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• How One Jazz Musician Figured Out How To Play Live With Friends Over The Internet

  04-03-2021 23:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Usually it’s not possible because of slight (or more) lags in sound over the internet. But by tweaking software (and lots of experimenting) Dan Tepfer was able to figure out how to make it work. – The New Yorker
  
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• Changing Roles For Museums Mean Confusion In How They’re Supported

  04-03-2021 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  What does it mean for museums to be responsive to their communities? Is it museums’ mission to provide an educational experience or meet changing demands for entertainment? How can museums be all things to all people? In the span of six decades, broadly speaking, museums have shifted from indifference to visitors to dreaming up ways to lure a broader base. And, once again, how do they pay for it all? – ARTnews
  
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• Producer (freelance) / Wassail Theatre / South West

  04-03-2021 23:15
  We are looking for a freelance theatre producer to join our small, passionate team.
  This is a freelance role to work on three specific projects in 2021.
  It’s a job for an organised, practical...
  
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• A Tour Of Plays In Storefront Windows

  04-03-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Presented as a “walking tour with theatrical displays,” and running Feb. 19-21, the performance was not a traditional narrative play, but rather a collection of six short individual vignettes performed within the storefronts of six separate businesses in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood. – American Theatre
  
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• Emerging Artist Prize announced for the John Moores / Walker Art Gallery / North West / ONLINE

  04-03-2021 22:55
  The Walker Art Gallery has announced Kiki Xuebing Wang as the winner of the John Moores Painting Prize’s first Emerging...
  
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• Kathryn Maple wins John Moores Painting Prize / Walker Art Gallery / North West / ONLINE

  04-03-2021 22:46
  Kathryn Maple has won the John Moores Painting Prize 2020 with her vibrant work, 'The Common'. 
  Selected from almost 3,000 entries, Kathryn not only wins the...
  
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• Explaining Taylor Swift Musicologically (It’s Cool!)

  04-03-2021 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alex Ross: “Music appreciation is having a resurgence, although the music being appreciated has changed. Early in the twenty-tens, song-explainer videos began proliferating on the Internet. When podcasts took off, dissections of the innards of pop hits were in demand. Now TikTok has its own pithy army of music theorists. I occasionally checked up on the trend, usually when musicologists became incensed about something on social media.” – The New Yorker
  
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• Opportunity for artist(s) for a Textile installation / Parrabbola / London

  04-03-2021 22:12
  Parrabbola seeks an artist or company to produce a temporary installation at the premises of J. D. McDougall Ltd as part of Newham Heritage Month 2021.
  Supported by the National Lottery Heritage...
  
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• Australia’s Big Festivals Try To Play During COVID – With Mixed Success

  04-03-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Adelaide’s festivals were luckier than most. On the final Friday of last year’s season it was announced gatherings of more than 500 would be banned the following Monday. The air that weekend was eerie. The crowds were small and uncertain. Being out was a risk – but no one knew how big or small. – The Guardian
  
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• Is It Really Possible To Crowdsource Misinformation On Twitter?

  04-03-2021 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This is not a fact-checking program, exactly, because it will not involve trained fact-checkers. Instead, participants in the Birdwatch pilot can identify tweets they find to be “misleading,” then submit notes explaining their stance—ideally these should link to reliable outside sources, and provide helpful context—as well as a judgment of how much harm the misinformation is likely to cause. – The Atlantic
  
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• What Exactly Constitutes A Good Female Body For Ballet?

  04-03-2021 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gia Kourlas: “For [Lauren] Lovette, a member of New York City Ballet since 2010, this pause from performance has brought some clarity. ‘I’m not going to be dancing at 94 pounds anymore,” she said. ‘That’s not going to be me.’ Since the pandemic began nearly a year ago, similar questions have been spinning in my mind: How can body image, a fraught topic for any female dancer, no matter her size, be a source of strength rather than agony? Could this pause
  
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• What is cryptoart, how much does it cost and can you hang it on your wall?

