Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Note: This is a post about gender diversity. One was a conference on pushing our practice in art museums. I was an electrical engineering student (1% women), then worked at NASA (10% women), and then slowly slid from science museums (about 50% women) to history and art museums (60-80%, depending on who you ask). Any guesses?

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Arts Problem Open Museum 54

Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It can be hard to move against the tide about this, but try to focus your own thought away from seeing ‘being stressed” as equivalent to “trying”. Elizabeth) Women are particularly prone to feeling guilty about taking time to care for themselves, perhaps because it feels at odds with societal expectations of women as caregivers.

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Museum Culture Professional Training 21

Museum 2.0

MAY 15, 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 10:15AM in Room 322 - On the Edge: A Talk Show about Risk and Reward Kathleen McLean and I are back again to host a freewheeling talk show in which we chat with unusual guests and terrific audience members--this year, on the topic of risk-taking and its attendant rewards and perils. Hybridizing programs and exhibitions.

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Baltimore Museum New York Mentoring 33

Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

Kathleen McLean led a terrific session called "Dangerous Ridiculous" about risk-taking in museums. While I'm always inspired by stories of how we take risks to make programming more relevant and dynamic (thanks, Lisa Lee and the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum ), I was particularly struck by Kathy's thoughtful framing of the session.

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Reflection Columbus Museum Participatory 43

Museum 2.0

MAY 2, 2012

We went through a dramatic financial turnaround and redefined our relationship with our community through a series of experimental participatory projects and new programmatic approaches. THINGS I’M MOST PROUD OF: Redefining our role in the community. Just doing it. MISTAKES I MADE: Using the F word.

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Museum Director Participatory Culture 55

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Sidford makes a clear, well-researched, and persuasive argument that "current arts grantmaking disregards large segments of cultural practice, and by doing so, it disregards large segments of our society." This is one of those important problems we were talking about last week. You should read this report.

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Arts Fund Artist Houston 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The exhibition will coincide with programs about art theory, online communities, and crowd theory, providing a forum for public evaluation and discussion about the process. But as Nina notes, they are doing research from this experiment about the role of independence and influence in a participatory experience.

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Arts Social Media Examples Artist 74