Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Similar to the list I shared for nonprofits focusing on education , arts and culture tends to be a very popular issue area for American foundations. The large difference is that most funders tend to direct a majority of their arts funding to local and regional organizations. Funding Priority: Arts & Culture. Ford Foundation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Participants may improve their painting abilities, try their hand at some knitting, or do whatever other sort of art they like without having to leave the comfort of their own home. Best yet, you could even offer some of the art produced in the class as auction items during your next fundraiser. 22) Awards ceremony. 7) Shopping.

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Forum One

MARCH 30, 2023

We’ve been fortunate to work closely with NMAAHC on a number of initiatives, including their award-winning Seat at the Table events and the Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal. The inaugural event in the series also happened to feature artists who are personal heroes of mine. Endowed by Dr. Ruth J.

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Charity Village

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Nominations are now open for the 2022 Sobey Art Award, as one of the most generous prizes for contemporary artists in the world celebrates 20 years of championing visual arts in Canada. The Award propels the careers of artists through financial support and […].

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See3

JANUARY 25, 2007

It was designed by a New York artist named Cindy Workman. Cindy is having an art show, and if you are in New York, you should take a look. Recent Posts 5 Questions to Evaluate Your Nonprofit Video ROI Enter the 2010 Tagline Awards Today! We love our See3 logo. Case Soup: Nonprofit Video Secrets Revealed!

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 19, 2021

Many of the nonprofits that received an award had a strong pre-existing relationship. Yet for many other nonprofits the award came ‘without warning.’ ’ The awards are usually unrestricted, and the nonprofits simply received notice by email. .

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 10, 2012

What happens when you let visitors vote on art? Each of these invited members of the public to vote on art in a way that had substantive consequences--big cash prizes awarded, prestige granted, exhibitions offered. 1,708 artists participated. Five artists out of sixty in the show were short-listed by a jury.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Note From Beth: Yesterday, I attended a convening called “ Beyond Dynamic Adaptability ” for arts organizations about cultural participation in the arts. This year’s Academy Award winning film – Inside Job – is one of the most powerful descriptions of what went wrong leading up to the financial collapse of 2008.

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Have Fun - Do Good

OCTOBER 10, 2012

One of its project is the Burbank Senior Artists Colony , a first-of-its-kind senior apartment community with high-end arts amenities and programs (how cool is that?). The NOHO Senior Arts Colony and the Long Beach Senior Arts Colony will open in 2012. In 2011, he received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Texas A&M University has brought AR/VR production into its celebrated Visualization program , letting students learn to build state-of-the-art virtual productions before they leave college. In July, it won a DARPA award to support its expansion into 5G training. In May 2024, the company secured funding from the U.S.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Want to experience art in a populist, energized, industrial/urban setting? Artprize , now in its second year, is a city-wide art festival with a $250,000 top prize to be awarded to the work that receives the most public votes. The artists come from all over (though many are based in the Midwest), and anyone can enter.

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Qgiv

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Who they are The award-winning Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) provides a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented students unparalleled preparation for higher education and a profession in the arts. OCSA is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

My favorite-thing-of-the-week award goes to Toronto artist Gil Martinez for this art installation he designed to help celebrate the launch of TechSoup Canada. TechSoup/CompuMentor's 22-year history is documented through four mixed-media panels and one large mural. Tools Using the Web and Internet.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 3, 2013

” And that’s a difficult question to answer – whether it is your social or network strategy or a work of art. They are fully dedicated to their craft and want their artistic contributions to be authentic and tangible. The first step is identify what impact might look like as this post explains. “I

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Forum One

MARCH 25, 2021

Arts organizations serve as a vital heartbeat for local communities, infusing creativity, transforming spaces, and bringing together diverse audiences. The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: Elevating a world-class cultural landmark. The Frist Art Museum: Inspiring cultural curiosity in Nashville.

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Arts Culture Experiment Digital 46

Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

"I think about how many times I didn't like the color of my skin, because I didn't see myself in any art. I think about how hesitant I was to become an artist, because I didn't see role models, and even to this day how hard it is for me sometimes to find peers who are women of color, because of how systematically they are pushed out.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 16, 2011

She is also a Penn student and a current Top 15 National Finalist for the Washington Campus Compact's Students in Service Awards , as well as the winner of a DoSomething Grant. June 1-22: My Juicy Blogging E-course: The Art and Play of Blogging for Artists, Writers, Creative Entrepreneurs and Do-Gooders.

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Homeless San Diego Kenya Teen 89

Care2

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Over 1400 taglines were submitted to the Nonprofit Tagline Awards. Feed Your Inner Starving Artist -- Raffle for a glass making class in the museum glass studio and dinner -- by the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum – Why I liked it? Everyone has an artist inside them waiting to paint, sculpt, craft, etc. Arts and Culture Category.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Lisa is the author of The Creative Entrepreneur , an award-winning book on creativity and business for creatives who want to do what they love, and make a difference. She is a lifelong artist, and was a therapist working in psychiatric hospitals before she made the leap into advertising (long story). We eat, sleep and make art 24/7.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In 2024, Google released Gemini Ultra, a state-of-the-art foundation model that requires 50 billion petaflops. Their ability to turn text descriptions into artistic images attracted casual users to create amazing images that went viral on social media. The first paper to describe a diffusion model arrived with little fanfare in 2015.

