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Sunday, July 24, 2022
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SF Shakespeare Festival seeks Artistic Director


 San Francisco Shakespeare Festival seeks an Artistic Director to provide artistic vision, strategy, and passion to build on SF Shakes’ 40-year commitment to changing lives through accessible Shakespeare-based performances, education, and engagement. [READ MORE]
 

 

Executive Director, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra


 SRJO SEARCHES FOR FULL-TIME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND MAKES MICHAEL BROCKMAN FULL-TIME ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (For more information, visit http://www/srjo.org) Now entering it’s 28th concert season, Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra is the Pacific Northwest’s only permanent and professional big-band orchestra. It was founded in 1995 by Brockman (saxophonist/arranger) and Clarence Acox (drummer). Since its founding, Brockman and Acox […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Director of Marketing, Austin Opera


 Austin Opera is seeking a Director of Marketing to lead its audience building initiatives. [READ MORE]
 

 

Arts Management Career Guide


 Thinking about a career change? Looking to advance your art management career? The Arts Management Career Guide might be what you need to decide. From industry data to career frameworks, learn more about the exciting opportunities in arts management. MORE [READ MORE]
 

 

Artistic Director – Theater J


 The Artistic Director is responsible for conceiving, developing, and implementing the artistic vision and focus of Theater J, which is hosed within the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center (EDCJCC) located near Dupont Circle. [READ MORE]
 

 

Wheeling Symphony Orchestra seeks Executive Director


 The Wheeling Symphony Orchestra welcomes applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director, available in the Fall of 2022. [READ MORE]
 

 

General Manager – Ogunquit Playhouse


 Ogunquit Playhouse seeks a dynamic General Manager to work alongside a dedicated senior leadership group led by Executive Artistic Director Bradford Kenney. [READ MORE]
 

 

Deputy Director, Arts & Business Council of Miami


 The Arts & Business Council of Miami is seeking a Deputy Director to become a member of the organization’s leadership team to advance our mission and goals. [READ MORE]
 

 

Exciting opportunity for Director of Arts and Cultural Programming at Leading Institution


 Montclair State University seeks a dynamic, collaborative leader with demonstrated success in programming the performing arts and live events for a diverse audience. Reporting to the Dean of the College of the Arts, the Director of Arts and Cultural Programming builds upon the success of the storied Peak Performances presented series, curating, marketing, and overseeing […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Apply Now for MA in Arts Administration at Goucher College. Consider What’s Next.


 An innovative MA program in Arts Administration will help you prepare for the ever-changing environment of today's arts administrator. Designed for those who are also working full-time, this limited-residency program is practical and affordable. [READ MORE]
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Executive Director- Pratt Fine Arts Center 

Reporting to the board of trustees, the Executive Director will be charged with providing strategic leadership. [READ MORE]

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Director of Donor Engagement – Patricia Reser Center for the Arts 

The Director of Donor Engagement is responsible for the attainment of the organization’s annual contributed income goal. [READ MORE]

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Director of Arts Programming – University of Pittsburgh 

Come lead a team of creative thinkers and innovators where you have the ability to envision and build programming experiences for the university and the community. [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 

PBT seeks a collaborative and engaged organizational leader to build on its strong financial foundation and to guide it into a new era of imagining what a ballet organization can be. [READ MORE]

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Vice President for Marketing and Audience Development 

The Vice President for Marketing and Audience Development (VP) has the overall responsibility for meeting the DPAA’s earned revenue goals from season subscriptions and single ticket sales and for implementing strategies to bring audiences back and build new ones. [READ MORE]

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Deputy Director, Smithsonian 

This new leader will be challenged to partner and cultivate an environment of learning and engagement across the Smithsonian museums. [READ MORE]

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Chief Executive Officer- California Center for the Arts, Escondido 

The CEO is responsible for managing day-to-day operations and staffing for the facility to further the organization’s mission, executing policies and operations for the implementation of all Center activities. [READ MORE]

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Patron Database Administrator- Jacksonville Symphony 

The Jacksonville Symphony seeks a full-time Patron Database Administrator to manage the CRM software, primarily for development purposes and in support of institution-wide database management and revenue processing and reporting. [READ MORE]

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Performing Arts Company Manager, Miami City Ballet 

Working in collaboration with the Artistic Director (AD) and the Chief of Staff to the AD (CoS) the position is responsible for the administrative and logistical operations related to the employment of Miami City Ballet dancers, guest artists, touring, and the coordination of the efforts of the Artistic, Production and Music departments. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

Six Months After Firing Its Artistic Director, Toledo Ballet Hires A New One

- The Blade (Toledo, OH)


Paul Taylor Dance Begins A New Era

- Dance Magazine


Did This British Dance School Really Eliminate Ballet From Its Curriculum Because It’s “Elitist”?

