Candid

JANUARY 6, 2023

Kellogg Foundation This resource helps answer a key question on many leaders’ minds: How can leaders and companies create a culture that embodies a feeling of inclusion and a sense of belonging for all employees? Expanding Equity: Inclusion & Belonging Guidebook , by the W.K.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This guide is a great place to start to generate ideas for items and packages that will captivate your audience at your next auction event. Concert tickets Buying concert tickets has become like a competitive sport, as passionate fans flood ticket platforms to see their favorite artist live.

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Bloomerang

JUNE 17, 2022

At Grantli , I’ve created a Grant Tracking Template that will easily keep all of your grant deadlines in one place. Launched in 2020, the Black Trans Fund (BTF) seeks to change culture by shifting the narrative about Black trans communities towards joy and resilience, and away from violence and despair. Areas served: United States.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Last June, I facilitated a leadership workshop at the Americans for the Arts Conference where I tested some of the assessments and checklist tools in our book. Erika’s organization is a small to midsize arts organization, with six full time staff members and an operating budget of less than $1 million.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

We sent weekly Membership Monday emails; created a new space online and on social media with story time, art activities, curatorial walk throughs; provided holiday meals for purchase from our café each month; and hosted Zoom talks with artists from our collection. This set the pace for when our reopening would take place: August 13.

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Qgiv

APRIL 30, 2024

A memorable auction theme or fundraising gala theme creates a unique experience that leaves a lasting impression on attendees long after the last bid is placed. From pop culture and historical eras to geographical locations and seasonal celebrations, the possibilities are simply endless—and we’re just getting started!

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Davey Award winners have been announced, and we’re proud to say that Forum One and our amazing clients have officially won 10 awards in website and app design for nonprofits, health, government, cultural institutions, and more. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton – Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab. There are a lot of places online where people can meet up, have game jams, etc. In painted wood and styrofoam, it was a masterful and whimsical refusal to answer that pesky question of whether games can be art.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 25, 2023

It’s been a rough couple years for arts-based nonprofits. As pandemic aid has run out without patrons returning in pre-2020 numbers, many arts nonprofit across the country have had to shrink programming, cut staff, or close altogether. This includes summer art camps, museums, theaters, art galleries, and more.

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Tech Soup

JULY 6, 2012

Nonprofit arts organization Zero1 needed a way to help people make sense of its biennial, Seeking Silicon Valley, scheduled for September 2012. As recently noted by Frank Barry of Blackbaud, technology plays a key role as the art and culture sector engages its audience. To tackle the challenge, Zero1 decided to create an app.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

About Pride Month Pride Month’s origins come from the Stonewall riots which started on June 28, 1969, and took place over several days. A year after the riots, the first pride parades took place in several U.S. Their approach is holistic, with a variety of programs focused on cultural arts, wellness, and social justice.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Icommons Artist-in-Residency program is seeking artists who create work both in the physical and digital world and who engage with copyright in some way - either by using Creative Commons licenced content as their inspiration, or by licencing their work under CC; or artists who simply challenge the boundaries of copyright law.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. I'm fascinated by these places because of their ability to attract diverse audiences to idiosyncratic experiences, and I'm curious how they stay afloat.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Click here to listen to a very brief interview Over the weekend, I attended the Technology in the Arts Conference in Pittsburgh where artist and activist Faith Ringgold was one of the keynote speakers. " I had a chance to do a quick video interview with her about her thoughts on women artists. They are brilliant!

