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Sunday, May 02, 2021

NFTRW Weekly Top Five

Here are the top five comment generating posts of the last week:

Should You Include Your Mailing Address On Your Resume?

lifehacker.com: Most every resume template includes a spot for your home address, but do you really need to include it? If you’re a privacy hawk, you might chafe at doing so, and not only because prospective employers are highly unlikely to choose to contact you via snail mail: Including your address on something as public as a CV might introduce a degree of socioeconomic bias into the recruiting/hiring process, potentially harming your chances at landing a new gig.

3D Print 18,000 Famous Sculptures with Free Online Museum

Nerdist: Many museums around the world remain shuttered. Fortunately, you can still visit some of the best virtually, from the comfort and safety of your own couch. But why stop there? Forget just looking at pictures on your computer. You can now can bring some of the most famous and exalted works of art into your home. And you can do it for free.

The Anything But A Paintbrush Challenge

www.rosco.com: Scenic Artist Tessa Broyles shared her version of the “Anything But A Paintbrush” challenge in one of her recent Behind The Scenics Videos. In this case, she chose to paint a landscape scene without her trusty paintbrush. Whether you are a scenic student or an experienced scenic painter, this project is a great way to practice using unique tools in order to develop creative techniques for painting scenery.

Chris Jones Once Again Fails The Theatre Industry

OnStage Blog: Chris Jones’ opinion column for the Chicago Tribune on April 22, 2021, titled “Broadway’s capitalist model isn’t perfect, but here’s why it works, and what can be fixed” brought strong criticism, critique, and anger from theatre workers both in Chicago, on Broadway, and nationally.

Dance Schools Are Updating Their Dress Codes to Become More Inclusive

Dance Magazine: Catalyzed by the national reckoning on racial injustice last summer, much of the dance world began to ponder some tough questions, one being: "Who does traditional dancewear leave out?"

 

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