- Classic FM (UK)


Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Founder of Dance Troupe Urban Bush Women, Wins $250,000 Gish Prize

- NPR


IDEAS

Science: How We Learn Emotional Response

- LitHub


Consuming The News Depressed Me. So I Quit. But Is There A Way To Fix It?

- Washington Post


Art Made With Artificial Intelligence Challenges The Act Of Curation

- Wired


Forget Genius. Participatory Creativity Is More Powerful

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How Conspiracy Theories Take Hold

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Disney-As-Religion

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We Miscalculated. The World Is Not A Game

- Liberties Journal


The Meaning Of Art: To Point Out Evil

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The Rise Of The Messy-Haired, Self-Hating Sarcasm Machine

- LitHub



 

ISSUES

The Supreme Court’s Dreadful Dobbs Decision May Accidentally Spur Data Privacy Advances

- Wired


US Copyright Office Declines To Target Web Aggregators

- MediaPost


Record Number Of New Cultural Buildings In 2021

- AEA


The African Artist Collective Turning Colonialism On Its Head

- The New Yorker


How Corporations Became Art Patrons

- The Wall Street Journal


Ethics And What Art Gets Shown

- Big Idea


“What If Arts Funding Was Honest And We Finally Admitted That It’s All Just A Gamble?”

- The Big Idea (New Zealand)


The Cure For Free Speech On Campus

- The Atlantic


In Praise Of Hotel Culture

- Slate


Are NFTs The Killer App for Tickets? The NFL Experiments

- Shelly Palmer


How Relentless Right-Wing Attacks Shut Down An Entire Library

- NPR



 

MEDIA

Netflix Is In Trouble

- New York Magazine


Hollywood Flocks To Eastern Europe

- Los Angeles Times


Why Is Adapting Jane Austen For The Screen So Tricky?

- The New York Times


Bollywood’s Latest Blockbusters Are Not Doing Big Box-Office

- BBC


The War Between TV Studios And Their Creative Workers Over Pay Is Going To Get Uglier

- Variety


Why Netflix Wants Traditional TV To Die

- The Verge


What’s The Most Watched News Publisher On YouTube?  Vox

- Press Gazette (UK)


Iran Imprisons Award-Winning Filmmaker Jafar Panahi For Six Years

- BBC


Netflix Lost Almost A Million Subscribers Last Quarter.  This Is Actually Good News.

- Variety


The Emmy Nominations Prove No One Knows How To Watch TV Anymore

- Wired



 

MUSIC

Conductor Collapses From Podium And Dies In Munich

- The New York Times


Report: How Canadians’ Listening Habits Are Changing

- Ludwig Van


Why Is San Francisco Opera Presenting An Opera On The Wrong Side Of History?

- San Francisco Chronicle


The Epic Battle For Control Of A Legendary Music Club

- Los Angeles Times


Kaija Saariaho On Life As A Composer

- NPR


How Evelyn Glennie’s Brain Works: The Neuroscience Of Deaf People’s Experience Of Music

- Nautilus


Want A Career In Classical Music?  You Need To Be Either Rich Or Very, Very Lucky

- Van


Time To Give Duke Ellington The Pulitzer He Was Denied

- The New York Times


Is Lincoln Center Edging Classical Music Out Of Its Summer Programming?

