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Do You Want More Audiences and Donors? 2 Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences to Choose From!
 New York, March 16-17; Los Angeles, April 14-15. Rocket Boost Your Marketing and Fundraising Into the Next Decade and Beyond! Sign up by Jan. 31 and bring 2 colleagues for FREE! (3-for-1). Digital Marketing Skill-Building Track included! [READ MORE]
 
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra seeks Chief Financial Officer
 The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra seeks a dynamic, data-oriented, and business-minded leader with a strong record of financial planning, analysis, and accounting to serve as CFO. This person will be responsible for all aspects of financial and fiscal management of the NJSO and will be a strategic partner to the President & CEO, providing research and analysis to guide business decisions. [READ MORE]
 
Artistic Director: Australian National Academy of Music
 The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) wishes to appoint an Artistic Director to provide exceptional leadership to Australia’s pre-eminent music performance training institution. [READ MORE]
 
Call for Applications: Master of Arts in Arts Administration at Florida State University (FSU)
 Are you passionate about the arts? Are you in search of a career full of meaning and opportunity? If so, have you considered a career in Arts Administration? [READ MORE]
 
Seeking Principal Ballet Instructor
 The Ballet Academy at Suzanne’s School of Dance, located in College Station, TX is seeking a Principal Ballet Instructor beginning August 2020. [READ MORE]
 
Boston Landmarks Orchestra Seeks Executive Director
 Boston Landmarks Orchestra seeks an inspiring leader to advance the Orchestra’s mission of building community through innovative, free classical musical programming, accessibility and inclusiveness. [READ MORE]
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Monhegan Island Watercolor Workshop 
Join us on the beautiful “artist” island off the coast of Maine. Your chance to develop your watercolor painting skills. For beginner/ intermediate level painters. Class size limited to 10 participants [READ MORE]

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Share Our Passion For The Arts! 
Junior publicists work directly under Center Theatre Group’s Head of Publicity and closely with playwrights, directors, actors as well as other theatre artists, producers and arts administrators on all of the earned media. [READ MORE]

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Étude Arts seeks Managerial Assistant/Contract Manager 
We are looking for a self-motivated, master multi-tasker - who is based in NYC - with excellent organizational skills and an upbeat attitude. [READ MORE]

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OPEN CALL FOR BLACK APPLICANTS IN THE FACULTY OF DESIGN, OCAD University 
OCAD U seeks Black candidates who can demonstrate how their lived experiences inform a deep commitment through their work to intersectional Black communities and whose theoretical, technical, and making/design expertise fulfills one or more of the current areas of need within the Faculty. [READ MORE]

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Exceptional Leadership Opportunity Executive Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta 
Since 1987, Chicago Sinfonietta has been a defiantly different kind of orchestra. The orchestra was founded by Maestro Paul Freeman to address the disconnect between the utter lack of diversity in orchestras and the vibrant, nuanced, communities for which they play. For more than 30 years, the organization has made its mission to represent the […] [READ MORE]

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Faculty of Design Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, OCAD University 
The Associate Dean champions the processes of decolonizing, Indigenous Vitalization, and diversifying the Faculty’s curriculum, as proposed in OCAD U’s developing Academic Plan. Commensurate with this opportunity is a Tenured appointment at the rank of Associate Professor. [READ MORE]

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Producer for The Perelman Performing Arts Center 
The Perelman Performing Arts Center is currently under construction at the World Trade Center. Within its three flexible and intimate performance spaces, The Perelman will produce multiple projects in theatre, dance, music and chamber opera, [READ MORE]


FROM TODAY'S ARTSJOURNAL BLOGS
MoMA & the Nouvel Kid on the Block: Revenge of American Folk Art Museum’s Demolished Building? 

