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Seasoned Fundraising Leader Sought to Help Open World-Class New Orange County Museum of Art
 Orange County Museum of Art seeks a highly skilled and effective fundraiser to oversee completion of its $73M capital campaign ($50M secured to date) and build a development team in preparation for the museum’s opening of its new home as part of Segerstrom Center for the Arts in 2021. [READ MORE]
 
Applications now open for an exciting MA Directing degree in Prague!
 LEARN NEW WAYS TO DO THEATRE, CREATE YOUR OWN WORK & MAKE CONNECTIONS! [READ MORE]
 
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra seeks President & CEO
 The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra seeks a strategic, business-minded leader with a passion for classical music, high emotional intelligence, and collaborative style to serve as President & CEO. [READ MORE]
 
Call for Applications to Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival 2020
 Calling all painters! Join us in exploring the beautiful shores of the Bay of Fundy on the Parrsboro Shores where the highest tides in the world are found. Juried applicants get a chance to win over $8000 CAD in cash and product awards! Apply for early bird registration by February 1st. Our call for application closes on February 15th. [READ MORE]
 
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra seeks Chief Financial Officer
 The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra seeks a dynamic, data-oriented, and business-minded leader with a strong record of financial planning, analysis, and accounting to serve as CFO. This person will be responsible for all aspects of financial and fiscal management of the NJSO and will be a strategic partner to the President & CEO, providing research and analysis to guide business decisions. [READ MORE]
 
Artistic Director: Australian National Academy of Music
 The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) wishes to appoint an Artistic Director to provide exceptional leadership to Australia’s pre-eminent music performance training institution. [READ MORE]
 
Call for Applications: Master of Arts in Arts Administration at Florida State University (FSU)
 Are you passionate about the arts? Are you in search of a career full of meaning and opportunity? If so, have you considered a career in Arts Administration? [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]
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Assistant Dean, Mannes Prep – The New School 
The Assistant Dean of Mannes Prep will be a seasoned professional with experience leading and developing high level pre-collegiate and/or collegiate arts education programs. [READ MORE]

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Dean, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design 
Drexel University seeks a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and strategic leader to serve as Dean of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design (Westphal College). [READ MORE]

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Association of Performing Arts Professionals Seeks President and CEO 
The President and CEO will be a dynamic, flexible, and forward-thinking leader and administrator with an exceptional work ethic, passion for the performing arts, and solid experience in managing, mentoring, and motivating staff. [READ MORE]

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Gibney Company General Manager 
The Gibney Company General Manager will be responsible for the administrative direction of every aspect of the Company. [READ MORE]

education
MA PROGRAMME PUPPETRY IN FOUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACADEMIES 
Study your Master in puppetry at Central European universities in Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Białystok! The PuppeTry focuses on different artistic and teaching methods of the participating academies. The programme supports students to find their own artistic approach and become versatile artist with international experience. The online application is open till January 31st, 2020. Entrance exams […] [READ MORE]

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Share Our Passion For The Arts! 
Junior publicists work directly under Center Theatre Group’s Head of Publicity and closely with playwrights, directors, actors as well as other theatre artists, producers and arts administrators on all of the earned media. [READ MORE]

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Faculty of Design Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, OCAD University 
The Associate Dean champions the processes of decolonizing, Indigenous Vitalization, and diversifying the Faculty’s curriculum, as proposed in OCAD U’s developing Academic Plan. Commensurate with this opportunity is a Tenured appointment at the rank of Associate Professor. [READ MORE]

FROM TODAY'S ARTSJOURNAL BLOGS
Rally for the Right to Bear (& to scare with) Arms Prompted “Extensive Precautions” at Virginia MFA 

I hadn’t wanted to write anything about this beforehand (for fear of putting a dangerous idea into someone’s head), but I was worried about the welfare of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts during the Jan. 20 gun-rights rally in Richmond. I was concerned that there might be a replay of what had happened in August 2017 in Charlottesville. – Lee Rosenbaum




 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 01/30/2020

DANCE

IDEAS
Simplifying And Minimalizing Our Lives: What If It Doesn’t “Spark Joy”?
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An Argument Against Fairness
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ISSUES
Arts Council England’s New Plan Imagines A Different Role For The Arts
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How Bolsonaro Is Waging His Culture War On Brazil’s Arts Sector
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Another Thing We Can Blame On Algorithms: Cancel Culture
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MEDIA
It’s Official: MoviePass Files Bankruptcy To Go Out Of Business
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BBC To Cut 450 Jobs From Its New Operation And Reduce Number Of Stories It Reports
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China Closes Down All Its Movie Theatres In Coronavirus Scare
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The Rise And Collapse Of CollegeHumor.com
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It’s True: ‘Cats’ Is Becoming The Next ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’
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MUSIC
The Environmental Costs Of The Vinyl LP Revival
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PEOPLE
Stephen Joyce, James’s Grandson And Ferocious Guardian Of His Estate, Dead At 87
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THEATRE
When Barack Obama’s Half-Sister Brought L.A. Teenagers To Do Shakespeare In Small-Town Kenya
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VISUAL
Openings Of Norway’s New Munch And National Museums Are Delayed
     - Email/share this  - The Local No 

When The Art Trade Helps Make Museum Shows Happen (There Are Conflicts)
     - Email/share this  - The Art Newspaper 

‘How Am I Going to Dance to This?’ Ask New York City Ballet Dancers About Ratmansky’s Latest Music Choice
     - Email/share this  - New York Times 

After 88 Years, Frank Lloyd Wright’s School Of Architecture Is Closing
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The Gauguin Sculpture The Getty Paid Millions For Is Not A Gauguin
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Rare Set Of Banners By Alexander Calder, Long Thought Lost, Reappears In Philadelphia
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WORDS
 Don’t Read? What It Means To Love Literature
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 Why Shouldn’t We Think Of Literary Characters As Real? (It’s A Sin)
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 Peter Handke’s Nobel Prize Shows Why Aesthetics Alone Should Not Be The Criterion
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