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• Computers V. Humans – What’s Possible?

  19-03-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The greatest imaginative challenge seems to be foreseeing which changes will arrive sooner than expected (computers outplaying chess grandmasters), and which will be surprisingly slow (flying cars). The tech-world saying is that people chronically overestimate what technology can do in a year, and underestimate what it can do in a decade and beyond. – The New York Times
  
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• Public Dance Talk: Performance for Galleries and Museums / Dance4 / London / UK

  19-03-2021 22:50
  Join choreographer Grace Nicol and collaborators for an online talk and launch of a free interactive Public Dance Pack that considers how to support challenging and risk-taking work within...
  
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• Warner Studios Cancels Plans To Build Tram To The Hollywood Sign

  19-03-2021 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  The effort, dubbed the Hollywood Skyway, would have cost the studio an estimated $100 million. The tramway would have taken visitors on a six-minute ride more than 1 mile up the back of Mt. Lee to a new visitors center near the sign, with pathways to a viewing area. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Small Independent Opera Companies Are Saving Opera

  19-03-2021 22:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  Across Canada, indie opera companies are making the art form cool again; daring and provocative again. Pre-pandemic, the collective mass of these companies was on the verge of something truly special: making opera mainstream, something to be wafted over a crowded pub, or poured out freely in church basements and makeshift venues coast to coast. – CBC
  
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• Museums Battle Over The Ethics Of Selling Art To Survive

  19-03-2021 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The debate has grown heated in recent weeks, pitting museum against museum, and forcing the association — which serves as the industry’s referee and moral watchdog — to postpone talks about extending the change indefinitely. – The New York Times
  
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• The Controversies In Translating Amanda Gorman

  19-03-2021 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In one camp, translators argue that the issue is representation in the field, not whether a white translator is incapable of translating an author of a different background. Another contingent believes the incident signals a threatening policing of who is eligible to translate, a step closer to a world where the validity of one’s experience and ideas is contingent on identity.” – Asymptote Journal
  
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• Producer, Public Programmes (Communities & Partners) / MK Gallery / South East

  19-03-2021 20:43
  An exciting, diverse, and varied opportunity has arisen within MK Gallery to play a key part in the development and practical delivery of our public programmes and encourage engagement with the...
  
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• Inclusion Coordinator / MK Gallery / South East

  19-03-2021 20:40
  Do you have experience of delivering creative activities and projects with children, familes and young people with additional or complex support needs? A unique opportunity is available for...
  
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• The Invitation Of Translation — And Its Pitfalls

  19-03-2021 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The act and the art of translation requires the permission to transcend borders, the permission to make mistakes, and the permission to be repeated, by anyone who feels the tempestuous tug, and the clarion call, of the unfamiliar. To rein in such liberty through categories and compartments that imprison our creativity is a disservice to the human imagination. – The Conversation
  
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• Could A Joint Dictionary Unify North And South Korea? (Well, No)

  19-03-2021 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  Being that the South has been open to the rest of the world while the North has been sealed off for seven decades, the Korean spoken on the two sides of the DMZ is rather different. South Korea’s Unification Ministry has been hoping that an “inter-Korean dictionary” — launched in 2005 and currently getting a new push from Seoul (which is paying for it) — could bring the Republic and the Democratic People’s Republic closer together. The project hasn’t be
  
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• Out on the Toon - 10 x micro commissions available / Northern Stage / North East

  19-03-2021 19:52
  We’re inviting theatre makers, theatre companies and theatre artists based in the North East to help us – and audiences - get Out on the Toon.
  Out on the Toon is an outdoor...
  
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• Trustee / The National Academy for Social Prescribing / London

  19-03-2021 19:41
  The National Academy for Social Prescribing (NASP) is a newly registered charity and company limited by guarantee. Our goal is to promote the advancement of social prescribing to bring about a social...
  
