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Sunday, December 11, 2022
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Arts, Analytics, Action – Master of Arts Management


 The Master of Arts Management (MAM) program at Carnegie Mellon University puts collaborative and experiential learning at the forefront. Our innovative approach centers on the intersection of people, policy, and technology with an arts focus, preparing students to face the challenges of the digital age and have a lasting impact on the communities they serve. […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Director of Communications and Development – New Hazlett Theater


 The New Hazlett Theater is seeking an experienced professional to lead a comprehensive communications and fundraising program. Our Director of Communications and Development works closely with the Executive Director and the senior team, developing strategies to establish and deepen connections with audiences and donors. The person in this leadership role, along with their team, will […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Executive Director – Skylight Music Theatre


 Skylight Music Theatre invites consensus-building entrepreneurs who bring positive energy and strong management skills to bear in a professional theater producing environment to apply to serve as the organization’s next Executive Director. The Executive Director is Skylight’s top organizational steward and is expected to form strong and collaborative relationships with all staff and Board members. […] [READ MORE]
 

 

CEO- Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council


 Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council (GPAC) seeks candidates to serve as their next CEO, the organization’s collaborative lead focused on galvanizing resources, people, and enthusiasm for support of, and advocacy for, Pittsburgh’s artists and arts community. The CEO works closely with GPAC’s Board on forming well developed plans for deep impact and support on the lives […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Executive Director -Kansas City Ballet


 Kansas City Ballet invites applications from strong leaders to serve as their next Executive Director. The Executive Director will work in a collaborative relationship with the Artistic Director with both positions reporting to and working with the Board of Directors. It is, of course, critically important that the individuals in these two positions continue to […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Artistic Director – Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré


 Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré (LPT) invites applications from creative, curious, and collaborative theater professionals to serve as the next Artistic Director for New Orleans’ oldest small professional theater. The role will be a visible leadership position not only within the theater, but also with the broad and diverse New Orleans creative community; the […] [READ MORE]
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Director of Artistic Administration 

Orchestra of St. Luke’s Position Outline Job title: Director of Artistic AdministrationReports to: President & Executive DirectorStatus: Full-Time, Exempt ABOUT ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S (OSL) Recognized as an industry leader in innovation, Orchestra of St. Luke’s fulfills its mission through programming in three areas: Performance, Education and Community Engagement, and The DiMenna Center for Classical […] [READ MORE]

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UArts – Internationally situated Dance MFA 

Our approach relies on experimental pedagogies and the gathering of relational communities. The program moves against conventional thinking about academic learning environments utilizing the University of the Arts School of Dance’s long-standing relationships to and connections with world-recognized artists, scholars and cultural institutions. Program begins each summer in Montpellier, France in residence at the ICI-CCN. […] [READ MORE]

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Executive Director (Silkroad) 

Job Title: Executive DirectorReports to: Board ChairLocation: Northeast United States (Preferred)FLSA Status: Full-time, ExemptSalary Range: $200,000 – $250,000 WHO WE ARE: Yo-Yo Ma conceived Silkroad in 1998 as a reminder that even as rapid globalization resulted in division, it brought extraordinary possibilities for working together. Seeking to understand this dynamic, he began to learn about […] [READ MORE]

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Digital Programming Producer, College of Visual and Performing Arts 

The George Mason University, College of Visual and Performing Arts seeks qualified applicants for a Digital Programming Producer. George Mason University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment. About the […] [READ MORE]

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President & CEO – Grand Rapids Symphony 

Position Summary The President & CEO will advance the mission of the Grand Rapids Symphony, maintain its fiscal resiliency in an evolving world, and oversee a dynamic leadership team. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the President & CEO will partner with the Music Director to bolster the visibility of the Symphony, uplift its artistic […] [READ MORE]

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Artistic Director – Dance Kaleidoscope 

Dance Kaleidoscope invites applications from strong leaders to serve as their next Artistic Director. The Artistic Director and Executive Director work in a co-leadership structure with both positions reporting to the Board of Directors.The central roles of the Artistic Director are as follows: Dance Kaleidoscope has engaged Management Consultants for the Arts to lead the […] [READ MORE]

