Museum 2.0

MARCH 6, 2013

They present masterpieces by white male artists and innovations by white male scientists. When non-white stories are told, they are always flagged as such--an exhibition of Islamist scientific inventions or women pioneers or African-American artists. Not as humans, or artists, or scientists, or dancers.

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Museum St. Louis Arts Artist 55

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 26, 2007

The "Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images" exhibit at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art manages to both celebrate and betray fair use at the same time. These are canonical fair uses -- an artist who takes from another artist and uses his work to make new work.

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Los Angeles Remix Museum Artist 50

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. You can put the info.

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Blogger Arts Change Azerbaijan 40

Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

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. OK, so we made up the last couple of those prohibitions. That doesn't entail a big, expensive redesign.

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Museum History Arts Work 31

Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Here are some examples of ways people have used the arts to create social impact: 50 Crows Social Change Photography "Images inspire people to act. Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. Our hope is that the information presented here will educate and inspire."

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Arts Impact Photography Artist 40

Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The little girls are part of a culture, the Shona culture in Zimbabwe, as maybe you know, uses poetry. PG: In these different cultures, the women seem to know, in ways that outsiders might not, what can be effective. The women are using those forms that are the most effective in their cultures.

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Photography Interview Zimbabwe Change 40

Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2008

We’re not accustomed to the idea that they are enfranchised in the cultural process. It’s not really a photography show in the way I would curate a photography show.” I asked Shelley if she received any negative feedback from the artists about their work being treated like data rather than art.

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Museum Artist Photography Arts 20