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• Streaming Passes 1 Billion Subscribers (But Theatre Box Office Tanks)

  19-03-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  For the first time ever, subscriptions to streaming services surpassed one billion, reaching 1.1 billion globally. At the same time, box office receipts plummeted because movie theaters across the world were closed for a significant part of 2020. Global ticket sales tapped out at $12 billion, with North America accounting for $2.2 billion of that haul. (2019 saw $42 billion in revenue). – Variety
  
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• The Royal Shakespeare Company At 60

  19-03-2021 19:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In 1960 Peter Hall created a theatrical revolution. He turned a summer Shakespeare festival in Stratford-on-Avon into a year-round enterprise based on a permanent ensemble, a second home in London and a mix of classical and contemporary work. But it wasn’t until 20 March 1961 that the whole enterprise was given the name we know today. … Sixty years on, even as we celebrate the RSC’s survival, new questions arise. What is it really for? How does it adapt to a changing w
  
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• Online core skills for cinemas webinar series / Independent Cinema Office / London

  19-03-2021 18:33
  Our new core skills webinar series will provide relevant, practical learning on a range of topics with sessions specifically designed for those working across the independent film exhibition and...
  
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• Oscar Nominees Told Zooming In Not An Option For The Event

  19-03-2021 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  “We are treating the event as an active movie set, with specially designed testing cadences to ensure up-to-the-minute results, including an on-site COVID safety team with PCR testing capability. There will be specific instructions for those of you traveling in from outside of Los Angeles, and other instructions for those of you who are already based in Los Angeles.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Astrophysics - Open Call / SEISMA Magazine / London / Anywhere

  19-03-2021 18:04
  We’re currently accepting music + sound arts, screen arts, architecture + design, culinary arts, and theatre + dance submissions for our next print edition,...
  
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• IKEA Has Turned Its Catalog Into An Audiobook

  19-03-2021 18:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “When IKEA canceled its beloved print catalog last year, it hinted at plans to venture into new formats to better reach an increasingly internet-dependent customer base.” And so it did: “Published on Spotify, Audible, and YouTube, the IKEA Audio Catalog is essentially a quippy version of its 288-page product book.” But can you really use it to shop without any pictures? – Yahoo! (Quartz)
  
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• Administrative Assistant (Casual) / William Allen Word & Image / London

  19-03-2021 17:59
  William Allen Word & Image Ltd works with archives, rare books, ephemera and artworks. Specialist areas include: concrete poetry (particularly the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay and Dom Sylvester...
  
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• The Bottom Line: How America’s Arts Organizations Are Doing

  19-03-2021 17:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  A new report looks at the balance sheets of the country’s arts organizations. Community and theatre organizations fared the best, while museums and symphony orchestras had negative bottom lines. – SMU Data Arts
  
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• Trustee / Brighter Sound / North West

  19-03-2021 17:16
  Brighter Sound is a pioneering creative music charity based in Manchester. We nurture the music creators, leaders and industry professionals of the future, with a strong focus on supporting people...
  
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• Streaming Classical Music: Where The Money Really Goes, And Where It Ought To Go

  19-03-2021 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “In the first two articles in the series, we looked at the streaming industry’s revenues, how they’re shared out between the music we listen to and how we choose that music. This week, we’re going to look at who ultimately receives the money — and at how the industry could or should change.” – Bachtrack
  
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• James Levine Was An Argument Against Genius-Worship Culture

  19-03-2021 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Until his death, Levine was perhaps the music world’s most staggering living testament to the dangers of genius-worship culture. That culture nourished his ascent and enabled his alleged serial sexual abuse of young men, whom he had the power to make or break. – Boston Globe
  
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• Head of Property / Bow Arts Trust / London

  19-03-2021 16:30
  Bow Arts is seeking to engage a Head of Property to oversee the day-to-day management of the Trust’s property portfolio.
  Established in 1995, Bow Arts is an arts education charity, which has...
  
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• Learning Administrator / Bow Arts / London

  19-03-2021 16:23
  Bow Arts is a leading educational arts charity based in East London, improving the lives and learning of over 10,000 children and young people each year through the...
  
