Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Everyaction

JULY 12, 2018

Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Rated by BonApetit Magazine as the #1 Best New Restaurant in America in 2017, Turkey and the Wolf serves up the best sandwiches one EveryAction staffer has ever had. The Audubon Zoo. French Market.

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Local Louisiana Guide Turkey 47

Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Recent reports have alluded to class and race divisions between MySpace and Facebook users. In fact, I think MySpace is probably the best online representative of our society in terms of race and class that exists on the Web today, but it is incorrect to assume that MySpace is only a community of poor people.

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Myspace Teen Facebook Social Network 190

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

"I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art. I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out.

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Artist Digital Arts San Francisco 40

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. It's common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art.

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Organized by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA) , this year’s 29th annual awards included around 3,000 entries from companies and agencies of all sizes, making it one of the world’s largest awards of its kind. The Communicator Awards honor excellence in innovation and creative work in marketing and communications.

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Award Communication Colorado Museum 80

Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

The Detroit Institute of Arts has been a precious anchor where many of us have created memories that helped define who we are today. The label did not address that the artist sexually abused her, gave her syphilis, and colonized her home. It would be difficult to count the wonderful opportunities I’ve had here.

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Museum Detroit Arts Leadership 22

Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2012

When we talk about making museums or performing arts organizations more participatory and dynamic, those changes are often seen as threatening to the traditional arts experience. But what if the "traditional" arts experiences is a myth? What if historic arts experiences were actually a lot more participatory?

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Greece Arts Industry Participatory 51

Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 29, 2009

Not only are the kids getting educated, but they're also being introduced into their cultural arts again. The genocide selectively targeted the educated: doctors, lawyers, and scientists, but also artists and poets were all annihilated so as to make room for this zero culture, people with no expression, no personalities, no agendas.

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Interview Cambodia Children Uganda 46

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea. As Britt said, I'm a founder of Art in Action. laughter] OK.

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Podcast Arts Oakland St. Louis 40

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 29, 2006

Today's Big Vision Podcast transcript is from an interview with arts activist, Alli Chagi-Starr. We'll be taking with arts activist Alli Chagi-Starr, the Cultural Arts Director for the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights ' Reclaim the Future Program. You can hear the orginal podcast on Gcast , Odeo or iTunes.

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Arts Podcast Action Interview 40