Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. Machine Project is a non-profit storefront arts venue that hosts a dizzying array of eclectic classes, workshops, events, and occasional exhibits.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Writing my masters thesis for Gothenburg University’s International Museum Studies program while also working four days a week as the Director of Community Programs at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History this spring was certainly a challenge but also an incredible opportunity.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 6, 2008

In Denver there's another way. Billed as "part art museum, part public forum," The Lab at Belmar is a contemporary art space in a suburban Denver development. At the time, I was Master Teacher of Modern and Contemporary Art at the museum. And isn't that what museums should contribute to their local environments?

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 8, 2010

Here's the list for the next two months: April 14-17 - Denver for Museums and the Web conference. I'm giving a free talk at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on the evening of the 22nd, and then a free workshop on the 23rd at the National Postal Museum on designing better mechanisms for visitor feedback and response. May 17 - NYC.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 3, 2009

open to anyone (minimize cultural bias). The Denver Art Museum's Side Trip poses many specific questions about visitors' experiences with psychedelic rock music, concerts, and drugs. The most reliable question I'm using works in art museums. questions that induce grappling. questions that motivate authentic expression.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 28, 2009

Here's my current list of useful characteristics: questions that trigger an immediate response questions that induce grappling questions that motivate authentic expression questions that draw from personal experience, not abstraction open to anyone (minimize cultural bias) speculative (what if? instead of what is?) That's why I asked.

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Everyaction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

State/Local / #MCNAC16 / @SmartNonprofits. State/Local. It’ll open with candid stories about the ups and downs of working in social good and close with an afternoon of action and volunteering with local nonprofits. State/Local / #MadisonNonprofitDay / @nonprofitday. State/Local. State/Local. State/Local.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 3, 2009

The article suggests that museums have previously served one community--"traditional" museum patrons who are white and elderly--and must now be relevant to several other communities that are diverse in cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds. Be free, nearly free, often free, or free for locals.

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JUNE 9, 2021

And, instead of limiting your events just to those in the local area or to those who have the means to travel, you can actually open them to anyone on the internet! Find out what this type of fundraising event looks like in action with the Junior Achievement Metro Denver Virtual Trivia Bowl. Recreational Fundraising Ideas.

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