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• ‘Original archaeologists’: Arnhem Land traditional owners take charge of priceless rock art

  04-12-2021 20:00
  
  In the past rock art research has been the domain of non-Indigenous academics but a group of Bininj people are now documenting it as they seek to preserve their historyTraditional owners from western Arnhem Land say they are the “original archaeologists” of their country, and now they are taking action to preserve their priceless history on their own terms.“Many of the stories are still hidden away from non-Indigenous people who have learned very little about them,” Binin
  
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• Looted and left in an English garden, the goat goddess can return to India

  04-12-2021 19:00
  
  The statue, once on sale at Sotheby’s, was recovered amid claims it was part of a precious trove of stolen artefactsFor more than 20 years, those who lived in and around the village of Lokhari in Uttar Pradesh, India, have prayed for the return of an important statue of a goddess that was stolen from a local temple. Now those prayers have been answered. The 8th-century goat-headed deity has been discovered thousands of miles away – in an English country garden, covered in moss.The sc
  
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• Mary Ellen Poole discusses student leadership and faculty representation

  04-12-2021 18:39 via artsjournal.com
  Mary Ellen Poole, Carnegie Mellon University’s Dean of the College of Fine Arts, talks about increasing faculty representation and student leadership.
  
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• Director of Artist/Patron/Corporate Relations, Marketing, Community Engagement & Next Generation Initiatives

  04-12-2021 16:44 via artsjournal.com
  East Carolina University
  Vacancy #: 001445
  Recruitment Range: Commensurate with Qualifications
  Closing Date: Open Until Filled
  Organizational Unit Overview
  SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE FOUR SEASONS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL:The School of Music, in the College of Fine Arts and Communication, has an enrollment of over 250 music majors and minors with over 60 faculty and staff. Now in its 22nd Season, The Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival brings internationally renowned musicians to North Carolina and be
  
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• Director–The Hartt School Community Division

  04-12-2021 16:33 via artsjournal.com
  The Hartt School at the University of Hartford is seeking a new Director for its Community Division. The Hartt School’s Community Division has a 100-year history of providing high-quality training in the performing arts to the surrounding Hartford, Connecticut region. The Hartt School Community Division is a national model for community schools on university campuses and is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and the National Association of Schools of Dance. Our inno
  
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• Get your goat: Eric Bouvet’s best phone picture

  04-12-2021 11:00
  
  ‘The ibexcouldn’t care less about me. He was just there, magnificent, on his stage’As so often, says Eric Bouvet, the stage was set, the actors ready. “You get this amazing orchestra,” he says, “and you’re the conductor. You decide your point of view, your frame, you hit the button. A second either way, it wouldn’t have worked.”A five-time World Press Photo winner, Bouvet has covered conflicts from Afghanistan to Sudan, Iraq to Somalia, Chech
  
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• From a Sex and the City sequel to Halo Infinite: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

  04-12-2021 07:00
  
  Whether you’re after a big old bug invasion, the return of Carrie Bradshaw or Kehinde Wiley’s takes on grand European landscapes, our critics have your plans for the week coveredEncounter
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  Well-regarded British director Michael Pearce (Beast) directs the always likable Riz Ahmed in a close encounter of the traumatic kind, as a military veteran with issues attempts to save his kids from a big ol’ bug invasion, in a drama harking back to cold war paranoia era of 1950s sci-
  
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