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• “California Is Moving Toward A Revolutionary Overhaul In How It Finances The Performing Arts”

  05-10-2022 18:04 via datebook.sfchronicle.com
  “In signing SB1116 into law on Thursday, Sept. 29, Gov. Gavin Newsom created the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, which would reimburse small performing arts organizations for large portions of their payroll costs. The smaller a company’s budget, the more the fund would reimburse.” – San Francisco Chronicle
  
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• This Denver Dance Company Quit Social Media. Here’s What Happened

  05-10-2022 17:31 via denvergazette.com
  We’ve never seen a measurable connection between our activity on social media and ticket sales. And we have never had any measurable number of people say they found out about Wonderbound through social media. – Denver Gazette
  
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• Ancient Buddhist Caves, Temples, And Murals Discovered In Indian Tiger Sanctuary

  05-10-2022 17:01 via news.artnet.com
  “The caves date back to the 2nd to 5th century BCE, but researchers also found more recent relics, including 26 temples, 46 sculptures, two votive stupas, 24 Brahmin inscriptions, 19 water structures, scattered stone board games, and ancient coins.” – Artnet
  
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• Charles Fuller, Pulitzer-Winning Playwright Of “A Soldier’s Play”, Is Dead At 83

  05-10-2022 16:35 via msn.com
  “A soft-spoken writer who liked to populate his plays with sprawling casts of characters, Mr. Fuller launched his theater career in the late 1960s as Black actors and playwrights were pushing to diversify the predominantly White theater scene.” – MSN (The Washington Post)
  
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• “Suzan-Lori Parks Does Not Like To Be Policed!”

  05-10-2022 16:03 via nytimes.com
  “We (Black people) have to wake up to the ways we are policing each other to our detriment. ‘No more trauma-based writing!’ These are rules. And Suzan-Lori Parks does not like to be policed. Any policing cuts me off from hearing the spirit.” – The New York Times
  
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• NPR’s Board Chair Named CEO Of New York Public Radio

  05-10-2022 15:32 via nytimes.com
  LaFontaine Oliver, who is CEO of Baltimore public radio station WYPR and is serving his second term heading NPR’s board, takes over the US’s largest public radio outlet, including flagship WNYC, classical radio station WQXR, producer WNYC Studios, news site Gothamist, and New Jersey Public Radio. – The New York Times
  
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• Daniel Barenboim Cancels All Performances “For The Coming Months”

  05-10-2022 15:04 via bbc.com
  On the same day that he won a Gramophone Award for Lifetime Achievement, the conductor and pianist announced, “My health has deteriorated over the last months, and I have been diagnosed with a serious neurological condition. I must now focus on my physical well-being as much as possible.” – BBC
  
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• Gramophone’s 2022 Record Of The Year: Korngold’s “Die Tote Stadt” From Kirill Petrenko And The Bavarian State Opera

  05-10-2022 14:31 via gramophone.co.uk
  The Bavarian State Opera also took honors for Hans Abrahamsen’s The Snow Queen and, under Petrenko’s baton, Mahler’s 7th Symphony. Among other winners were Mitsuko Uchida’s Beethoven Diabelli Variations; Quatuor Ebène’s “Round Midnight”; singers Michael Spyres, Asmik Grigorian, and Emily D’Angelo; and the Raphaël Pichon/Pygmalion Bach St. Matthew Passion. – Gramophone
  
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• The Finalists For The 2022 National Book Awards

  05-10-2022 14:05 via npr.org
  Among the shortlisted authors are Gayl Jones, Alejandro Varela, Imani Perry, Meghan O’Rourke, John Keene, Sharon Olds, Jenny Xie, Scholastique Mukasonga, Yoko Tawada, and Tommie Smith, one of the Black athletes who raised a fist on the medal stand at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. – NPR
  
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• ‘Community at its absolute worst’: revisiting the horror of the Salem witch trials

  05-10-2022 08:02
  At a new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, a ‘reckoning and reclaiming’ is taking place with a devastating portion of history“The Salem witch trials are an example of a community at its absolute worst.” This is what Anna Danzinger Halperin, associate director of the Center for Women’s History at the New-York Historical Society, answered when I asked her why she thinks they have remained a powerful part of the American imagination for well over 300 years
  
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• 10 highlights of Black History Month events around the UK

  05-10-2022 08:00
  Our highlights of Black History Month 2022 feature dance and hip-hop, walking tours and world-famous artistsBlack History Month, which celebrates the achievements of Black Britons, has been marked in the UK every October since 1987. It is an opportunity to reflect upon British history, from the pain of slavery and colonisation to the resilience and hope of the Windrush generation, while showcasing the work of today’s Black British creatives. Here are some events taking place across the cou
  
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• Neglected oil painting identified as work of Richmond Barthé

  05-10-2022 07:00
  National Trust also identifies sitter of Seated Man in a Landscape as sculptor’s domestic helperA neglected oil painting that was thought for decades to be by an unknown artist has been identified as the work of the celebrated African American sculptor Richmond Barthé.The subject of Seated Man in a Landscape has also been named as Lucian Levers, who was employed as Barthé’s domestic helper at the artist’s studio and home in Jamaica. It is unusual for black sitters
  
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• Assistant Professor of Dance (tenure-track)

  05-10-2022 05:49 via artsjournal.com
  Position Description Summary:
  The Program of Theatre & Dance, part of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at George Washington University, invites applications to fill a tenure-track position in Dance at the rank of assistant professor beginning in fall 2023. The program seeks an experienced educator and practitioner of contemporary dance form(s). We welcome applicants who possess expertise and embodied knowledge as choreographer, performer, and teacher with the ability to teach a div
  
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• We’re In A Golden Age Of Fake Art

  05-10-2022 00:01 via hyperallergic.com
  With little authority policing them, you’re basically on your own when determining if a work of art is fake or not. This is a problem across platforms like eBay, Etsy, and Amazon — all of which mostly rely on complaints to identify problem sellers. – Hyperallergic
  
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