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Associate Director of Artistic Planning
 Seattle Opera is seeking a personable, detail oriented, well organized person with excellent financial skills. Must have great communication skills to work with a variety of personalities. This is your chance to work with excellent people in a wonderful work environment! [READ MORE]
 
Call for Applications: Master of Science in Leadership for Creative Enterprises at Northwestern University
 The 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]
 
BAM seeks a charismatic VP, Development
 BAM is home to adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas. The VP, Development will to tap into new sources of support beyond the organization’s current base of supporters and serve as a strategic partner to the BAM President on resource development. [READ MORE]
 
The Peace Center seeks a Vice President, Operations
 DHR International has been exclusively retained to conduct the search for Vice President, Operations for the Peace Center in Greenville, SC. [READ MORE]
 
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Master’s in Arts Administration & Museum Leadership
 Accelerate your career with Drexel’s flexible graduate program tailored to your needs. Online, on-campus, or hybrid programs. Complete your degree in 15 months or on your own schedule in a program with 45+ years of success. Assistantships and Fellowships available. [READ MORE]
 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, ASHLAND, OR
 Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites applicants and nominations for this leadership position at one of nation’s leading regional theatres. The Executive Director will join Artistic Director Nataki Garrett in a co-leadership role to guide OSF’s vision and strategy. [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]
 
Executive Director opportunity with South Carolina State Museum
 DHR International has been exclusively retained to conduct the search for Executive Director of the South Carolina State Museum, the state's largest and most comprehensive museum. [READ MORE]
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City of Thousand Oaks, Cultural Affairs Director 
The Cultural Affairs Director will be the chief visionary, strategic, and operational leader and will guide the Cultural Affairs Department and TOARTS as a champion for the varied programs and cultural offerings in Thousand Oaks. [READ MORE]

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Director of Social Impact 
Working across the Center’s activities, with a focus on development, education and artistic planning teams, the Director of Creative Leadership and Social Impact Initiatives [READ MORE]

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Director, Theater Producing and Programming 
The Director, Theater Producing and Programming works with VP, Theater Producing and Programming to create, develop, and manage all aspects of program administration for the Theater department. [READ MORE]

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Upstate NY’s Adirondack Experience seeks a Director of Marketing & Public Relations 
Adirondack Experience, a museum of history and wilderness with an annual operating budget of $5 million, including earned revenue goals of just over $1.1 million, is entering an exciting period of growth as it seeks to increase visitor engagement and retention. [READ MORE]

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FULL-TIME VISITING FACULTY POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS ADMINISTRATION & POLICY 
The Department of Arts Administration and Policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) invites applications for a two-year visiting faculty position, beginning August 2020. [READ MORE]

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Madison School District – Executive Director of Madison Center for the Arts 
Madison School District in Phoenix, AZ seeks Executive Director for The Madison Center for the Arts. Apply now for this great opportunity! [READ MORE]

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The Phoenix Symphony, Chief Development Officer 
The Phoenix Symphony (TPS) is Arizona's largest performing arts organization and considered a cultural icon. [READ MORE]

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United Arts of Central Florida – President and CEO 
United Arts of Central Florida (UA) collaborates with more than 60 arts and cultural organizations, individuals, businesses, local governments, and foundations to enhance the quality and variety of cultural experiences throughout Central Florida. [READ MORE]

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Digital Marketing Manager opportunity at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis 
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is looking for a Digital Marketing Manager, who will serve as both as the company's primary digital content creator and as the lead distribution manager for digital content. [READ MORE]

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Dean, Ira Brind School of Theater Arts 
The new dean will play a key role in formulating and enacting strategies to position the School of Theater as a global leader for unique and distinctive programs reflective and inclusive of diverse ideas, people and perspectives. [READ MORE]

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Director of Sales & Customer Relations 
The Director, Sales & Customer Relations leads all sales and customer relations functions of the Miami City Ballet to achieve both short and long-term budget, revenue and customer relations goals. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development 
San Juan Community Theatre seeks a Director of Development to join our team in Friday Harbor. [READ MORE]

