Museum 2.0
JUNE 26, 2013
Over the past three years, the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA) has served as the museum poster child for the debate on the public value of the arts. And now, in the past month, Michigan''s Attorney General and State Senate have blocked the emergency manager of Detroit from seizing the DIA''s collection to pay off the city''s debt.
Museum 2.0
AUGUST 29, 2012
Earlier this month, the Detroit Institute of Arts was "saved" by a voter-approved property tax (called a "millage") in its three surrounding counties. As one Detroit Free Press commenter wrote: "You are not getting it. Your cultural outlet is art galleries and symphonies. Several Detroit comments were in this vein.
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Museum 2.0
FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Admittedly, many of these posts exist in a bubble of inter-referencing (which I am only exacerbating with this post): Clay Lord weighs in on the data about audience representation in Bay Area theater, and the ways that a majority culture can oppress its own value systems on others. You should go and tell us all about it.
Museum 2.0
JANUARY 8, 2018
Cultural organizations, community members, and museum leaders have spoken out against the sale. The Berkshire Museum isn't deaccessioning artifacts of questionable public value. As Diane Ragsdale put it , "When communities become markets, citizens become consumers, and culture becomes an exploitable product."
Connection Cafe
APRIL 26, 2017
As The Children’s Center in Detroit learned first-hand, their unique and compelling brand story was the secret sauce for touching the hearts and moving the minds of donors. What we did not expect was that far too many didn’t even know how to begin to answer the question. It answers the most fundamental of all questions: “ Why
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 4, 2009
The most interesting question was "What should funders think about to encourage effective social media strategy best practice?" I've been thinking about that question a lot. Share history ( Detroit Foundation ). Ask questions about the future ( Cleveland Foundation ). How to or if to use social media?"
The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
National LGBTQ Task Force / Detroit, MI / $500. The National LGBTQ Task Force’s 2019 Creating Change Conference convenes in Detroit, Michigan January 23-27, 2019. We know you've got questions. Finance / @nysscpa. Creating Change Conference. Creating Change Conference. Jan 23 -27. General/ #CreatingChange19 / @thetaskforce.
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