Remove Artist Remove Participatory Remove Video Remove Workshop
article thumbnail

New Approach, Historic Mission: Remaking a Factory Museum via Community Co-Production

Museum 2.0

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. They host public co-making events, invite groups to book workshops directly, engage on twitter and tumblr , and encourage drop-in participation. It''s serious.

Museum 53
article thumbnail

Guest Post: Restoration Artwork

Museum 2.0

In this post, George grapples with the challenges of balancing the care for a museum collection with that of contemporary artists-in-residence who are constantly reinterpreting it. Every Saturday, the curatorial team at Elsewhere , a living museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, reviews the project proposals of its artists-in-residence.

Artist 49
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A Revolution in Documentary Film

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And the Producers Institute is a 10-day workshop that brings together a select group of documentary filmmakers and technologists to create outreach and activism strategies using online and mobile tools for activism.

article thumbnail

Have Fun Do Good Link Love: Echoing Green, Jobs for Change, Julia Cameron and 29 Gifts

Have Fun - Do Good

Six Sudsy Soapmaker Blogs And 2 interviews on The Extraordinaries blog: Chat with an Extraordinary: Lauren Bacon of Raised Eyebrow Web Studio Chat with an Extraordinary: Jimmy Santosa of Applied Materials And 6 news posts on the WE Volunteer blog: Love Making Videos? Become a YouTube Video Volunteer Is Volunteering Good for Your Health?

article thumbnail

Museum 2.0 Rerun: Inside the Design of an Amazing Museum Project to Capture People's Stories

Museum 2.0

Recently, we''ve been talking at our museum about techniques for capturing compelling audio/video content with visitors. They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they learned some unexpected lessons along the way. Why did you choose this format instead of video?

Museum 43
article thumbnail

Arts 2.0: Examples of Arts Organizations Social Media Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I'm prepping for a workshop on Social Media and wanted do a round up of recent compelling examples of arts organizations using social media strategies and tools. The Museum solicited photographs from artists via an open call on their website, Facebook group, Flickr groups, and outreach to Brooklyn-based arts organizations.

Arts 74
article thumbnail

How Do You Capture Compelling Visitor Stories? Interview with Christina Olsen

Museum 2.0

Lots of museums these days have video comment booths to invite visitors to tell their stories, but how many of those booths really deliver high-impact content? They designed a participatory project that delivers a compelling end product for onsite and online visitors… and they made some unexpected decisions along the way.

Story 53