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Sunday, February 11, 2024
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Dayton Live – President & CEO


 The next President & CEO of Dayton Live will be given the extraordinary opportunity to build upon the tremendous momentum of the past five years and envision and achieve new levels of growth, impact, and relevance for the organization. [READ MORE]
 

 

Artistic Director – Unicorn Theatre


 Firmly committed to presenting “Bold New Plays,” Unicorn has forged a strong identity as a home for regional and world premieres of new work by some of the country’s leading writers and newest voices. [READ MORE]
 

 

Chief Executive Officer – Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey


 The CEO will provide executive leadership and strategic oversight for KCFAA, including strategic planning, Board governance, financial stability, community engagement, programming, and staff management. [READ MORE]
 

 

Artistic Director – Stages


 The Artistic Director will serve as a clear and present leader in all actions, thoughts, and deeds. [READ MORE]
 

 

Alan Harrison’s SCENE CHANGE Now On Sale – A “MUST-READ” for everyone who reads ArtsJournal


 In his brilliantly unpretentious, snarky, and hilarious style, Alan Harrison pulls no punches. [READ MORE]
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Editorial Director – Opera Canada Magazine 

Opera Canada offers a comprehensive review of opera in Canada and of Canadians working in the opera world at large. [READ MORE]

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Director, Oklahoma Contemporary 

The Board of Trustees seeks an individual with a strong interest in and enthusiasm for contemporary art and arts education with demonstrated administrative, collaboration, fundraising and management experience to oversee all aspects of the operation of Oklahoma Contemporary. [READ MORE]

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Baltimore Museum of Art seeks Chief of External Affairs 

The Chief of External Affairs (CEA) will lead and develop overall contributed and earned income strategies for annual operational and endowment growth. [READ MORE]

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Managing Director 

South Coast Repertory (SCR), a League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member located in Orange County, California, seeks a passionate, imaginative, and collaborative individual to serve as Managing Director. [READ MORE]

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Center for Maine Contemporary Art Seeks Executive Director 

The Executive Director (ED) will provide strategy and leadership in developing and implementing exhibitions, public programs, resource development, community engagement, and the daily operations of CMCA. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development – Round House Theatre 

Round House Theatre seeks a dynamic strategic thinker, fundraiser, and leader to serve as Director of Development (DoD). The Director will create, develop, and execute both short-term and long-term strategic fundraising plans to meet annual and campaign fundraising goals. Reporting to the Managing Director, the Director of Development serves as a key member of the […] [READ MORE]

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Chief Operating Officer – The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts 

The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for providing strategic leadership on all day-to-day management, safety, and security of The Straz Center’s Operations Division. [READ MORE]

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Virginia Rep Seeks Managing Director 

The Managing Director will be Va Rep’s strategic, financial, and operational leader, balancing the areas of season programming, education, fundraising, ticket sales, and community engagement. [READ MORE]

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LACHSA Foundation Seeks Executive Director 

The Executive Director will be the chief executive staff member and primary fundraiser of the LACHSA Foundation. [READ MORE]

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Berkshire Museum Seeks Director of Development 

The Director of Development (DOD) is responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and assessing Berkshire Museum’s fundraising plans in support of the organization's strategic vision and growth. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – GALA Choruses 

The Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses (GALA Choruses) is seeking an experienced Executive Director to lead the Association into the future. [READ MORE]

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AltaMed Art Collection Seeks Curator 

The Curator will steward the Collection, with a focus on ongoing programming, tours, cultural exchange, and all internal and external exhibitions and programs. [READ MORE]

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Music in the Vineyards is seeking a new Executive Director 

MITV seeks a creative, organized and innovative Executive Director to lead all business functions of the organization, to build strong relationships throughout the community and to help the organization increase its impact. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – VocalEssence 

Called "one of the irreplaceable music ensembles of our time" by former National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia, Minneapolis-based choral ensemble VocalEssence has launched a national search for a new Executive Director. [READ MORE]

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Peace Center seeking Major Gifts Officer 

This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and self-motivated fundraising professional with an authentic enthusiasm for the performing arts to build enduring relationships and resources that will sustain the awareness of, participation in, and support for the Peace Center. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Theatre Arts (Playwriting) 

The Program aims to attract a dynamic and dedicated teacher with a commitment to service and collaboration across disciplines with the Directing, Dramaturgy, and Acting Concentrations. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

The War-Haunted Choreographer Of City Ballet

- The New York Times


Syracuse City Ballet Accuses Dancers It Fired Of “Misinformation Campaign”

- CNY Central (Syracuse)


Considering, And Reconsidering, The Prevailing Ethics In The Dance World

- Dance Magazine


ABT’s Dancers Vote To Authorize A Strike

- American Guild of Musical Artists


Could Contemporary Dance In The US Be Ready To Start Unionizing?