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Queen’s University – Appointment of Director, Agnes Etherington Art Centre 
The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University is now seeking a new Director who will articulate a bold and dynamic vision that leverages the Agnes’ impressive strengths, collections, and successes through an exciting stage of transformational growth. Queen’s University, and Agnes Etherington Art Centre, are situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. The Agnes […] [READ MORE]

OUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF AUDIENCE STORIES
This Week In Audience: Rethinking What Audiences Think Is Traditional 
This Week’s Insights: Do we need to rethink what is “traditional?”… MoCA goes free, but it’s not so easy… Cultural globalism has diversified… How Disney has repeatedly fumbled the internet… Small theatres make amazing economic impact. When The Audience Says “Traditional,” What Does That Mean? An observation about fans of opera in Ireland: “Over the […]  [read more]

FROM TODAY'S ARTSJOURNAL BLOGS
How Do We Know It’s Creative Placemaking? 

Some major organizations have been trying to figure out how to help communities use the arts and culture to create strong, shared values. – Margy Waller

 


The wealth tax and the museum 

At Bloomberg, Tyler Cowen has a short post on some unintended consequences of a wealth tax, and his is (let’s say) an unusual take. – Michael Rushton

 


Monkman Mischief: How Kent’s “Miss Chief Eagle Testickle” May Prank the Met 

For me, the most jaw-dropping instance of curatorial (and directorial) trend-chasing was the Met’s announcement that the Canadian Cree artist Kent Monkman had been commissioned by the museum to create two monumental paintings for the museum’s Great Hall. – Lee Rosenbaum

 


Public Art in Erie 

My work in the Pennsylvania city came in the middle of a long-term project of commissioning murals for the city. In October one was completed that impressed me so much I had to share it here. – Doug Borwick

 



 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 11/24/2019

DANCE
Employee Steals Nearly $800,000 From DC-Area Ballet Academy
     - Email/share this:     - NBC Washington 

How Are European Companies Dealing With The Racial Caricatures In Classic Ballets?
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Using Dance As Therapy And Educational Tool For Children With Autism
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Why Australian Ballet Dancers Stopped Stretching
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Informa 

A Deaf, Mixed-Race Dancer Finds Her Dream Role In ‘For Colored Girls …’
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Let’s All Just Stop Talking About Sergei Polunin For A While, Okay?
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 


IDEAS
The New Mr. Rogers Movie Isn’t Really About Mr. Rogers
     - Email/share this:     - BezzFeed 

A History Of Philosophical Thought
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Should We Rethink Plagiarism?
     - Email/share this:     - The Point 

Do Trigger Warnings Work? Research Says…
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

We’re Facing A Collapse Of Information
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

New Study: Here’s How AI Will Impact Your Job (And Whether You’ll Still Have One)
     - Email/share this:     - CityLab 


ISSUES
Documenting ‘Old L.A.’ As Developers Destroy More And More Craftsmen Houses For Apartment Buildings
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Apple Pulls ‘The Banker’ From Theatrical Release As Allegations About Producer Emerge
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Does Pay-What-You-Can Pricing Work?
     - Email/share this:     - Arts Professional 

Would A Wealth Tax Would Hurt Non-Profits?
     - Email/share this:     - Bloomberg 

Is Talent Starting To Shift Away From Superstar Big Cities?
     - Email/share this:     - CityLab 

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Leads New MFA Program For Artist-Activists
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Jeremy Corbyn Promises £1 Billion For Culture, £160 Million For Arts Education If Labour Wins UK Election
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

Dublin Is Booming Again. Alas, Making Art Is Again More Difficult
     - Email/share this:     - Irish Times 

Report: A Crisis In Local News Threatens America’s Civic Life
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

New Global Version Of EU’s ‘European Capital of Culture’
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

Trump Proposes Shutting Down NEA, NEH, Cultural Agencies… Again
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

K-Pop, Bollywood, And Turkish Soap Operas: Why American Pop Culture No Longer Rules The World
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Alone Among Australia’s Big Arts Festivals, Adelaide Refuses To Engage With Country’s Past And Present
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

How Go-Go Culture Stood Up To Gentrification In DC
     - Email/share this:     - CityLab 

