Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. Traveling Postcards workshops are easy and fun for everyone.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. We partnered with the Film Center to conduct workshops with community organizations around personal object storytelling. These really informed the project, and helped get the word out about the gallery.

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Story Interview Museum Audio 53

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Many museums produce superb lesson plans, curator interviews and artist interviews for the web. Conversation has been key to Smarthistory’s success, and we’ve worked with several museums to facilitate the creation of conversation-based content. But there are other content models we can explore.

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Learning Free Museum Online 55

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. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. In the education department, we have some key values around slowing down, conversation and participation around art, and deep looking. interview Museums Engaging in 2.0

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Museum Story Project Design 43

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. I designed electricity workshops for families. For the second interview, I even built a little lie detector and brought it in. I started meeting people through the blog--both those I interviewed and early readers who commented.

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Museum Boston Participatory Job 52

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 7, 2007

I can't remember the details of our conversation, except that he used a lot of words beginning with "C": courage, commitment, calling, creativity. You have to take action either by taking a class, doing an informational interview, volunteering, interning, going to an event, or taking a job in the field that interests you. Find support.

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Advice Difference Green Classes 40