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Sunday, December 19, 2021
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Director, Opening Nights at Florida State University


 The Director, Opening Nights (ON) directs all aspects of the organization by administering and implementing strategies that advance the organization. [READ MORE]
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Assistant Curator – Glenstone Museum 

Reporting to the Senior Director of Collections, the Assistant Curator is responsible for the management of publication and catalogue production. [READ MORE]

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Bolz Center for Arts Administration Center Director Search 

The Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) seeks a Center Director who can provide intellectual and administrative leadership of the MA in Arts & Creative Enterprise Leadership program, build institutional bridges across campus and in the greater community, and teach core arts management, entrepreneurship, and leadership courses. The Director […] [READ MORE]

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San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles – Director 

Organization The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles (Museum) is the first museum in the United States to focus exclusively on quilts and textiles as an art form and stands proudly in the worlds of both art and craft. The Museum’s mission is to share and celebrate the art and culture of textiles, with […] [READ MORE]

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Artpark – Director of Development 

The Director of Development will lead and implement all fundraising initiatives, serving as an integral part of the capital campaign that will support the advancement of the Master Plan. [READ MORE]

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Marketing Manager 

The Marketing Manager will report to the Director of KCA, and will manage the day-to-day marketing needs of the organization. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Theatre Arts (Playwriting) 

Columbia University School of the Arts invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor of Theatre Arts (playwriting: tenure-track/tenured) in the Faculty of the Arts. The successful candidate will oversee the MFA Playwriting Concentration. Duties include: leading in the identification and selection of MFA playwriting candidates; teaching and mentoring students; and […] [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Long Island University 

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU invites applicants and nominations for this leadership position at one of leading regional arts organizations. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 

The next DoD will be responsible for planning and executing the organization’s fundraising strategy across all sources for annual giving, special projects, and capital campaigns. [READ MORE]

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Four Seasons Director of Artist/Patron/Corporate Relations, Marketing, Community Engagement & Next Generation Initiatives 

This position will be responsible for the management of Four Seasons’ artist/patron/corporate relations. [READ MORE]

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Director–The Hartt School Community Division 

We are seeking a collaborative and strategic leader who is passionate about music, dance, and theatre and who shares our belief in the transformative power of the performing arts. [READ MORE]

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Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Choreography 

The ideal candidate has an active choreographic profile, is committed to time-based performance as a form... [READ MORE]

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Dean of the Claire Trevor School of the Arts 

The University of California, Irvine is seeking a dean for its Claire Trevor School of the Arts. [READ MORE]

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Music Director, Greenville Symphony Orchestra 

The Music Director is responsible for the repertoire, programming, and artistic production. [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor of Theatre 

The successful candidate will play a key cross-disciplinary role in a complex and multi-faceted MFA program with concentrations in Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Playwriting, Theatre Management and Producing, and Stage Management. [READ MORE]

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PRESIDENT/CEO – DAVID A. STRAZ, JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 

The President & Chief Executive Officer provides the overall institutional and creative vision. [READ MORE]

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PRESIDENT/CEO CENTRAL CITY OPERA 

Central City Opera (CCO) seeks a dynamic leader to be its first President & CEO (CEO). [READ MORE]

 

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DANCE

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IDEAS

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ISSUES

Sydney’s Arts Venues Are Getting Very, Very Worried About Omicron

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The YouTuber Working To Reinvent Philanthropy

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Arts Venues In Britain See “Catastrophic” Attendance Declines Because Of Omicron

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Britain’s National Lottery Gave Blighted Towns $330 Million To Spend As They Wished. What Did They Do?

- Fast Company


Hong Kong’s M+ Was Ambitious. But Its Time May Already Have Passed

- Apollo


Weren’t The Golden Globes Supposed To Just Go Away?

- Washington Post



 

MEDIA

Los Angeles’s Iconic Cinerama Dome To Reopen Under New Ownership

- Los Angeles Times


Movie Musicals Flopped This Year. Is The Genre Dead?

- The Guardian


A Bunch Of Public Radio Stations Are About To Get Additional Frequencies

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Do We Need To Save Journalism Or Reinvent It?

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Lessons From Hollywood’s Digital Transition

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The Problem With Media Consolidation

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China’s Government Has A Flock Of Foreign YouTubers Making Videos About How Great The Place Is

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Ho-Hum: Golden Globe Nominations Are Out, But Few Seem To Care

- Variety


Spain’s Most Un-Francoist Filmmaker Finally Takes On The Franco Era

- The New York Times Magazine



 

MUSIC

Bridgerton Plus TikTok Stars Equals A Grammy Nomination

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Apple Streaming Has Been Crap For Classical Music. So It Bought An Expert

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San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge Has Been Singing Since June. Now A Fix

- The Guardian


The Last-Minute Saviors Of The Paris Opera Ballet

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Anthony Tommasini’s Farewell Essay As New York Times Chief Classical Critic

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Redefining Mainstream American Music

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Where The Main Thread Of American Opera Ought To Have Gone: “Porgy”

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Afghanistan’s National Institute of Music Will Rebuild Itself In Portugal

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Singers Who Have Found New Creative Life During COVID

- NPR


How Paul Winter Redefined Ambient Music

- Ted Gioia


Why Didn’t Lyric Opera Of Chicago Tell Anyone It Renewed Its CEO’s Contract?

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Bramwell Tovey Makes It Official: Artistic Director Of Rhode Island Philharmonic

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Five Years After Her Death, Composer Pauline Oliveros Is Finally Getting Her Due

- Texas Observer



 

PEOPLE

Clarice Smith, Beloved DC-Area Painter And Philanthropist, Dead At 88

- MSN (The Washington Post)


An Incomplete List Of The Writers, Editors, And Great Literary Minds We Lost This Year

- Literary Hub


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How Elizabeth Alexander Is Transforming The Mellon Foundation

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The Making Of Tom Stoppard

- The Nation


Groundbreaking Critic Robert Farris Thompson, 88

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THEATRE

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VISUAL

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- Artnet


Cleaning Staff At Guggenheim Bilbao Stage Performance Art To Protest Appalling Wages

- Hyperallergic


AI-Powered Robot Could Help Rebuild Pompeii’s Ancient Frescos

- Scientific American


Piet Mondrian’s Heirs Sue Philadelphia Museum Of Art Over Painting They Say Was Looted By Nazis

- Artnet


Louvre Agrees To Undo Renovation Of Room With Cy Twombly Ceiling Mural

- ARTnews


Why Would Vladimir Putin Be A Sponsor Of An Art Show About European Unity?

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WORDS

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