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

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Guard staff who are willing to let an artist step between two panes of glass to perform. The Walker is also a place where everyone is committed to supporting artists and new work, so every time we bring in an artist, staff are enthusiastic about the idea of coming together to create something. It's inherent in what we do.

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

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From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. 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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How I Got Here

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I had a healthy second life as a slam poet, and I loved the world of artists and performance. At the big one, I worked on a small project with teens to design science exhibits for community centers in their own neighborhoods. I also learned that the best money in museums for someone who's starting out is in art modeling.

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What I Learned From @Sree Sreenivasan Chief Digital Officer of @MetMuseum

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Later, when were chatting with a small group of people in the lobby, we noticed a group of teens walking by looking a little sad. Here’s a few of my takeaways: Comfortable Learning in Public: He wanted to make a point about the world going digital. Artists have been using the right tool at the right time to make art.

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Self-Censorship for Museum Professionals

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Tom compared public perception of racial intelligence to that of sexual orientation, commenting that over the last thirty years, the left has advocated to have racial intelligence categorized as nurture and sexual orientation categorized as nature. And so my question is, why are we keeping them away? Why aren't we developing our audiences?"

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Providence Public Library: “A Most Democratic Insitution”

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Ah, public libraries! A recent conversation with Erica Busillo Adams of Providence Public Library is a perfect case in point! Providence Public Library first opened to the public in 1878. Unlike many public libraries, Providence Public Library is a private 501(c)(3) that is chartered as a free public library.

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