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Soho Rep Seeks Director (Curation & Artistic Programs) 

Position Summary Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Director (Curation and Artistic Programs) serves as member of Soho Rep’s three-person leadership team. Working alongside the Director (Organizational Strategy and Advancement) and the Director (Artistic Producing), the Director (Curation and Artistic Programs) collaborates with the board and other organizational leaders to determine the strategy and […] [READ MORE]

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Soho Rep Seeks Director (Artistic Producing) 

Position Summary Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Director (Artistic Producing) serves as member of Soho Rep’s three-person executive leadership team. Working alongside the Director (Organizational Strategy and Advancement) and the Director (Curation and Artistic Programs), the Director (Artistic Producing) collaborates with the board and other organizational leaders to determine the strategy and direction […] [READ MORE]

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Dean, Bienen School of Music 

Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois THE SEARCH Northwestern University (Northwestern), a private research-intensive university, seeks a forward-thinking, collaborative, community-building leader to serve as the next dean of the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music (the Bienen School or the School). An award-winning school with a national and international reputation that is well-positioned for the future, the […] [READ MORE]

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Artistic Producer 

TITLE: Artistic ProducerSTATUS: FT ExemptDIVISION: ArtisticREPORTS TO: Artistic DirectorPOSTITION AVAILABLE: Immediately ABOUT STUDIO THEATRE Since its founding in 1978, Studio Theatre has been based in the historic neighborhood of Logan Circle in Washington DC. Inspired by the world around us, Studio brings personal, political plays to audiences across the Washington metropolitan area. Studio’s mission combines […] [READ MORE]

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Chief Philanthropy Officer- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 

Position Summary The Chief Philanthropy Officer (CPO) is responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and assessing the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco’s philanthropy plans in support of the organization’s strategic vision and growth. Reporting to the Director and CEO serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the CPO will effectively represent the […] [READ MORE]

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Associate and Full Professor/Chair-Department of Theatre & Dance 

University of California San Diego Position overview Position title: Associate and Full Professor/Chair for Department of Theatre & Dance Application Window Open date: November 7, 2022 Next review date: Thursday, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Tuesday, Nov 7, 2023 at 11:59pm […] [READ MORE]

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Programming and Engagement Manager 

Programming and Engagement Manager  The George Mason University Center for the Arts (CFA) is seeking qualified candidates for a Programming and Engagement Manager. This position is responsible for planning, coordination, and implementation of artist engagements (including performances, residencies, and select special events) for CFA. In collaboration with the Director of Programming, this position will lead […] [READ MORE]

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Director of Performing Arts Operations 

Lynn University seeks an experienced performing arts center administrator whowill bring forward creative ways for the university’s cultural facilities to operate effectively and efficiently, finding new avenues of inter-departmental communication and collaboration through arts activities, and increasing attendance at all cultural concerts and performances. The new Director will coordinate facility scheduling and operations, the overall […] [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

Dance At The World Cup: Brazilian Soccer Would Not Be What It Is Without Samba

- The Guardian


Ukrainian Soldiers’ Dance Videos Are The Latest Social Media Hit

- Insider


Indian Classical Dance As Journalism?  Well, Yes, Sort Of …

- San Francisco Chronicle


Canceling “Exotic” In Ballet?

- Dance Australia


How Post-COVID-Lockdown Dance Has Changed In Los Angeles

- Los Angeles Times


US Ballet Companies Are Performing Fewer Works By Women Than Last Season, Researchers Find

- Dance Data Project


A Battle Over Whether John Neumeier’s “Othello” Is Racist Rocks The Royal Danish Ballet

- NDR (Hamburg)


A Season-Long Goodbye Ends With Nutcracker

- The New York Times


IDEAS

Can We Transcend Today’s Humanness To Be Something More?

- American Scholar


Our Five Senses (Wait, We Actually Have Seven?)

- The Conversation


Do We Have Free Will? (And How Does It Shape Our Identity?)

- The Wall Street Journal


How Did The Things Around Us Get So Ugly?

