Whole Whale

MARCH 10, 2021

New records for sales of the digital good seem to be reached each week with an upcoming sale of NFT artist Beeple’s ‘Everydays’ compilation went for $69 million in March, 2021 (source: The Verge ). For a little history here, the game CryptoKitties was the first major use case for NFTs and has been a huge success.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I’ve really enjoyed interviewing individuals about the self-care practices they can do for themselves to improve work life balance and their own well-being. Each of the 56 cards offers an idea or prompt for a way to make space in your life and work, reduce stress, and get into the creative zone.

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Qgiv

JUNE 1, 2023

The purpose of Pride Month is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history. Learning about the people that brought the movement to life and the reason why Pride Month exists will help you better understand the meaning of the month! Pride Month isn’t all celebrations and rainbows!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Field Museum Store offers gifts for those interested in science and cultural, natural, and human history. 4) Life is Good :: lifeisgood.com. Perfect gifts for the nonprofit techie! 8) Field Museum Store :: store.fieldmuseum.org. 8) First Book Marketplace :: fbmarketplace.org. 10) Getty Store :: shop.getty.edu.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 14, 2011

As of May 2, I will be the executive director of the Museum of Art & History at McPherson Center in Santa Cruz, CA (here's the press release ). Because of the increased workload I expect in the months to come, as well as the likely possibility that we will start a Museum of Art & History blog, I'm lowering my Museum 2.0

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2017

The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History keeps growing and experimenting in our quest to build a stronger, more connected community. The Exhibitions Catalyst will lead the way in bringing together artists and diverse partners in the development of powerful exhibitions. We are dreaming big, reaching out, and going deep.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2006

Click here to listen to a very brief interview Over the weekend, I attended the Technology in the Arts Conference in Pittsburgh where artist and activist Faith Ringgold was one of the keynote speakers. " I had a chance to do a quick video interview with her about her thoughts on women artists. They are brilliant!

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Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2011

I've now been the Director of The Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz for two months. But the point is that the MAH, like just about every other museum in the known universe, was content to define the museum experience as something removed from the outside world, a rarefied church-like space of refined artistic reflection.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A farmer says he has had the same ax his whole life--he only changed the handle three times and head two times. While many of their examples came from history and natural science, one of my favorite examples is from art. Many artists work with assistants and reproducing processes. Gallerists hired another artist to reproduce it.

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Qgiv

JUNE 29, 2021

The Lake Wales History Museum recently hosted an online auction dedicated to vintage furniture. Here are some great examples that are pretty easy to acquire: Fishing equipment Boating items like life jackets Outdoor cooler Camping equipment and sleeping bags Outdoor camping cookware Good hiking sneakers or boots National Parks pass.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 11, 2012

I get excited about a lot of things in my work at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. But every once in awhile, something extraordinary comes up, something that isn't emergent or evolving or encouraging but something that explodes into your life like a comet knocking on your door.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2012

At the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH), we've started experimenting with a "community first" approach to program development. We had about thirty participants ranging from MAH trustees to artists, educators to architects, moms to grandfathers. It was an evening meeting with beer and chips. Then, we went honeycomb-crazy.

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Everyaction

MARCH 22, 2018

Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Ranked one of the country's best zoos, take a break from that city life and experience some wilderness at this beautiful zoo. The Audubon Zoo.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

At my museum, we pride ourselves on developing programming in a collaborative way that emphasizes diversity and intentionally encourages social bridging by bringing people together from different walks of life around cultural experience. inclusion Museum of Art and History research social bridging Unusual Projects and Influences'

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Museum 2.0

MAY 13, 2015

Visitors in front of the African Elephant Diorama at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC photo) This guest post was written by Karen Wise, Vice President, Education and Exhibits at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. “I History exhibits with hundreds of objects and no coherent story.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2017

A cheerful curly-haired deli owner stands in front of 30 of us and shares a quote he loves: "Artists live in the present and write detailed histories of the future." It's for anyone who wants to go somewhere in their day, their year, their life. A vision is a detailed history of the future. HOW DO YOU WRITE IT?