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Forum One

MARCH 23, 2023

Museums are magical places, where history, culture, art, and science seem to come to life. For a major dose of inspiration, take a look at what a number of our cultural institution and museum clients are doing to push the needle on digital experiences and spark engagement in the arts & culture sector.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 28, 2013

Global Giving’s Honest Loser Award. 6. Irvine Foundation Arts Innovation Fund. California arts organizations conducted 28 experiments to achieve new relevance for audiences, communities and professional artists with support from The James Irvine Foundation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 30, 2008

Last week I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research on different arts organizations using social media effectively. While hunting through Facebook for examples, I connected with the Rob Stein from Indianapolis Art Museum - another arts organization using social media effectively.

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Care2

JANUARY 13, 2012

Pin athletic awards and trophies before putting them in your display case. Pin masterpieces from the budding artists in your arts classes. Create a shared Board for visitors to pin their favorite works of art or to share shots of themselves feeding their favorite animals. (In Pin your students science fair projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowds create original works of knowledge or art. The Royal Opera used Twitter to crowdsource a new opera. The opera staff collected the suggestions and summarized them on their blog. Opera is not the only art form, there’s been crowdsourced choreography – Dance Theatre Workshop. 2) Crowd Creation.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2023

It’s all part of a clever marketing campaign to promote a new song by the musical artist Emily Jeffri. Going viral on TikTok was once a perk that fast-tracked artists to making it in the music industry. Sharing any kind of art is an act of vulnerability, but especially so for independent musicians on TikTok.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 20, 2005

Civic Ventures , a San Francisco nonprofit group, will award 5 Americans over 60, whose work has fostered significant social innovation, $100,000 to further their work. The awards will be given out in June at a national summit that will recognize the leaders and 60 semi-finalists. SFGate had a story yesterday about the Purpose Prize.

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Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

After years of staging events, you may feel like there’s nothing you haven’t covered, from art auctions to wine tastings to trivia nights. Here are some to consider: Art: Art auctions serve a valuable purpose because they don’t just raise funds, they also spread awareness and appreciation of the works being auctioned.

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Media Cause

JUNE 1, 2022

I first learned of Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way – A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity during a creatively difficult time in my life. I was working a demanding job at an advertising agency, averaging 50+ hours per week while unsuccessfully trying to maintain my personal art practice on the side. An artist date?

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 14, 2007

I spent the weekend in New Mexico celebrating two important days with my parents: Mother's Day and my dad's receiving the Allen Stamm Humanitarian of the Year award from the United Way of Santa Fe County. Aageson's is one of six awards the United Way will present on May 10 at La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe.

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Pamela Grow

JANUARY 14, 2024

What sets this apart is the collaboration of 100 artists from diverse countries, orchestrated by the Playing For Change Foundation. Playing For Change aims to provide arts education to marginalized youth in 17 countries. The organization believes in the transformative power of music as a tool for social change.

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The Modern Nonprofit

MAY 1, 2024

Well-planned events enable nonprofits, community groups, businesses and government agencies to showcase AAPI arts, food, performances, and more. The Art of Celebration: Showcasing AAPI Cultural Richness Incorporating cultural performances and art displays is a great way to bring the essence of AAPI heritage to life at your event.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 6, 2012

While our community is busy from March 6 – 12 picking their favorites for the Audience Choice Awards , our panel of expert judges will be selecting the top digital stories from among hundreds of entries. All winners will be announced on March 28 at an awards ceremony and screening party in San Francisco and on streamed to the web.

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The Verge

MARCH 10, 2022

When a client asked him to make a vampire baby, Smith was drawn into a new subculture that would later influence his decision to pursue fantasy art full-time. “I Today, with her husband’s help, Rachel’s collection includes eight “Vlads” — a vampire reborn by award-winning doll sculptor Noemi Smith — and five “ Bipsey ” elves.

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Have Fun - Do Good

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

4 Steps for Selling Your Art: Interview with Alyson B. NEWS Below is a roundup of blog posts and podcast interviews I've published since my last Have Fun Do Good Link Love (where did the month go?):

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NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 9, 2020

We also announced the Down Syndrome Network of Northern Nevada as the Cause the Change award winner for their UnchARTed Waters event. DSNNN won $2,500 for their collaborative art project and organization.

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The Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Still a perfect venue for cultivating sponsorships, you can offer creative rewards like a mention in the event credits or for an extra high-touch, offer breakout rooms to mimic backstage VIP passes to meet and greet the artists. TUTORING ART. Gamify and incentivize with swag bags, t-shirts, recognition, awards, and rewards.

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