World’s First Vagina Museum Is Now Open
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 


MEDIA
Mid-Level Movies Are Dying
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Who Was The World’s First Movie Star? (And Why Haven’t We Heard Of Him Before?)
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Formal ‘Directing Nudity And Simulated Sex’ Guidelines Created For British Filmmakers
     - Email/share this:     - Hollywood Reporter 

One Of The Secret Weapons In The Struggle Against Apartheid: Zulu Radio Dramas
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

Melina Matsoukas’s Unflinching Eye
     - Email/share this:     - The Atlantic 


MUSIC
The Philadelphia Orchestra Is Expanding Its Relationship With China Despite U.S.-China Tensions
     - Email/share this:     - The Philadelphia Inquirer 

These Two Sisters Meld Inuit Throat Singing With Christmas Carols
     - Email/share this:     - CBC 

The Detailed Sociological Layers Of Musicians In Marching Band
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Anne Midgette: National Symphony Is On The Brink Of…
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Is Los Angeles’ Community Of Musicians A Vision Of Orchestra 2.0?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

America’s Hottest Opera Director Heads To Long Beach (For A While)
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

MacArthur ‘Genius’ Tyshawn Sorey Is Opera Philadelphia’s Next Composer-In-Residence
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

Met Opera’s Credit Is — Not Downgraded, Exactly …
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

I Like Traditional Opera. But What Does That Really Mean?
     - Email/share this:     - Irish Times 

This Year’s Classical Nominations For Grammys
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

After 19-Year-Ban, Opera Returns To Turkmenistan
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AFP) 

Chicago Brass – What Defines The Chicago Symphony
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Opera San Antonio Names New General Director And Its First-Ever Music Director
     - Email/share this:     - Rivard Report (San Antonio) 


PEOPLE
Longtime King’s College Choir Director Stephen Cleobury Has Died At 70
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

Long-Lost Body Of Michel De Montaigne Has ‘Probably’ Turned Up In Museum Basement
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AFP) 

Walter J. Minton, Publisher Who Dared To Print ‘Lolita’, Dead At 96
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

How Margaret Atwood Became A Global Superstar
     - Email/share this:     - The Walrus 

Meet The World’s Oldest Living Drag Queen
     - Email/share this:     - American Theatre 

Princess Who Saved Cambodian Classical Dance, Norodom Buppha Devi, Dead At 76
     - Email/share this:     - Reuters 

The Serious Critic: How James Wood’s Judgment Has Changed
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Director Of Venue Gets Death Threats After Resigning In Protest
     - Email/share this:     - Arts Professional 


THEATRE
American Theatre Is Traumatizing Its Own Practitioners
     - Email/share this:     - HowlRound 

As Arya Learned In Game Of Thrones, Swordplay Is A Lot Like Choreography
     - Email/share this:     - San Diego Union-Tribune 

A Conversation Between Lynn Nottage, Pulitzer Prize-Winner For ‘Sweat,’ And Jeremy Harris, Who Wrote ‘Slave Play’
     - Email/share this:     - Vogue 

Making Theatre (Or Not) During Chile’s Crisis
     - Email/share this:     - HowlRound 

Study: Small Theatre Companies Generate $584 Million Economic Impact
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

‘This Is One Of The Best Times Ever To Be A Black Creative’ In Theatre, Says One Of UK’s Top Directors
     - Email/share this:     - Backstage 

$80 Million: Chicago Storefront Theater’s Contribution To Local Economy
     - Email/share this:     - Chicago Tribune 

Playing On Broadway… But What, Actually, Is Broadway?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Thornton Wilder’s ‘Seven Deadly Sins’ Cycle Will Finally Be Performed Complete
     - Email/share this:     - American Theatre 


VISUAL
Finding The Art Of The ‘Real’ Moscow In Its Grim Suburbs
     - Email/share this:     - Seattle Times (AP) 

MacArthur ‘Genius’ Lynda Barry Is Using Her Grant To Explore Brain Creativity
     - Email/share this:     - The Washington Post 