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

We bridge through experiences that bring together people from all walks of life, in shared celebration, respect, and learning. Bridges shrink gaps in housing, health care, and quality of life. Rather than operating in a bubble of “art people” or “history people,” we strive to connect ALL people in our county. To build a bridge.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 23, 2014

The Silk Mill is part of the Derby Museums , a public institution of art, history, and natural history. Or factory life in the 1700s. 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. Or silk production.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 29, 2015

These are the slides and notes for the talk I gave at the American Alliance of Museums conference on Monday, April 27 about the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. When I became the director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago, I took this work with me. We exist for people who live in Santa Cruz County.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

For years, I've been fascinated and a bit perplexed by the Elsewhere Collaborative , a thrift store turned artists' studio/living museum in Greensboro, North Carolina. Over the past seven years, this exploration has been undertaken by a staff of artists and more than 35 creators each year participating in our residency program.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 8, 2012

A dynamic design team will include developers, designers, artists, strategists, community builders, researchers, and studies on the success or impact created through gameplay. (MB, ARIS is used for designing local, geolocative games at Global Kids connected to libraries and schools to talk about the history and issues in their.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 23, 2013

They closed for capricious financial reasons, and they left disappointed artists and participants in their wake. Forget life support. Museum of Art and History Unusual Projects and Influences business models' Neither of these organizations closed because of a collective decision that they had outlived their usefulness.

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Robert Weiner

AUGUST 8, 2012

Tale #3: A decade or so ago, when I worked at a certain cathedral in [another state], I was sent an envelope full of grocery coupons and pornography from a man whose accompanying hand-written letter (yes… all caps) claimed him to be the grandson of Michelangelo (long life spans in that family). Turns out he was wanted for being a scam artist.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2014

I''ve now been the executive director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History for three years. Over the past three years, we''ve tripled our attendance, doubled our budget, and, most importantly, established deep and diverse relationships with community members, artists, and organizations across Santa Cruz County.

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Everyaction

JULY 12, 2018

Anyone briefly strolling through this park will likely hear the sound of a brass band and see local artists scattered along the sidewalk. Ranked one of the country's best zoos, take a break from that city life and experience some wilderness at this beautiful zoo. The Audubon Zoo.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 8, 2010

As I was reading The Great Good Place I identified with Oldenburg’s description of Main Street USA, small town America, and rural life. How can a local history museum connect with third places in the community? One book was about farm life and the other about a knight and his dragon. Facebook discussion board here.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Nothing warms my heart like seeing outtakes of a guy trying to scale the walls of MSI, or a man spinning a yarn about his family's long history sleeping in museums. In general, I liked videos made by artists, but some got overly poetic. Her thoughtful video was a salve for me after too many bad jokes from people in lab goggles.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 14, 2013

First up is Beck Tench, a "simplifier, illustrator, story teller, and technologist" working at the Museum of Life & Science in Durham, NC. We ran with it and have since generated data about decision-making, cooperation, competition and negotiation for scientists (and also some artists) to play with.

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EveryAction

MARCH 16, 2017

Whether quietly spearheading some of the world's most groundbreaking scientific and medical research or not-so-quietly leading revolutions on the battlefield, our history is ripe with stories of ferocious, adventurous, enlightened, and persistent women. Gabriela Mistral. Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson. Dorothy Arzner.

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Neon CRM

JUNE 8, 2023

Jemisin Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Music Check out the Neon Pride playlist on Spotify, featuring over 8 hours of songs from artists like Janelle Monae, Frank Ocean, Kylie Minogue and many more! Johnson Institute (The Death and Life of Marsha P.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 8, 2010

A Community-Based Approach to Collecting and Cataloging CUL is a replicable model for community archives that accepts every piece of print media from a certain area without making quality or importance judgments, going back as far in history as possible. One lives a double life as a soul music collector and DJ.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

All weekend, we've heard uplifting stories about amazing work you all are doing to involve people from all walks of life in museums. Our Story I came to the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History four years ago. They don't have to be professional artists, or wealthy donors, or famous historians to contribute.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Within the organization, the AARP Public Policy Institute maintains the AARP Livability Index , a key tool in their mission to promote the development of sound policies to address common needs for economic security, health care, and quality of life. This beautifully designed branding and website won five awards this year!

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

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. I'm an artist and an institution builder. Everyone is entitled to art in their life.

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M+R

AUGUST 11, 2021

Are there artists or other influencers who might be interested in partnering with your organization to support you through NFTs? Some nonprofits have already raised millions on Twitch, including Extra Life (Children’s Miracle Network), which raised $14 million in 2019. What types of content might have value? What’s Dark Mode?

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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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