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On White Privilege and Museums

Museum 2.0

They present masterpieces by white male artists and innovations by white male scientists. When non-white stories are told, they are always flagged as such--an exhibition of Islamist scientific inventions or women pioneers or African-American artists. Not as humans, or artists, or scientists, or dancers.

Museum 55
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Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations. Can I help next time? Artist Blogs.

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Cary McQueen Morrow: Arts and Technology Thought Leader

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

(Disclaimer: I'm on the honorary committee because 13 years ago I worked on an online artist network with the New York Foundation for the Arts and CAMT was the partner.) Many of us started off as artists and then ended up managing arts organizations. ve worked in the arts and technology field for quite some time now.

Arts 50
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What's Your Leisure Identity? Does it Bring You Into Museums?

Museum 2.0

And the facilitator wants his friends and family to have a good time. We all embody these identities at different times, but we may not perceive all museums as equally able to accomodate their associated needs. Every time I go climbing or run, I have the opportunity to push myself and increase my skill level.

Museum 28
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Brooklyn Clicks with the Crowd: What Makes a Smart Mob?

Museum 2.0

They're now running a compelling experiment in crowd-sourced exhibition creation and curation via the photography exhibition Click. Click is an exhibition process in three parts: The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

Museum 24
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The Eye of the Beholder

Museum 2.0

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York Usually this blog is more about analysis than links. The NYT article is about a photography show by artist Thomas Struth at the Marian Goodman Gallery in Manhattan. It’s not oppressive, and I can find my own time to appreciate it—or not. What are we looking for in a museum?

Museum 20
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Why Click! is My Hero (What Museum Innovation Looks Like)

Museum 2.0

It’s not really a photography show in the way I would curate a photography show.” Both the New York Times and the Washington Post commented that the resulting show is not that visually impressive, but they are comparing Click! s about data, and making the data visual.

Museum 20