Arts Industry Life Participatory 
Deborah Elizabeth Finn
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. Philanthropy Reconsidered: Private Initiatives – Public Good – Quality of Life. Deciding Together Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking. Community-based participatory research. Here are 6 ways it could go.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 14, 2011
As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0
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Museum 2.0
JULY 1, 2011
I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. Up until she accepted the position to remake the MAH, she was a consultant for museums all over the world, and one of the industry's most prominent outside-the-gallery thinkers. Let me know what you think and what this brings up for you.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 20, 2009
Tagging communities or unbounded networks that might come to life around a tag are not new. If for instance, you tagged a tweet about your Foundation's performing arts program with #arts, your tweet would be amongst tweets about all kinds of topics in the art world - even tweets about Paula Abdul leaving American Idol.
Museum 2.0
OCTOBER 13, 2010
On October 20, a young woman named Kate will move into Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and live there for a month. Why the Video Contest Worked Video contests are one of the most challenging kinds of participatory projects to pull off. Not so for the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI). That will come later.
Museum 2.0
JUNE 10, 2010
I spent last week working with staff at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) on ways to make this encyclopedic art museum more open to visitor participation across programs, exhibitions, and events. While there, I was lucky to get to experience a highly participatory exhibition that the MIA mounts once a decade: Foot in the Door.
Museum 2.0
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
Want to experience art in a populist, energized, industrial/urban setting? Artprize , now in its second year, is a city-wide art festival with a $250,000 top prize to be awarded to the work that receives the most public votes. It was the best experience I've ever had talking and learning about art. Want to talk about it?
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