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Celebrate, Educate, and Fundraise: Planning Winning AAPI Heritage Month Events

The Modern Nonprofit

Displaying AAPI visual arts is another engaging activity. Curate an exhibit of paintings, photographs, sculptures or crafts by AAPI artists. Their grassroots activism brings important perspectives. Artists, writers, and cultural leaders. Incorporate interactive elements that allow attendees to directly participate.

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New Approach, Historic Mission: Remaking a Factory Museum via Community Co-Production

Museum 2.0

In the fall of 2013, they launched Re:Make , an ambitious project to redevelop the museum, live, on the floor, with a mix of staff, guest artists, and community members. They host public co-making events, invite groups to book workshops directly, engage on twitter and tumblr , and encourage drop-in participation. It''s serious.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Visitors bond and bridge through participatory experiences at MAH. Assess and Respond to Community Assets and Needs If you want to activate community engagement in your programs, you first need to work together with your communities to determine their diverse needs, assets and interests.

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A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And the Producers Institute is a 10-day workshop that brings together a select group of documentary filmmakers and technologists to create outreach and activism strategies using online and mobile tools for activism.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

Museum 2.0

I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean''s book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions. Yes and no.

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How We Doubled Attendance in a Year: One More Post about How Events Changed Our Attendance

Museum 2.0

It happened because we: partnered with local artists and community organizations whose passion and generosity made it possible for us to create incredible events. actively sought out community needs to respond to. The other Fridays will be for more singular workshops, talks, and performances.

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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. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

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