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64 Online Stores That Benefit Nonprofits and the Greater Good

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Proceeds benefit Animals Asia work to end bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals in China and Vietnam. The Field Museum Store offers gifts for those interested in science and cultural, natural, and human history. 3) Animals Asia Shop :: shop.animalsasia.org. 4) Art Institute of Chicago Museum Shop :: shop.artic.edu.

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Museum 2.0 Rerun: Answers to the Ten Questions I Am Most Commonly Asked

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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. Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme.

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Answers to the Ten Questions I am Most Often Asked

Museum 2.0

Art museums are the least likely to empower their own staff to initiate participatory projects but the most likely to work with artists whose approach to participation might be quite extreme. For more on the differences among different types of museums (with examples), check out this post.

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"It Is What It Is," and the Challenges of Dialogue-Focused Exhibits

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Earlier this year, the New Museum and Creative Time commissioned a traveling piece by artist Jeremy Deller called "It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq." Watch this amazing video of an older Sioux man reacting to the blown-out car and recalling Vietnam. I sat down this morning to write a negative review of an exhibit.

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Women's Earth Alliance: Co-Directors Melinda Kramer and Amira Diamond

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The level of joy and celebration was unforgettable because of what we were making happen, and the history we were making each day that we were there. AD: I definitely have had very similar experiences to Melinda in terms of my professional history. This is a history in the making. This really is a rich network of people.

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Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

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As of Febuary 2011 however, they have added a feature that goes a step beyond: streetview history. 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.

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Ask Britt: How can I combine the creative arts with social impact?

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Examples of socially rousing photography permeate our history: Vietnam, Rwanda, 9-11’s Ground Zero. Art in Action Youth Leadership Training " Art in Action Youth Leadership Program uplifts and transforms the lives of young artists impacted by violence and poverty. city named to UNESCO’s prestigious Creative Cities Network.

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