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• Kennedy Center Turns 50 (And Unveils Celebrations)

  07-04-2021 23:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  The 50th anniversary celebration is part of 1,110 dance, theater, jazz, comedy and musical concerts and events in the 2021-2022 season. The total represents a 25 percent cut from pre-pandemic averages, Rutter said, and many of the special performances have been scheduled for 2022 as a hedge that vaccines would by then be widely available. – Washington Post
  
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• Bucks Museum Event Consultant / Bucks County Museum Trust / South East

  07-04-2021 23:12
  We are inviting applications from experienced freelance consultants working within the field of events management or public programming to support a new Museum events offer up to April 2022.
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• Development Manager / Bernie Grant Arts Centre / London

  07-04-2021 23:10
  The Bernie Grant Arts Centre has an exciting opportunity for a Development Manager to join our dynamic team at a unique and pivotal time. As we reopen post Covid-19 could you bring the ideas, energy...
  
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• A Computer Code Written In Cree

  07-04-2021 23:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  My desired output for this language is graphical based. I originally envisioned it as a kind of “Processing for Indigenous Languages”. Where the output is generative and graphic. The generative aspect is crucial in the representation of the Indigenous worldview, because when the program ends whatever display was generated is destroyed (comes to end of life). – Esoteric Codes
  
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• Live Theatre Returns To Live Theatre In NY — And It’s… Different

  07-04-2021 22:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  The line of people he came to greet waiting to see the first performance of Blindness at the Daryl Roth Theatre off Union Square was collectively, properly masked, but still a line, still packed closely together, reminding this critic that whatever measures being taken inside theaters, the line outside a theater right now remains just as it always was—an expectant, kettled huddle. – The Daily Beast
  
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• The Transitory Influence Of Hemingway

  07-04-2021 22:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  So what can Hemingway tell us about what American writers owe to Hemingway? Whatever that debt is, it’s a lot, according to the various writers and literary scholars who appear as talking heads in the documentary, but they (Edna O’Brien, Tobias Wolff, Mario Vargas Llosa) are fairly long in the tooth, and few young fiction writers would now claim him as a star to steer by. In comparison, the influence of William Faulkner, transfigured in the crucible of Toni Morrison’s genius a
  
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• Head of Creative Learning and Engagement / Leeds 2023 / Yorkshire

  07-04-2021 22:00
  Closing Date: Wednesday 5th May 17:00  Contract type: Fixed term until March 2024 Salary: £45,000-£50,000 per annum (dependent on experience) 
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• Creative Technologist / Leeds 2023 / Yorkshire

  07-04-2021 21:57
  Closing Date: Wednesday 5th May 17:00  Contract type: Fixed term until March 2024 Salary: £45,000-£50,000 per annum (dependent on experience) 
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• Assistant Producer / Marmalade Film and Media / London

  07-04-2021 21:43
  Marmalade is a creative communications agency specialising in purpose-led activation strategies, corporate comms and brand campaigns. We are passionate about creating change with our content and...
  
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• Art At Scale: Putting All Of The UK’s National Collections Online

  07-04-2021 21:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Art UK brings together over 3,000 public collections on one shared, economically efficient platform, allowing them all to reap the benefits of scale and technology in one of the largest arts partnerships put together in the UK. Art UK’s Partner Collections have access to the Art UK Shop, enabling them to generate income without making any capital investment or taking any risk. – ArtUK
  
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• Behold The World’s Largest Collection Of Magazines

  07-04-2021 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[James] Hyman’s collection now stands at around 150,000 editions of roughly 5,000 titles. They form the bulk of HYMAG, a dedicated magazine library housed in a former factory in Woolwich, south-east London. It’s an overwhelming sight. … It is not just the words that are important, Mr. Hyman stresses, but what surrounds them: the advertisements, the page layouts, the typography and all the other marginalia that have been lost as text has transitioned to the internet.&rd
  
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• Communications Coordinator / The Reader Organisation / North West

  07-04-2021 20:55
  The Communications Coordinator is a key role in a small, agile and multi-tasking team of communications professionals. The Communications team is a vital part of the charity’s core team and its...
  
