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Sunday, December 17, 2023
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Assistant Professor-Interdisciplinary Performance/Media Designer/Artist, U of South Florida


 This 9-month, full-time, tenure track position, of open rank, will contribute to the research, teaching, and service missions of the University of South Florida and the College of The Arts. [READ MORE]
 

 

Chamber Music San Francisco seeks Executive Director


 Chamber Music San Francisco welcomes nominations and applications for the position of Executive Director, available in the late Spring of 2024. Founder Daniel Levenstein, who has led CMSF with distinction for two decades, has announced that he will step down at the conclusion of the Spring 2024 Season. Chamber Music San Franciscohttps://chambermusicsf.org/ Formed in 2003, […] [READ MORE]
 

 

Executive Director Opportunity – Seraphic Fire


 Seraphic Fire invites inquiries from entrepreneurial arts leaders interested in serving as its next Executive Director. [READ MORE]
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Vice President of Marketing & Sales – Walton Arts Center 

The VP of Marketing & Sales assumes a pivotal role in orchestrating the company's communications endeavors, including campaign innovation, brand stewardship, patron cultivation, corporate messaging strategy, digital marketing strategies and building deeper relations across our community. [READ MORE]

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Communications Director – Krannert Center for the Performing Arts 

Krannert Center is looking for an organized and collaborative communicator to lead a team of diversely skilled communications professionals in creating, implementing, and evaluating communications strategies and plans. [READ MORE]

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

The Straz Center is envisioned as a welcoming and inclusive international cultural institution renowned for innovation, creativity, and celebration of the human spirit. [READ MORE]

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Chamber Music Pittsburgh seeks Executive Director 

The Executive Director is a strategic, entrepreneurial leader who works with the Board of Directors to provide leadership, drive revenue growth, and manage artistic, human, and financial resources. [READ MORE]

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Associate Director of Individual & Planned Giving 

This is a new position that will support individual philanthropy as we embark upon an exciting growth initiative and a drive to elevate our individual giving programs. [READ MORE]

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Teaching Faculty I, 9 Month Salaried – Arts Administration (College of Music) 

One of the nation's elite research universities, Florida State University preserves, expands, and disseminates knowledge in the sciences, technology, arts, humanities, and professions. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre 

The Theatre Program of Columbia University School of the Arts seeks to fill a position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre (Acting/Directing/Producing), to begin July 1, 2024 [READ MORE]

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SEEKING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS WINDS 

The Board of Trustees is seeking to hire a full-time Executive Director for the organization following the retirement of Kim Campbell, in the Spring of 2024, after almost 40 years of service [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor, Conductor & Orchestral Ensemble Coordinator 

The School of Music at the University of South Florida is searching for an innovative, creative and collaborative orchestra conductor and coordinator of Orchestral Ensembles. [READ MORE]

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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Director of Opera 

The UCLA Music Department in the Herb Alpert School of Music invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track professorial position as Director of Opera. [READ MORE]

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Phoenix Boys Choir seeks Managing Director 

The ideal candidate will be an entrepreneur and ambassador for the organization, building the brand and strengthening the organization’s reach and impact. [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

New York City Has A New Law Banning Employment Discrimination Due To Body Shape. Will It Change Things In Dance?

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Cleveland Ballet’s Artistic Director Is Under Investigation And Suspended. Now The Interim Artistic Director Has Resigned.

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IDEAS

Will AI Turn The Web Into Fodder?

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Creative Disruption That Creates More Than It Destroys

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Do You See/Hear/Smell What I Do? (Probably Not)

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The Skeptical Neurologist: Does Simply Visiting A Museum Provide Health Benefits?

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How To Think About Our Marriage With Technology

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The Macroculture Is Dead. Long Live Microculture!

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Should AI Ramp Up Or Calm The Heck Down?

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ISSUES

Mailchimp Cancels A Podcast, Apparently To Avoid Working With Unionized Workers

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Artistic Censorship? Mostly Not…

- The Atlantic


How The UK Became A “Soft-Power Superpower”

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Cleveland’s County Arts Funder Ends A Difficult Year With An Apology To Artists

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Arts Relief Funding Was Massive. Here’s Where It Went. Now What?

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Ben Sasse: The Moral Decline Of Great Universities

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Argentina’s New President Puts Ministry Of Culture On The Chopping Block

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Arguments And Cancellations Over The Israel-Hamas War Are Roiling Germany’s Cultural Scene And Hurting Its Reputation

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Google Loses App Store Lawsuit – A Win For Creators

- Wired


Should London Build A Sphere Like The One In Las Vegas?

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An Encyclopedia Of European Odors

- Smithsonian Magazine


It Took Argentina’s New President One Day To Shut Down The Ministry of Culture

- Artforum


The University Uncancelled

- The New Yorker


American Cultural Institutions Are Tearing Themselves Apart Over The Israel-Hamas War

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MEDIA

Why Do We Keep Making Movies About The Holocaust?

- The Guardian (UK)


Georgia’s Film/TV Subsidy Is Bringing In Far Less Money And Creating Fewer Jobs Than Claimed

- Variety


The Unholy Mess At Peoria’s Public TV Station

- WCBU (Peoria)


How Subtitled Foreign Films Have Finally Entered The American Mainstream

- The Guardian


Big Streamers Promised They’d Invest In Canadian Content. Now Canada Wonders How?

