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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

In the past, I've highlighted a few--like 826 Valencia and the Denver Community Museum --that I think have already influenced the way many traditional cultural organization do business. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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34 Clever Summer Fundraising Ideas

Whole Whale

We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Plan ahead and recruit some Instagram influencers to support the cause. Bonus points if the artist does an entire custom flash related to your cause.

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Guest Post by Lina Srivastava: Building Cultural Engagement for Change Through Media and Narrative

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The fact is that the more people are exposed to stories around a cause and the ideas behind theories of change, the more likely that change will be effected or you'll influence the people who can help create impact. But there's a difference in how you influence previously disengaged participants vs. active participants.

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What Should Happen to Underperforming Nonprofit Organizations?

Museum 2.0

They closed for capricious financial reasons, and they left disappointed artists and participants in their wake. What''s the alternative to this waste? Museum of Art and History Unusual Projects and Influences business models' Could each have offered MORE community value? Absolutely. Forget life support.

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The Diversity Question in the Arts Blogosphere

Museum 2.0

Diane Ragsdale responds with some thoughts on how funders could influence these issues, whether they should, and how organizations might respond. A rare blog post that combines personal narrative with statistical charts. My sister attended, and I kicked myself about 87 times for not knowing about it or getting out there.

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The Johnny Cash Project: A Participatory Music Video That Sings

Museum 2.0

To construct the video, artist Chris Milk assembled images and footage of Johnny Cash in a sequence along with the song. The result is a beautiful animated video that composites together alternative frames created by participants all over the world. That's hardly revolutionary. The site gives credit to contributors.

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What Could Kill an Elegant, High-Value Participatory Project?

Museum 2.0

It's my "artistic rendering" of one of the most inspirational participatory projects I know of--the Bibliotheek Haarlem Oost book drops. There was an alternative system next to the tagging system to improve the flow, but people did not want to be rude and waited patiently on their turn- so the alternative did not work.