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Vice President for Development, Grand Rapids Symphony
 Now in its 91th season, the Grand Rapids Symphony invites applications and nominations for the position of Vice President for Development, available in the first quarter of 2021. [READ MORE]
 
Upcoming Deadline for the University of the Arts MFA in Dance
 The MFA program in Dance aims to rethink inherited practices and consider differently the very idea of study. The program extends the context of learning from the studio and classroom to cities and communities as spaces for learning. [READ MORE]
 
The New School launches multidisciplinary MFA in Contemporary Theatre and Performance
 Launching in Fall 2021 and currently accepting applications, the Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Theatre and Performance reimagines traditional conservatory training to prepare young artists to thrive as theater-makers in a changed world. We have designed a unique approach to MFA-level training where devising, multidisciplinary collaboration, and performance take center stage. This new MFA […] [READ MORE]
 
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art seeks Chief Strategy and Administration Officer
 Reporting to the Director/CEO, the CSAO will work with Trustees, other senior leadership, and varied teams across the museum to develop and implement strategy, DEIAB, and people-centered policies and practices for a first-of-its-kind museum being built in Los Angeles. [READ MORE]
 
Call for Applications: Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises at Northwestern University
 Northwestern University’s MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises program develops leaders in business, innovation, and entrepreneurship across Entertainment, Media and the Arts. Earn your Master’s in One Year. [READ MORE]
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Executive Director 
The Las Vegas Philharmonic is in its 22nd season and has established itself among the nation’s leading regional orchestras. [READ MORE]

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Producing Artistic Director – American Stage Theatre Company 
AMERICAN STAGE THEATRE COMPANY (American Stage) in St. Petersburg, FL invites qualified candidates to submit applications to become its next Producing Artistic Director and lead all aspects of operations and programming. [READ MORE]

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Dean, School of Art – The University of the Arts 
The University of the Arts seeks a visionary, imaginative and collaborative leader to join its team as dean of the School of Art. [READ MORE]

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City of Aspen-Wheeler Opera House – Executive Director 
Located in Aspen, Colorado, the Wheeler Opera House (Wheeler) opened its doors on April 23, 1889 and has since become an integral part of civic life within this mountain community. [READ MORE]

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DIRECTOR OF CURATORIAL AFFAIRS 
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, (NPG) seeks a creative museum leader with expertise in art history at the doctoral / Ph.D. level or equivalent masters-level with a minimum of 10 years of active curatorial practice and management-level museum experience. [READ MORE]

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The Philadelphia Orchestra Seeks to Recruit Several Key Team Members 
Through innovative programming, robust educational initiatives, and commitment to the community, the Philadelphia Orchestra is on a path to create an expansive future for classical music, and to further the place of the arts in an open and democratic society. [READ MORE]

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Dean Stetson University School of Music – DeLand, Florida 
The Stetson University School of Music seeks a visionary leader to guide an artistic community of dedicated faculty, staff, students, and concertgoers in advancing our mission of fostering a broad educational experience and enhancing the positive impact of music-making in our world. [READ MORE]

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Chief Executive Officer 
Over 30+ years, Artscape has evolved from a Toronto-based provider of affordable artist studios to a globally-renowned group of not-for-profit organizations with a mission to make space for creativity and transform communities. [READ MORE]

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PRESIDENT SEARCH, ARTS IN STARK 
We are pleased to represent ArtsinStark (AIS), the county arts council and sponsor of the annual fund drive for the arts, located approximately 60 miles south of Cleveland in Canton, Ohio. [READ MORE]

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Astral Artists seeks Executive Director 
Astral Artists is seeking a dynamic and innovative Executive Director to build on the extraordinary work that has been done on behalf of aspiring performing artists. [READ MORE]


FROM TODAY'S ARTSJOURNAL BLOGS
Economic Impact: A Quick and Dirty Critique 

Teaching arts policy this fall, I needed a two-page briefing to warn my students off using economic impact studies as an arts advocacy tool. Here’s the result. – Michael Rushton

