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Which New Audiences? A Great Washington Post Article and its Implications about Age, Income, and Race

Museum 2.0

The Washington Post covered the MAH's transformation as part of an article about museums engaging new audiences. Audiences of all backgrounds found ways to connect with museums as it presented exhibitions with the help of foster youth, migrant farmers, roller-derby girls, mushroom hunters, surfers and incarcerated artists, among others.

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Building Community: Who / How / Why

Museum 2.0

We had incredible success transforming our institution into a vibrant cultural center. We focus on people who are culturally curious, actively creative… but may not see a traditional arts institution as a place for them. culturally curious but maybe not inclined to walk into a museum. Our programming isn't for target audiences.

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Guest Post: Community and Civic Engagement in Museum Programs

Museum 2.0

Collaborative programs with diverse groups bring in a variety of visitors causing new audiences to interact and connect. This participatory event led by emerging artists from all backgrounds, engages communities by encouraging a culture of making, doing, creating and collaboration rather than spectatorship.

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Elevating Advocacy Voices for Children Through Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Using this positive philosophy in Utah and taking into account our political and cultural environment means that our messaging briefly acknowledges the challenges facing kids in our state but heavily emphasizes our solutions and the progress we are making. possible solutions to the problem of intergenerational poverty. of the past.

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[VIDEO] Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

Bloomerang

It’s going to let you reach a broader audience than you can with one-on-one meetings if you have a large enough group that it’s not, like, attainable to do one-on-ones. So it can be really helpful to draw folks in and get those new ideas, but we’re going to have to make sure we empower them to actually use those ideas. .”