DipJar

AUGUST 9, 2022

Curtis was Joyce’s local library when she moved to Maine, and she has been in her position for the past ten years. . The land and funding came from William Curtis, the son of a local ship captain, who turned down money from Carnegie to build his community’s library himself. It started with one lighted sign in Portland, Maine.

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Library Local Support New York 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2007

After the workshop was over, my hosts took on a tour of Free Geek, a truly unique nonprofit organization in Portland. The space reminded of the many artist-run spaces and community centers I've visited when I worked with the New York Foundation of the Arts. These unused computers can't be recycled at our local dump.

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Portland Free Boston Music 72

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 Program Participatory Community 49

Connection Cafe

AUGUST 3, 2015

It’s safe to say this town is up there trending with those other ‘cool hipster’ cities like Brooklyn and Portland. And with the influx of 100+ people moving here on a daily basis , it’s a good thing the locals continue to remind everyone to “ Keep Austin Weird. Even the beer we serve is from local breweries!

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Audience Austin Test Portland 20

Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 1, 2014

It made me dig up this 2011 interview with Tina Olsen (then at the Portland Art Museum) about their extraordinary Object Stories project. Then we started working with our local design and technology firms— Ziba Design and Fashionbuddha —and in the prototyping, it became clear we had to go another way. So what did you do next?

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Museum Story Project Design 43

Museum 2.0

MAY 3, 2011

Last week, I talked with Tina Olsen, Director of Education and Public Programs at the Portland Art Museum, about their extraordinary Object Stories project. Then we started working with our local design and technology firms— Ziba Design and Fashionbuddha —and in the prototyping, it became clear we had to go another way.

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Story Interview Museum Audio 53

Tech Soup

MAY 21, 2015

Boulder Food Rescue works with local businesses to collect surplus food that would usually be thrown away and distribute that food to people who need it. Cary Creative Center in North Carolina is an upcycling nonprofit that provides used artistic materials to people. We had many excellent submissions to the contest.

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North Carolina Adobe Kentucky Green 36