- Dance Magazine


The Dance Scene In Los Angeles Is Finally Flourishing

- The New York Times


IDEAS

When The Audience Turns On Influencers It Once Loved

- The Conversation


What Your Brain Is Doing When You’re Doing Nothing

- Quanta


How Metaphors Shape The Way We Think

- Aeon


Three Principles For Achieving Greatness

- The Atlantic (MSN)


Study: Is It Better To Have Friends That Agree With You?

- Psyche


The Problems Children Can Solve But AI Can’t

- Psyche


Why People Who Plagiarize Equivocate About It

- Psyche


Struggling With What Art Is For. But Why?

- Salmagundi


TikTok’s Golden Era Is Over, And So May Be Its Addictive Joy

- The New York Times



 

ISSUES

“A Sense Of Relief” In Poland’s Arts Community As The New Government Undoes Politicization By The Right

- The Art Newspaper


It Took Three Years, But Faculty At Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts Finally Have A Union Contract Deal

- ARTnews


Ai Weiwei Warns About The Threat Of Censorship In The West

- ARTnews


How Product Designers Get Ripped Off

- Medium


Defining “Cute” (Not Just A Product Of Its Time)

- The Conversation


What Medium Has Learned About Journalism

- Semafor


Study: America Is Built On Cars. Could Its Cities Become 15-Minute-Cities?

- Bloomberg


Lincoln Center President Henry Timms To Step Down

- The New York Times


These Days Artists Have To Be Obsessed With Their Brand

- Vox


Toronto’s Luminato Festival Appoints A New Artistic Director

- The Toronto Star


In Praise Of Craft In A Digital Age

- 3 Quarks Daily


With Carnival About To Start, Rio De Janeiro Declares A Public Health Emergency

- AP


UK Fails To Agree On AI Code For Creative Work

- Financial Times


The New Luddites Will Not Back Down

- The Atlantic



 

MEDIA

This Is Why TikTok And Universal Music Are At Loggerheads

- Slate


A Brief History Of This Weekend’s Actual Big Event: The Super Bowl Halftime Show

- Quartz


Academy Introduces First New Oscar Category In 20 Years: Best Casting

- AP


Former Host Sues Miami’s Public Radio Station, Saying They Canceled His Show And Fired Him Out Of Anti-Hispanic Prejudice

- Axios


Podcast Tech Is The Kind Of Open Democratic Tech We Need

- Anil Dash


Video Games Are A $180 Billion Industry. So Why Are Companies Laying Off Thousands?

- The Guardian


Low Morale And Low Ratings Plague Boston Public Radio/TV Station WGBH

- The Boston Globe (MSN)


Caution About AI In The Entertainment Industry

- Deadline


Fox, ESPN, Warner Launch New All-Sports Service

- AP


Argentina’s New Government Takes Over Public Media Companies

- Buenos Aires Herald



 

MUSIC

How Orchestras Are Struggling With Diversity

- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


Turns Out Bach Was A Mathematical Genius

- ClassicFM


Defending “Rhapsody in Blue”

- The New York Times


Warner Music Just Had The Most Lucrative Quarter In Its History — And It’s Laying Off 600 People

- Billboard


The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Soldiers On The “Cultural Front” Of The Russia-Ukraine War

- Classical Music (UK)


“A Partnership For The Ages”: In Praise Of MTT And The San Francisco Symphony

- San Francisco Chronicle


Robert Spano Named Music Director Of Washington National Opera

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Montreal Symphony CEO Steps Down After 24 Years

- The Violin Channel


Grammys Chief Defines The Stakes For AI And Music

- Yahoo!


