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Finding Strength Through Neurodiversity

Media Cause

While my Mom was never diagnosed with dyslexia, she definitely has some tendencies. Many creatives, artists, and musicians have it and have found a way to navigate and create beautiful work. For me, it’s given me better visual and spatial skills, which lends itself well to my photography hobby.

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19 Easy Fundraiser Ideas Your Nonprofit Can Try Today

Neon CRM

Recycling electronics definitely qualifies. Do some outreach to any local photography groups or classes to see if they would be interested in participating. Art Show and Auction Host a low-cost art exhibition and auction, showcasing local artists’ work and selling pieces to raise funds.

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Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement

Museum 2.0

Useful definitions of participatory activities as "curatorial, interpretative, and inventive"--this is a reframing of the Forrester research framework for online participation which is probably more appropriate to the arts context. What's the relationship between the goals of participation and the techniques employed?

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Steal these 42 Creative Pinterest Ideas for Nonprofits

Care2

Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. In exhibits and galleries where photography is permitted, of course!) People definitely browse Pinterest for visual eye-candy, but bring in your mission and educate people when you can, it's your mission after all! Pin your students science fair projects.

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

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Cary McQueen Morrow: Arts and Technology Thought Leader

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(Disclaimer: I'm on the honorary committee because 13 years ago I worked on an online artist network with the New York Foundation for the Arts and CAMT was the partner.) Many of us started off as artists and then ended up managing arts organizations. Tell me a little bit about how you got into arts management? Actually, I???

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Guest Post: A Tale of Two University Museums

Museum 2.0

The Siskind Center gives students and the public the opportunity to pore over the photography in the Museum's large collection of works on paper. We artists and designers love our cheese-cube-and-wine-fueled Gallery Nights and those should stay. Faculty shows tempt students into the Museum to see the work of their professors.

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