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• Liverpool Biennial opens, Canaletto meets his match, and Tate takes a queer walk – the week in art

  19-03-2021 16:20
  
  The happenings start happening on Merseyside, Tate takes an LGBTQ+ tour, Vivaldi and Canaletto team up, and Roni Horn unveils her latest drawings – all in your weekly dispatchLiverpool BiennialPublic commissions by Rashid Johnson, Linder, Larry Achiampong and others launch this city-wide art happening before the gallery components can open later.
  • Until 20 June.Continue reading...
  
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• Trustee / Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing / London

  19-03-2021 16:13
  We are looking for a Board Member to play a vital role in delivering real impact and shaping the ISTD of the future by providing high quality governance.
  As a Board member, you...
  
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• Communications and Engagement Lead / CEASE UK (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation) / London / UK

  19-03-2021 16:13
  WE ARE THE CENTRE TO END ALL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
  And we’re on a mission to expose and dismantle the driving forces behind sexual exploitation in the UK. 
  The Communications &...
  
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• 'Self-satisfied pork butcher': Shakespeare grave effigy believed to be definitive likeness

  19-03-2021 16:09
  
  Exclusive: Bust in Holy Trinity church was modelled by tomb-maker Nicholas Johnson, research finds
  They say you should never meet your heroes, which has been just as well for literature fans who for centuries have been told they would never even see an accurate likeness of William Shakespeare. Until recently, there were only two definitive portraits of the playwright widely regarded to be the greatest writer in the English language and both were thought to have been painted posthumously. Art cri
  
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• Beijing Leans On Hong Kong’s Arts Funding Body To Curb ‘Anti-Government’ Work

  19-03-2021 16:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The campaign has forced the Arts Development Council into stating it might suspend grants to artists who advocated independence, while additional cultural venues have refused to screen a controversial documentary about the 2019 anti-government protests. The question of what constitutes ‘lawbreaking artworks’ has also been raised in the Legislative Council.” – South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
  
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• Freelance Bid Writer / Dance Reading / South East

  19-03-2021 15:56
  Dance Reading is a charity working in Reading and the surrounding areas to support access to dance and movement. We run a programme of community projects and an annual month-long professional dance...
  
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• Scenic Art and Prop-Making training - applications open / Mountview / London

  19-03-2021 15:55
  Mountview’s FDA/BA (HONS) Top-up in Scenic Art and Prop-Making provides specialist vocational training in scenic art and prop making for theatre, film, TV and related industries such as theming...
  
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• Oh Great, Now They’re Turning Dance Into NFTs, Too

  19-03-2021 15:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  With Non-Fungible Tokens taking the visual art world hostage by storm, it was only a matter of time before other art forms turned to them. The NFTs made by blockchain platform Enjin and street dance group Beauty in the Streets “represent signature moves and mannerisms of various performers which, in turn, can then be sold to fans via online stores and live shows and used as emotes [i.e., animated emojis] within participating video games and apps.” And so it begins … – C
  
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• Trainee Producer/Programmer / Half Moon Theatre / London

  19-03-2021 15:22
  Following the award of a significant Project Grant from Arts Council England, Half Moon is inviting applications for a Trainee TYA Producer/Programmer to work on Narratives of Empathy and Resilience,...
  
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• Exec Who Saved Capitol Records, Bhaskar Menon, Dead At 86

  19-03-2021 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  The record label was reeling in 1970: its cash cow, The Beatles, had disbanded, and it lost $8 million that year. Parent company EMI put Menon in charge the next year and he turned it all around: in 1973 Capitol released Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, and the label spent the decade issuing hit after hit by Tina Turner, Linda Ronstadt, Helen Reddy, Bob Seger, Grand Funk Railroad, and others. Menon went on to run EMI’s enormous worldwide music operations. – The New York
  
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• Marketing Trainee Placement / Paines Plough / London

  19-03-2021 14:59
  The Trainee Marketing Assistant will work closely with the Marketing and Audience Development Manager to support the delivery of Paines Plough’s marketing plan and audience development strategy...
  