  04-03-2021 20:36
  
  When is a meme worth $600,000? When technology has created a ‘unique’ version that can’t be owned by anyone else
  Pat, I keep hearing references to cryptoart which are all very … cryptic. What is this thing?Hey Lucy! So you might have heard of it in context of the $US600,000 Nyan Cat gif or the more recent Kings of Leon NFT Album, both of which are examples of cryptoart. Cryptoart is a way of making digital art unique, and therefore – according to some people &ndash
  
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• Needed Corrections In Explaining How The Brain Works

  04-03-2021 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “As a neuroscientist, I see scientific myths about the brain repeated regularly in the media and corners of academic research. Three of them, in particular, stand out for correction. After all, each of us has a brain, so it’s critical to understand how that three-pound blob between your ears works.” – Nautilus
  
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• Finance Manager / Brass Bands England / Yorkshire / UK wide

  04-03-2021 20:31
  Brass Bands England is seeking an experienced, qualified accountant to add to its growing team. The role requires a highly-motivated candidate who is experienced in managing the finances of multiple...
  
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• Streaming Music Is Big Business — So Why Do Classical Musicians Get So Little Money From It?

  04-03-2021 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The payout to a musician from a Spotify subscriber is about $.003 per stream — and only one-fifteenth of that tiny figure for a stream on YouTube. What’s more, any new release of, say, the Bach Cello Suites “will be in direct competition with 133 other cellists, from Rostropovich to du Pré to Yo-Yo Ma. [It] will also be in competition with every recording in every genre on the planet.” – Bachtrack
  
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• What Happens To LA’s Black Culture When The Black Population Shrinks?

  04-03-2021 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For many decades, Los Angeles had been known as a Black migrant “magnet.” Folks came for the promise and the sunshine. The Black population in L.A. has dropped 30% since 1990, according to census data. What happens when your population falls below a certain percentage? What’s the magic number? 10%? Nine? Seven? Slip below this and you fade away into a ghost. When do you — I — any of us become transparent? Lost to vision — of planners and the future. – L
  
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• Race Equality Lead / British Film Institute / London

  04-03-2021 19:32
  1 Year Fixed Term Contract
  We are looking for a Race Equality Lead to join our Inclusion Team, to support the Head of Inclusion in embedding the BFI’s diversity and inclusion activity, leading...
  
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• Chris Barber, Trombonist Who Shaped Britain’s Jazz Scene, Dead At 90

  04-03-2021 19:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “[He] was one of the most accessible and charismatic figures to emerge from the New Orleans-inspired jazz revivalist movement that played such a significant part in shaping British popular music between the late 1940s and mid-’60s.” – The Guardian
  
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• Musical Theatre Director, MT Choreographer & Musical Director / Institute for Contemporary Theatre (ICTheatre) / South East

  04-03-2021 18:40
  ICTheatre are looking to recruit the following freelancers for some upcoming third year university shows –
  MT Director
  MT Choreographer
  MT Musical Director
  Rehearsals Monday 19th April 2021...
  
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• Assistant Director of Social Enterprise (Venues) / Union of UEA Students / East

  04-03-2021 18:32
  uea(su) run the two best venues in Norwich; the LCR and The Waterfront.  These venues host approximately 200 live shows a year across a capacity range of 200-1550. We operate a range of in house...
  
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• What Galleries Learned About Selling Art Online This Year

  04-03-2021 18:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Online Viewing Rooms have certain advantages: collectors like the price transparency many fairs have demanded, and gallerists enjoy saving money on costly flights, hotels, and dinners. On the downside, the novelty of the online fair wears off quickly given the relative lack of excitement that accompanies staring at a screen. – Artnet
  
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• Website Manager / London Philharmonic Orchestra / London

  04-03-2021 18:03
  The London Philharmonic Orchestra is looking for a dynamic and experienced Website Manager. This is an excellent opportunity to play an active role in the Orchestra's digital activities, as a...
  