 


“Fraudulent Avoidance of Sales Tax”: NY Attorney General’s Lawsuit vs. Sotheby’s 

NY State Attorney General Letitia James has sued Sotheby’s for its alleged role in helping a client to “pose as an art dealer so he could illegally qualify for sales-tax exemptions reserved for the art trade.” – Lee Rosenbaum

 



 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 11/22/2020

DANCE
Queensland Ballet Is Practicing For 2021, And One Of Its Principals Answers Questions
     - Email/share this:     - Ballet News 

In Their Country’s Second Lockdown, London’s Royal Ballet Dancers Are Still Performing
     - Email/share this:     - CNN 

Baryshnibot: Ballerina Physicist Invents Ideal Dance Partner For Quarantine
     - Email/share this:     - Pointe Magazine 

Character Dance Used To Be An Integral Part Of Ballet, And Just As Popular. What Happened To It?
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Spirit 

Neighborhood Dance Studios Struggle To Survive Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Ethan Stiefel Named Director Of American Repertory Ballet
     - Email/share this:     - Pointe Magazine 

Donald Byrd On Making A Career As A Choreographer
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 

Theater At Jacob’s Pillow Burns Down
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Philadelphia’s Count-All-The-Votes Dance Party Was A Deliberate Plan To Avoid Street Violence
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

Another COVID Casualty: Toronto Company Dancemakers Closes Permanently
     - Email/share this:     - The Globe and Mail (Canada) 


IDEAS
As ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Shows, The Stories We Choose To Tell Can Change Lives
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Why Science Isn’t Just About Data
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

What Do You Need To Know To Have An Aesthetic Experience?
     - Email/share this:     - Psyche 

Why Election Conspiracy Beliefs Are Ripe Right Now
     - Email/share this:     - Nautilus 

Defining Creativity (And How To Look For It)
     - Email/share this:     - Psyche 

Depressed? Here’s Why You Should Cut Back On Social Media
     - Email/share this:     - BigThink 

Why Our Brains Are Built To Forget
     - Email/share this:     - Paris Review 

How The Personal Productivity Revolution Backfired
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

Why The Arts Are Important In Times Of Crises
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

How Our World Has Changed In The Age Of Instant Information
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

People Are Really Tired Of Cooking For Themselves During The Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - NPR 


ISSUES
China Increasingly Targets Muslim Writers And Readers
     - Email/share this:     - NPR 

Update: What Americans For The Arts Is Doing During COVID
     - Email/share this:     - Americans for the Arts 

Australia Gets Ready To Restart Live Performance As (Almost) Normal
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Beirut’s Cultural Community Struggles To Rebuild After Last Summer’s Explosion
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Poland Freezes Its COVID Arts Bailout After Celebrities Are Caught Receiving Millions In Funding
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

How War And Progress Are Linked
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Report: Brexit Will Isolate UK Cultural Institutions For Two Years
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Creating A Museum Of Historical Smells
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

How Will We Protect World Treasures Threatened By Climate Change?
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

The Art Of The Trump Goodbye
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Assessing The Art World’s Performance During Trump
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Study: Americans Feel Positive About The Arts, But There Are Demographic Differences
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

International Enrollment At US Universities Down 43 Percent
     - Email/share this:     - InsideHigherEd 

What Are Our National Arts Support Organizations Doing For Equity?
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 


MEDIA
Hollywood Goes Full-On With Streaming
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Filming ‘Lovecraft Country’ And Training The Viewer’s Eye
     - Email/share this:     - Slate 

The Canadian Broadcasting Act May Be Changing To Benefit Indigenous Producers
     - Email/share this:     - CBC 

How Bollywood Is Adapting To The Coronavirus
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

“Wonder Woman” Plan Threatens Movie Theatres
     - Email/share this:     - Slate 

Apple TV Relents And Allows “Charlie Brown Christmas” To Air On TV
     - Email/share this:     - PBS 

