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What I Learned from Beck (the rock star) about Participatory Arts

Museum 2.0

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. That''s expected.

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Guest Post by Nina Simon -- Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Submitted by Nina Simon, publisher of Museum 2.0. I’ve had it with museums’ obsession with open-ended self-expression. And yet many museums are fixated on creators. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. You are handed a pre-mixed color and a brush and a set of instructions.

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Boosting Your Association's Revenue with Attractive Microcopy

Association TV

Have you ever been to a restaurant, museum or shopping mall and needed to use the bathroom? It's meant to provide context, give instruction, or address what you might be thinking as you navigate a digital screen. Better microcopy means better engagement for your association’s platform. This is the basic idea behind microcopy.

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Self-Expression is Overrated: Better Constraints Make Better Participatory Experiences

Museum 2.0

I’ve had it with museums’ obsession with open-ended self-expression. And yet many museums are fixated on creators. Museums see open-ended self-expression as the be-all of participatory experiences. First, exhibits that invite self-expression appeal to a tiny percentage of museum audiences.

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Lessons in Participatory Design from SFMOMA's Exhibition on (you guessed) The Art of Participation

Museum 2.0

As the museum's website puts it, "this exhibition examines how artists have engaged members of the public as essential collaborators in the art-making process." If the participatory instructions were integrated into the standard black labels, visitors would not be as aware of the commonalities across the interactive art pieces.

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Why Are So Many Participatory Experiences Focused on Teens?

Museum 2.0

Over the past year, I've noticed a strange trend in the calls I receive about upcoming participatory museum projects: the majority of them are being planned for teen audiences. Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects? Why are teens over-represented in participatory projects?

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100+ Fundraising Event Ideas to Try in 2021 and Beyond

Qgiv

Specifically, for organizations using our Qgiv peer-to-peer platform, we saw the mean donation amount of $87.46 To conduct a peer-to-peer campaign, you’ll need a dedicated peer-to-peer fundraising platform. It’s recommended to invest in an auction platform and a versatile bidding tool. in 2019 increase to $108.62

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