BMG Music Chief Says Tectonic Shifts In The Music Business Are Afoot. BMG Is Reorganizing

- Music Business Worldwide


Spotify Losses Narrow After Price Increases

- The Wall Street Journal


The Philadelphia Orchestra Tries Out A New Happy-Hour Concert Format

- The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)


What The No-Longer-Mostly-Mozart-Festival-Orchestra Is Up To For Its First Season

- The New York Times


This Year’s Classical Grammy Winners

- WRTI


TikTok Users Frustrated As Music Goes Away

- Wired


How Your Spotify Algorithms Are Changing Your Musical Taste

- The Conversation


Simon Woods Talks With John Williams

- Symphony


The New Grammy Category For African Music Needs To Look At A Map

- NPR



 

PEOPLE

How A Dancer Who Made History Ended Up Dealing Blackjack In Vegas

- The New York Times


Conductor Seiji Ozawa, 88

- The Washington Post (MSN)


Attention In Case Of Murdered Gallerist Brent Sikkema Turns To His Ex-Husband

- ARTnews


How NYT Classical Music Critic Zach Woolfe Approaches His Job

- The New York Times


Soprano Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Star Of Hit 1981 Film “Diva”, Has Died At 75

- The Philadelphia Inquirer


Now That He’s Under Indictment, Italy’s Controversial Junior Culture Minister Resigns

- Artnet


Rachmaninoff’s Oldest Student Is 99 Years Old

- Washington Post


Jennell Jaquays Made Gaming A Richer, Deeper, More Beautiful Experience With Her Art

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

Method Acting Can Actually Empower Women Actors (Despite What Natalie Portman Says)

- The Conversation (ArtsHub)


“Starlight Express” Has Now Been Running Continuously For 35 Years

- Gordon Cox


Meet The Woman Who Keeps Broadway Singing

- The New York Times


Kwame Kwei-Armah, Director Of London’s Young Vic Theatre, Announces Departure

- The Guardian


Due To Sudden Illness, Tyne Daly Withdraws From “Doubt” On Broadway

- Deadline


When Going To Broadway Theatre Was Cheap

- The New York Times


Edinburgh Fringe Sets Up A “Festival Village” To Help Ease The Desperate Shortage Of Artist Housing

- The Scotsman (MSN)


London’s Globe Theatre Pushes Back On Notion That Only Disabled Actors Should Be Cast As Richard III

- The Guardian



 

VISUAL

The Staffing System That Cripples Italian Museums

- Apollo


Italy Gives Iraq Replica Of Ancient Bull Of Nimrud Destroyed By ISIS

- The Art Newspaper


Tokyo’s Favorite High-Tech Art Collective Reopens Its Flagship Space, Now More Immersive Than Ever

- CNN


A New Fund Will Give $100,000 Unrestricted Grants To Artists

- ARTnews


What A Plan To Save Churches Says About Their Place In UK Culture

- The Conversation


Stolen Chagall Is Recovered

- Artnet


The High-End Art Market Sagged Last Year. But Lower Down? Robust Growth

- The Art Newspaper


A Billion-Dollar Art Collection That Has A Family Attacking One Another

- The Wall Street Journal


Whistler v. Ruskin, The Founding Litigation Of Modern Art

- Hyperallergic


Museums Are Now Focus-Grouping Their Exhibitions

- The New York Times


New Santa Barbara Museum Director Under Fire For Canceling Show, Dismissing Curator

- Santa Barbara Independent


Ghana’s Contemporary Art Scene, Both Home And Away

- The New York Times


The British Museum Has Decided To Put Some Of Its Stolen Items On Display

- BBC



 

WORDS

This Cartoonist Has Cracked The Kid Book Market

- The Atlantic


Debates About Machines Writing Have Been Raging For Years

- Hedgehog Review


The Little Schoolhouse On The US-Canada Border That’s Keeping The Mohawk Language Alive

- The Christian Science Monitor


Bigger Than Ever: Now One Of Every Four Books Sold In France Is A Comic

- The Guardian


Taylor Swift V. The Comma Police

- The New York Times


Why We Still Need Paper Books

- Psychology Today


“Like The Beatles For Children”: This Author’s “Magic” Is Real

- The Atlantic (MSN)


The Sci Fi Writer Who’s Been Pretty Good At Predicting The Future

- The Atlantic (MSN)


A Very Low Bar For Lyric Poetry

- The Millions


Three Students, Using AI, Decipher Text From Ancient Papyrus Carbonized In Mount Vesuvius Eruption

- Time


Why Gertrude Stein Matters As A Writer, Not Just As Patroness And Lesbian Icon

- Literary Hub


The Book That ‘American Fiction’ Came From Is Still All Too Relevant

- The New York Times


Utah Legislation Would Make Teachers Criminally Liable If Banned Books Are Found In Their Classrooms

- The Salt Lake Tribune


When Writers Choose Camp Over Tragedy

- LitHub



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