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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach.

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

Museum 2.0

It's rare that a participatory museum project is more than a one-shot affair. Wikipedia Loves Art, Take One The first version of Wikipedia Loves Art first took place in February 2009. It started with a request from a group of New York Wikimedians to the Brooklyn Museum. Image verification was a Herculean effort.

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How Museum Hack Transforms Museum Tours: Interview with Dustin Growick

Museum 2.0

A new company in New York, Museum Hack , is reinventing the museum tour from the outside in. Dustin is a science instructor at the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) by day, Museum Hack tour developer/leader at AMNH by night. So I went on a tour…and experienced the museum in an entirely new way.

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From Community Arts To Community of Online Learners: Janet Salmons, Ph.D

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met Janet Salmons many years ago while I working on various arts and technology projects in New York State for the New York Foundation for the Arts. whether the collaboration is across sectors, disciplines and organizations, or within a given organization, with participatory decision-making and teamwork.

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Feelings and Participation

Museum 2.0

Today, I wanted to think about participatory elements, something so essential to this blog. Lumin at Detroit Institute of Art Now on to the interactives…I’ve been thinking a great deal about the function of interactives in museums. Me with a friend As I keep saying, I’ve been to a few museums of late.

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Joint Statement from Museum Bloggers and Colleagues on Ferguson and Related Events

Museum 2.0

The recent series of events, from Ferguson to Cleveland and New York, have created a watershed moment. New laws and policies will help, but any movement toward greater cultural and racial understanding and communication must be supported by our country’s cultural and educational infrastructure. It is not enough on its own.

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Flickr As Mechanism To Reconnect With Professional Colleagues

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I met her like ten years ago when I leading training workshops for arts educators, artists, and arts organizations throughout New York State on how to use the Internet. These projects were done nearly ten years ago, but they presage what the social web, participatory media. Meet Susan Silverman.

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