- The Hollywood Reporter


The Long Partnership Between An Indigenous Amazonian Chief And A Belgian Filmmaker Has Fallen Apart

- AP


Netflix’s List Of What’s Being Watched Makes For Interesting Reading

- The Hollywood Reporter


For First Time, Netflix Shares Data On What We’re Watching

- Washington Post


Motion Picture Association Appeals To Congress For New Piracy-Fighting Measures

- Deadline


Tech Always Changes Previous Realities. Fakes And Lies Abound

- Washington Post



 

MUSIC

Why LA’s KUSC Now Has The Largest Audience For Classical Music In The Country

- USC Today


State Of The Music Industry (And Trends Going Forward)

- Music Industry Blog


Spotify Clarifies New Rules On Payouts To Artists

- Music Industry Blog


Our Concert Hall Will Reopen In 2024, We Promise, Says San Diego Symphony

- The San Diego Union-Tribune (MSN)


Stephen Sondheim Was One Of America’s Great Classical Composers (Yes, Classical)

- The New York Times


How Big Brands Use Christmas Music To Sell Things To You

- The Conversation


Charlotte Symphony Makes History, Appointing Black And Openly Gay Conductor As Music Director

- Yahoo! (The Charlotte Observer)


English National Opera Is Victim To The Notion That The Point Of Art Is “Wellbeing” And Doing Good

- The Critic


Learning To Conduct, One “Nutcracker” (And Apprentice) At A Time

- Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)


Detroit Symphony Extends Music Director Jader Bignamini’s Contract To 2031

- Detroit Free Press


Michael Brodeur’s Best Classical Music List Of 2023

- Washington Post


3,700 Versions Of “Silent Night”

- Washington Post


What Does The Milky Way Sound Like?

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PEOPLE

Wier Harmon, 57, Seattle Impresario-In-Chief

- Seattle Times


One Of France’s Greatest Living Actresses Is Sentenced For Tax Fraud

- Variety


Oprah Lands In The National Portrait Gallery

- Hyperallergic


First Woman To Accuse Gérard Depardieu of Sexual Assault Has Committed Suicide

- Variety


Patti Smith Hospitalized In Italy Due To “Sudden Illness”

- The Guardian


Richard Gaddes, Founder Of Opera Theater Of St. Louis And Former Director Of Santa Fe Opera, Is Dead At 81

- Santa Fe New Mexican


Actor Andre Braugher Has Died At 61

- AP


Janet Panetta, Polio Survivor, ABT Dancer And Revered Ballet Teacher, Has Died At 74

- The New York Times


Google’s Most-Searched Celebrity Of 2023 (It Isn’t Taylor)

- Deadline


Three Months After A Fall Off Stage, Stephen Fry Is Back In The Public Eye

- BBC



 

THEATRE

The Storytellers Shaping American Stages

- Bazaar


The Theatre Entering Public Domain This January

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Why Are So Many Theaters Making Curtain Times Earlier? Let These Directors Tell You.

- The San Diego Union-Tribune (MSN)


An Expanding Inequality In The Theatre World

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Has The Job Of Artistic Director Of A Theatre Company Simply Become Impossible?

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Britain’s National Theatre Appoints Its Next Director: Indhu Rubasingham

- The Guardian


Why Indhu Rubasingham Is An Ideal Choice To Lead Britain’s National Theatre

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Limelight Was A Church, Then A Disco, Then A Mall, Then A Pizza Joint, Then A Gym. Now It’ll Be A Theater.

- MSN (Curbed)


A Comedian Performs Three Secret Shows To Help His Hometown Theatre

- BBC


After Vegans Protest, A British Panto Removes A Song

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VISUAL

Watching A Robot Turn A Block Of Carrara Marble Into A Sculpture, Step By Step

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Teachers In France Strike To Protest Controversy Over Renaissance Painting

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The 15 Best Art, Design And Archaeology Discoveries Of 2023

- CNN


An AI Art Installation That Insults Viewers

- Artnet


This Week In Newly Discovered Ancient Roman Mosaics: “Luxuria” In A 2,000-Year-Old Home

- Euronews


British Museum Reveals Just How Much Damage Was Done By Its Thieving Ex-Employee

- Artnet


Great Book Covers You’ll Never See (And Why)

- Fast Company


The Trafficking Of Looted Syrian Art Is Helping Finance ISIS

- USC Annenberg Media


The Musée d’Orsay Has Set Up An AI-Powered Vincent Van Gogh To Chat With Visitors

- The New York Times


With Crowds Coming For The 2024 Olympics, The Louvre Raises Its Ticket Price

- ARTnews


Date Announced For Reopening Of Notre Dame

- The Art Newspaper


One Of Britain’s Parliament Buildings Has Severe Structural Failings

- The Observer (UK)


The Radical Art Group Who Smuggled Left-Wing Messages Into Network TV

- Slate


A World Map With No Borders, Only Animals

- The New York Times


A Melbourne Gallery Drops An Artist Because Of Words In His Artwork

- The Guardian (UK)


The Noguchi Museum Board Picks A Director Who Was There At The Beginning

- The New York Times


The Architects Who Believe In Reduce And Reuse, But For Buildings

- The Observer (UK)


Rediscovering Surrealist Painter Leonor Fini

- NPR



 

WORDS

Uh-Oh: The Spotify-cation Of Books Is Coming

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Masha Gessen Stripped (Sort Of) Of Hannah Arendt Prize After Comparing Gaza To Jewish Ghettos In Europe

- The Guardian


Debut Author Who Review-Bombed Competitors On Goodreads Loses Her Publisher And Agent, Checks Into Rehab

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


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Do Kids Even Know How To Use A Dictionary In The Age Of Siri?

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Independent Bookstores Are Thriving In The UK

- The Observer (UK)


Big Publishing Has Mostly Abandoned Change And Diversity

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