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The Top 54 Auctioneers for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

After graduating with a BFA in drama & music from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Ellen spent ten years bringing joy to audiences nightly as one of only ten lead performers in the longest running musical revue in the world—San Francisco’s “Beach Blanket Babylon.” 25) Keith McLane Keith L.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. That means we collect university press, handmade artist books, zines made by sixth graders, poetry chapbooks from big names published in tiny local presses, and self-published poetry chapbooks sold for a dollar on the street.

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Impressions of the Palm Pre

Robert Weiner

You can select albums, artists, genres, songs, or playlists -- so far so good. But when you choose an artist with multiple albums your only choice is either a single album or Shuffle All, which plays all the tracks in random order. Built-in "Universal search" only performs limited searches. Shape and size.

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Six Alternative (U.S.) Cultural Venues to Keep an Eye On

Museum 2.0

It was started in 2003 and is run by Mark Allen and a collective of artists, many of whom have also been applying their talents by performing "interventions" at formal art institutions including LACMA, the Hammer Museum, and the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Chicago Underground Library (Chicago, IL). PieLab (Greensboro, AL).

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Is it Real? Artwork, Authenticity. and Cognitive Science

Museum 2.0

Many artists work with assistants and reproducing processes. Cognitive scientists at Yale and University of Chicago researched how people perceive "identity continuity" of an artwork when reproduced. They conducted a simple experiment: People read a story about a painting called "Dawn" created by an artist.

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Want to Get Your Content Out There? Put it on Wikipedia.

Museum 2.0

At a recent talk in Chicago, an audience member asked a question. For example, for the Brooklyn Museum's recent exhibition on women and pop art, Seductive Subversion , curatorial intern Rebecca Shaykin was assigned to improve (and write) Wikipedia articles on the 25 artists profiled in the show. but people aren't coming.

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Nonprofit Radio: How to Make Podcasts That Promote Your Brand and Engage Supporters

NTEN

The track name, artist, and album are the most important fields to complete, but don’t forget to change the genre to "Podcast", as well. The University of Chicago Law School is a great example of instructions for listeners. When encoding your mp3 file, two important considerations are the ID3 tags and the bit rate.

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