California Designates Those Who Work In Entertainment As Essential Workers
     - Email/share this:     - Deadline 

Hallmark Has Been Broadcasting Christmas Shows Since Before Halloween — And It’s Ruling Cable TV With Them
     - Email/share this:     - Vulture 

Wall Street Ponders Implications Of “Wonder Woman” Release
     - Email/share this:     - The Hollywood Reporter 

‘Marge Vs. The Monorail’: An Oral History Of Maybe The Greatest ‘Simpsons’ Episode Ever
     - Email/share this:     - Vice 

Groundbreaking: “Wonder Woman” Will Be Released Online And In Theatres Simultaneously
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

Dept. Of Who-Thought-Of-This?: Spike Lee Is Making A Movie Musical About Viagra
     - Email/share this:     - Deadline 

Chinese Gov’t Is Cracking Down On Hong Kong’s Public Broadcaster
     - Email/share this:     - Global Voices (Hong Kong Free Press) 

Why American TV Satire Is At A Low Point
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 


MUSIC
Can’t Travel, Can’t Go To Concerts, But This Irish Cellist On YouTube Is Bringing The Joy
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

How The Houston Symphony Returned To The Stage For Live Performances
     - Email/share this:     - Houston Chronicle 

The Met Is Offering Opera Workers Pandemic Paychecks – In Exchange For Big, Lasting Cuts
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The Rock Critic Who Decided To Rewrite Classical Music History
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

AI-Powered Virtual Sheet Music Could Be Game-Changer For Musicians
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Most Musicians Earn Tiny Pittances From Streaming. China May Have A Solution
     - Email/share this:     - Slate 

Academy of Ancient Music, Leading Baroque Orchestra, Names New Director
     - Email/share this:     - Pizzicato 

The Opera That Changed Everything: Mark Swed On ‘Einstein On The Beach’
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

How To Sing Opera In Mandarin Chinese
     - Email/share this:     - San Francisco Classical Voice 

James Conlon To Fill In At Baltimore Symphony After Marin Alsop’s Departure
     - Email/share this:     - Baltimore Business Journal 

Yikes, What A Time To Be Taking Over The Paris Opera
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Simon Woods: Thinking About The Ways Forward For Orchestras
     - Email/share this:     - Medium 

Met Opera’s Custom-Made Marc Chagall Stage Curtain Is Up For Auction
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Israeli Opera Moves To Lay Off Its Entire Chorus
     - Email/share this:     - Jerusalem Post 

Tower Records Returns Online
     - Email/share this:     - Deadline 

Musicians From Mali Offer Some Advice For Getting Through Tough Times
     - Email/share this:     - NPR 


PEOPLE
Jan Morris, Legendary Travel Writer And Memoirist, 94
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Remembering Ellis Marsalis And His Outsized Influence
     - Email/share this:     - Oxford American 

Artist-Mathematician Anthony Hill Dead At 90
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Andrew White, Versatile Musician And Jazz Scholar, Dead At 78
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

An Oral History Of Alex Trebek
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Bruno Barbey, Famed War Photographer For Magnum, Dead At 79
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Painter Wayne Thiebaud @ 100
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Life After A Star (Wars) Turn
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 

Indian Acting Legend Soumitra Chatterjee, 85
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 


THEATRE
Creating A Campus Play When That Play Is ‘Spring Awakening’ And There’s A Pandemic On
     - Email/share this:     - American Theatre 

In-Person Theatre During Covid-19: Quarantine, Ventilate, And Be Ready To Quit
     - Email/share this:     - American Theatre 

Actors Equity And SAG-AFTRA Settle Bitter Turf War Over Streamed Theater
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