It’s been 10 years since I published what seems to have been some prescient commentary about the now (belatedly) completed Jean Nouvel-designed 1,050-foot tower (known to CultureGrrl readers as The MoMA Monster). – Lee Rosenbaum

 


New Year’s Manifesto 

The New Year seems to be a good time to try to set down some of my basic thoughts about the need for and the path to effective community engagement. As often happens on this blog, this is a very rough first draft. Refinements will follow. – Doug Borwick

 


Failures of imagination 

As I watched Dolemite Is My Name on Netflix the other day, I realized that I never anticipated living to see the end of movies as a public and collective viewing experience. Yet it’s well on the way to happening. This led me to ask: what other things did I fail to envision taking place in my lifetime? – Terry Teachout

 


A Story About Zoot And Hawk 

Here’s an item purloined (with his permission) from bassist Bill Crow’s column “The Band Room” in Allegro, the publication of New York Local 802 of the American Federation Of Musicians. – Doug Ramsey

 



 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 01/19/2020

DANCE
A Royal Ballet Dancer Says It’s On Dancers (And Companies) To Make Sure Ballet Doesn’t Look Elitist
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 

Fifty Black Dance Companies Are Converging On Philadelphia This Weekend
     - Email/share this:     - WHYY (Philadelphia) 

Choreographer Gregory Maqoma Turns Traditional South African Movement Into Contemporary Western Concert Dance
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Dance Theatre Of Harlem Gets Its Biggest-Ever Gift, Will Expand Company
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Pina Bausch Invented Her ‘Tanztheater’ With This Piece In 1977. Now Her Company Is Reviving It For The First Time In 25 Years
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Dance Protests In France Over When Dancers Can Collect Their Pensions
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Ballet BC Names Emily Molnar’s Successor As Artistic Director
     - Email/share this:     - Georgia Straight (Vancouver) 


IDEAS
We’re Losing Any Sense Of Place Because Now Everywhere Feels The Same
     - Email/share this:     - The Atlantic 

What Did Happiness Used To Look Like?
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

Hysterical Critics, Public Writing, And Making Sense Of Things
     - Email/share this:     - London Review of Books 

Want A Job? Increasingly You’ll Have To Get By The AI Algorithms First
     - Email/share this:     - CNN 

Happiness Index: Why It’s So Difficult To Tell
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

Why Shouldn’t We Get To Choose How We Die? (And In What Style)
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

A World Without Work Sounds Fun. But Would It Be?
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 


ISSUES
This Austrian Village, Overrun By ‘Frozen’ Tourists, Wants Them To Go To The Salt Mines
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The National Archives Blurred A Historic, And Historical, Photograph Of The Women’s March To Blur Anti-Trump Signs
     - Email/share this:     - The Washington Post 

Today’s Theme Parks Are More Immersive, Interactive
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Artists Add Value? Here’s a List Of Practical Ways During The Australian Fires
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

UK Funding Cuts Are Hurting Organizations’ Basic Operations, Warns Arts Council
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

So What Is This ‘Festival Of Brexit’ Going To Be, Anyway? Here’s What Its Director Says
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Study: It Takes Decades (4), But Liberal Arts College Degree Pays Off
     - Email/share this:     - InsideHigherEd 

Putin Enlists Major Cultural Leaders To Rewrite Russian Constitution
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

Is Boris Johnson Going To Disband Or Downsize UK’s Culture And Media Department?
     - Email/share this:     - Arts Professional 

San Antonio Arts Presenter Abruptly Shuts Down
     - Email/share this:     - Rivard Report (San Antonio) 

Board Games Are Thriving
     - Email/share this:     - Fast Company 

Houston Is Nearly 50% Hispanic. Why Doesn’t The City Have A Major Hispanic Cultural Center?
     - Email/share this:     - Houston Chronicle 

Time’s Up Creates Database Of Diverse Critics
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Five Years After Charlie Hebdo Shootings, France Plans Center For Satirical Cartoons
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

Open Call: Historians Needed For Today’s Debates On Current Affairs
     - Email/share this:     - Inside Higher Ed 


MEDIA
After Producers Guild Win, Looks Like ‘1917’ Is Becoming An Oscar Fave
     - Email/share this:     - The Hollywood Reporter 