- n+1


ChatGPT Elevates Interactive Artificial Intelligence To A New Level

- The New York Times


The Gamification Of Everything Is A Fraud

- Anonymous


The Cost Of Over-Selling Products With Ideas

- Psyche


Will Neuroscience Be Able To Predict When (And With Whom) You’ll Fall In Love?

- The Atlantic


Jed Perl: Art As Organic Influencer Rather Than Issue Crusader

- Commonweal


Just What Will It Be Like To Attend A Live Event In The Future?

- Shelly Palmer


What Were Ancient Romans Eating At The Colosseum?

- Hyperallergic


One Button, And We’d Be Living In The Correct Timeline Again

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ISSUES

Being An Old Artist (It Can Be Liberating)

- Washington Post


Battlefield Memories From The Culture Wars Of The 1990s

- The Arts Fuse (Boston)


The Paris Opera Starts Up Performing Arts Training Programs In French Guiana

- Radio France International


The Gender Pay Gap In The Arts In Australia Is Really Pretty Wide

- The Guardian


Culture Is Under Attack Worldwide. We Ought To Confront It Now

- The Berkshire Eagle


How Diversity Makes Orchestras Better

- Arizona Republic


Lula Promises He Will Reopen Brazil’s Culture Ministry, Shuttered By Bolsonaro

- The Art Newspaper


Ukraine’s Culture Minister Asks Other Countries To Boycott Russian Culture (Even Tchaikovsky And Chekhov) Until The War Ends

- The Guardian


Here’s The Ukrainian Culture Minister’s Essay Calling For A Boycott Of Russian Culture

- The Guardian


With Its Leading Arts Philanthropists Leaving The Scene, Can Boston’s Arts Ecosystem Keep Thriving?

- Boston Magazine


A New $100 Million Arts Complex For Boulder, Colorado? Let’s Not, Says The Arts Community

- Boulder Beat


California’s Education Workers’ Strike Could Transform Higher Ed

- The Guardian


Nan Goldin On Taking On The Art Establishment’s Embrace Of The Sacklers

- The Guardian (UK)



 

MEDIA

You Think It’s Taken A Long Time For Hollywood To Pay Women And Men Equally?  Look At Bollywood

- BBC


BBC’s Boss Predicts It Will Be Online-Only In Ten Years

- The Guardian


Canada Doubles Down On Canadian Content Rules For Media

- Inside Radio


Big Cable Networks Are Failing In The Age Of Streaming

- Variety


Hollywood’s Streaming Ambitions Hit A Business Model Collapse

- The Hollywood Reporter


Behind Disney’s Bob Swap

- The Verge


Latvia’s Government Revokes The Broadcasting License Of Russia’s Leading Dissident TV-Network-In-Exile

- Politico


British Media Giant ITV Goes All In On Streaming (And Not Everyone’s Sure It’s A Good Idea)

- The Hollywood Reporter


When Good Oral History Demystifies Hollywood, What Do We Really Learn?

- The New Yorker


NBC Peacock Adds Huge Number Of Subscribers, Competes With Disney In Animation

- Deadline



 

MUSIC

Met Opera Scrambles To Replace Its Website, Ticket Portal

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Czech Museum Returns Beethoven Manuscript To Heirs

- ABCNews


English National Opera May Keep Performing In London If It Makes Its Base Somewhere Else, Says Government Funder

- The Stage


A Seattle Business Blasts Classical Music To Harass Homeless Encampment

- KOMO TV


A New York Times Classical Music Critic Makes His Metropolitan Opera Stage Debut

- The New York Times


Metropolitan Opera Is Hacked; Website And Ticketing System Are Paralyzed

- The New York Times


A Scientific Analysis Of How Popular Music Has Changed

- Nature


How The National Philharmonic Of Ukraine Plays On, Even Through Russian Missile Strikes And Blackouts

- The New York Times


The Tory Government Wants English National Opera To Move North, But Does The North Even Want The Company?

