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Sunday, January 2, 2022
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Center of Creative Arts – Senior Director of Arts Programming 

Senior Director of Arts Programming will be a member of COCA’s senior leadership team, actively contributing towards the continuing realization of the organization’s mission and vision. [READ MORE]

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Choral Arts – Artistic Director 

Reporting to the Board of Directors, and co-leading the organization with the Executive Director, the Artistic Director will serve as the principal conductor for Choral Arts. [READ MORE]

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Grants Coordinator 

In 2021, the Foundation awarded more than $32M in general operating grants to over 560 grantees. [READ MORE]

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Program Director 

The Program Director plays a key role on the senior leadership team at the Fine Arts Work Center and is responsible for ensuring programmatic excellence. [READ MORE]

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Trinity Repertory Company – Executive Director 

Executive Director (ED) will lead Trinity Rep to ensure its flourishing artistic and financial future in partnership with the Artistic Director. [READ MORE]

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Texas Christian University – Teresa Ann Carter King Dean of the College of Fine Arts 

Texas Christian University (TCU) invites nominations and applications for the position of Teresa Ann Carter King Dean of the College of Fine Arts. [READ MORE]

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Bolz Center for Arts Administration Center Director Search 

The Bolz Center for Arts Administration in the Wisconsin School of Business (WSB) seeks a Center Director who can provide intellectual and administrative leadership of the MA in Arts & Creative Enterprise Leadership program, build institutional bridges across campus and in the greater community, and teach core arts management, entrepreneurship, and leadership courses. The Director […] [READ MORE]

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Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Theatre Arts (Playwriting) 

Columbia University School of the Arts invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor of Theatre Arts (playwriting: tenure-track/tenured) in the Faculty of the Arts. The successful candidate will oversee the MFA Playwriting Concentration. Duties include: leading in the identification and selection of MFA playwriting candidates; teaching and mentoring students; and […] [READ MORE]

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Executive Director – Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, Long Island University 

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU invites applicants and nominations for this leadership position at one of leading regional arts organizations. [READ MORE]

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Director of Development – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 

The next DoD will be responsible for planning and executing the organization’s fundraising strategy across all sources for annual giving, special projects, and capital campaigns. [READ MORE]

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Four Seasons Director of Artist/Patron/Corporate Relations, Marketing, Community Engagement & Next Generation Initiatives 

This position will be responsible for the management of Four Seasons’ artist/patron/corporate relations. [READ MORE]

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Music Director, Greenville Symphony Orchestra 

The Music Director is responsible for the repertoire, programming, and artistic production. [READ MORE]

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PRESIDENT/CEO – DAVID A. STRAZ, JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS 

The President & Chief Executive Officer provides the overall institutional and creative vision. [READ MORE]

 

MOST RECENT AJBLOGS

Pedro de Jesus talks about DE&I in the arts and transforming lives

- Aaron Dworkin

The Year in CultureGrrl, 2021 Edition: Searching for Signs of Intelligent Life in a Covid-Clouded Universe

- CultureGrrl

Right around the corner

- Terry Teachout

“African Origin” Show’s Shortfalls at Metropolitan Museum: Facile Face-Offs, Repatriation Equivocations

- CultureGrrl

Taneshia Nash Laird shares the power of humanity in the arts

- Aaron Dworkin


 

 

DANCE

After 35 Years, One Of America’s Best Ballet Schools Is Getting A New Director

- MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)


This Nightclub Will Get Energy From The Heat Of Customers’ Dancing Bodies

- The New York Times


“Nutcracker” As Political Allegory

- World Politics Review


Creating Choreography For Animated Characters

- Variety


How Merce Cunningham Upended Concert Dance’s Conventions: Technology, Philosophy And Randomness

- Aeon


Too Many Words! (The New York Times Dance Critic Has A Problem With Spielberg’s “West Side Story”)

- The New York Times


A Choreographer Designs Movement For Robots So That Humans Will Trust Them (And Maybe Even Dance With Them)

- Scientific American


A Small Ballet Company Bounces Back From Hurricane Ida

- Pointe Magazine


Brigitte Lefèvre Helped Transform France’s Entire Dance Scene Into What It Is Today

- The New York Times


IDEAS

Why Historians Are Taking Video Games Seriously

- Lapham's Quarterly


What’s The Point Of New Year’s Resolutions If Time Is Already Determined?