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• Join the Conversation

  07-04-2021 20:54 via feedproxy.google.com
  I have said before here that the time for talk is long past and that figuring out a way to prod real action on DEI issues is essential. This Conversation, hosted by the Community Engagement Network, is an attempt to lay groundwork for actual movement. – Doug Borwick
  
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• Project Manager / Groundswell Arts / London

  07-04-2021 20:35
  Groundswell Arts are currently seeking a part-time freelance project manager with relevant experience in the arts education sector to support us in the administration and planning of two of our main...
  
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• How Reporters Are Fighting To Save The Storied Tribune Newspapers From A Hedge Fund

  07-04-2021 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  The worried reporters would need to recruit community allies. Hire a public relations firm to sway public opinion. And most crucially: Figure out how to find rich people who might be persuaded to finance a rescue plan. – Washington Post
  
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• General Manager / Groundswell Arts / London

  07-04-2021 20:30
  Groundswell Arts are seeking a Freelance General Manager for 2 days a week commencing May 2021 to develop the company operationally and help establish our new office team (London) as our...
  
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• Executive Director / Lyric Hammersmith Theatre / London

  07-04-2021 20:06
  We are seeking an Executive Director to work in partnership with the Artistic Director to ensure the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre thrives. We are ambitious, team orientated and focused on...
  
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• Video Game Technology Helps Recreate Sound Of 16th-Century Scotland’s Chapel Royal

  07-04-2021 20:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Researchers have captured how they believe choral music would have sounded when played and sung in the now-ruined chapel at Linlithgow Palace, west Lothian, which was the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots and where James IV visited for Easter celebrations around 1512. … Gaming technology … allow[s] specialists to model how acoustics would have been affected by long-destroyed interior details, such as the curve of an alabaster sculpture or an oak roof beam.” – Th
  
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• Are Virtues Of The Past Casualties Of Progress?

  07-04-2021 19:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  If we cannot slow down and grow cautiously, evenly, gradually into our new technological and political possibilities and responsibilities—even the potentially liberating ones—the last recognizably individual men and women may give place, before too many more generations, to the simultaneously sub- and super-human civilization of the hive. – Commonweal
  
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• Finance Manager / Fallen Angels Dance Theatre / North West

  07-04-2021 19:23
  Job Purpose: The finance manager will provide finance and business support services for FADT. You will contribute to the development of our financial strategy and policy. This is a very hands on role...
  
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• Senior Officer, Data Analysis (CYP) and Data Champion (MEH) / Arts Council England / South East / Any Arts Council office outside of London

  07-04-2021 19:04
  Senior Officer, Data Analysis (Children and Young People) – ARTCF38
  Salary: £32.615 per annum
  Contract: 0.5 FTE (17.5 hours per week) fixed term until March 2022 (flexible...
  
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• As Performances In Italy Remain Banned, Competitive Ballroom Dancing Waltzes On

  07-04-2021 19:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  “[Competitors] are preparing for the Italian Championships in Rimini in July and as such are allowed to keep practicing, given that the government considers their activity in the national interest. It’s the same allowance that has enabled other federally recognized competitive athletes to keep training in Italy even during the latest round of virus-related closures.” – AP
  
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• Resident Director / Oxford Playhouse & Magdalen College School, Oxford / South East

  07-04-2021 18:57
  A 12-month fixed-term role, starting in September 2021, delivered in partnership between Oxford Playhouse and Magdalen College School, Oxford, our Resident Director will undertake a wide variety of...
  
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• Resident Producer / Oxford Playhouse & Magdalen College School, Oxford / South East

  07-04-2021 18:46
  A 12-month fixed-term role, starting in September 2021, delivered in partnership between Oxford Playhouse and Magdalen College School, Oxford, our Resident Producer will undertake a wide variety of...
  
