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Getting in on the Act: New Report on Participatory Arts Engagement

Museum 2.0

How did the authors come up with the intriguing blend of curatorial, interpretative, and inventive opportunities shown in the Audience Involvement Spectrum's Venn diagrams? Why is a photography contest an example of "crowd sourcing" wheres a community drawing contest is an example of "audience-as-artist"?

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Guest Post: Participation Rocks!

Museum 2.0

For our band, blending of audience members into the show (and the show into the audience) reinforces the idea that the show is “for kids of all ages” and that older guys onstage doing the Hokey Pokey or young kids coming up and doing the Hand Jive is something that is entertaining for everyone. Local kids make good!

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End-of-Year Event Fundraising

The Modern Nonprofit

Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes END-OF-YEAR EVENT FUNDRAISING The final quarter of the year unfolds with a blend of reflection and anticipation. Hold a contest with rewards for Best Dressed or Best Background. You might even direct-mail pretty recipe cards to add a special physical touch!

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52 Nonprofit Event Ideas That People Will Love

Neon CRM

You can up the ante by building your party around a costume contest and encouraging attendees to get sponsorships for their participation. Here are nine arts and culture-related nonprofit events that blend entertainment, education, and appreciation while creating strong connections in local communities—and raising some funds to boot.

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17 Ways We Made our Exhibition Participatory

Museum 2.0

Second Floor and the Main Gallery The main gallery for the exhibition primarily focuses on a blend of traditional exhibition content exploring romantic and platonic love. Almost no one looks at the finished collages except as a design element. In this case, the tradeoff was in design. No one does. They pile up.

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The World Beach Project: A Creative Contributory Project that Shines

Museum 2.0

The project has not had any heavy marketing campaigns or contests associated with it. And yet this reward, mixed with an intelligent project design, are enough to make this project attractive to people all over the world. What makes the World Beach Project so successful? It's not marketing hype. No one likes to have their time wasted.

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