- The Conversation


Big Tech Is Betting This Will Be The Next Big Cultural Thing

- The New York Times


How The Pandemic Has Changed Cities (Perhaps For Good)

- Wired


Ways To Think About Death (It Might Not Be So Bad?)

- 3 Quarks Daily


Let’s Look At The Toxic Damage Of Bullshit

- 3Quarks Daily


While Paris Wants To Be A “Fifteen-Minute City,” Sweden Experiments With A “One-Minute City”

- Bloomberg


Meditating On The Art Of Giving Up

- London Review of Books


How Disgust Drives Behavior

- The New York Times


Amazon As A Grand Narrative

- N plus 1


Does Art Really Have Role When Times Are Bad?

- The Point


Is The Golden Age Of Travel Over?

- Aeon



 

ISSUES

Why Obama-Era Pop Culture Seems So Dated Now

- Vox


Lincoln Center Was An Enormous Urban Renewal Project. What About The People Who Were Moved Out?

- Gothamist


After A Painful Hiatus, The Mummers Will Be Strutting Down Philadelphia’s Broad Street This New Year’s Day

- The Philadelphia Inquirer


So, What Goodies Are Going Into The Public Domain In 2022?

- Smithsonian Magazine


Here’s One Place Where High-Tech Firms Are Willing To Give To The Arts

- San Francisco Chronicle


Censored Versions Of Books And Films Released In Spain Under Franco Are Still In Use There

- The Guardian


Paris Revives a Cultural Icon – The Seine

- Washington Post


Belgium’s High Court Overrules Government’s Shutdown Of Cultural Venues

- Variety


We’re Addicted To Stories With Trauma. But Are We Lazy?

- The New Yorker


Maria Rosario Jackson Confirmed as New NEA Chair

- Washington Post


Boston’s New Mayor Has Big Plans For The Arts

- MSN (The Boston Globe)


Los Angeles’s Leading Arts Institutions Will Require Audience Members To Have Booster Shots

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


Identity Crisis? Universities Are “Triaging” Away Humanities

- The Baffler


NY State Tries Out A Universal Income For Artists

- Albany Times-Union



 

MEDIA

Yes, Representation On Screens Makes A Difference — And Not Only With Actors

- Yahoo! (Chicago Tribune)


TikTok Is Now The World’s Most-Trafficked Website (Beating Out Google)

- PC Gamer


Puzzling Over What To Make Of 2021 In The Movie Business

- Variety


“The View” Is Having Trouble Finding A Conservative To Replace Meghan McCain

- New York Magazine


“Don’t Look Up” Critics And Defenders Go To War

- The Daily Beast


Are Critics Missing The Point Of “Don’t Look Up”?

- Current Affairs


What Public Radio Stations Use Ratings For

- Inside Radio


We’re Overwhelmed By The Amount Of Culture Being Produced Today

- Wired


How Streaming Devalues Movies

- Slate


“A Movie In Conversation With Its Own History”: How Spielberg And Kushner Retrofitted “West Side Story”

- Vulture



 

MUSIC

Growth Industry: UK Vinyl Album Sales Increase For 14th Year

- The Guardian


How Artificial Intelligence Is Being Used In Making Music

- CNET


2021’s Jazz Critics’ Poll: The Year’s Best Jazz

- Arts Fuse


Is Susanna Mälkki About To Be Named Music Director At A Big US Orchestra?

- The New York Times


Seattle Musician Shares The Scoop On Streaming: 80,000 Plays = $90

- Seattle Times


Jeanine Tesori And The Art Of Musical Storytelling

- The New York Times


Will Crutchfield: New Opera Is Thriving

- Osborne on Opera: A Critical Blog


How Orchestras Are Trying To Diversify Audiences

- Strings


When Someone Hears Music That Isn’t There

- Ludwig Van


Recontextualizing Messiahs In Confronting Racism

- The Conversation


“A Ring Of Authenticity”: Period Instruments Make An Astonishing Difference In Kent Nagano’s “Das Rheingold”

- Classical Voice North America


Checking In With Claire Chase’s Multi-Decade Flute Project

- The New Yorker


YOLA Grand Ambitions For Music In LA

- The New York Times


The Landmine Field That Is Pop Christmas Music

- The Guardian


The Formula For A Good Christmas Song

- The Conversation


Do Egyptians Think Verdi’s “Aïda” Is Cultural Appropriation? Merely Silly? Actually, They Don’t

- The Guardian



 

PEOPLE

Betty White, 99

- TMZ


A Comprehensive List Of Arts And Entertainment Figures We Lost In 2021

- BBC


Has King George III Gotten A Bum Rap?