Hank Azaria Says He Will Stop Voicing Apu On The Simpsons
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Stephen King’s Twitter Comment About The Oscars Gets At One Of The Academy’s Deepest Problems
     - Email/share this:     - The Atlantic 

Hollywood Preps For A Writers’ Strike, But The Landscape Has Dramatically Changed Since The Last One
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Disney Drops “Fox” From 20th Century Fox Name
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Hollywood Is Turning To AI To Decide What Movies To Make
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Hollywood Talent Agencies Face Uncertain Times
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

How To Save The Oscars From The Academy
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

Podcasts Are Getting Book-Group-Like Fan Clubs — And, Like Book Groups, They’re About More Than Just The Material
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

“Jeopardy” Now Has Its All-Time Champ. But Why Did It Need One?
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Intimacy Coordinators Are Making Sex Scenes Sexier As Well As Safer
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times Magazine 

Holographic Artists? Yes, And There’s More
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

How Are We Deciding Which Movies Are Actually Any Good?
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Bollywood’s Female Stars Speak Out In Support Of Protesters As Male Stars Keep Mum
     - Email/share this:     - OZY 

Why Do The ‘Star Wars’ Films Keep Bombing In The World’s Second-Biggest Movie Market?
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Regal, AMC Theatre Chains Say They Won’t Show Netflix Oscar-Nominated Movies
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Netflix Isn’t Disrupting Diversity (Or Oscar)
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

The Future Of Entertainment: 10-Minute Shows On Your Phone?
     - Email/share this:     - Wired 

How Esther Perel Turns Couples Therapy Sessions Into Podcasts
     - Email/share this:     - Vulture 

Extreme Film Criticism (Can You Hang?)
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Review of Books 


MUSIC
TikTok Is Killing The Radio Song-writer
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Why Don’t Audiences Know More About Composer George Walker’s Music?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

These Musicians Moved To A Dying Village, Hoping To Revive It. They Got Caught In The Culture Wars Instead.
     - Email/share this:     - VAN 

Just Days Before Grammy Awards, Recording Academy’s New CEO Suspended
     - Email/share this:     - Billboard 

Maryland Governor Blocks Legislature’s $1.6 Million Grant To Baltimore Symphony (Again)
     - Email/share this:     - Baltimore Sun 

Alan Gilbert Appointed Director Of The Royal Swedish Opera
     - Email/share this:     - Operawire 

Public Library Systems Are Beginning To Lend Musical Instruments
     - Email/share this:     - Next City 

Gustavo Dudamel Renews With Los Angeles Philharmonic Through 2025-26
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

After Losing Parts Of Three Fingers, Pianist Is Back At The Keyboard
     - Email/share this:     - Boston Globe 

New Music Education Prize Awards $1.75 Million
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Baltimore Symphony Can Switch Out Of Survival Mode Thanks To New Cash Gifts
     - Email/share this:     - Baltimore Sun 

LA Philharmonic Extends Dudamel Contract Through 2026
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Reconsidering Cole Porter
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

Sampling Every Sound A Stradivarius Can Make
     - Email/share this:     - Popular Science 

New Generation Of Music Copyright Lawsuits Is Having A Chilling Effect
     - Email/share this:     - Rolling Stone 

Five Ways Music Changed In The 2010s
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 


PEOPLE
Norma Tanega, Whose Hit Single Was Covered By Nearly Everyone, Has Died At 80
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Peter Larkin, Broadway Designer And Creator Of The Parliament-Funkadelic Mothership, Has Died At 93
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Christopher Tolkien, JRR’s Son And Collaborator, Dead At 95
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Barry Tuckwell, Perhaps The World’s Most Prominent French Horn Player, Dead At 88
     - Email/share this:     - Gramophone 

Idea Factory: What Makes Malcolm Gladwell Tick
     - Email/share this:     - New Statesman 

Betty Pat Gatliff, Who Pioneered Practice Of Forensic Sculpture, Dead At 89
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Nancy Lewis, Who Brought Monty Python To America, Dead At 76
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Filmmaker Ivan Passer Dead at 86
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Critic Roger Scruton, 75
     - Email/share this:     - Dezeen 


