Museum 2.0

MAY 9, 2012

Our curator writes labels about licking the art. Eric talked about how the New York Hall of Science is trying to fund risk-taking, not just talk about it or under-resource it. Merilee Mostov and the Columbus Museum of Art. Participatory art and co-creation on the rise. I found this idea really powerful.

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Reflection Columbus Museum Participatory 43

Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Hundreds of unique, hand-made art postcards, containing words of compassion and solidarity are hand delivered to individuals and communities all over the world, bringing connection, hope, visibility and voice to women and girls whose lives have suffered from isolation, violence or repression. Each card is a piece of art in my mind.

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Costa Rica Interview Afghanistan Artist 60

Museum 2.0

AUGUST 25, 2016

Our Museum also produced a suite of online resources and reports that are impressive, honest, and comprehensive (though a bit tricky to navigate--I recommend using the search function). Interestingly--for good and ill--this transformative funding program coincided with a national funding crisis in the arts in the UK. and realistic.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 21, 2010

I've been involved with teaching and learning technology for nonprofits since 1993 when I worked for the New York Foundation for the Arts' online network for artists, Arts Wire. I always include a good list of resources, particularly how-to steps, videos, and screencasts. My job was the network weaver.

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Social Media Share Media Instruction 93

Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The majority of our public programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History are created and produced through community collaborations. It’s not unusual for us to meet with an environmental activist, a balloon artist, a farmer, and the Mayor of Santa Cruz all in one day. Large and small (or no) followings.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

Over the past two years, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History has undergone a significant transformation of program, audience, and resources. Our revolution is predicated on three big ideas: Art and history are something you do, not just something you learn about. You can download all the slides here. More audience.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 17, 2012

But we've just compiled all our attendance data for the past year at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (our fiscal year ends on June 30), and several people have written to me asking for the numbers behind our turnaround. were shamelessly resourceful. I promise--after this post, I'll stop writing about this.

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Tech Soup

MAY 24, 2011

Throughout the month of May, TechSoup is sharing a variety of resources on web design and development for nonprofits and public libraries. Last week, we profiled Gateway to the Arts' recent overhaul of its website as part of our Sharpen Your Website campaign.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Young, old, poor, rich, conservative, liberal, urban, rural, black, white, brown, red, yellow, gay, straight, preps, goths, rappers, artists, hippies, yuppies… you name it. Beauty is on the eye of the beholder and some people just like the chaos and artistic freedom of MySpace, while some like the neat clean, linear look of Facebook.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2005

On the Vlogging list, there is an interesting thread on Citizen Journalism as part of a class at Temple University Film and Media Arts. " In the thread, one person pointed to Verdi's Video Workshop where people are giving reflective criticism on the vlog genre. Department on Multimedia Production. The class is taught by Jen.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The type of events that will work best for your nonprofit will depend on three major factors: Your organization’s mission, your available resources, and your supporter’s preferences. For nonprofits whose missions lie in the arts and culture spaces, many of the events listed here are pretty par for the course.

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People Ideas Local Classes 52

Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

Reading The Great Good Place provides an opportunity as museum professionals to identify third places in our community, reflect upon our relationship to them, and consider the ways our museum could be a third place for members in the community. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community?

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Place Museum Discussion Pennsylvania 27

Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Museum Question Participatory Evaluation 45

The Modern Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2023

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes END-OF-YEAR EVENT FUNDRAISING The final quarter of the year unfolds with a blend of reflection and anticipation. We’re sharing ideas and resources on event fundraising. At the bottom of this post, we’ve also listed additional resources for setting up virtual events.

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Fundraising Virtual Game Hosting 52

NTEN

AUGUST 16, 2011

Frontiers may have better success if it were made specifically for those in migration policy work or the arts community. The struggle for the jury was to find how the simple gameplay reflects the game’s goal of empowering women to believe that they are capable of solving hard problems through teamwork and leadership.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

We’re sharing ideas and resources on event fundraising for 2021. . Traditional year-end fundraising events, such as galas, are meant to celebrate your hard work, reflect on your impact, and thank your donors and sponsors. At the bottom of this post, we’ve also listed additional resources for setting up virtual events.

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Fundraising Virtual Game Hosting 97

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

"I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art. I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out.

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Candid

APRIL 17, 2024

Or in an arts organization, one might focus on artistic direction, the other on the business model. Others have done so to allow for a broader range of identities —both to better reflect the diverse populations they serve and as a way to include more BIPOC leaders.

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Leadership Comparison Model Analysis 95

Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. It's common in many museums to offer cart-based activities that invite visitors (mostly families) to play a game, try an experiment, or make art.

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Question Participatory Museum Evaluation 49

Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2009

Here’s what happened: an art critic named Jerry Saltz posted an incendiary note on Facebook about the very low representation of women artists on the 4th and 5th floors (painting and sculpture) of MoMA. When those spaces are factored in, there are more than 250 works by female artists on view now. Let’s start there.

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Conversation Museum Artist Minneapolis 21

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I'm thrilled to share this brilliant guest post by Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education at the Carnegie Museum of Art. We also wanted to: Inspire visitors to engage in active looking: notice, reflect, react, and respond to the works of art and to the interdisciplinary quality of the exhibition. Reassert the "forum"?

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 24, 2007

She is also the creator of the beautiful cover art on the tea's boxes. In the Fall of 1999, brother and sister Ahmed and Reem had a vision to revive the "serenity, creativity, and comfort that is inspired by the simple art of tea." I am an artist and I was getting my Masters of Fine Arts at the time from John F.

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People Profit Interview Oakland 43

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2012

Shortly after, I decided to start curating resources on data visualization over at Scoop.It and continue to add the best stuff to the resources section on the session wiki. In my reflection post about the panel, I was musing about one of the points raised: ”How Can We Visualize Data If We Can’t Draw?

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Technique Data Hawaii Artist 109

Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

The Detroit Institute of Arts has been a precious anchor where many of us have created memories that helped define who we are today. Numerous colleagues and I made suggestions and prepared resources to ensure that we had protocols, and that our digital projects were accessible to anyone regardless of internet access or physical ability.

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Museum Detroit Arts Leadership 22

Qgiv

DECEMBER 2, 2021

If you have some talented artists, knitters, jewelry designers, and candle-makers in your youth group, consider hosting a craft sale at your church. Check with your local colleges, art or craft supply stores, artisans, and local companies to learn about other crafting possibilities. Check out these resources for more tips and ideas.

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Ideas Fundraising Fun Money 98

DipJar

AUGUST 24, 2022

The library is a state-wide resource, but the immediate community it serves is downtown Providence. The result is a rich array of fresh and innovative resources, programs, and services. The collections are notable for whaling logs (the second largest collection in the world) and their print and typography resources.

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Library Public Local Reflection 105

Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 30, 2007

The speakers were Alli Chagi-Starr, who is the Co-Founder of Art in Action ; Ilyse Hogue, the Campaign Director for MoveOn.org ; Melinda Kramer, the Founder and Director of Women's Earth Alliance ; and Reem Rahim, the Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing for Numi Tea. As Britt said, I'm a founder of Art in Action. laughter] OK.

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