For The Second Time, D.C. Director Is Ousted From A Theatre Company He Founded
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Produce Theatre? In A Pandemic? In Finland? Of Course – It’s “Essential”
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Michael Riedel’s Broadway History
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Sydney Production Of ‘Hedwig And The Angry Inch’ Called Off After Trans People Protest Casting Of Queer Cis Male
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Political Theater Moves Into Nonfiction — Is It Drama Or Seminar?
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Broadway Actors Are Losing Their Health Care
     - Email/share this:     - CNBC 

Here’s One Country Where Theatre Is Alive And Well Despite COVID
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

A Theatre Student Researches How Theatre Has Coped With Lockdown. Here’s What She Found
     - Email/share this:     - HowlRound 

In Pandemic-Inspired Theatre, The Critic Can Also Be The Audience, And The Star
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 


VISUAL
The London Home Of Verlaine And Rimbaud Was Slated To Be An Arts Center, But Now It’s Up For Sale
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 

Pure Visuals
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

In Boston, Museum Of Fine Art Workers Vote, In An Absolute Landslide, For A Union
     - Email/share this:     - The Boston Globe 

Banks Have Continued To Collect Art As Museums Retreat
     - Email/share this:     - Bloomberg 

Director Of Cantor Museum At Stanford Ousted Over Management Style
     - Email/share this:     - San Francisco Chronicle 

1000-Year-Old Viking Burial Site Discovered
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

Art Dealers Are Making Buyers Commit Not To Flip The Art. Are Such Contracts Enforceable?
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Unknown Da Vinci Sketch Of Jesus Discovered, And Scholar Says It Proves ‘Salvator Mundi’ Is Not By Leonardo
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Report: Virtual Art Fairs Have Been A Failure
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Report: Thousands Of American Museums Could Close For Good
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

For The First Time, An NBA Team Engages A Blue-Chip Artist As Creative Director
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Three Suspects Arrested In $1.2 Billion Dresden Jewel Theft
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AFP) 

Palm Springs Debate Over Hosting Giant Marilyn Munroe Statue
     - Email/share this:     - The Desert Sun 

How Big Is The New Find Of Ancient Egyptian Artifacts At Saqqara? This Big
     - Email/share this:     - Smithsonian Magazine 

Met Opera’s Custom-Made Marc Chagall Stage Curtain Is Up For Auction
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Fashion Is Fashion. Art Is Art. But…
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Is Baltimore Museum’s Plan To Sell Art Really About Pay Equity?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Athens Workers Find A Bust Of A Greek God While Doing Sewer Work
     - Email/share this:     - Seattle Times (AP) 

Why Is There No Smithsonian For Latinx History?
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 


WORDS
 Why Did President Obama’s First Memoir Take So Long To Write?
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 As If British Bookstores Aren’t Having Enough Trouble, Books Can’t Get Into Port
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

 Some Of The Many Books That Helped Us Cope In 2020
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

 BuzzFeed Is Taking Over HuffPost
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

 Booker Prize 2020 Goes To Douglas Stuart’s ‘Shuggie Bain’
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 The Great American Essays
     - Email/share this:     - LitHub 

 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. Bids To Buy Iconic Simon & Schuster
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 2020 National Book Awards Winners Are Most Diverse Crop Ever
     - Email/share this:     - AP 

 How Linguistics And Evolution Are Joined
     - Email/share this:     - The Economist 

 700 Pages, 120 Characters, One Actor Reading The Audiobook
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 The ‘School of Embodiment’: This Is How To Do Good Sex Writing
     - Email/share this:     - The Point 

 Has Substack Created A New A New Medium For News?
     - Email/share this:     - Columbia Journalism Review 

 UK Universities Want Probe Into Inflated E-Textbook Prices
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

 French Authors Say They’ll Pay COVID Fines For Paris Book Shops That Stay Open
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 Spain’s Language Academy Acknowledges, Then Backs Away From, Gender-Neutral Pronoun
     - Email/share this:     - Global Voices 

 A Decades Long Break From Writing, And Then The Booker Shortlist
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 A New Bot-Based Book Recommendation Service
     - Email/share this:     - LitHub 



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