CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Master’s in Arts Administration & Museum Leadership Accelerate your career with Drexel’s flexible graduate program tailored to your needs. Online, on-campus, or hybrid programs. Complete your degree in 15 months or on your own schedule in a program with 45+ years of success. Assistantships and Fellowships available.[READ MORE]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL, ASHLAND, OR Oregon Shakespeare Festival invites applicants and nominations for this leadership position at one of nation’s leading regional theatres. The Executive Director will join Artistic Director Nataki Garrett in a co-leadership role to guide OSF’s vision and strategy.[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]
jobs Queen’s University – Appointment of Director, Agnes Etherington Art Centre The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University is now seeking a new Director who will articulate a bold and dynamic vision that leverages the Agnes’ impressive strengths, collections, and successes through an exciting stage of transformational growth. Queen’s University, and Agnes Etherington Art Centre, are situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory. The Agnes […] [READ MORE]
jobs Los Angeles Ballet seeks Controller Los Angeles Ballet is seeking an individual with a minimum of 5 years of experience as a controller, preferably for nonprofit arts institutions. [READ MORE]
education Global Arts Management Fellowship The DeVos Institute invites applications for its Global Arts Management Fellowship – a three-year, cohort-based intensive for arts and cultural executives. Apply by Nov. 15. [READ MORE]
OUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF AUDIENCE STORIES
This Week’s Top Audience Stories: Streaming Is Changing The Audience This Week’s Insights: Fast-forward Netflix movies?… Should bookstores charge admission?… So many streamers, too much choice… The end of the Golden Age of TV… What the point of a library? Department of Let-The-Consumer-Define-Their-Experience, Part I: Netflix says it will introduce a feature that audiobooks have offered for a while now – the ability to speed […][read more]
The following is an incredibly thoughtful response written by Carter Gilles to my post The Chasm of Disbelief. I am particularly grateful to him for pointing out the important role that doing the arts, participating in the arts, can play in overcoming disbelief. – Doug Borwick
Most props, most props, you could hold them in your hand. A suitcase. A tooth. A (shudders) doll. They’re part of the pleasure of theatre, the imagination made palpable. But sometimes, sometimes they stay imaginary. – David Jays
This was one the now-forgotten Warner/Reprise “Loss Leader” albums, a series of low-priced sampler albums by Warner/Reprise artists that was one of the most ingenious and effective promotional ideas ever to be devised by a major record label. – Terry Teachout