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• Creative Engagement Assistant / Norwich Theatre / East

  07-04-2021 18:42
  Directorate: Creative Programmes
  Reporting to: Head of Creative Engagement
  Hours: 37.5 hrs per week (hours are worked to meet the requirements of the role and some evening and...
  
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• Creative Learning Producer / Norwich Theatre / East

  07-04-2021 18:38
  Directorate: Creative Programmes
  Reporting to: Head of Creative Engagement
  Hours: 37.5 hrs per week (hours are worked to meet the requirements of the role and some evening and...
  
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• Online: In Conversation with Patrick Hughes! 14 Apr 4pm / Alon Zakaim Fine Art / London

  07-04-2021 18:37
  In this exclusive webinar Patrick Hughes will discuss a career spanning over sixty years with Director of Alon Zakaim Fine Art, Alon Zakaim. The conversation will take place behind the...
  
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• Getting paid for online work - Intellectual Property and Rights / IJAD Dance Company / London / Online

  07-04-2021 18:35
  Connective Matrix online panel discussion:
  How do artists get paid for digitally distributed work? What financial models are available? Join our expert panellists to hear the discussion, and ask...
  
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• Administrator / Richard Shephard Music Foundation / Yorkshire

  07-04-2021 18:35
  YORK: c £22kThe Richard Shephard Music Foundation is a new charity (1189066) with a mission to bring the experience and enjoyment of music to children in Yorkshire and beyond. Our work in...
  
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• Producer Scott Rudin, “Monster” Boss

  07-04-2021 18:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  Even as others have been canceled or have dialed back their aggression, Rudin’s behavior has continued unabated, leaving a trail of splintered objects and traumatized employees in his path. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• The puzzling magic of anaesthesia | Brief letters

  07-04-2021 18:26
  
  Crosswords | Ageing | Cheese | Caipirinhas | Steve BellI’m not sure about imaginary crossword-solving while asleep (Letters, 5 April), but many years ago my father was struggling to complete the Guardian crossword just before an operation on his hand. On his return to the ward, having recovered from the anaesthetic, he was able to finish it.Rosie SteadRomiley, Greater Manchester• Felicitations to John Haycock for having survived 28,742 days after his birth on 28.7.42 (Letters, 6 April
  
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• Technical Production Manager / Battersea Arts Centre / London

  07-04-2021 18:17
  We are looking for an experienced technical theatre professional, with strong people and production management skills, for the role of Technical Production Manager.
  Battersea Arts Centre’s...
  
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• Artist, Creative workshops for VI group / Preston Park Museum & Grounds, Stockton on Tees / North East

  07-04-2021 18:12
  We are looking to appoint an artist to work with a group of young people who have a vision impairment. The artist will plan and deliver a series of creative workshops themed on Portraiture to produce...
  
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• Creative Technologist Fellowship / HOME and SODA / North West

  07-04-2021 18:08
  Manchester International Art Centre HOME and their academic partner SODA are looking for a UK-based freelance Creative Technologist to collaborate with for the next two years.
  The Fellowship is...
  
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• Media Assistant (Kickstart Scheme) / Peer Productions / South East

  07-04-2021 18:04
  Are you aged 16 - 24?
  Do you want to kickstart your career in Marketing & Media within the Arts? 
  Do you have an excellent eye for visual detail?
  Then we have the job for you!
  With the...
  
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• Recreating A 2,000-Year-Old South Indian Lyre

  07-04-2021 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  The yazh is a seven- or 14-stringed harp, built over a wooden bowl resonator covered with hide like a drum, that’s referenced in Tamil scriptures dating back to the Sangam period (6th century BCE to 3rd century CE). There are replicas of the yazh in museums, but none are playable. In a Q&A, Chennai-based instrument maker Tharun Sekar talks about how he researched and then crafted a playable model. – Atlas Obscura
  
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• *Easter discount - 10% off all our short courses until 18 April* / London Sculpture Workshop / London

  07-04-2021 17:51
  Book by midnight on Sunday 18th April and receive 10% off any course booked via Eventbrite, using promo code “Future10”.
  Our short courses encourage you to learn, create and develop both...
  