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• Vaccination delays for health workers | Brief letters

  04-03-2021 18:03
  
  Covid | Boxing and brain injury | Hanging out the washing | 35mm film canisters | International Women’s DayThe reason for many health workers’ “reluctance” to be vaccinated is that most of us got Covid, especially during this last wave (Healthcare professionals in the UK have a moral duty to get the Covid jab, 2 March). After being infected, we are obliged to wait several weeks before we can accept the first vaccine dose. Most, if not all, of us would have liked to be fir
  
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• COVID Could Not Stop The Wooster Group

  04-03-2021 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “They’re our holy fools, who — even when no one is watching — keep the art’s sacred fires burning. Rehearsal isn’t so much a preparation-to-show as it is a kind of religious practice — as endless, deliberative, and open to inspiration as a Shaker meeting.” Helen Shaw reports on what’s kept them busy through the pandemic: their own original translation and staging of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother. – New York Magazine
  
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• General Manager / National Youth Ballet / London / UK wide

  04-03-2021 18:01
  National Youth Ballet is seeking an experienced, energetic and entrepreneurial General Manager to lead the next stage of our organisation’s development.National Youth Ballet has pivoted...
  
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• Marketing and Administration Assistant / Curiosity Productions / West Midlands

  04-03-2021 17:58
  Marketing & Administration Assistant - 25 hours per week, 6 month fixed term contract, national minimum wage. Application deadline midday Thursday 1st April
  Work with us – Curiosity...
  
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• Creative Campus Project Manager / University of Southampton / South West

  04-03-2021 17:53
  Are you an experienced project manager with a track record in delivering complex projects within a multi-stakeholder environment? Are you looking for an exciting new challenge within a cultural and...
  
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• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer / Mayflower Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios / South East

  04-03-2021 17:47
  Fixed term contract for 1 year
  This is a newly created position, reinforcing our commitment to promoting EDI. This is key to our business plans and people strategy, to ensure we can attract, engage...
  
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• Painting of a throng of humanity wins John Moores art prize

  04-03-2021 17:30
  
  Kathryn Maple takes prestigious Liverpool-based award with The Common, a large acrylic reflecting social nature of peopleA large and vibrantly colourful painting full of people unthinkingly gathering and mingling has captured top prize in one of the UK’s most prestigious art awards.The painter, Kathryn Maple, was on Thursday named winner of the biennial Liverpool-based John Moores painting prize, following in the footsteps of artists such as Patrick Heron (1959), David Hockney (1967), Pete
  
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• Open Call Extended: Call for artists! Issue 4: LUSH / Seiren Quarterly / London

  04-03-2021 17:30
  Seiren Quarterly is an experimental online publication existing at seiren(dot)org. We are calling for artists working in any media to submit to our fourth issue, coming out in spring 2021.
  Issue 4...
  
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• Italy Has Too Much Tourism. How To Fix? The Uffizi Has A Plan

  04-03-2021 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Enter the Uffizi Diffusi project. Meaning “scattered Uffizi,” it’s a reimagining of Italy’s “scattered hotel” concept, in which individual “rooms” are located in different houses of a village. In this project, artworks stored in the Uffizi’s deposit will be put on show throughout the surrounding area of Tuscany, turning Italy’s most famous region into one big “scattered” museum. – CNN
  
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• Marketing Manager / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / West Midlands

  04-03-2021 17:25
  This role works as part of the Marketing Team on the development and delivery of creative marketing campaigns to achieve ticket income targets for the CBSO’s concerts at Symphony Hall,...
  
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• Assistant Stage Door Keeper / The Marlowe Theatre / South East

  04-03-2021 17:18
  The Marlowe, Canterbury is one of this country’s most successful large-scale independent theatres, with a 1,200-seat Theatre, a 150-seat Studio and The Marlowe Kit, home to our thriving Youth...
  
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• Alt-Weeklies Looked Doomed Even Before The Pandemic. Here’s How Some Of Them Have Hung On

  04-03-2021 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The structural troubles those papers were facing before 2020 were bad enough; then COVID shut down their main sources of ad revenue (performance venues, bars and clubs, restaurants). “[Yet] there are many that, against all odds, have survived. In true alt-weekly edge, it’s a stubborn, punk refusal to let go. Here are four of their stories.” – The Daily Beast
  
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• Freelance Editorial Content Assistant / Reader's Digest UK / London / Remote

  04-03-2021 16:51
  As freelance Editorial Content Assistant, you will support the Senior Editors in the day-to-day running of Reader’s Digest.
  Working collaboratively with the rest of the editorial team, you...
  
