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Sunday, January 23, 2022
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Chief Operating Officer – Harlem School of the Arts


 Harlem School of the Arts (HSA), a dynamic cultural pillar of the Harlem community, seeks an outgoing, experienced COO to join its senior leadership team. HSA is in the middle of an ambitious five-year strategic plan, which the COO will play a critical role in achieving. The COO’s portfolio encompasses the organization’s non-programmatic operations and […] [READ MORE]
 

 

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Development Associate 

The Pasadena Symphony and POPS seeks a Development Associate who will work to maintain the fundraising efforts of the PSA. [READ MORE]

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Director of Marketing – Cincinnati Opera 

Cincinnati Opera seeks a Director of Marketing to lead a small but high-producing marketing team to achieve an annual revenue goal of $1.6 million and attendance goal of 35,000. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor of Directing 

Applicants should possess an MFA or equivalent professional experience. [READ MORE]

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Managing Director – Contemporary American Theater Festival 

CATF invites applicants and nominations for this top leadership role at this unique and accomplished Festival. [READ MORE]

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Chair of Arts Entrepreneurship 

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD), a college distinguished for 135 years of advancing art and design, is seeking a collaborative, forward-looking, highly creative, and visionary individual to become the Chair of Arts Entrepreneurship [READ MORE]

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Wharton Center for Performing Arts at Michigan State University – Executive Director 

The ED will establish and nurture innovative partnerships across the university, with national and global artists and producers, community partners, and in support of the university’s overarching educational mission . [READ MORE]

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Music & Artistic Director, KKBE, Charleston, SC 

ging individual to bring musical and visual artistry to our congregational worship and programming, and be an integral member of our worship planning team. [READ MORE]

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Director of HGOco – Houston Grand Opera 

The incoming Director will be an individual driven to actively engage within Houston’s many neighborhoods, diverse populations, and restorative civic and educational efforts. [READ MORE]

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Artistic Director – Seattle Children’s Theatre 

The Artistic Director will actively advance and advocate for SCT’s commitment and ongoing work to be a highly diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible organization. [READ MORE]

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Managing Director – Bucks County Playhouse 

The Managing Director role is a new one to the Playhouse and will shepherd the strategy for continuing growth of a company with a much heralded past and energized approach to an even more exciting future. [READ MORE]

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TimeLine Theatre Company – Executive Director 

Reporting to the board of directors, the Executive Director will be responsible for the administration and management of all business operations, finances, fundraising, marketing, and community engagement. [READ MORE]

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Tenure Track Faculty – Critical Theory, Dramatic Literature, and Practice in Theatre 

Teaching a 12-unit per semester course-load including Multicultural Theatre, theory and criticism; script analysis; General Education and required theatre major related courses. [READ MORE]

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Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts – Executive Director 

Executive Director will be responsible for the overall leadership and administration of The Bray, including artistic direction, strategic programming, business operations, financial management, fundraising, community engagement, and equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives. [READ MORE]

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Dean, University of Southern California Thornton School of Music 

The Dean provides executive oversight of all aspects of the school. [READ MORE]

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Engagement Manager, Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech 

Are you passionate about arts education for youth? Join the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech's energetic, creative programming team in this new Engagement Manager position! [READ MORE]

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Music Director, Greenville Symphony Orchestra 

The Music Director is responsible for the repertoire, programming, and artistic production. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

How Do We Know For Sure About The Gender Imbalance In Ballet? It’s Thanks To This Woman

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IDEAS

Ancient Cynicism Was Empowering. The Modern Version Is Paralyzing Us

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Nothing Virtual About Virtual Reality. Reality Is Reality

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In What Language Do You Think?

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Why It’s So Difficult To Predict The Future

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Quitting Social Media Means More Time To Think

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ISSUES

Next COVID Hazard: Audience Insecurity

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Aussie Arts Desperately Need An Insurance Scheme During COVID Uncertainty

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Deborah Cullinan Is Leaving Yerba Buena To Be Stanford University’s First VP Of Arts

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Was Terry Teachout The Last Of The Conservative Arts Critics?

- The Nation


The Abuse Lawsuit Against UNCSA Is Even Bigger Than You Thought

- The New York Times


Dutch Theaters, Concert Halls, And Museums Offered Haircuts And Workouts Because That Was The Only Way They Could Open

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England Ends Mandatory Protective Rules Introduced After Omicron — And Performing Arts Folks Are Relieved

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Documenting The Shrinking Of Seattle’s Arts Organizations

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Why The Art World Needs To Do More About Climate Change

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Venice Tries The Tulsa Tactic: Luring Remote Tech Workers To Live There

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The UK Government’s Plan To Use Culture To Revive The North Of England

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A Century Later, Russia Opens Czar Nicholas’s Restored Palace

- The New York Times


Special Grants Let Bay Area BIPOC Arts Groups Get One Of The Most Important Things An Organization Can Have

- San Francisco Chronicle


Why Isn’t Spotify Doing More To End COVID Misinformation Spread?

- Washington Post



 

MEDIA

Almodovar Wants People To Remember Spain’s Past

- The Guardian (UK)


Netflix Won Big During The Early Pandemic, But Now It’s 2022

- BBC


A Film Studio In Space? That’s The Plan — And Within Three Years, No Less

- Variety


Could End Of The BBC’s License Fee Spell The End For Public Broadcasting?