- iNews (UK)


David Geffen Hall Reimagined

- Architectural Record


Teachers At The Mannes School Are On Strike. Here’s Why

- Van


Vienna State Opera Will Abolish Its Music Director Position

- OperaWire


Music Inspired By The Fire At Notre Dame Cathedral Wins The Grawemeyer Award

- The New York Times


The Composer Of The Queen’s Funeral Music Began Keeping It Secret In 2011

- BBC



 

PEOPLE

George Newall, Last Surviving Co-Creator Of “Schoolhouse Rock,” Is Dead At 88

- Deadline


Now That It’s Safe, Gustavo Dudamel Visits Home Again

- Los Angeles Times


Edgar Allan Poe’s Final Mystery: What Killed Him?

- MSN


Author Dominique Lapierre Dead At 91

- MSN (The Washington Post)


Emmy-Winning Actor Kirstie Alley Dead At 71

- CNN


The Artist Who Turned Limitations Into Assets

- The New York Times


Sesame Street’s Beloved Bob McGrath Has Died At 91

- Variety


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THEATRE

This Director May Have Figured Out How To Rescue Sondheim’s Most Notorious Flop

- The New York Times


The Blue Man Group Has Been Running For 30 Years — Longer Than “Phantom Of The Opera” — And It’s Still Going Strong

- MSN (The Washington Post)


Theatre Director Quits After UK Arts Funding Cuts

- The Guardian


“Fam and Yam”, The Edward Albee One-Act You Probably Never Knew About

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


“STOMP” Is Closing After A 29-Year Run Off-Broadway

- The Hollywood Reporter


KPOP Musical Closes On Broadway After Only Two Weeks

- The Wall Street Journal


Broadway Musicals Have Gotten Too Damn Loud

- The New York Times


Steven Dietz: New Theatre Is More Important Now Than Ever

- American Theatre


Why Theatre Isn’t Just For The Privileged

- American Theatre


Theatre That Redefines “Disabilities”

- The Guardian



 

VISUAL

Denver Post’s Investigative Series Into A System That Enables Looted Art Trade

- Denver Post


Qatar’s Unreal New Landscape Of Amazing New Buildings

- The New York Times


Turner Prize For 2022 Goes To Sculptor Veronica Ryan

- The Guardian


AI-Generated Avatars Are Wildly Popular. Artists Aren’t Happy

- NBCNews


Angels In The Bible Have No Wings. Who Gave Them Wings, When, And Why?

- History Today


Group “Concerned With Slavery Justice” Sues Smithsonian To Stop Repatriation Of Benin Bronzes

- ARTnews


London’s National Gallery Cancels Exhibition With Pushkin Museum

- The Art Newspaper


Pantone’s Color Of The Year Gets The Assessment It Deserves

- The New York Times


Woman Arrested For Spraying Fake Blood On Toulouse-Lautrec Painting in Berlin Museum

- ARTnews


The Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Threaten To Start Slashing Paintings If We Don’t All Do What They Say

- Artnet


Richard Serra’s Most Inaccessible Work (In A Remote Desert)

- The Globe and Mail


How A Great Woman Critic And Publicist Made A Male Architect Famous

- Hyperallergic


Pantone Embraces Its Color Of The Year Marketing And The Art World

- Fast Company


Art Basel Miami Somehow Has No Spanish Anywhere

- Hyperallergic



 

WORDS

Study: How Reading Changed During The Pandemic

- The Conversation


Does This New Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT Spell The End Of The Student Essay?

- The Atlantic


What Learning To Read Braille Did To My Brain

- BBC


The Lit Critics Who Really, Really Hated “The Waste Land”

- Literary Hub


Penguin Random House CEO Steps Down After Failed Takeover

- The New York Times


The Choices For 2022’s Word Of The Year Are Weird And All Over The Place

- BuzzFeed


What’s The One Thing That Profanity Throughout The World Has In Common? Phonemes.

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Closing Of A Literary Magazine Demonstrates The Perilous Nature Of Literary Magazines

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- The Observer (UK)


Revisiting The History-Making Obscenity Trial Of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover”

- Esquire


How Books Became An Enduring Holiday Gift

- The New York Times


Oxford English Dictionary’s Word Of The Year is What???

- The New York Times


What We All Lose When Students Don’t Learn To Read, Or Write, Cursive

- NPR



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