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Monday, October 14, 2019

Gibney Dance Company Administrative Director by Artsjournal

The Company Administrative Director is a full-time, exempt position. Reporting to Founder, CEO, and Artistic Director Gina Gibne), the Company Administrative Director will drive the dynamic …

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How Curators Took Over Creativity by Artsjournal

In fits and starts, the professional curator arrogated responsibilities once held by the artist, the collector, the historian, or indeed the critic, becoming the figure who assigned meaning …

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Boris Johnson's Government Proposes £250 Million In Culture Infrastructure Support by Artsjournal

The bulk of the new fund is being directed towards "major infrastructure and maintenance work at local and regional museums" and capital and technology upgrades at public libraries. " Arts P…

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MoMA's Opportunity To Tell New Stories by Artsjournal

Peter Schjeldahl: "The renovation is a big deal for the global art world, and certainly for New York. It runs up against problems old and new. Generously enlarged quarters will only marginal…

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Streaming Wars: Challenging The Binge-TV Model by Artsjournal

"Having had roughly six years to figure out how to best attract TV viewers trained to feast on content, none of the streaming services set to debut between now and next spring will be exclus…

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Hong Kong Has A New Protest Song Anthem by Artsjournal

The orchestra wear hard hats and gas masks, the choir emerges from a swirl of tear gas-like smoke, and as the music swells, cutaway shots show crowds thousands-strong marching through the st…

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Should People Have The Legal Right to Change Their Age? by Artsjournal

If chronological age doesn't matter, as I have argued, then people should be allowed to change this 'age' in their IDs to match their biological rather than their chronological age. " Aeon

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Kareem Abdul-Jabaar: Between High Culture And Low Culture by Artsjournal

There's a difference between the two, for sure. But a Marvel movie is marvelous art, and high art helps us appreciate it. " The Hollywood Reporter

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Have The Movies Gotten Too Loud? by Artsjournal

Many filmgoers say they believe sound levels have been crawling up the decibel scale, and not just for the adverts and trailers. Several sufferers also argued that a lack of balanced setting…

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Are You One Of Those Who Has Strong Feelings About Semi-colons? by Artsjournal

Punctuation " and especially semicolon use " is more art than science, in other words. " Times Literary Supplement

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Dance Company From Barcelona Denied Entry To US For LA Dance Festival by Artsjournal

The company, Perra da Nadie, released a statement: "Marta and 3 gentlemen who accompany her on this tour, flew from Barcelona with an overlay in Seattle where we were denied access to enter …

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"Fortnite" Season Ten Ends In Destruction: Video Games (And Storytelling) Will Never Be The Same Again by Artsjournal

In the game's final moments on Sunday evening, a giant explosion took place, sucking the world into a black vortex, leaving players stunned and confused. Brilliantly, Epic took the explosion…

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The Nobel Literature Prize Has Lost Its Way by Artsjournal

Once the ultimate arbiter of great literature, it has struggled to remain relevant at a time of cultural fragmentation. It could not continue on its historical course"awarding unknown Europe…

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Why Theatre In Los Angeles Is Missing Its Potential by Artsjournal

Charles McNulty: "What is the distinctive stamp of L.A. theater? In posing this question to myself, I find my answer to be dismayingly similar to what I would have said when I moved to Los A…

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Saturday, October 12, 2019

Faculty Job Fair by Artsjournal

Victor Valley College Faculty Job Fair October 21, 2019

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Friday, October 11, 2019

The Politics Of Noise (It's Everywhere) by Artsjournal

Noise is never just about sound; it is inseparable from issues of power and powerlessness. It is a violation we can't control and to which, because of our anatomy, we cannot close ourselves …

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Don't Get It Wrong: AI Is A Tool, Not A Mind by Artsjournal

"For two millennia, humanity has endured good and bad in the name of God. We are on the cusp of repeating the same drama on a new plane. Some people believe AI is a mind. They describe its f…

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How Artists Are Dealing With Student Debt by Artsjournal

In 2014, 60 percent had a bachelor's degree or higher, compared with 39 percent of all workers. The average cost of an arts education in 2010"11 was $40,000 per year after grants and scholar…

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A Seattle Theatre's Existential Question: What's The Cost Of Survival? by Artsjournal

"Sustainable. It was one of the hot buzzwords in the funding community a few years ago, until some began questioning why it was desirable to enable artistically limp arts organizations be be…

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Billionaire Francois Pinault's New $170 Million Paris Museum To Open Next June by Artsjournal

Pinault currently operates two other museums in Venice"the Palazzo Grassi and the Punta della Dogana, both of which were also designed by Ando. Pinault is known for putting on must-see shows…

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London's Creative Industries Are Growing Much Faster Than In The Rest Of The UK by Artsjournal

Productivity in London's creative industries has grown much more rapidly than in the rest of the UK, at 2.7% per year compared to 0.4%, calculations based on DCMS data from 2011 to 2017 show…

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Coachella's Desert X Partners With Saudi Arabia (And Three Artist/Board Members Resign In Protest) by Artsjournal

Although the Saudi exhibition signals growing international interest in Desert X, three of 14 members on the organization's board of directors resigned over the decision to work with a gover…

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Hacking The Museum Tour " Entertainment With Attitude by Artsjournal

"I found some of the interactive portions of the tour superficial and a bit corny, but the younger, millennial members of the group seemed to enjoy them. Bringing games, imagination and crea…

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Why Do People Support Their Orchestra? This Couple Gave Tens Of Millions To The Toronto Symphony by Artsjournal

Mary and Tom Beck emigrated to Canada in the 1950s from Europe. "When Tom got to England, not being an English-speaking person, the school didn't know what to do with him. They took him at a…

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LA's Studio Musicians Say Move To Streaming Makes Will Kill The Business by Artsjournal

As television's center of gravity begins to pivot decisively to made-for-streaming product, the lack of residuals for such programming becomes more and more urgent for musicians. "This is an…

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

Why Mark Bradford Is One Of The Most Important Artists Of Our Time by Artsjournal

For example: "There's nothing revolutionary about an artist creating a foundation. But the nonprofits set up by Andy Warhol, Joan Mitchell and Robert Rauschenberg, to name three, were create…

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Report: Arts Engagement Declines Slightly In UK by Artsjournal

'Taking Part' figures released by DCMS indicate about 77% of English adults engaged with the arts at least once in the past 12 months, a drop of about 1.5% on the year prior. About two-third…

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Welsh Arts Funder Sets Minimum Pay For Artists by Artsjournal

"We won't fund applications where you aren't paying yourself or your co-workers at all, or are only paying a low/nominal fee," the document says. " Arts Professional

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What Is A Choreopoem? by Artsjournal

Short answer: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf." The longer answer is movement set to and inspired by poetry. And it traces back to the 1970s and a wri…

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The New MoMA: More Space, Less Story by Artsjournal

Phil Kennicott: "MoMA is billing these changes to the display of the art as the most significant aspect of the expansion. Not only is the museum growing, it is changing its relationship to t…

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Language Frames How We Think About Things. But Changing That Language Can Backfire by Artsjournal

When a linguistic shift is too heavy-handed, too obviously driven by an agenda to change hearts and minds, it can run up against a response known as reactance. Reactance is our mind's instin…

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