article thumbnail

Mental Health Awareness Month: 10 Nonprofits Advocating For Change

Kindful

Headquarters in: Denver, CO. Mission: Porter’s Call is a place where artists can find counsel, support, and encouragement, specifically attuned to their unique profession. 3 Tips For Sharing Heavy Content Without Scaring Supporters Away – Kindful. Impacting: Mental health. How To Support Colorado Mental Wellness Network.

Awareness 109
article thumbnail

End of Year Smatterings and Inspirations

Museum 2.0

In that spirit, I offer a few things that have excited me in recent weeks: The MCA Denver Holiday Video is out, and it is very, very good. I have felt in the past that some of the MCA's holiday videos were a bit too pretentious, but this year's edition is full of joy and a message that really reflects what they do in Denver.

Denver 33
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Populism, Commercialism, and Jeffrey Deitch: The Shifting Debate about LA MOCA

Museum 2.0

Schimmel's departure was seen as the final confirmation of Deitch and Broad's populist, celebrity-driven approach to exhibitions, and that concerned many critics , artists , and museum directors in the art world. Attendance has increased in the past two years from 150,000 to 400,000 annually. They are not dollars. They are not deliveries.

Artist 52
article thumbnail

Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

Culture 49
article thumbnail

Dangerous/Ridiculous: Reflections on AAM

Museum 2.0

While the content of any one meeting wasn't mind-blowing, the fact that we're now sufficiently technology-mediated that these kinds of informal, spontaneous events can happen is really exciting. In particular, we had a great group of 15 talking about participatory history experiences on Sunday.

article thumbnail

Peace Games & International Efforts

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We decided to follow our artists and engage the audience on this issues. We're going to give out 10 $25K grants - one game in particular - University of Denver students created a game called Squeezed. Digital Incubator Content - ten grants broadband innovators. We go to WOW server and get a group together. First person pickers.

Game 50
article thumbnail

AAM Recap: Slides, Observations, and Object Fetishism

Museum 2.0

which followed a very strict formula that frustrated some participants who wanted to be treated like artists, not contributors to a data experiment. Some of the most interesting questions included: how do you verify the accuracy and authenticity of visitor-contributed content? This was particularly true for Click!,

Slides 20