- Bloomberg


David Wagoner, Leading Poet Of The Pacific Northwest, Dead At 96

- The New York Times


Perspective: Seeing The Real Chuck Close

- The New York Times


Kennicott: Remembering Wayne Thiebaud

- Washington Post


Filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée Dies Suddenly At 58

- Deadline


E.O. Wilson, 92, Often Referred To As Darwin’s Successor

- Washington Post


Arts Administrator Christopher Newton, 85

- CBC


Some Of The Creative People We Lost This Year

- The New York Times



 

THEATRE

On Broadway This Year, Design Was Pulling A Lot More Weight Than It Should Have Had To Pull

- The New York Times


Trying To Get More Women Into India’s Growing Standup Comedy Scene

- Deutsche Welle


Good Things Happen When A Variety Of Black Viewpoints Can Be Seen On Broadway

- The New York Times


Amid The Omicron Wave, Understudies Have Become The Heroes Of Broadway

- The New York Times


Watch: “Music Man” Understudy Kathy Voytko Steps In At Last Minute. Hugh Jackman Pays Tribute

- Broadway World


American Contemporary Theatre Closes Its Acclaimed MFA Program

- San Francisco Chronicle


Omicron Shutdown Comes At A Bad Time For Broadway

- Washington Post



 

VISUAL

Uffizi’s Director Wants Museums To Use Art To Address Social Ills

- The Guardian


Why Are NYC’s Public Monuments Crumbling From Neglect?

- The New York Times


The Art World’s Biggest Controversies Of 2021

- Artnet


AI Robots Are Digitally Reconstructing Lost Works Of Great Art

- The Washington Post


Second 1887 Time Capsule Found Under Robert E. Lee Statue

- The Guardian


The Rare Fabric That Was Coveted 200 Years Ago That No One Now Knows How To Make

- BBC


Once Threatened, This One-Million-Pound Artwork Is Being Rehomed

- The New York Times


99 Finds: The Most Exciting Art And Artifact Discoveries Of 2021

- Smithsonian Magazine


“Junk Turned Into Art”: L.A.’S Watts Towers At 100

- Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)


Is The Met Museum Well-Served By Showcasing Disney?

- The New York Times


Belgium Agrees To Return Art Looted During Colonial Period To DR Congo

- The Art Newspaper


Kaywin Feldman’s Plans For The National Gallery

- The Guardian


In The Middle Of The Night, Hong Kong Authorities Remove Tiananmen Memorial

- Washington Post


Man Buys $30 Drawing. Now It Could Be Worth Millions

- The New York Times


An Iconic Chicago Building Is Saved

- Chicago Reader


Is Paris’ Grand Palais Throwing Out Its Big Art Fair?

- Artnet


Even The Color Blue Is Having Supply-Chain Problems

- Yahoo! (The Washington Post)



 

WORDS

Remember Rebuses?

- Mental Floss


Proposed Oklahoma Law Would Punish (And Fire) Librarians If They Don’t Remove Books

- McAlester News


Authors And Publishers Win Almost $8 Million In Suit Against E-Book Pirates

- Publishers Weekly


Romance Novels About Nonwhite Characters Are Finally Breaking Through In The Marketplace

- The Guardian


Dostoevsky And The True Crime Craze In 1860s Russia

- The New Republic


The Best Books Of The Past 125 Years? The NYT Book Review Asked Readers…

- The New York Times


The Original Novel “Bambi” Was No Cloying Tale For The Kiddies

- The Observer (UK)


The World Has A Plan To Try To Save Indigenous Languages. Not The US

- The Hill


In The 80s Booksellers Took Over A Belgian Town. Now The Tourists Have Left…

- Washington Post


All The Books That Won Big Prizes This Year

- Bookmarks


Why Our Ideological Fights Descend Into Fights About What Words Mean

- The Point



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