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• Social Programme Producer / Coventry Biennial / West Midlands

  19-03-2021 14:58
  We are currently growing our team during an exciting time for our organisation and our city. We are about to deliver the third Coventry Biennial as a part of the once in a lifetime opportunity...
  
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• General Manager / Coventry Biennial / West Midlands

  19-03-2021 14:52
  We are currently growing our team during an exciting time for our organisation and our city. We are about to deliver the third Coventry Biennial as a part of the once in a lifetime opportunity...
  
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• Social Media Intern / Paradym / London / Remote

  19-03-2021 14:45
  Paradym is the world’s leading emotional wellbeing programme. We are on a mission to lead people to more meaningful relationships with themselves and others through a guided personal practice...
  
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• Collection Move Assistant / The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre (Lancaster University) / North West

  19-03-2021 14:45
  This temporary role is based in The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre at Lancaster University.
  The Ruskin – Collection Move Assistant will play a key role in supporting the...
  
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• Administration Assistant / The Ruskin - Library, Museum and Research Centre (Lancaster University) / North West

  19-03-2021 14:42
  This temporary role is based in The Ruskin – Library, Museum and Research Centre at Lancaster University.
  The Ruskin – Administration Assistant is responsible for supporting the Director...
  
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• HR Advisor / The Design Museum / London

  19-03-2021 14:39
  The Design Museum is seeking an HR professional to work as part of the HR team providing expert, customer focused and timely HR service to all departments at the museum. The HR team plays a key role...
  
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• Curator, Contemporary Art / A-line / London

  19-03-2021 14:33
  Please apply with a CV and cover letter (max 2 pages) to [email protected]
  Deadline: Tuesday 13 April, 12noonAbout A-LINE 
  A-line is an exciting new creative platform offering...
  
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• Arts In Chicago Set To Restart After IL Governor Raises Capacity Limits

  19-03-2021 14:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  “The new ‘phase 4A’ will allow for 25% fixed seating capacity in indoor and outdoor film, theater and performing arts venues of 200 seats or more. For fixed-seating venues with capacities under 200, the limit will increase to 50% capacity or 50 seats, whichever is fewer. .. The new plan will be implemented when 70% of Illinois residents 65 and over are vaccinated.” – Yahoo! (Chicago Tribune)
  
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• Art Teacher & Art Club Leader / art-K Wandsworth / London

  19-03-2021 14:03
  All educationalist agree that Art has positive effects on mental health, self-confidence and developing an individual personality. art-K helps realise those benefits by engaging teachers dedicated to...
  
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• Many Museums Want To Remove The Sackler Name From Their Campuses. State Attorneys General Want To Let Them.

  19-03-2021 14:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Following [Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy] court filing in New York, the attorneys general from 23 states issued a statement calling for amendments to the plan, which they say does not offer sufficient concessions — including one that would protect non-profits that opt to remove the Sackler name from their spaces, regardless of gift agreements.” – Artnet
  
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• Stage One Trainee Producer Placement / Talawa Theatre Company / London

  19-03-2021 13:53
  Producers charity Stage One and Talawa Theatre Company are working in partnership to offer a 12 month paid placement for a trainee producer to join Talawa's team. The placement is funded through...
  
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• Fundraising Executive, Philanthropy / Serpentine / London

  19-03-2021 13:50
  We are looking for a Fundraising Executive to join our Development team. The role will support the Head of Philanthropy and the Fundraising Manager, Philanthropy to maximise fundraised income from...
  
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• Fundraising Manager, Philanthropy / Serpentine / London

  19-03-2021 13:47
  We are looking for a Fundraising Manager to join our Development team. Working with the Head of Philanthropy you will help plan and deliver the Serpentine’s major gifts fundraising...
  
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• Senior Events Manager / The Design Museum / London

  19-03-2021 13:37
  An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, self-motivated and target driven Senior Events Manager to join the museum’s Events team and deliver its commercial and internal...
  
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