Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

But this month, it's as if there was a subliminal email sent to a crew of bloggers in the arts suggesting a salon about audience diversity, and how/why to move in that direction. This never seems like a good idea. The posts are meaty and the commenting is robust. You should go and tell us all about it.

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

This year, we are excited to have expanded Community Conversations, live art, and music events at the NTC. Virtual Art Exhibit. Back by popular request, the 22NTC Virtual Art Exhibit brings you a space to unwind and learn about four talented artists from across the U.S. Topic suggestions will open in February.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The man is artist Rocky Lewycky , whose work is part of a group show of visual artists who have won a prestigious regional fellowship. It also complicates the question of what is acceptable in a museum. If an artist can come into a museum and smash stuff, what does that tell visitors? He smashes a sculpture of an animal.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2022

I first learned of Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way – A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity during a creatively difficult time in my life. I was working a demanding job at an advertising agency, averaging 50+ hours per week while unsuccessfully trying to maintain my personal art practice on the side. An artist date?

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Whole Whale

MAY 19, 2023

ArtHub AI Library : A collection of AI-generated art prompts and a platform for artists to showcase their AI-generated artwork. 14 Sites to Help You With AI Art Image Prompts : A curated list of 14 websites that provide AI art image prompts and resources. 25 Amazing AI Prompt Examples Everyone Can Use!

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 2, 2022

Which artists would your supporters be thrilled to see? You can auction off art donated by local artists, as well as jewelry, candles, and other crafts; trips donated by people who own vacation properties or timeshares; and gift cards to popular restaurants and businesses. Then, open up to questions and discussion.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To spark conversation, have different questions on board members’ name tags such as “Ask me about our new kid’s program, Jumpstart.” Customized artwork Collaborate with local artists to create custom artwork inspired by your cause. This symbolic gesture connects their generosity with something tangible and special.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Another way to think about this is to ask this question: If your organization ceased to exist , how upset would your board members, volunteers, and supporters be? If you’re supporting the arts , you could expand online offerings at accessible price points. You could take art to the schools. It seemed like a win/win. .

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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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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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sgEngage

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Question yourself along the way… What are the bestsellers? Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum collaborated with German toy manufacturer Playmobil to create a line of toys replicating art from the collection. Work with a local artist to create artworks inspired by your collection. Know your stock. Which items are selling poorly?

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I''m part of a cohort of ten arts organizations in California funded by the Irvine Foundation to strengthen our work to engage low-income and ethnically-diverse people. ON TACKLING A STUCK THING// Deborah Cullinan (Executive Director of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ) spoke about the change process. We meet in person twice a year.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Dilenschneider Today, Dilenschneider shares these added insights with us: Question: How many of the 25 people you profiled in your book were on your original list of landmark figures you planned to profile? Question: Who might have been the few additional people you would have profiled in your book if you had gone beyond 25?

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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

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. The majority of foundation funding for the arts goes to large, established organizations that present work that is based in the European canon for a primarily white, upper-income audience.

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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. It is framed as a kind of study guide; pop-outs provide questions that tease out opportunities and tensions in the narrative.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Kindful

MARCH 11, 2021

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, it’s time to find a new board retreat facilitator. Ask the right questions. They ask the right questions. Anyone can ask canned questions that lead to canned responses. Facilitating a high-impact, memorable retreat is an art and the best facilitators are master artists.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 28, 2013

Earlier in 2013, I was amazed to visit one of the new “Studio” spaces at the Denver Art Museum. The Denver Art Museum is no stranger to community collaborations, but we’ve been dipping in our toe a little more deeply when it comes to developing permanent participatory installations.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

My biggest question for these social psychologists is this: how do we apply their lessons to our work? There are many forms of the test and it can be modified to target specific questions of interest. Direct questioning. inclusion Museum of Art and History research social bridging Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

I just got back from doing a plenary session at the Arts Summit organized by the Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations. It's gathering of arts leader from throughout New York State. I spoke about social media and future leadership in the arts - and also did a workshop. So back to the question.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Note from Beth: How often have those of worked in nonprofits asked the question or been asked the question by funders, “What’s the impact?” ” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. Who are we trying to reach?

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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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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Ultimately, any approach to answering these questions is limited at some point by the size of the audience involved. OdysseyWorks is a collective that makes immersive art experiences for one person at a time. OdysseyWorks' projects get to the heart of the fiercest debates in the arts today. You have to generalize.

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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. Deborah''s vision for the arts leading the way to stronger future inspired me. But I couldn''t fully imagine how a museum or an arts center could embody it. A fitness trail for urban life.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

Yesterday, the local paper in Santa Cruz published a great article about my new book, The Art of Relevance. I've learned so much from my dad about making art, putting on a great show, inviting audience participation , and navigating celebrity. Learn more about The Art of Relevance and get your own copy here. I loved the piece.

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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. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! We love our See3 logo. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Is that a Zen graffiti artist? Marnie asks a great question about the organizational structures needed to actualize abundance: So, if we are building organizations on the abundance of goodwill, energy and eager hands — and if we are thinking of ourselves, organizationally, as platforms for change rather than agents for change.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2016

In those days, I was working with the New York Foundation for the Arts on a project called ArtsWire, an online network for arts organizations and artists. Back in the old days, there was a very small community of peer that I could ask questions and learn from — we had a listserv!

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2014

This question launches Howard Mansfield''s fascinating book about historic restoration, The Same Ax, Twice. How does this question play out in museums? While many of their examples came from history and natural science, one of my favorite examples is from art. Many artists work with assistants and reproducing processes.

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Bloomerang

JULY 19, 2023

Call or email funders with any questions about their interests and your eligibility. For instance, there may be several nonprofits that offer art programs for secondary school students, but you are one of the few entities that serve adults 18 years and older. Do you serve K-12 students? The BIPOC or LGBTQ communities? Senior citizens?

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 1, 2012

That contemporary art museum is on the front of the LA Times again," she said. I can't believe that an art museum can be front page news in LA for days." LA MOCA has indeed been front page news, especially in the art world. The first wave of critique focused on the very valid question of why Schimmel was fired in this manner.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Detail on distribution of artworks in the Tate collection by birthdate of artists, visualized by Florian Krautli. The Tate is providing metadata about artworks and artists in its collection--over 70,000 artworks in all. They raise interesting questions about the Tate''s collection and the imperfections of collections data.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 14, 2010

In his question to create the storage battery, he conducted 10,000 experiments before arriving at a method that worked. 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. But not all the artists are comfortable on Twitter.

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