. You will be able to work within a fast-paced environment, eager to learn and able to engage with...
  
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• Administration Assistant / Patronbase (UK) Partners Ltd / Yorkshire

  02-03-2021 17:42
  Job summaryWe are seeking an enthusiastic Administration Assistant to join the PatronBase team. You will be able to work well with others, eager to develop your skills and able to work in a...
  
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• Online Acting Intensive Summer Schools / Guildhall School of Music & Drama / London / Worldwide

  02-03-2021 17:34
  Acting Intensive for ages 18+
  Join Guildhall School of Music & Drama for a one-week online acting course that will give you an insight into actor training by exploring the fundamentals of...
  
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• Sorry, But The Golden Globes Are Just Problematic.

  02-03-2021 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Who votes for these things? The members, currently totaling a scant 87 compared to the nearly 10,000 eligible Oscar voters, of the LA-based group of entertainment writers and photographers, working for media outlets overseas, known as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. THe HFPA currently has no Black members, and hasn’t for 20 years. – Chicago Tribune
  
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• Online access training for museum staff: Spring 2021 / VocalEyes / London / UK-wide

  02-03-2021 17:27
  Online training courses, suitable for individuals working within the museums and heritage sector.
  All sessions will be delivered by VocalEyes’ team of staff, audio describers and visual...
  
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• Theatre Maker Spring Term courses and workshops / The Cockpit / London / Nationwide

  02-03-2021 17:26
  Theatre Maker is the artist development programme at The Cockpit in London. Our Spring Term includes workshops on writing, devising online performance, self-producing, budgeting, marketing, and...
  
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• Lead Generation & Digital Media Coordinator / Changing Relations C.I.C. / North East

  02-03-2021 17:23
  We are looking for a talented LEAD GENERATION & DIGITAL MEDIA COORDINATOR to join our team and convert passion and enthusiasm for what we do into relationships, projects and sales.
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• Drama Practitioner / Birmingham Repertory Theatre / West Midlands

  02-03-2021 17:22
  Birmingham Repertory Theatre are currently hiring for a Drama Practitioner to work as a member of our Creative Learning Team.
  The deadline for receipt of applications is 19th March 2021 at 12...
  
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• What Happens When Public TV And Radio Stations Combine With Digital News Startups

  02-03-2021 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The cultures of public media (nonprofit, built around broadcast, sometimes a little sleepy) and digital news startups (often for-profit, built around text, real-time and a little frenetic) are not the most natural media match. Public media outlets — typically the larger and better-financed partner — often enter these deals specifically in hopes of injecting that digital DNA. But the host risks rejecting the transplant if it goes into the process with the wrong attitudes or as
  
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• Glimmerglass Opera Festival To Build Outdoor Stage For 2021

  02-03-2021 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The opera festival in Cooperstown, New York, directed by Francesca Zambello, will offer — in “the most ventilated area we could find” — 90-minute abridgements of Il trovatore, The Magic Flute, and La Périchole as well as a Wagner concert program featuring bass Eric Owens, an evening of musical theater hits, and world premieres of a new dance work, a one-act opera about US military spouses, and a play (starring Denyce Graves) about America’s first all-Black o
  
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• Gallery Assistant and Technician / Marlborough Gallery / London

  02-03-2021 16:08
  An exciting opportunity for candidates with a proactive attitude and an openness to learn to join a fast-paced gallery environment. 
  Key roles include but are not limited to:Handling and...
  
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• Texas Ballet Theatre Loses Its Headquarters To Winter Storm

  02-03-2021 16:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The snow and frigid temperatures that struck Texas in late February caused “a massive water pipe break” at the company’s office/studio complex in Fort Worth. “It is impossible to overstate the damage to the Fort Worth facility,” said management in an email to patrons. “The building will remain inoperable for the near future.” For the time being, TBT has moved operations to its satellite site in Dallas. – CultureMap (Texas)
  
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• Development Manager, Corporate Relationships / Science Museum Group / London

  02-03-2021 15:55
  At the Science Museum, we understand the importance of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and the impact these subjects have on our world and on all our lives. As the...
  
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• Stratford Festival Will Open This Summer, But With A Short Season Held In Tents

  02-03-2021 15:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  In a regular year, it’s North America’s largest summer theatre festival, but with the pandemic only barely starting to subside, Stratford is planning to present just a dozen or so performances, each featuring no more than eight cast members and running about 90 minutes, on two stages under large canopies outside their theatres in central Ontario. – Global News (Canada)
  
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• Marketing Officer / East 15 Acting School - University of Essex / London

  02-03-2021 15:32
  A new opportunity is available for a talented and committed marketing professional to play a central role in supporting marketing and recruitment to East 15 Acting School, a department of the...
  
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• Drama Workshop Facilitator / Freshwater Theatre Company / South West

  02-03-2021 15:31
  Experienced drama workshop leaders required for work in primary schools across the UK.
  Freshwater Theatre Company is seeking experienced and passionate drama workshop leaders based in following...
  