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• Grizedale Residencies / Royal Society of Sculptors / North West

  04-03-2021 16:47
  This opportunity for two artists to be based at Grizedale Forest is an annual intensive six week long residency that aims to foster experimentation and innovation in response to the natural...
  
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• Front of house / DKUK / London

  04-03-2021 16:35
  To oversee the smooth running of our hair salon, we are recruiting an experienced front of house person. The candidate must be highly organised, proactive and have good communication skills. We are...
  
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• Why Do Asian Actors Keep Getting Overlooked For Awards, Even As The Films They’re In Get Honored?

  04-03-2021 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Parasite got six Oscar nominations and four awards, none of them for any of its actors. That case continued a pattern that has held even with Asian-led films in English: Slumdog Millionaire, Life of Pi, The Last Emperor, and so on right back to Flower Drum Song in 1961. And the pattern may be about to repeat itself with Minari. – The Atlantic
  
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• Six out of 10 museums now fear for their survival – but there have been surprising positives

  04-03-2021 16:29
  
  The budget lifeline is welcome. But, as museums endure their worst crisis since the war, they have still been at the forefront of Covid support, with hard-hitting shows, doorstep storytelling and using this chance to rethink their rolesSharon Heal is director of the Museums AssociationI normally spend my time travelling the country, visiting museums and galleries, watching how the public engage with displays, and discussing what lies ahead with staff. But all of that has been off limits for the
  
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• Associate Producer / Menagerie Theatre Company / East

  04-03-2021 16:08
  Menagerie Theatre Company seek a freelance Associate Producer to work on four projects in 2021 and early 2022. The role is for an average of 2 days a week, with some weeks requiring more significant...
  
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• Free Art for Wellbeing - The power of space / Holloway Neighbourhood Group / London

  04-03-2021 15:52
  A free and relaxed drawing class  for residents in North - Central London
  Offered by the Holloway Neighbourhood GroupThursday 11th March 2021  //  1.30 - 3.30 pm On ZOOM
  To...
  
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• Production Manager / Lancaster Arts / North West

  04-03-2021 15:23
  We are excited to be recruiting a new member of our senior leadership team, helping us shape a new future as a combined arts organisation of Arts Council England and leading our...
  
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• Temporay Music Porter / Edinburgh International Festival / Scotland

  04-03-2021 15:12
  Temporary contract from 2 – 30 August
  £835 per week
  The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced Music Porter to safely transport instruments and music equipment...
  
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• Temporary Concerts Assistant (Orchestra & Ensemble Series) / Edinburgh International Festival / Scotland

  04-03-2021 15:11
  Temporary contract from 2 – 29 August
  £650 per week
  The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for a Concerts Assistant (Orchestra & Ensemble Series) to assist with...
  
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• Temporary Concert Manager (Chamber Series) / Edinburgh International Festival / Scotland

  04-03-2021 15:10
  Temporary contract from 6 – 28 August
  £750 per week
  The Edinburgh International Festival is looking for an experienced Concert Manager (Chamber Series) to manage on-the-day delivery...
  
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• Building the Chaos workshop (online) 27th & 28th March / Told by an Idiot / London / Online

  04-03-2021 15:04
  Are you a performer interested in honing your improvisation, devising and comedy skills? 
  Taking inspiration from the greats of...
  
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• KCAW Poetry Corner | Call for Entries / Kensington + Chelsea Art Week / London

  04-03-2021 15:02
  Kensington + Chelsea Art Week is an arts and culture festival taking place across 150+ venues, including studios, museums, galleries and businesses, attracting local and international...
  
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• Trustee / Theatre Peckham / London

  04-03-2021 14:51
  Do you believe the power of theatre can elevate young people, families and artists facing the most barriers? Then we want to hear from you.
  Join our Board of Trustees. We are looking to recruit new...
  
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• Communications Manager / Manchester Museum / North West

  04-03-2021 14:50
  Manchester Museum is looking for an exceptional Communications Manager to lead and shape communications at a pivotal time in its history.  You will play a critical role in Manchester...
  
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• Marketing Manager / boomsatsuma education / South West

  04-03-2021 14:40
  boomsatsuma is the fastest growing specialist independent education provider, focused on creative, digital and the performing arts in the West of England. We are seen as quirky, innovative,...
  
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