Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

I've been spending time recently interviewing people who run unusual cultural and learning venues. From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. Skill-sharing free schools. Community science workshops.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JUNE 19, 2010

Tom Aageson, the co-Founder of the Global Center for Cultural Entrepreneurship. In addition to being the co-Founder of the Global Center, he is also the Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Here's the direct download (mp3) link too. He is also the co-Founder of the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 12, 2011

This week, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy released a new paper by Holly Sidford called Fusing Arts, Culture, and Social Change. We may say that we want to support programming and cultural opportunities for low-income and non-white people, but that's not where the money is going. The title may sound innocuous.

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Museum 2.0

JANUARY 27, 2011

His foundation supports a private museum that is rarely open to the public. While there are many ways for museums to reach new audiences, when it comes to specialized knowledge, it's often a question of reaching the niche who care deeply about German watches from 1822 or the evolutionary shift in raccoon striping over time.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2013

TCG is the industry association for non-profit theaters, the way AAM is for museums. Given TCG''s multi-year Audience (R)evolution initiative, I took the opportunity to write a new talk about what revolution has looked like at our small museum in Santa Cruz. We heard again and again that the museum was cold and uncomfortable.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

We spend most of our days with people who look like us, who share our culture, background, and class. That's why our museum, the MAH in Santa Cruz, focuses on social bridging. Artists and activists exhibiting their work. Business leaders and street performers designing a new community plaza on the museum's front porch.

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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. No museum puts up a label that says: “Our last curator thought this painting was lousy and kept it in storage. Here's that chapter. The work is the work. Sometimes it’s hot, sometimes not.

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Museum 2.0

JULY 12, 2010

When I first started exploring the site, I assumed it was mostly a place for charismatic hipsters and a few star artists with enough social media savvy and clever video production capabilities to produce enticing pitches. Why should cultural and arts organizations care about Kickstarter? The museum's page is much simpler.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 9, 2009

I once asked Eric Siegel, the Director of the New York Hall of Science, why museums are rarely innovative shining stars on the cutting edge of culture. He commented that as non-profits, museums are built to survive, not to succeed. This is the model that governs most businesses and artistic endeavors.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MAY 14, 2007

I wanted to share with you the blurb about him from the New Mexico Business Weekly : Tom Aageson, Executive Director of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation , has been named the Allen Stamm Humanitarian of the Year by the United Way of Santa Fe County.

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Forum One

MAY 17, 2023

This year, Forum One took home one platinum, four gold, and six silver awards in the categories of cultural, non-profit, science, health, and school/university websites, as well as digital branded content, arts and culture virtual experiences, and family and kids apps and software.

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Forum One

MAY 3, 2023

Forum One received 11 awards in seven categories in this year’s awards for excellence and distinction in website and app design, development, and digital strategy across the categories of non-profits, cultural institutions, science, health and wellness, and education. We partnered with the Museum to launch their new brand to the world.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Not only did we make the list one time – we made it eight times with two gold wins for non-profit and cultural institution websites and six silver wins for apps and websites in non-profits, health, families and kids, the environment and sustainability, science, and education.

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Qgiv

JUNE 9, 2021

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. You can even center your questions around your specific mission or choose a theme like Pop Culture or Movie Trivia. Art show – Are there any local artists in your area?

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NTEN

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

I don’t have an identity grounded in an single culture, nation or land. Interactive artist, Jonathan Harris is an amazing story teller. " Recently, overcoming a freak October snowstorm in Washington DC, I went to the National Museum of the American Indian , and then to the National Museum of American History. Our Stories.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2009

Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail Note from Beth: In 1993, I worked as the "network weaver" for an online network for individual artists called "Arts Wire" where I facilitated online conversations, provided technology support and training. In the last few years, the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Museums are changing.

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Have Fun - Do Good

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The little girls are part of a culture, the Shona culture in Zimbabwe, as maybe you know, uses poetry. PG: In these different cultures, the women seem to know, in ways that outsiders might not, what can be effective. The women are using those forms that are the most effective in their cultures.

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Museum 2.0

MAY 21, 2007

It's late at night at the Museum Curator smackdown. The preliminary bouts on cultural interpretation are over, and the crowds are roaring for blood. Museum folks often talk about the time decades ago when museums began to shift from places for objects to places for visitors. Is the fix in? They're like banks.

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