- The New York Times


Baltimore Symphony Makes History Again, Appointing Its First Black Music Director

- Yahoo! (The Baltimore Sun)


How Scientists Are Using AI To Complete Unfinished Symphonies

- Mental Floss


The Obsessive Behind The Aix Festival

- The New York Times


Classical Music Is Getting Big On TikTok

- ClassicFM


The Nine Best Operas Of The 21st Century (So Far): A Reader Poll

- San Francisco Classical Voice


Toronto Symphony MD Gustavo Gimeno Accepts Music Director Job At Madrid’s Teatro Real

- Ludwig Van


South Africa’s Arts Minister Announced A New National Orchestra.  People There Are Very Angry About It

- Sunday Times (South Africa)


In Medieval Europe, Cities Used Musicians As First Responders

- Ted Gioia


A Symphony Of Ships’ Horns In A Newfoundland Harbour

- Yahoo! (Canadian Press)



 

PEOPLE

Norman Lear At 100

- Variety


Playwright Christopher Durang Diagnosed With Progressive Aphasia

- Broadway News


Russian Feminist-Queer Artist-Activist Acquitted Of Pornography Charges

- The Moscow Times


2022 Kennedy Center Honors: Tania León, Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2, Amy Grant

- NPR


“He Is France Incarnate, In All Its Glory And Awfulness” — On Gérard Depardieu (And Why The French Put Up With Him)

- The Guardian


Claes Oldenburg, 93

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

A New Hotel That’s All Broadway

- Washington Post


London’s West End Has Its First New Theatre In 50 Years

- The Guardian


Cal Shakes Director Eric Ting Resigns

- San Francisco Chronicle


Fired Artistic Director Of Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater Says He Won’t Return If Invited To

- American Theatre


Teaching Refugees To Tell Their Stories Via Standup Comedy

- The Guardian


Richard III, Shakespeare’s Most Fraught, Most Contested Villain

- BBC


If Theatres Phase Out Unpaid Internships, There Will Be A Tradeoff

- American Theatre


The Complicated Remaking Of Oscar Hammerstein

- The New Yorker


How A Small Town Near Liverpool Got A Shakespeare Theatre For The North

- The Observer (UK)


Theatres Go Through A Sea Change With Fight And Intimacy Choreographers

- Oregon ArtsWatch



 

VISUAL

The Long Journey Of British Street Art

- The Guardian (UK)


A Visit To Beeple’s New $10 Million Studios

- New York Magazine


Chicago Art Institute’s Lions Return After Vacation

- Chicago Tribune (MSN)


Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum Names New Director

- Hartford Courant


Ukraine’s Historic Churches Are Being Ravaged By Russia’s War — And There’s Too Much Bombing To Do Conservation Work

- The Art Newspaper


When It Was First Shown, Picasso’s “Guernica” Bombed (Ahem)

- MSN (The Atlantic)


India’s Most Influential Artist

- BBC


What University Museums Have To Teach The Broader Museum World

- Artnet


Defining What Generative Art Is

- The Art Newspaper


Seattle Museum Cancels Microsoft Versus Amazon Art Show After Arts Community Objects

- Geekwire


Remembering Claes Oldenburg And Why He Mattered

- Los Angeles Times


More Interesting Finds At Jerusalem’s Church Of The Holy Sepulchre

- Hyperallergic


One Of Iran’s Most Famous Historic Mosques Has Been Damaged During Restoration Work

- Yahoo! (AFP)


Vandalism! Critics Slam Library Of Congress Over Proposed Architectural Changes

- Washington Post


The Heatwave In China Has Melted The Roof Right Off Of A Museum

- Artnet


Rescue Deal Falls Apart And San Francisco Art Institute Closes For Good

- SFist


How NFTs Are Upending The Art World

- Alta


Maryland Institute Of Art Lays Off Employees After They Unionize

- ARTnews



 

WORDS

The World’s First Graphic Memoir Has Been Found — And It Dates From World War I

- ArtsHub (Australia)


The Writers Using AI To Help Them Create

- The Verge


HarperCollins Staffers Stage One-Day Strike, Demanding Less-Appallingly-Low Pay

- The New York Times


What, Actually, Is A Paragraph? Punctuation? Idea?

- Hedgehog Review


Today’s Library Censorship Looks Different

- Los Angeles Times


Henry Louis Gates Is Editing A New Dictionary Of Black American English

- The New York Times


The New Yorker’s Archive Editor Accuses Editor-In-Chief David Remnick Of Inserting Errors Into Her Copy

- The Daily Beast


Big Publishing’s Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive’s Open Library Is “A Trojan Horse”

- The Nation


How Quality TV Is Changing Writing

- The Walrus


Unpublished Poems By Ted Hughes About His Lover’s Suicide Have Been Discovered

- The Guardian


A Time To Laugh, A Time To Cry

- The New York Times



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