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Diversity in Design: Inclusion Won’t Fix a Broken System

Media Cause

As we look to hire BIPOC designers and amplify their voices, we also have to examine our industry definition of what “good” design is and start building a completely new system—by everyone, for everyone. . What were structures in places at the time? . What is beauty and good design, and who created the rules? But At What Cost?

Design 52
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The Art of Tech: Zero1 Festival App to Capture the Crowd

Tech Soup

As recently noted by Frank Barry of Blackbaud, technology plays a key role as the art and culture sector engages its audience. Siembieda-Gribben structured the hackathon to maximize learning and shared knowledge. Spread over three months and six cities, the festival presents a big challenge in keeping visitors engaged and informed.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. For example, in Santa Cruz there is a huge community of creative people who identify as artists in non-traditional media. That’s why we partner with fire sculptors, knitters, graffiti artists, and bonsai growers.

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Using Design Thinking for A Foundation’s Investment Strategy

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. How do we leverage the “rain” of culture change?3. How might we reimagine our goals so they aren’t trapped by old power values and/or culture?

Design 50
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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

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 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

I''ve seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

I've seen this line of questioning almost completely disappear in the past two years due to many research studies and reports on the value and rise of participation, but in 2006-7, social media and participatory culture was still seen as nascent (and possibly a passing fad). In 2008, the conversation started shifting to "how" and "what."