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

She is a lifelong artist, and was a therapist working in psychiatric hospitals before she made the leap into advertising (long story). Lisa Sonora Beam, The Creative Entrepreneur: How I Have Fun, Do Good Buy art from artists. One of the most fun ways to do good is to buy art and hand crafts directly from artists and artisans.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 29, 2012

Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. I'm focusing on the community response to the prospect of the millage and the way the public debate reflects broader conversations about the public value of the arts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. Maya couldn’t have known if her film had made a difference because there wasn’t a solid strategy in place to connect the story strategically to the movement she was hoping to serve. Why this story, now?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 15, 2015

"The arts are future-making." I wrote this down when Deborah Cullinan said it at a meeting of arts leaders about a year ago. We were discussing the potential for cultural organizations to have significant impact across communities: on planning, health, education, and quality of life. A fitness trail for urban life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts. But there is also a quiet revolution taking place in the field of documentary film. Guest Post by Vincent Stehle.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Elsewhere is at the top of my list of places I would most like to visit. In this post, George grapples with the challenges of balancing the care for a museum collection with that of contemporary artists-in-residence who are constantly reinterpreting it. This past July, artist Guillermo Gómez proposed to restore a piece of art.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 26, 2018

One that has found remarkable success is California’s Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. She says that the museum made changes in hiring and board recruitment practices, and invited the community in to help reshape the facility into a place that reflected and represented its people and their interests. The impact was dramatic.

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Achieve

JANUARY 18, 2023

For example, if you’re running a silent auction, it may take place over several days, allowing participants to get involved in your fundraiser when it’s most convenient to them. Having launched her own creative agency, Dominique was able to collaborate across cultures and bring creative visions to life through disruptive innovation. .

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. But the point is that the MAH, like just about every other museum in the known universe, was content to define the museum experience as something removed from the outside world, a rarefied church-like space of refined artistic reflection.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

This is the second installment of a book discussion about Ray Oldenburg’s book The Great Good Place. As I was reading The Great Good Place I identified with Oldenburg’s description of Main Street USA, small town America, and rural life. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

With the majority of daily activities taking place over the web, it’s no surprise that we’ve also observed a rise in virtual fundraising. You can easily setup a place for them to do this using our online fundraising software. Reach out to a talented volunteer or local artist to lead the class, and purchases the necessary supplies.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 24, 2011

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. We created a teen arts council, invested in staff, and invested in programming.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

On Friday, I facilitated the final face-to-face workshop for the Social Media Lab for 25 arts organizations inspired by Thomas Edison’s approach. It was sponsored by the Hewlett Foundation, Wallace Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Grants for the Arts, and the Koret Foundation. Joe Goode Twitter Presentation.

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 19, 2011

These things break the trance of the culture, and I love that. The One Love Alliance creates visionary arts community flash mob events that are both transformative and entertaining, and that are fueled by the values of unity, playfulness, creativity and love. Gabriela is the Founder of the One Love Alliance.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

The speakers for this panel include: Tracy Fullerton - Electronics Arts Game Innovation Lab Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History Elaine Charnov - The NY Public Library Jason Eppink - Museum of the Moving Image Syed Salahuddin - Babycastles Elaine Cohen: The New York Public Library 100 Years of the flagship library in New York.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 15, 2014

To actively weave together cultures across differences instead of accentuating the distinctions among them. In cross-cultural communities, there is some reaching across boundaries. But I also appreciate the complexity and interdependence of these constructs--especially in cultural institutions.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

Two weeks ago, Roberto Bedoya asked several arts bloggers, including me, to write a post reflecting on Whiteness and its implications for the arts. I am in no way an expert in issues related to racial and ethnic representation in the arts. They present masterpieces by white male artists and innovations by white male scientists.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 15, 2014

When basketball players are offering more cogent commentary on racial issues than cultural institutions, you know we have a cultural relevance problem. Museums are a part of this educational and cultural network. Schools and other arts organizations are rising to the challenge. What should be our role(s)?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 27, 2012

Now, a year later, I've seen the beginnings of how that question has borne out at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) , as well as hearing from folks around the museum industry about the interplay of exhibitions and events at their own institutions. And so, in this post, a few findings, and more questions.

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 1, 2007

Just over a year ago, musician, Olivia Greer , was commissioned by Culture Project , a New York City theater company, to write a song for the Women Center Stage Festival. Culture Project's mission is to present work that is socially relevant and that calls attention to issues of human rights and social justice around the world.

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