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Friday, February 7, 2020

Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Plans To Be A National Leader by Artsjournal

New OSF director Nataki Garrett has big plans. In the next few years, she plans to push technology-driven initiatives, like the launch of a digital archive and an OSF app. She's also develop…

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Why Some Artists Are Participating In Saudi Arabia's DesertX by Artsjournal

The murder of journalist Jamal Kashoggi at the purported direction of crown prince Mohammad bin Salman in 2018 led several prominent board members to withdraw from the government-backed e…

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How Cleveland Ballet's Partnership With A Local Hospital Works by Artsjournal

"How is their pelvis shifting? How is their back moving? Is their foot collapsing in as they're plieing? Is their weight over as they jump onto one foot?" They're finding points of weaknesse…

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Inside The Trump Administration's Populist Campaign To Change Federal Architecture by Artsjournal

If adopted, the executive order would be the most significant attempt yet to insert the new politics of populism into the world of art, aesthetics and design. " Washington Post

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Phil Kennicott's Ruminations On The Power Of Music Amidst Grief by Artsjournal

"When grief loosens its hold, you return to the world you once knew, only to find it transformed by the thing that is missing; when, at the end of the Goldberg Variations, Bach repeats the a…

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Disney's "Hamilton" Movie Strategy: A Lucrative New Franchise by Artsjournal

The modern retelling of founding father Alexander Hamilton's life is a full-blown cultural phenomenon, one that has rolled out like a well-planned military campaign. The target? The hearts a…

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Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer by Artsjournal

The Jacksonville Symphony seeks Vice President & Chief Advancement Officer (CAO) responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and assessing the Symphony's development plans in s…

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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Can Social Mapping Explain Relationships Between Cultures? by Artsjournal

If you look at the U.S., Canada is culturally similar, as is Australia. If you look at China, Vietnam and South Korea are quite culturally similar. The point, though, is that the world, cult…

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American Institute Of Architects Attacks Proposed Trump Rules On New Federal Architecture by Artsjournal

"The AIA strongly opposes uniform style mandates for federal #architecture. Architecture should be designed for the specific communities that it serves, reflecting our rich nation's diverse …

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Are This Year's Oscar Best Picture Nominations A Tipping Point? by Artsjournal

Wesley Morris: "Assembled, these distinct movies become a representative entity, and a person like me notices a theme that could poke out an eye. And whiteness is part of that story. It's al…

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Christie's Holds An Auction Of Low-Priced Art And It's A Hit by Artsjournal

The sale, dubbed Christie's 100, featured 92 lots by many well-known contemporary artists, with bids starting at as low as $100. Certain works even sold for considerably less than the averag…

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New Zealand To Lose Its Only Classical Music Radio Station by Artsjournal

In proposed changes, the classical station will lose its FM frequency, all its presenters, interviews and live programmes. Playout of recordings will only continue as a fully automated playl…

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Trump Attacks Modern Architecture, Declares "Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again" by Artsjournal

In a seven-page draft executive order obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, Trump declares that the federal government since the 1950s has "largely stopped building beautiful buildings that the…

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Longtime Chicago Tribune Pop Critic Greg Kot Takes A Buyout As The Company That Owns The Trib Dismantles It by Artsjournal

A native of Syracuse, New York, and graduate of Marquette University, Kot worked for the Quad City Times in Davenport, Iowa, before joining the Tribune as a copy editor in 1980. Ten years la…

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LA Philharmonic: How To Change The Center Of Gravity Of Programming? by Artsjournal

"One of the big things that we're trying to do this season," Chief Executive Chad Smith said, "is really advance this idea that Gustavo has been initiating for so long, which is to shift the…

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University Takes Over Art School, Says It Will Purge All "Non-Christians" From Faculty by Artsjournal

"We do not hire people who are not Christian," Thomas Burns, Belmont's provost, clarified in a response to questions at a town hall on Wednesday. "So the ones who are not Christian will n…

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Who Placed Full Page Ads In The NYT And LA Times Attacking LACMA's Building Plan? by Artsjournal

On Sunday, full-page ads appeared in both the New York and Los Angeles Times with the slogan "saveLACMA FROM TANKING." " Hyperallergic

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Metropolitan Opera: Director, Sponsorship and Corporate Relations by Artsjournal

The Director of Sponsorship and Corporate Partnerships will lead a refocus on the corporate sector, generating a list of new high-level prospects, creating engagement strategies and active…

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Director of Operations / Production Manager by Artsjournal

Join a vibrant opera training program and lifelong music learning institute as a key member of the management team.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2020

What Ails The BBC by Artsjournal

"The BBC needs more than simply defending in its current state, as if any criticism will render it only more helpless in the face of a hostile government. If the BBC is to survive the mid-te…

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Critic Philosopher George Steiner, 92 by Artsjournal

He was what many people call a human encyclopedia"not in the American sense, a blank vault of facts, but in the French Enlightenment one: a critical repository of significant knowledge. His …

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Barnes & Noble's Blackface Celebration Of Black History Month by Artsjournal

"Seriously. To honor black people, they decided to showcase a selection of white-centered literary tomes. But, instead of acknowledging that the books were written by white people who wrote …

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General Manager " Theatre for a New Audience by Artsjournal

THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE (TFANA) in Brooklyn, NY invites qualified candidates to submit applications to become its next General Manager. The General Manager is a trusted confidant and peer…

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Polarized News Is Hurting Advertising Revenues by Artsjournal

Just 9 of the most 100 most-read news articles from 2019 were considered brand safe by keywords blacklists, per the study. Often many words are blocked in fear of one meaning, but then are m…

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Meet The People Addicted To Quizzes by Artsjournal

"There isn't even a word for us, really. Quiz players? Trivia fanatics? I prefer quizzers. But when I use that to describe myself to a civilian " to a non-quizzer " the inevitable inquiry fo…

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Opera Carolina Lays Off Its Executive Director by Artsjournal

In a statement to supporters obtained by the Observer, the opera said Beth Hansen's role was cut "as a result of a harsh economic climate for the arts and a possible reduction in fiscal year…

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This Year's Oscars Are Shaping Up To Be A Disaster by Artsjournal

In the year 2020 when there are SO MANY movies and, with Netflix and Amazon entering the Oscar conversation, no excuse not to watch them, people should feel more invested in these awards tha…

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UK's Post-Brexit Plans On Copyright Worry Creators by Artsjournal

Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) Deputy Chief Executive Barbara Hayes laid out the scale of the challenge the Government's decision presents to authors: "At a time when the U…

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YouTube Now Makes More From Advertising Than All Broadcast Networks Combined by Artsjournal

YouTube makes more money from advertising than the ABC, NBC and Fox broadcast networks"combined. It's an astonishing domination of the video ad market. " The Information

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Marin Alsop Named Chief Conductor At Ravinia by Artsjournal

She will be the first person to hold this post, which has been created for her, in Ravinia's 116-year history. " Chicago Tribune

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Remarkable Caroline Shaw by Artsjournal

Some composers deal with the threat of boredom by cramming their scores full of drama and extreme sounds. Others embrace it, stretching time and indulging in trancelike repetition. Shaw desc…

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