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Generational Giving at Arts & Cultural Organizations – A Donor Story

Connection Cafe

As a kid, I was saturated by symphony performances and choral music. I’m looking for a place to donate in honor of my mother’s 90 th birthday, and a gift made to the local symphony orchestra in Myrtle Beach seemed like the right thing to do. As kids become teens, encourage them to volunteer with your organization.

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5 Hybrid Event Ideas for Youth Organizations

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For older kids and teens that benefit from your youth organization, a video game tournament is a great opportunity for them to show off their skills while raising funds for your organization. Whether you have the kids acting in a play or playing musical instruments, their family can watch from wherever they are. Conclusion.

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Teenagers and Social Participation

Museum 2.0

I immediately flashed to my work with art museums and staff members' concerns that older, traditional audiences will shy away from social engagement in the galleries. Many teens love to perform for each other. First, teens often have incredibly tight social spheres. Second, teens today are incredibly aware of "stranger danger."

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

Museum 2.0

Art spaces masquerading as laundromats and letterpresses. I'm fascinated by these places because of their ability to attract diverse audiences to idiosyncratic experiences, and I'm curious how they stay afloat. One of my favorite places for a long time now. Want some waffles with your art? Skill-sharing free schools.

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Take a Side Trip to the Denver Art Museum

Museum 2.0

This week, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) opened a new temporary exhibition called The Psychedelic Experience , featuring rock posters from San Francisco in the heyday of Bill Graham and electric kool-aid. It’s a thrilling challenge to the traditional form of art museum exhibit design, and better yet, visitors like it.

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Does Your Institution Really Need to Be Hip? Audience Development Reconsidered

Museum 2.0

Everything about the event--from the time slot to the tone of the content to the music played--was designed for that audience. Performances just for teens. But it was more like 60%--enough for all those young people to feel like they were in the right place, but not enough to feel like it was "their" event alone.

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9 Amazing Organizations Share Their Tech Success

Tech Soup

Among the wild places Braided River has featured, millions of acres have been moved to a stronger level of protection. Legacy of Hope Austin is a Texas-based arts charity that's created the 2dance2dream program , providing a way for children with special needs to express themselves through movement and music.

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