Origami Makes A Small, Crinkly Return
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The Painters Reviving A 500-Year-Old Indian Art Form [VIDEO]
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

Two UK Treasure Hunters Found A Huge Viking Hoard – And Stole It
     - Email/share this:     - The Washington Post (AP) 

Walls And Barricades Are Going Up Fast, But Just As Quickly, Artists Are Making Them Into Huge Canvases
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

LA MoCA Employees Give Notice They’re Unionizing
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

There’s Now An Artist-In-Residence At The Philadelphia DA’s Office
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

In New Orleans, Replacing Removed Confederate Statues With Paper Monuments
     - Email/share this:     - Next City 

Arguments For Returning The Parthenon Marbles To Greece Are Compelling
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

Chicago Architecture Biennial Examines How Design Shapes Urban Protest
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Marciano Foundation: The Museum That Wasn’t
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

Where’s The Stolen Gold Toilet? There Are Few Clues But Lots Of Theories
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Stolen Gold Toilet Inspires Ad Campaign For Art Insurance
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

LA’s MoCA Is Making Admission Free. It’s Not So Easy, It Turns Out
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Today’s Portraits “See” Their Subjects In A Non-Traditional Way
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Police Raids Across Europe Seize 10,000 Antiquities, Make 23 Arrests
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Wall Street’s Charging Bull Sculpture Is Being Moved. The Artist Is Unhappy
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

The Met Museum’s New Director Is Moving It In A More Multi-Discipline, Multiethnic Direction
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Conviction Of Picasso’s Former Electrician And Wife For Hoarding Stolen Art Confirmed
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AFP) 

Art Market Trends Report: Artists Will Need To Diversify Their Income Sources
     - Email/share this:     - Arts Professional 

New Research: 950-Year-Old Bayeux Tapestry Was Made For France, Not England
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

Botticelli “Copy” That Lay In Museum Storeroom For Decades Turns Out To Be Authentic
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Macron’s Notre-Dame Reconstruction Czar Starts Ugly Fight With Chief Architect
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AFP) 

George Soros Funds Program To Return African Art And Artifacts To Africa
     - Email/share this:     - artnet 

Italy’s Art Police Bust Antiquities Trafficking Ring
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Martin Filler: MoMA’s Growth Imperative
     - Email/share this:     - New York Review of Books 


WORDS
 A Bookstore Whose Nooks And Crannies Are Practically The Key To Narnia
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 New Zealand Works To Make Maori A Mainstream Language
     - Email/share this:     - Public Radio International 

 World’s Biggest Secondhand Book Market Could Be In Danger
     - Email/share this:     - Atlas Obscura 

 What’s It Like To Be An Audio Book Reader?
     - Email/share this:     - Irish Times 

 Alt-Weekly Chicago Reader Will Try To Survive As A Non-Profit
     - Email/share this:     - NiemanLab 

 French Academy Issues Rules For Swearing In French
     - Email/share this:     - The Local 

 Former Baltimore Mayor Indicted For Fraud And Tax Evasion Over Her Self-Published Children’s Books
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AP) 

 ‘Climate Emergency’ Is Oxford Dictionaries’ 2019 Word Of The Year
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 2019 National Book Awards Go To Susan Choi, Sarah Broom, Arthur Sze, László Krasznahorkai
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 Ian Williams Wins $100,000 2019 Giller Prize
     - Email/share this:     - Toronto Star 

 What The Rise Of Tweets And Emojis Did Has (And Hasn’t) Done To Literature
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times Book Review 

 West Virginia Public Library Removes Gay Storybook; Author And Publisher Hit Back
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 By The Numbers: Who Works In Publishing
     - Email/share this:     - Publishers Weekly 

 The One Bookstore In Venice That Figured Out How To Handle Floods Couldn’t Handle This One
     - Email/share this:     - The Local (Italy) 

 Latin A Dead Language? Not Hardly
     - Email/share this:     - LitHub 

 Turns Out Barack Obama, On Top Of Everything Else, Is An Excellent Editor
     - Email/share this:     - Literary Hub 

 I Like Books. But I Really Like Reading On My Phone Better
     - Email/share this:     - The Cut 



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