Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2012

In that spirit, I offer a few things that have excited me in recent weeks: The MCA Denver Holiday Video is out, and it is very, very good. I have felt in the past that some of the MCA's holiday videos were a bit too pretentious, but this year's edition is full of joy and a message that really reflects what they do in Denver.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

An example of this is The Portland Art Museum’s partnership with the faculty and students in Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice Department for their annual Shine a Light program. Sometimes that results in an artist-led cascading collaborative sculpture of 475 visitor-made scrap metal fish.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 27, 2006

We decided to follow our artists and engage the audience on this issues. College students have led the fight on issues. We're going to give out 10 $25K grants - one game in particular - University of Denver students created a game called Squeezed. Engage in some practices that overcome differences. First person pickers.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I'm on the road this week, with speaking gigs in Oslo, Denver, Charlotte, and Roanoke (join the NAMP livestream on Sunday at 9:25am PT here ). are so similar." --A college student "We loved the post-it sticker idea, that way we can still share the artwork at home." I'm surprised I haven't seen something like this in other museums." "I

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 16, 2013

For some institutions, like the MCA Denver, attendance is seen as a very poor measure of impact. But for almost all museums (even MCA Denver), attendance is correlated with impact in some way. Or students who visit at some point and go on to careers in science and technology. But does attendance demonstrate mission fulfillment?

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