Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 26, 2008

In April, I taught a social media workshop for artists and arts nonprofits and did some research. The Brooklyn Museum kept coming up as a stellar example, particularly its Click Exhibition , an experiment in crowd-sourced exhibits. I'm also interested about how the museum approach the issue of moderating or not.

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CauseVox

JUNE 9, 2021

Some options could be: Panel discussions with experts Breakout sessions or other educational sessions Virtual classes Webinars Virtual tours Virtual conference. Reach out to a talented volunteer or local artist to lead the class, and purchases the necessary supplies. Have your lead artist jump on and run the class on Zoom.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

This August/September, I am "rerunning" popular Museum 2.0 Originally posted in April of 2011, just before I hung up my consulting hat for my current job at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. I''ve spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 27, 2015

I have an unusual education for the director of an art & history museum: a degree in electrical engineering. Diane calls it "Beauty Class," but it really seems to be about aesthetic valuing: identifying beauty in its many forms, and developing a personal aesthetic sensibility. I can identify artworks by famous artists.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

I''ve mostly seen museums employ one of two methods for formal community advisors: Create special "spots" on the board of trustees for certain kinds of community representatives. CON: can make people feel like second-class board members instead of equal leaders in the organization. I struggle with both these options.

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NTEN

JUNE 21, 2011

NTEN's Amy Sample Ward shares from her experiences at the Games for Change Festival. I'm at the 2011 Games for Change conference today and live-blogging a few sessions! Ruth Cohen - American Museum of natural History For years we have been producing digital media to fulfill our mission of educating the public about science and history.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Last week, Douglas McLellan of artsJournal ran a multi-vocal forum on the relationship between arts organizations and audiences, asking: In this age of self expression and information overload, do our artists and arts organizations need to lead more or learn to follow their communities more?

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Museum 2.0

MAY 29, 2013

It can be easy for front-line staff to feel like second-class citizens; they can''t make it to regular staff meetings, they work on days when other people are off, and their work, while deeply important to our overall mission, can be repetitive and deeply unsexy. participatory museum professional development'

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

But Vi doesn't work in a science museum. Beth Harris and Steven Zucker, who are well known in museums for their excellent Smarthistory website and podcasts. the way the best museums do. Does this mean Khan Academy is competitive with museums? She would be the best science center educator ever.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Way better than that video at Museum X where the director drones on about the new initiatives of the year. This article sparked some interesting discussion online with colleagues from natural history museums, which deal with damage and touching very differently than art institutions do.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

There are many artistic projects that offer a template for participation, whether a printed play, an orchestral score, or a visual artwork that involves an instructional set (from community murals to Sol LeWitt). Beck talks about this in the context of learning to play music as a young artist. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

With a virtual format, you have the advantage of offering more variety since you can easily change the video source and even use pre-recorded video content. 3) Cooking classes. Cooking classes have a broad appeal because they attract not just gourmet food, but also individuals who want to learn new skills. 5) Online classes.

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Museum 2.0

AUGUST 5, 2016

When writing The Art of Relevance , I knew I wanted to share a bit of his story and the ways artists negotiate the relevance of their own work. But the changing tides of relevance that affect institutions affect content too—sometimes even more acutely. But we make those decisions and changes all the time. Here's that chapter.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 25, 2011

I've spent much of the past three years on the road giving workshops and talks about audience participation in museums. The Museum 2.0 In 2008 and 2009, there were many conference sessions and and documents presenting participatory case studies, most notably Wendy Pollock and Kathy McLean's book Visitor Voices in Museum Exhibitions.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 14, 2022

For example, if you join a modern art museum, there is a good chance you won’t have to pay admission to other modern art museums. Family Lifetime memberships – When a donor joins an organization like the YMCA or a museum, can you extend the membership to the entire household. This can include museums, archives, galleries, etc.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

I'm thrilled to share this brilliant guest post by Marilyn Russell, Curator of Education at the Carnegie Museum of Art. This is a perfect example of a museum using participation as a design solution. Our colleagues in the Museum of Natural History were eager collaborators. It is great to feel more of a part of the museum!" "All

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Have Fun - Do Good

JANUARY 16, 2009

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. I'm an artist and an institution builder. The kind of art I do is art that gets engaged into the public.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

Currently, we are halfway through 2021 and the fundraising event landscape has changed tremendously within the last year. You can procure items that encourage residents to explore the city in a fun way, such as local restaurant gift certificates or tickets to museums or sports games. Art show – Are there any local artists in your area?

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 16, 2020

Andrea has been a leader in the museum technology field. We are seated on a legacy of more than 25 years of comprehensive contributions to the museum education field, including formative and summative evaluations of how our exhibitions and engagements with various communities have performed. Swarupa Anila, and Ken Morris.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 23, 2013

There are more than enough people in the field who are enthused about active participation, and recent reports like the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy's Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change have sparked field-wide conversations about how philanthropy might more equitably support institutions that serve marginalized communities.

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Qgiv

OCTOBER 8, 2021

If there are candy-making classes in your area, a gift certificate will come in handy for beginners looking to master the art of sugar confections. While artists will love a new set of paintbrushes or acrylic paint, offer a unique experience like a tour of the local art museum for those who simply love the craft.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 22, 2008

There are lots of things visitors can’t do in museums. But what about the things that museum professionals can’t (or feel they can’t) do? This week at the ASTC conference, Kathy McLean, Tom Rockwell, Eric Siegel and I presented a session called “You Can’t Do That in Museums!” And so my question is, why are we keeping them away?

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Museum 2.0

JULY 24, 2012

When we talk about making museums or performing arts organizations more participatory and dynamic, those changes are often seen as threatening to the traditional arts experience. Museums no longer showed human horns alongside historic documents; theaters made differentiations among types of live entertainment.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last week, I finally watched The Art of the Steal , an arresting documentary on the controversy around the evolution of the Barnes Foundation from a suburban educational art facility to a major urban art museum (to open in May 2012). Unlike most art collections, Barnes' art was neither exclusively private nor a public museum.

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