THEATRE
What A ‘Narrative Performance’ Is – And What It Can Do For An Audience
     - Email/share this:     - Vulture 

Why Did The Public Shut Down A Climate Activist’s Play Early?
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

When Neurodiverse Actors Make A Play Better
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Intimacy Coordinators Are Making Sex Scenes Sexier As Well As Safer
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times Magazine 

Broadway Sets Another Attendance Record; Nonwhite And International Audiences Growing
     - Email/share this:     - Playbill 

Is Our Theatre Training System Broken?
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 


VISUAL
Portraits Of Its People Rattle Some In A Georgia Town
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Spanish Billionaire Fined $58 Million, Sent To Jail For Trying To Smuggle A Picasso Out Of Spain To Auction
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

Protesters Shut Down The Louvre
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Klimt Painting Stolen 23 Years Ago Found In Wall Of Museum
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Large Incan Idol That Pizarro Claimed He Destroyed Has Survived
     - Email/share this:     - Live Science 

Bird Killers – Our Glass Buildings
     - Email/share this:     - The New Republic 

Jewels Stolen From Dresden’s Green Vault Are Turning Up On The Dark Web
     - Email/share this:     - artnet 

When Piet Mondrian Painted Landscapes
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

Is This The Earliest Drawing Of Venice?
     - Email/share this:     - Smithsonian 

Notre Dame Cathedral’s Roof, Destroyed By Fire, Should Be Rebuilt In Wood, Says Top French Architect
     - Email/share this:     - artnet 

Could The Walls Of Notre-Dame Cathedral Really Collapse? Yes, It’s Quite Possible
     - Email/share this:     - Deutsche Welle 

Director Ousted At Erie Art Museum Following High-Profile Reports Of Sexual Harassment
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

News Reports Of Joshua Helmer’s Behavior ‘Barely Scratched The Surface’, Say Philadelphia Museum Of Art Staffers
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

Here Is Some Of The Art That Entered Public Domain Last Week
     - Email/share this:     - Glass Tire 


WORDS
 Though They’re ‘Chronically Underfunded,’ Libraries Are Vital Parts Of Their Communities
     - Email/share this:     - Toronto Star 

 Writing About War, But, You Know, With Women
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 

 Nobel Committee Fought Tooth And Nail Over Whether To Give Prize To Samuel Beckett
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 James Wood: Technique Versus Effect In Literary Criticism
     - Email/share this:     - LitHub 

 100-Year-Old Bookstore With No Customers Sends Mournful Tweet And Customers Respond
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 Missouri Debates Jailing Librarians For Lending “Age-Inappropriate” Books
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 The Very Complicated Culture Of Reviewing Books
     - Email/share this:     - American Scholar 

 Audible And Publishers Settle Lawsuit Over Captioning
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 Carnegie Library’s Ex-Archivist And His Fence Plead Guilty To Stealing And Selling Rare Books
     - Email/share this:     - Smithsonian Magazine 

 Slideshare Has Become A Major Repository For Pirated Books
     - Email/share this:     - Fast Company 

 Book Print Sales Were Down 1.3 Percent In 2019
     - Email/share this:     - Publishers Weekly 

 ‘Reality Is The Better Writer’: Why Gabriel García Márquez’s Journalism Is Even More Important Than His Fiction
     - Email/share this:     - The Nation 

 Why Wasn’t ‘Goodnight Moon’ One Of The Ten Most Circulated Books At The New York Public Library? One Reason
     - Email/share this:     - Slate 

 The Most Popular (And Powerful) Word In The English Language
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

 This Writer May Have Been Russia’s Harriet Beecher Stowe
     - Email/share this:     - Literary Hub 

 Is Fiction Lying?
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

 These Are The Ten Most-Borrowed Books At The New York Public Library
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 Ross Douthat: Lit Studies And A Crisis Of Confidence
     - Email/share this:     - Anonymous 

 Apocalypse Now: Literature Studies Are Going Away
     - Email/share this:     - Chronicle of Higher Education 



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