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Connecting Homeless Youth and Shelter Animals: 20-Year-Old Rachel Cohen, Hand2Paw

Have Fun - Do Good

Hand2Paw's mission is to connect homeless teens and shelter animals in a mutually beneficial way. They provide homeless teens with professional skills training and therapeutic experiences. If you have suggestions for people I should interview (especially new, young big visionaries), please email me at britt AT brittbravo DOT com.

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Sustaining Innovation Part 3: Interview With Sarah Schultz of the Walker Art Center

Museum 2.0

This post features an interview with Sarah Schultz, a museum staffer at one of the institutions Light profiled in the book (the Walker Art Center). Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. In the 1990s, we decided we wanted to engage a teen audience. It's inherent in what we do.

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Traveling Postcards: Interview with Founder, Caroline Lovell

Have Fun - Do Good

You do not need to be an “artist” to make a postcard, but each participant is surprised and delighted by their creativity and to see that their cards contain colors, words and images that reflect their strongest selves. Yet, I wanted to be that artist and still do. Our grassroots campaign involves all ages from teens to seniors.

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

Museum 2.0

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. It's run by Jon Rubin, an artist and professor of social practice at Carnegie Mellon, and his students. Both staff and visitors host TV programs in the space that range from interviews to game shows to salon chair ministries.

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Authenticity and Demystifying the Artistic Process: Walker Art Center Blogs - Part 2

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, for a museum that is presenting contemporary art -- anything that helps us demystify the artistic process and better understand the art is, in my opinion, a good thing. Here is her response: I see you've already posted the interview you did with Reggie. I had also asked about what the leadership thought about blogging.

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ISO Understanding: Rethinking Art Museum Labels

Museum 2.0

The collection is disaggregated, grouped by floor (Painting and Sculpture 1) rather than artist, movement, time period, or geography. Most featured Name of Artist, Name of Piece, Year of Execution, Materials. How long did it take this artist to make this piece? Did the artist like it? Did the artist like it?

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Six New Games for Change: Check Out the Future of Gaming for Good

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” Presented by filmmaker Chelo Alvarez-Stehle, SOS_Slaves aims to raise trafficking awareness in teens while empowering them with the tools to take responsibility and speak out against this issue. Jeff has been a DJ, music producer, graphic designer, illustrator and consultant to independent artists and small business owners.

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