- The Conversation


Streaming Boom Has Been A Career Boon For Older Actors

- CNN


What’s The Optimum Length For A Radio Ad? This Study Says …

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YouTube To Cut Way Back On Its Plans For Original Programming

- The Hollywood Reporter


How Joss Whedon Went From Television Deity And Feminist Hero To Pariah

- New York Magazine


Why I Left The CBC

- Bari Weiss


How The Ratings Hit “Yellowstone” Is Bucking Cultural Trends

- The Guardian



 

MUSIC

Twenty-Two Composers And Performers To Watch in 2022

- Washington Post


Introducing “The Society For The Preservation Of Western Music” Let The Piling On Begin

- Ludwig Van


Getting Duke Ellington Into The Orchestral Canon

- San Francisco Classical Voice


How Many Composers Ever Get To Have Two Operas Premiere In New York At The Same Time?

- The New York Times


The Oakland Symphony After Michael Morgan’s Death

- San Francisco Classical Voice


What America Listens To: Mostly Oldies (Is That A Problem?)

- Ted Gioia


Philadelphia Orchestra Set For Its First Tour Since The Pandemic Began

- MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)


Right After His First Post-Lockdown Concerts, Colorado Springs Philharmonic’s Music Director Announces Departure

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Music Streaming Subscriptions Grew Spectacularly In 2021

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Why Does Classical Music Stay Mired In The Hits?

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How Animals Process Music

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Hamburg’s Massively Expensive Elbphilharmonie Has Proven A Massive Success

- The Guardian


What Qualities Ought The Next Music Director Of The Kansas City Symphony Have?

- KCStudio


Music Catalogs Are Fetching Massive Prices For The Creators

- Los Angeles Times


The Musician Who Painstakingly Assembled A Mobile Drum Set, Only To Have It All Stolen

- Los Angeles Times



 

PEOPLE

Why Amanda Gorman Almost Didn’t Read Her Inaugural Poem

- The New York Times


She’s A Painter, A Writer, And The Only Woman Ever To Dump Pablo Picasso. Meet Françoise Gilot, Now An “It Girl” At Age 100

- The New York Times


Pioneering Black Conductor Everett Lee Dead At 105

- The New York Times


Auction Of Nelson Mandela Personal Items Is Blocked

- Artnet


Jon Stewart Awarded The Mark Twain Prize For American Humor

- MSN (The Washington Post)


King Of Clowns (But Geez Is He Tough)

- The New York Times


How Joss Whedon Went From Television Deity And Feminist Hero To Pariah

- New York Magazine


French Actor Gaspard Ulliel Dead At 37 Following Ski Accident

- The Washington Post


Birju Maharaj, India’s Great Master Of Kathak Dance, Dead At 83

- AP


Who Was Lorraine Hansberry? A Black Lesbian Communist Who Became A Darling Of Mainstream America

- The New Yorker



 

THEATRE

Theatre Lies: The Liberating Feeling Of Making S***t Up

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A Lot Of Broadway Shows Have Closed Temporarily. Could That Become A Standard Business Model?

- TheaterMania


Can Theatre Learn Something About Value From Professional Soccer?

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New York State’s New Governor Wants To Expand COVID Tax Credit For Commercial Theater

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How A Small British Columbia Community Theatre Erupted In Controversy

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Molière Is Refused Reburial In The Panthéon, And Une Grande Querelle Breaks Out

- Slate


London’s National Theatre Sees Precipitous Decline In Revenue And Staff

- The Stage


The British Are Champions Of Classic Theatre — So Why Do They Shortchange This Great Classic Playwright?

- The Guardian


The World’s First NFT Musical (You Just Knew It Was Coming)

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Where Theatre’s Pause Is Particularly Agonizing

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VISUAL

How The FBI’s Art Theft Team Works

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Large Limestone Sphinxes Unearthed In Luxor

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Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Settles Wrongful Termination Suit With Former Director Nathalie Bondil

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Dutch Government Will Buy A Rembrandt For €175 Million From An Offshore Tax Haven, Angering Public And Lawmakers

- The Guardian


Faith Ringgold’s First Public Art Commission Will Be Moved From Riker’s Island To The Brooklyn Museum

- The New York Times


Why Is The LA County Museum Of Art Renting Out Its Reputation To Corporations?

- Los Angeles Times


The Roman Villa With Caravaggio’s Only Ceiling Fresco Did Not Get A Single Bid At Auction

- Artnet


Inside The FBI’s Art Crime Team

- Hyperallergic


New Research Tracking Down Art Looted By The Nazis

- The New York Times


When NFTs Came To Marfa

- The New Yorker


The $500M Villa In Rome Where Galileo Walked — It’s For Sale

- NPR


Indigenous Curators Are Helping Museums Reframe The Entire Story Of American Art

- Artnet


The Louvre Threatens To Sue Marine Le Pen For Using Its Image In A Campaign Video

- Artnet


What’s Happened To Those Public Statues Celebrating Racists?

- The Daily Beast


Ways Of Seeing Is Turning 50

- The Economist



 

WORDS

Above All, Literature Teaches Empathy

- LitHub


Reconsidering Classic Literature?

- Aeon


The Myths Of A Common Language

- Psyche


The Newbery Award Has Been Honoring Children’s Books For 100 Years. Not All Of Them Hold Up.

- Slate


LA Review of Books Founder Talks About The Challenges Of Running A Literary Publication

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Report: Americans Are Reading Fewer Books

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How Writers Create Fictional Maps For Their Narratives

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Battles Over School District Book Bans Are Metastasizing

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Just How Do You Decolonize Shakespeare?

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“Hopepunk” — Dystopian Sci-Fi Gets An Antidote

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Vicious Book Review Are Back With A Vengeance

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