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• Digital Communications Assistant / Norwich Theatre / East

  02-03-2021 15:31
  This position will join the busy Marketing and communications team to help with the delivery of the social media and digital strategy, and assist with the day-to-day running of Norwich...
  
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• Drama Workshop Facilitator / Freshwater Theatre Company / North West

  02-03-2021 15:26
  Experienced drama workshop leaders required for work in primary schools across the UK.
  Freshwater Theatre Company is seeking experienced and passionate drama workshop leaders based in following...
  
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• Duty Manager / Waterside Arts (Trafford Council) / North West

  02-03-2021 15:23
  Duty Manager Employer – Trafford Council  Address – Waterside Arts, 1 Waterside Plaza, Sale. M33 7ZF Salary – £22,183 to £24,491 per annum pro rata (£6,119 -...
  
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• #1000Cranes Origami Project / Aid For Japan / London

  02-03-2021 15:20
  In Japanese culture one thousand origami cranes strung together symbolises hope, peace and healing. We thought it would be a good way to bring people virtually together, to commemorate ten years on...
  
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• Digital & Technical Partner / People's History Museum / North West

  02-03-2021 15:16
  People's History Museum (PHM) has a new vision of a fairer society where people’s voices and actions make a difference. PHM is the national museum of democracy, telling the story of its...
  
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• Engagement Manager / People's History Museum / North West

  02-03-2021 15:13
  Are you a skilled manager with experience of working within an engagement, learning, events or exhibitions environment?  Are you passionate about delivering impact led engagement that changes...
  
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• Front of House Events Assistant / Waterside Arts (Trafford Council) / North West

  02-03-2021 15:11
  Front of House Assistant x 2 Employer – Trafford Council  Address – Waterside Arts, 1 Waterside Plaza, Sale. M33 7ZFSalary from- £5,399.00 (£17,842 - £18,562...
  
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• Could you write your own haiku? Free poetry competition / Aid For Japan / London

  02-03-2021 15:06
  The charity Aid For Japan is running a haiku writing competition. The winner will be revealed on 11th March at the Ten Year Anniversary Online Cultural Fair.  A haiku is a poem of seventeen...
  
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• Unknown Titian Painting Identified In English Village Church

  02-03-2021 15:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The Last Supper was gifted to St Michael and All Angels Church in Ledbury, Herefordshire, in 1909. Art historian Ronald Moore believes he has now discovered Titian’s signature on the canvas during restoration work.” – BBC
  
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• Junior Cataloguer / Bridgeman Images / London

  02-03-2021 15:01
  We are looking for an intern for a year long position with our company Bridgeman Images starting from 1 April - 1 year contract from the starting date
  (the candidate can start earlier if...
  
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• Online Poetry Workshops / Lightkeepers / East / Online

  02-03-2021 14:33
  Weekly 1 hour workshops for anyone who wants to play with poetry and deepen their writing practice. Each month we explore a theme through three inspiration sessions and a sharing and feedback...
  
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• ‘Lamborghini’ Of Ancient Roman Chariots Unearthed At Pompeii

  02-03-2021 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The chariot is preserved in remarkable detail, officials say, with four iron wheels, metal armrests and backrests, and a seat perched atop that could sit one or two people. Notably, the chariot is adorned with metal medallions depicting satyrs, nymphs and cupids, suggesting the possibility that it may have been used in marriage ceremonies.” – NPR
  
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• Tender opportunity for Cultural Strategy / Rushmoor Borough Council / South East

  02-03-2021 14:16
  Rushmoor Borough Council is inviting quotations from consultants with demonstrable and successful experience, leading collaborative consultations with a diverse range...
  
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• Business Support Officer / Bristol Culture and Creative Industries / South West Museum Development / South West

  02-03-2021 14:04
  The Culture and Creative Industries team are recruiting a Business Support Officer to manage the financial grant reporting and administration of our Service programme. 
  This role is...
  
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• UK To Spend Another Half Biillion For Arts Sector’s COVID Recovery

  02-03-2021 14:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The government is topping up the £1.57 billion ($1.9 billion) Culture Recovery Fund announced last July with an extra £300 million ($416 million), with an additional £90 million ($125 million) for English national museums and heritage sites and £18.8 million ($26 million) for local community-based projects. Alongside that funding designated for England, arts groups in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will get £77 million ($107 million), an amount roughly propo
  
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• Art Gallery - Photographer and Art Handler / Lougher Contemporary / South West / Bristol

  02-03-2021 13:42
  THE ROLE:
  We are an online art dealership looking to recruit a new team member into our growing Bristol-based team. The successful candidate will support the tech and marketing department to improve...
  
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• Grimes sells digital art collection for $6m

  02-03-2021 13:39
  
  ‘Non-fungible tokens’ craze sees musician sell video pieces for $7,500 each at short-notice auctionThe musician and artist Grimes has sold a collection of digital artworks for almost $6m in a high-profile endorsement of the craze for “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs) – images, film clips, animations and even poems which are being bought and sold online for increasingly large sums.Grimes, whose real name is Claire Boucher, announced the auction on Twitter a day before the
  
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