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• Theatre Manager / Bristol Hippodrome / South West

  07-04-2021 17:45
  The Ambassador Theatre Group is a world leader in live entertainment; we operate venues, run major ticketing platforms and produce award-winning shows. We are recruiting for a Theatre...
  
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• Cafe Assistant / The National Centre for Craft & Design / East Midlands

  07-04-2021 17:31
  PG3 £18,792 per annum (40 hours FTE) pro rata, £9.01 per hour
  24 hours per week
  It has never been a more exciting time to join our organisation. Following a major refurbishment NCCD...
  
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• Dancers / Sadler's Wells / London

  07-04-2021 17:30
  Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK with ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company are auditioning dancers for the national and international tour of hit production Message In A Bottle. Directed and...
  
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• The Tensions Between Meritocracy And Equity

  07-04-2021 17:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  “Between those who see meritocratic admissions as giving fair rewards to hard work and ability, and those who demand that schools focus on students’ identities rather than individual performance, there appears little room for compromise. But the two positions have unexamined common ground, coexisting in the consciousness of students and teachers.” – Tablet
  
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• Creative Ideas Lab Commissions: Call for Creative Practitioners / Babylon ARTS / East

  07-04-2021 17:22
  Babylon ARTS is pleased to offer nine micro commissions for creative practitioners of any artform. We hope to provide a gentle springboard to work up a new or existing early idea, that is about...
  
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• SHINE Emerging Artist Programme 2021 / Light Up The North / North West / All Regions

  07-04-2021 17:19
  Light Up the North (LUTN) is a network of 6 light festivals across the north of England. In 2021, four of the festivals are joining together to award funding to emerging artists working with light,...
  
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• ‘What If Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare, But Someone Else Wrote Him First?’

  07-04-2021 17:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  That’s how one scholar summarizes the theory that the plays of William Shakespeare were written, yes, by the glover’s son from Stratford-upon-Avon — but adapted from scripts and prose works by the courtier and Latin translator Sir Thomas North. Here’s a look at the evidence. – Smithsonian Magazine
  
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• Forward Prizes Manager - Maternity Cover / Forward Arts Foundation / London

  07-04-2021 16:54
  This is an opportunity for an efficient and highly organised project manager to join the Forward Arts Foundation’s creative and dynamic team. Reporting to the Executive Director of Forward Arts...
  
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• Female Choral Scholarships / Temple Church / London

  07-04-2021 16:53
  EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG FEMALE SINGERS. Temple Church is delighted to launch two new choral scholarships for young women aged 16-19 for the coming academic year. The scholarship...
  
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• Actor/Performer for Touring Show 'Jurassic Earth' / Big Foot Events / North West

  07-04-2021 16:41
  Jurassic Earth is an immersive, interactive touring show aimed at family audiences.  The Performance seeks to transport you back to Jurassic times to come face to face with Dinosaurs. ...
  
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• Senior Visitor Experience Manager / Royal Albert Hall / London

  07-04-2021 16:37
  Senior Visitor Experience Manager£40,000 - £43,000 per annumPermanent, full-time
  The Role
  The Visitor Experience team consists of the Tours, Retail and Merchandise functions and is part...
  
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• Manfred Fischbeck, Who Built Audience For Avant-Garde Dance In Philadelphia, Dead At 80

  07-04-2021 16:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  “For more than 50 years, [he] was an indefatigable contributor to the contemporary experimental dance scene in Philadelphia and around the world. … Mr. Fischbeck; his former wife, Brigitta Herrmann; and fellow innovator Hellmut Gottschild founded and directed Group Motion Multimedia Dance Theater in 1968. The Philadelphia dance troupe, internationally known for its avant-garde performances and outreach to enthusiasts, is celebrated locally for its continuing Friday night workshops
  
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• PA to the Directors and Production Assistant / Fiery Angel Ltd / London

  07-04-2021 16:30
  An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the thriving theatre production company, Fiery Angel.Headed by Edward Snape and Marilyn Eardley, Fiery Angel produces and presents drama, musicals, and...
  
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