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On White Privilege and Museums

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Two weeks ago, Roberto Bedoya asked several arts bloggers, including me, to write a post reflecting on Whiteness and its implications for the arts. I remember a photography exhibition in Boston where one photograph of three young ballerinas was labeled with their names. Not as humans, or artists, or scientists, or dancers.

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Is Wikipedia Loves Art Getting "Better"?

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It started with a request from a group of New York Wikimedians to the Brooklyn Museum. At some institutions, staff members set up specific dates for photography and escorted photographers through the galleries. I hope you'll share your thoughts in the comments.

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What's Your Leisure Identity? Does it Bring You Into Museums?

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I saw every part of our vacation through the lens of the book, and my climbing partner (a highly active and artistic guy) and I spent a lot of time analyzing the choices we did and didn't make and how they reflected our expressions of identity. How does it reflect your personal identity? Is this enough? And where do museums fit in?

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8 Nonprofit Branding Strategies to Help Your Nonprofit Design with Impact

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Emily has taught in underprivileged communities in New York and Buenos Aires. Although your brand is reflected in much more than just its visual identity, your logo is the centerpiece of your nonprofit’s brand. Invest in High-Quality Photography. You can use stock photography if done correctly.

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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. Read more of Jim Spadaccini's reflections. Using it like a newswire similar to New York Times Arts Section. Finally the Library of Congress community tagging pilot project on flickr.

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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

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They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. The view counts, comments, favorites, most e-mailed, and leader boards of sites we all love (Flickr, Digg, StumbleUpon, NetFlix, The New York Times, etc.) What is Click? We have great content.

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How to Optimize Instagram for Nonprofits

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One way of doing this is by having an identifiable photography style or filter. . The New York Public Library keeps their Instagram bio short and sweet with a link that leads to their website. Remember : your follower count means nothing if it doesn’t reflect in your engagement. . Source: [link]. Source: [link].

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