Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 20, 2022

Feature relevant images. Download the image and paste it into your flyer. If you aren’t an art aficionado, this one’s for you! The crux of minimalist design is converting seemingly simple design elements, such as lines, shapes, and colors, into an artistic and attractive product. Highlight calls to action.

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Tech Soup

MAY 19, 2015

I'm thrilled to say that one of our winning 2015 Green Tech Success Story Contest submissions is TechSoup member Cary Creative Center , or "C3," an organization working to save materials from the landfill by turning them into beautiful art. Betsy Dassau, C3's founder and executive director, believes in the power of art.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 12, 2006

Unger (an artist who makes art to pay for his tech habit.) -- Anyway his site is called typepadhacks.org which collects useful hacks for extending the capabilities of TypePad blogs, provides a user forum for issues related to TypePad, and organizes users into a to lobby Six Apart for features. Found via We 2.0

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Connection Cafe

MAY 10, 2016

(NSD) aimed to improve the voting experience and increase civic engagement using public art. Working with the Knight Foundation, Mural Arts, Committee of Seventy and other key nonprofit partners, HMC created a completely new way to look at, and impact, voter turnout and experience here in Philadelphia.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, the Irvine Foundation put out a new report, Getting In On the Act , about participatory arts practice and new frameworks for audience engagement. Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement.

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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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Forum One

AUGUST 31, 2023

American Jazz Museum Best Arts Website Located in the Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, MO, the American Jazz Museum showcases the sights and sounds of jazz through interactive exhibits and films and features live music in their venues, The Blue Room and Gem Theater.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The new American Jazz Museum brand positions the museum to be a beacon of rich history and vibrancy for the community and neighborhood, and attract audiences from around the country to experience music from a range of eras and artists. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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See3

JANUARY 25, 2007

It was designed by a New York artist named Cindy Workman. Cindy is having an art show, and if you are in New York, you should take a look. Workman used to work in traditional collage techniques but has now moved to digital imaging. We love our See3 logo. The work remains as fresh and quietly fierce as ever.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 24, 2011

In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire. In 1992, I discovered the Internet, Well, and was hired by the New York Foundation of the Arts to be the Network Weaver for a network for artists, Arts Wire.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. on how different arts organizations using social media effectively. And finally, the top 20% of the 389 images are now in a physical exhibition space at the museum and on display until August. (If

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2005

I'm also a paper artist. I create art with paper. I've also played with the idea of computer arts & crafts -- integrating digital and handmade art. For example, using a rubber stamp to create an image, scan it, and manipulate it and then use it as part of a paper collage.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

You don’t have to be the world’s best artist to create a respectable infographic to help you make sense of your data, but it does take a little consideration and small amount of inspiration. The infographic (it’s a snippet – click through to see whole thing) on oral health was created in publisher with clip art.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Image from Gasland The Movie. Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts. Guest Post by Vincent Stehle.

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Achieve

JANUARY 18, 2023

For instance, you can post images from the last time you held this event if it’s recurring, or create an engaging graphic design that highlights the logistical details of your event and what attendees can expect if they attend. Post exciting content on relevant. social media.

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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

JUNE 17, 2011

After going to Amoeba, we visited a few artists' studios as part of the East Bay Open Studios , including the Institute for Mosaic Arts. Also excited to start editing my Arts and Healing Podcast interview with the lovely Susannah Conway about the healing power of photography. I haven't stopped listening to it since. Soooo good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

I’ve had the pleasure of working with ZER01 , the producer of the 01SJ Biennial , a multi-disciplinary, multi-venue event of visual and performing arts, the moving image, public art, and interactive digital media. The organization has a small administrative staff.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Make sure you share images of each item and organize them clearly. Reach out to a talented volunteer or local artist to lead the class, and purchases the necessary supplies. You can buy art supplies online at Michaels ! Have your lead artist jump on and run the class on Zoom. Zoom to the rescue!

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pinterest is a new(ish) and growing a image based social network and the newest darling of social media marketers. Scour the web for yummy recipes your congregants can prepare for the holidays, then pin images of all the yummy dishes that link through to the full recipes. Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 5, 2006

In two weeks, several hundred arts leaders from around the country will gather on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University to discuss the role of technology in the arts field at the Technology in the Arts Conference. Tell me a little bit about how you got into arts management? Was that your progression? Actually, I???m

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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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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 4, 2006

Last Sunday each of us wrote a post to answer the question, “Who is your favorite artist (visual, dancer, performer, writer or musician) and why?” Anyone can submit an image that inspires them and that they think will touch or affect the person viewing it. Here is Beth's post and here is mine.

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NonProfit Hub

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Include an eye-catching image, interesting headline, details on how this particular form of involvement helps and then the form. 1. Chicago Artists Coalition. Note the large image with interesting artwork that first grabs your attention. 2. California Arts Council. 1. Coeur d’Alene Art Association.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 23, 2017

Earlier in June, House of Ruth raised $4,000 from its Redressed: Transformational Art Against Domestic Violence event. The event featured the work of 24 local artists who have deconstructed and repurposed wedding gowns donated by survivors of intimate partner violence. Image 1: Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Creative stuff: Things unique to your organization including the ability to create art, music, poetry, dance, etc. A set of screensavers and background images. Hint: It’s the XYY Soup Kitchen.”

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

Museum of Contemporary Art. The theme of MCON 2015 is “The Power of Influence: Art, Media, Business and Place” and an incredible lineup of speakers from the corporate, nonprofit and public sectors will share stories of the successes and failures they’ve encountered while changing the world. The Art Assignment.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Avatar - Square image up to 700k, consistently branded. This can range from somewhat bland one color background to something very artistic. The image must be under 800k in size, total image size should be around 1600px wide by 1200px tall. Recent Images - Tweet images that are identifiable on a small scale.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 25, 2008

Which has more social impact: the place frequented by educated art lovers or the one populated by blue collar joes? Which has more aesthetic value: the famous one-of-a-kind masterpieces or the images people love enough to put permanently on their bodies? I love having a permanent piece of symbolic art on my arm.

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Care2

JULY 13, 2012

ArtClix from the High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Museum visitors can use the in-app camera to photograph individual works of art which the app recognizes to serve up information about the piece, comments from past visitors, and for some works, audio orientations from the artist. MoMa by the Museum of Modern Art. Historic St.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 20, 2013

This week, the Santa Cruz Weekly's cover story is about my museum (the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History ) and the work we have done to make it a more participatory, community-centered place over the past two years. I love this image--not controlling everything, just helping steer the way and keep us moving forward.

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Have Fun - Do Good

DECEMBER 3, 2009

In 2006, filmmaker Faythe Levine traveled 19,000+ miles visiting over 15 cities, and interviewing more than 50 indie artists, crafters, and designers. The result is a fun, fabulous documentary that recently came out on DVD, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design. Images: Jenine Bressner, Providence RI 2006.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

For example, for the Brooklyn Museum's recent exhibition on women and pop art, Seductive Subversion , curatorial intern Rebecca Shaykin was assigned to improve (and write) Wikipedia articles on the 25 artists profiled in the show. Like any information source, Wikipedia has inherent weaknesses.

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