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View this email in your browser Visit the ARTSJOURNAL WEBSITE for the latest news AJBlogs | Ideas | Dance | Issues | Media | Music | People | Theatre | Visual | Words | Audience Today's Newsletter Saturday, February 8, 2025 Skip Down to News PREMIUM AJ CLASSIFIEDS Reach our 30,000 subscribers - Advertise on AJ Arizona Opera seeks General Director Arizona Opera has reopened an international search and invites nominations and applications for the position of General Director, available July 1, 2025. [READ MORE] Chief Financial Officer – La Jolla Playhouse The Playhouse’s brilliant and innovative productions of classics, immersive projects, new plays and musicals have merited over 300 major honors and 42 Tony Awards. [READ MORE] Increase Audiences and Donors in 2025? 3 Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conferences to Choose From! Deadline: February 21 Find out in Toronto, June 24-25; San Francisco, July 22-23; or New York City, August 5-6. Sign up by February 21 to get 3-for1 registration. [READ MORE] Seraphic Fire Seeks Director of Sales and Marketing Nationally recognized choral ensemble seeks to fill this position responsible for driving ticket sales, increasing audience engagement, and enhancing brand visibility to support its mission. [READ MORE] Place a classified ad AJ CLASSIFIEDS Reach our 30,000 subscribers - Advertise on ArtsJournal jobs Executive Director – The Knights The Knights seek a strategic and entrepreneurial leader to be Executive Director of this ambitious and creative New York City-based orchestral collective. [READ MORE] jobs Tennessee Performing Arts Center seeks Vice President of Marketing & Communications Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) is seeking a Vice President of Marketing & Communications to join our team in Nashville, TN. [READ MORE] jobs Director of Development – Asolo Repertory Theatre About the Opportunity Asolo Repertory Theatre (“Asolo Rep”) seeks an experienced leader to join their team as the next Director of Development. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and collaborative fundraising professional to join one of the country’s leading regional theatre companies at an exciting time in its history. Located in the beautiful […] [READ MORE] jobs Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art seeks Director of Advancement The Director of Development (DoD) will have primary responsibility for all aspects of the museum’s fundraising and philanthropic programs and will serve as a key member of the leadership team. [READ MORE] jobs Opening: Assistant Director of Educational Programs Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival seeks a full-time Assistant Director of Educational Programs. [READ MORE] jobs TheatreWorks Silicon Valley seeks Executive Director Apply to co-lead one of the country’s leading professional theatres and the Bay Area’s third-largest non-profit theatre. [READ MORE] jobs Ballet Hispánico seeks Director of Finance and Administration The Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) will lead all financial operations at Ballet Hispánico, establishing strong fiscal procedures and systems, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations. Reporting directly to the CMD, the DFA will play a critical role in strategic decision-making and operational management, supporting Ballet Hispánico’s growth and capacity-building efforts. Overseeing a […] [READ MORE] jobs PEM, Director of Exhibition Design PEM, Salem, MA, seeks a Director of Exhibition Design to lead its studio, serving as Lead Designer for select exhibitions. [READ MORE] Place a classified ad MOST RECENT AJBLOGS The Erosion of the American Arts - Joe Horowitz Mr. Big Mouth Sounds Off Welcome to the Gaza Riviera - Jan Herman “Trump”-l’Oeil & “Entrumpy”: Museums’ Re-envisioned Missions Under a Capricious Ruler - CultureGrrl The Case for Support: Mixed Blood Theatre Produces Positive, Quantifiable Impact for the People of Minneapolis - Alan Harrison A few words from your friendly neighbourhood Canadian - Michael Rushton DANCE What Carlos Acosta Looks For In Dancers - The Guardian IDEAS How Machines Have Supported Creativity. A History - Washington Post ISSUES Trump Seizes Control Of The Kennedy Center - The Atlantic How The Trump Administration Is Impacting Artists And Arts Institutions - Artnet UK Artists Had High Hopes For New Arts Policy From Labour Government. What Happened? - The Guardian France Slashes Its Culture Budget - The Art Newspaper NEA To Shift Funding Priorities Toward U.S. 250th Anniversary - The Washington Post (MSN) MEDIA The Tortured History Depicted In “The Brutalist” - Apollo Karla Sofia Gascón Says She Will Sit Out Awards Campaigning - Deadline All About Screen Savers (Remember Those?) - Tedium MUSIC Classical Music Is Good For Babies, Even Before They’re Born: Study - Classic FM PEOPLE David Edward Byrd, 83, Designed Iconic Broadway And Rock Posters - Deadline THEATRE Yet Another Director For Berlin’s Most Troubled Theater - The New York Times David Hare: London’s National Theatre’s Retreat From Repertory Is Diminishing Culture - The Guardian VISUAL India’s Giving Few Details On The World’s Largest Museum It’s Building - The Art Newspaper Why Are Arts Workers Who Make Things Work Not More Appreciated? - The Art Newspaper Emergency Action: Brooklyn Museum To Cut Ten Percent Of Staff - The New York Times Time To Start Charging Admission At UK Museums? - The Times One Of Luis Barragán’s Greatest Buildings Will Reopen As Cultural Center - Artnet WORDS One-Third Of New York Times Subscribers Don’t Subscribe To Its News - Press Gazette (UK) Digital Subscriptions Will Soon Pay For Entire Newsroom Of Le Monde, Says CEO - Press Gazette (UK) Happy reading! 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